Politics is in my Genes!

Well, I saw Juvat's plea for assistance here at The Chant so I'm wading into the deep end here.  I'm going to wax political if you don't mind.  It has been a while for that from me anyway, but don't worry, I won't get too deep, too angry, or too acerbic.  With the great 6 months we've had, those emotions come solely from the left.

First off, I am sure you have seen the Sydney Sweeney American Eagle jeans ad, or at least heard about it, because that's about all conservative media seems to be talking about right now.  I kind of think it's much ado about something.  It's not nothing, because man, she is something, but it seems to be more bluster from the right than it is real angst from the left.  Yes there was some idiotic comparisons to Nazi Germany and Aryan race stuff, but from what I can tell they were minor voices from just a few people that were highly amplified by Fox News and conservative social media.  But I get it. Having the opportunity to show a beautiful girl is probably good for views just like it was for American Eagle to sell jeans.  

However, there was an attempted* doxing, with a release of her voter registration info, and the fact that she did vote Republican in 2024.  That doxing is definitely something, but it's sort of backfired on them because that just made a lot of people like her even more.

And if you needed another reason...

Now with that little palate cleanser I will get into a little dryer political analysis.  I'm a little worried about Trump being so successful, and how it might relate to the midterms.  He's done so much, and so little time, that I think Americans will forget how good it is.  We'll start taking things for granted, start listening to the left a little more, and that side will gain traction for the midterms.  And that's a royal "we" of course.  I am overjoyed with all the successes we've had, but where does he go from here?  Hopefully more of the same, but I'm not sure how many campaign promises he still has left to pursue.  He's restored our borders, reaffirmed religious liberty under the first amendment, improved our global standing, detoxed some of our food supply, penalized Hamas-supporting colleges, ended a bunch of minor wars around the globe that we no longer hear about, improved our economy, boosted NATO and our own defense industry, fixed our trade imbalance, and made them pay for it.  Some of the corruption has been tamped down as well, with some bombshells about Russia gate, Obama, Hillary, Biden, the FBI, Auto-pens, and USAID being dismantled.  He has protected women's sports, put an end to DEI and liberal wokeness, and trans stuff is down for the count. 

This is all well and good, but Americans have a very short memory. The leftists will never give him credit, and will continue to attack him.  Those attacks always weigh heavily on the low information voters who will forget how good they really have it.  They could spin the midterms saying that we need to tone down the rhetoric, we need to counter his power base to help women and the poor, all the while amplifying minor verbal faux-pas, allowing a closing of the gap in the house. 

The GOP also has a problem in that all of Trump's successes could go away when he leaves office.  This is because of the frequent use of executive orders to achieve them, and our milquetoast GOP majority in the house that refuses to pass any bills supporting those executive orders.  We need simple legislation, with no big beautiful bills, to enact his orders as law.  Single page single issue bills are a thing of the past that need to be brought back in force.

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I also think he needs to step back from the spotlight a little and push J D. Vance forward.  Make his VP as a named successor to his legacy.  Put him in front of the cameras more, have him talking about those legislative needs, and show the American people that the successes under Trump will continue through the decade. 

Will all of this guarantee future success? I have no idea, and any ground that has taken must be rigorously defended.  The majority in the house seems to keep dwindling, with unexplained retirements (blackmail anyone?) and legislative agendas that are constantly at loggerheads.  The left has the media, and they give no quarter, so the messaging about how good we have it needs to be loud and continuous, and if so, we may have a chance.

* Is it attempted because it didn't have the desired effect, or successful because they released some info?  Either way, I think she'll be crying all the way to the bank.