GERRYMANDING…IT’S JUST DIFFERENT WHEN THE DEMOCRATS DO IT…

As far as I’m concerned, the goddamn Democrats have been getting away with murder, politically speaking, for decades. Primarily because there was no one on our side willing to stand up to them. And over time the Democrats came to possess that which can only be described as being a sense of entitlement, considering themselves to have free reign over our political process. The Democrats have long been willing to do whatever it was that was necessary to win. Personally, I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve wished that those on my side would play the game in the same manner. Too many times, I’ve felt like a victim of that old adage, “nice guys finish last."

Which brings me to all the recent hubbub about the redistricting of congressional districts and the Democrats defending their actions while chastising Republicans for doing the exact same thing. And it was on Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power” that Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democrat, responded to Republicans arguing that Democrat states have gerrymandered by saying that’s just another way of “saying that they are drawing districts with partisan intent because they can’t win an election on their agenda, and they know that they have to have legislators choose their voters and they have to rig the construction of congressional districts."

Co-host Joe Mathieu played video of Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-TX) saying, “California has already done this, New York has already done this, Illinois has already done this, Massachusetts, already done this, Maryland, already done this. What was frustrating to Democrats is that Republicans are now doing this. But the fact is that you can have a president who, if he does not win the midterms, will not be able to complete his agenda to the American people that they all supported either two years ago, and, on top of that, what my Democrat colleagues promised is that they are going to defund ICE and they’re going to spend the last two years of his presidency on impeachment."

Mathieu then asked, “This rhetoric gets to be beyond even the — I can’t even cut the — what is your reaction to that, Congresswoman? Why is this different in Texas?” Wasserman Schultz responded, “Joe, that’s a long way of her saying that they are drawing districts with partisan intent because they can’t win an election on their agenda, and they know that they have to have legislators choose their voters and they have to rig the construction of congressional districts. By the way, the congressional redistricting took place across the country in the states she named, California, Illinois, other states, at the regular decennial Census."

And she said, “They are trying to ram through new congressional districts and pick up seats, because they know when voters go to the polls next November, there’s a freight train of opposition to their agenda that will run over them. And, in Florida, particularly, it is explicitly unconstitutional. I have colleagues in Florida who have specifically, publicly stated that the reason that we needed to change congressional district lines in Florida is so that they elect more Republicans and more conservatives. That’s unconstitutional, and it’s very transparent. And if they do it, it’ll go through the judicial process, and hopefully, we’ll be able to make sure those are overturned."

So, if I understand her correctly, when Democrats do redistricting, it’s acceptable because democracy is served. Yet when Republicans do it it’s unconstitutional and damaging to democracy. I can only assume that Democrats must think we’re all pretty stupid. Just look at any Democrat controlled state, they’re gerrymandered to the hilt. Look at Massachusetts for example, Republicans are 35 to 40 percent of the vote and yet have zero representation due to Democrat gerrymandering. The same holds true in numerous other blue states. Democrats are OVER-represented while Republicans are UNDER-represented! We’ve had to deal with this problem for decades.

Now something that I’m sure Ms. Wasserman Schultz is fully aware of is the fact that most Democrat controlled states have already been gerrymandered to the max in favor of the Democrats. They might be able to squeeze out one more seat at most.  There are nine states without a single Republican House Member and two states, Maryland is one, with just a single Republican House seat. The Left has done this for decades and they added Illegals to be counted in the census giving states like CA, NY and IL maybe 15 extra House seats. If Red states followed the Democrat example with redistricting the Democrats would be a permanent minority in the House.

The problem for the Democrats is that they have pretty much 100 percent gerrymandered their Blue states and with Republicans now stepping up and doing the same thing they’ve really got nothing to fall back on! Old Debbie is saying it’s so very unfair that the Republicans now want to play by the same rules that the Democrats made up and have been playing by for decades. It’s different, illegal and undemocratic if Republicans do what Democrats do. It’s becoming increasingly clear that the Democrats would never hold a majority without their open borders, cheat by mail and gerrymandered districts. Hence the level of panic among those on the left.

Frankly, I don’t understand the outrage. Gerrymandering was specifically designed for, and used by, political parties to gain an advantage. Hearing these Democrats whine about this just tells me they’re a bunch of hypocrites all because the Republicans may now have an opportunity to gain the advantage in this case, although nothing is for certain. The left gets so wrapped around the axle when the Republicans try to use the Democrat play book. Democrats have no leg to stand on and continue to spew nothing but nonsense. And I must say that I do find some level of humor in how Democrats keep giving credence to the very reason President Trump wants another census.

Wasserman Schultz says the quiet part out loud, that the Democrats have been forced to gerrymander because their agenda has been, is and will forever be, a losing one. Her response would seem to indicate that she thinks only Democrats should be rigging election and that they can’t win unless they cheat. But let's look at the extent of their cheating abilities: mail in voting, no ID required for voting and their own map making. The Republicans will never be able to catch up, but they need to try. Voter ID will help. No more mail in voting and continue with the redistricting. The Republicans need to protect themselves just like the Democrats have been doing all along.

Here we go again with that old pot and kettle thing. And as is usually the case, like others of her ilk, Wasserman Schultz has no solutions or remedies. She just bitches and complains about the same thing the Democrats have done for decades! That’s how the game of politics is played, and she can’t stand it that “turnabout is now fair play.” And like that old adage says, “What's good for the goose, is good for the gander.” The Democrats started this. With luck the Republicans just might be able to bring an end to the Democrat Party. Because finally we finally have a president who is willing to fight back. And any Republican that doesn't want to come along needs to go.

It’s difficult to follow Democrat logic, if you can call it that. She points to Republicans finally gerrymandering Red states like the Democrats have been doing to Blue states for decades and claims that the Republicans are cheating because they’re now doing exactly what the Democrats have been doing all along. Lefties make foolish, outlandish, contradictory, hypocritical, and stupid comments all the time because they can. And the fawning and supportive ‘fake news’ media goes right along with the gags and lies and lends their support to the anarchy and treason. But ‘We the People’ see through all of the smoke and mirrors much to the chagrin of the Democrats.

It’s pretty obvious that the Democrats are shittin’ their pants now that Republicans have finally decided to play the game in the same manner that they’ve watched the Democrats play it. Gerrymandering and redrawing districts so the other side wins a few token seats by a landslide while you ensure your side wins the vast majority of the seats in a bunch of squeakers. The Democrats have been doing this for decades, and now that they’ve been exposed, they’ve gone into full ‘Henny-Penny’ mode because the Republicans are ready to beat them at their own game. There’s another old saying about “what goes around, comes around,” sometimes it just takes a while.