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This Election Pivot is a Tad Early

Posted: October 21, 2022 by datechguy in Uncategorized

Back in the days when the media pretended to not be trying to elect democrats in years that looked bad for the left you would keep your eye on the last week before the election.

It was during this week that reporter and networks who were predicting optimistic results for the left would suddenly discover stories that they had been burring or pols that looked bad or potential problems that could hurt the left that had been out there for month but never came up.

There were two reasons for this:

  1. It was too late to change votes
  2. They need to be able to say when hit on it “Yeah we coved that.”

Well the election is three weeks away but apparently Morning Joe has decided that things are so bad that there is no point in burring this (via Citizen Free Press)

And they are even pointing the finger as to the cause:

This tells me that they know what’s coming and need to prepare the MSNBC niche market audience that has not been exposed to how bad things are looking.

I think it’s a good sign.

Because if I said this as little as three months ago that’s what would have happened to me:

“I think it’s going to be like the flu. If you’re a 25-year-old, do you need an annual booster every year if you’re healthy?

“You might want to… but I think it’s going to be similar to flu where it’s going to be people at high-risk, people above 50 years of age, people with comorbidities, people with cancer and other conditions, people with transplants.”

Bob Zimmerman notes the irony:

Their lies and panic ended up killing thousands who did not have to die, some because they could not get care due to the lockdowns, some because hospitals either gave them the wrong drugs or the wrong treatment, and some because they had a mortal adverse reaction to the jab itself.

Their lies caused the politicians to panic as well, imposing insane and useless lockdowns plus mask and social distancing mandates that accomplished nothing to stop the Wuhan flu but destroyed thousands of lives and businesses and careers.

And none of this includes the blacklisting that went on against anyone who raised reasonable questions about this panic.

None of These doctors could not be reached for comment

A lot of people sold their credibility for power and wealth over COVID and if you look at the Trump Presidency in the US the single biggest mistake he made as President was trusting Fauci & his ilk and pretending that these medical people were like the doctors in his youth, people who took their oath seriously.

That all these states voted for Joe Biden for president in 2020

That most of these states have Democrat Supermajorities in their legislatures

That these states have steadfastly voted against increasing pipeline capacity

(oh and just a reminder, solar panels don’t work when they are covered with snow).

I’d be very interested in seeing how sales of gas powered electric generators are going in NE.

I suspect to the progressive left immigrants unable to heat their homes is not a problem, but I suspect for white progressive college students the inability to charge their iPhones will be a crisis that MUST be resolve no matter what the cost.

Was it just one year ago that Cam Newton was released by the Patriots and the starting Job put in the hands of Mac Jones? Can you imagine how different this season would have been if he was kept as a backup?


At the start of the season if you told me that Patriots would be 3-3 the reaction of everyone would be “meh” and nobody would be talking much about the team.

But with Mac Jones still down with an injury and the 3rd string 4th round pick winning two straight suddenly the Pats are the talk of the town.

It’s all in the enviorment.


When Mac Jones first got hurt we were talking 4-6 weeks and some were hitting him for not opting for surgery to speed things up rather than taking the longer route. Now I suspect nobody in Patriots nation want to rush him back.

Now the wise thing with Zappe playing so well is to let Jones heal fully rather than rush him and risk further injury, the question is now that his job might be in danger will Jones feel the same.

Nobody wants to be the next Wally Pip although it’s premature to call Zappe the next Lou Gehrig


At the start of the season everyone was laughing at the idea of Belichick using failed head coaches Joe Judge and Matt Patricia running the offense together without an offensive coordinator with Josh McDaniels gone to the Raiders.

Well now nobody is laughing with the Pats 3-3 even with a 3rd string QB and McDaniels Raiders 1-4.

Apparently I underestimated Bill Belichick’s decision making big time.


Finally Zappe himself has done an excellent job in the Patriots system and I see no reason to bench him if he keeps winning.

Furthermore I see no downside of having two solid QB’s in the tent. Remember Brady going down vs Pittsburgh in the AFC championship and Bledsoe coming in to save the day.

If Bill doesn’t have that 2nd front line QB does Brady get that 1st ring and all those who follow?

I say use the SF method with Montana and Young. keep em both fresh and make other teams worry about who they’re facing.

After all these are two rookie contracts so you can afford to keep em both without big cap hits, take advantage and run with it.