Oh, That Bear!

Sometimes you eat the bear, sometimes the bear eats you.  That's an old Southern idiom that speaks truth to life.  Or put another way, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.  Who won and who lost in Alabama's razor-close squeaker senate race yesterday?  Time will tell.

Real man versus progressive twit

In the short term, the uni-party/Soros establishment machine - that is, the swamp - is the apparent winner, demonstrating that it can still crushingly apply the politics of personal destruction.  The accusations against Judge Moore were mostly proven as nothing more than political propaganda, aimed at keeping Southern women home.  It worked.  Had they turned out, a different headline would have greeted us today.  

Now the Democrats have gained another seat in the Senate, narrowing the GOP majority to 51-49, and putting at risk American constitutional ideals such as conservative judges appointed to the bench, limited immigration, and support of the Second Amendment, to name just a few.  McConnell must be gloating in his coffee this morning, having beaten Trump and Bannon - in his mind, at least - in the court of public opinion.   But the truth is that Doug Jones is a screaming liberal, and he won simply because he's not Roy Moore.

Moore was a flawed candidate for the established GOP.  He was way too Christian for the establishment - he had the Ten Commandments displayed in front of the courthouse.  Alabamians loved him for that; Washington DC was appalled.  He was too traditional in his Biblical beliefs - he wasn't supportive of so-called gay rights, feminism or of other progressive nonsense.  The very thought of him being elected to the senate terrified the swamp.  So the swamp managed to turn this election into a contest between men and women.  Rather, between men and feminists.  The pussy-hats won.  The bear eats you.  The campaign barely mentioned Alabamian concerns such as immigration, build the wall, and job creation.  Nope, it was all about he-ing and she-ing.  Say what you will about Judge Moore, a better choice for Alabama was certainly Morris Jackson "Mo" Brooks Jr.   But in this election, that ship had sailed.

The good news for conservatives is that they get a chance for a do-over in 2020.  Yesterday's special election was to fill the Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions when he was appointed US Attorney General.  So Jones' term can be short lived and temporary, if Alabamians so choose.  Alabama is a deep red state, and maybe they didn't like Judge Moore all that much, but contrary to leftist thinking and gloating, it ain't turning blue in 2020. 

So allow the swamp's gloating for now.   In two years, they'll be weeping again. The constitution is counting on it.