Thank Hillary for the guns

I've read several times now that the U.S. has had month after month of record gun sales as people fear that Obama's (and Hillary's) war on the second amendment will make it hard/impossible for them to buy guns.

Now that the anti-Constitution party lost the election, I guess the end result is that we have Obama and Hillary to thank for a massive increase in the amount of guns in the country. In their war against the second amendment, the second amendment won.

We should point this out to liberals as often as possible.

The hypocrisy and hate of the left

Riots. Vandalism. Assaults. Calls to assassinate Trump or rape his wife. All of this from people who simultaneously and sanctimoniously claim that they're loving and it's the Republicans who are haters. Only the left would engage in such behaviour on this scale and only the left would have the nerve to be so hypocritical.

And the media gives them a pass.

If mobs had taken to the streets after Obama's election in 2008 with similar behaviour and threats against him and Michelle, does anyone think the media would have given them a pass? The MSM would have (rightly) denounced it 24/7. But when such behaviour is directed at Republicans, the MSM is complicitly silent.

The only bright side is that, as already mentioned, the MSM and Dems (but I repeat myself) have decided to double-down on the despicable tactics that lost them this election.

Still waiting...

The sanctimonious MSM is quick to press Trump to denounce every person or group who says or does something inappropriate in his name (even though most of those people are Dem or MSM plants attempting to make Trump look bad), but you'll notice that they don't demand Obama or Hillary do the same.

With leftist supporters rioting all over the country, I've yet to hear one voice from the MSM call upon Obama or Hillary to denounce these miscreants or to even urge them to stop their vandalism.

Teach them everything or nothing

In the immediate aftermath of the election, some of the shell-shocked and disheartened MSM actually seemed like they were beginning to break out of their liberal bubble and learn a bit about reality. "Maybe we shouldn't call every Republican Hitler."

Then Steve Bannon was appointed as one of Trump's key advisors (honestly, how insane would it be to ditch the guy who helped you win the election?) and their immediate response was, "Bannon is Hitler!!!!"

A lot of my friends were irritated by the MSM's refusal to learn from their mistakes. But here's the thing: WE DON'T WANT THEM TO LEARN. Seriously. What football team wants the opposing football team to learn and improve? What army wants the opposing army to learn and improve? Do you think any police are irritated that criminals aren't getting smarter?

Unless the MSM has a complete epiphany and rejects all their liberal obsessions, we don't want them to learn. We want them to double-down on the ignorant hubris that cost them this election.

Campaign error

Nobody runs a perfect campaign. However, Trump missed one golden opportunity. When the various music and movie stars were threatening (promising) to leave the country should Trump win, he ought to have had his lawyers drawn up contracts for them to sign, held up those contracts at his rallies, and said, "We all hate broken campaign promises. So I want you to sign these so that we can be sure you really will leave once I win."

Full speed ahead

There are a lot of reasons why Trump and the Republicans should tackle as many tasks as possible as soon as possible. Preferably on the afternoon of January 20.

1. Reagan, Clinton, and Bush all knew how to lead. They were able to work with the other party and actually form consensus on a variety of issues. As a result, their accomplishments survived the next administration - both because the accomplishments were passed by Congress and because the other party had invested in them. Obama, on the other hand, was incapable of leading except by thuggery and deceit. As a result, he got virtually nothing through Congress and what he did get through, had no investment from Republicans. So it can almost all be wiped away with the stroke of a pen on day one. (Trump has a pen and a phone, too.) Time and energy required: essentially zero. Ability for the Democrats to interfere: zero.
2. The people have been demanding sweeping changes for several election cycles and more or less loathe Congress for not delivering. At last, the people can have their way. There's no excuse. Failure to do so is a betrayal of the American people.
3. We all know this is exactly what the Democrats would do, if they could. (They'll shriek like babies when the Republicans do it because hypocrisy is the core of who they are.)
4. Regarding any reforms that are unpopular, the sooner you enact them, the more time people have to get over them.
5. A great many of the reforms will take years to produce effects that people feel. For instance, repealing all the hysterical roadblocks Obama constructed to obstruct energy development is an excellent idea. But energy prices won't drop the day after these restrictions are lifted. Lift the restrictions immediately so that two years from now when the midterms come, people have begun to harvest the benefits.
6. The Democrats and the MSM (but I repeat myself) are not going to give Trump and the Republicans a break in any circumstance. So "playing nice" in the hopes of good will in return is insane. Please name one time in the last 20 years when good will gestures from Republicans were met with anything other than vilification and betrayal by the Democrats and MSM. We would love to have a good will relationship with the Democrats. But we don't - by their choice. So don't be Neville Chamberlain.
7. Last, but certainly not least, Republicans know that the reforms they want to enact are for the good of the country. (This is in stark contrast to the Democrats, by the way. Unfettered illegal immigration - the hallmark of the Dems - is entirely for the purpose of serving the Dems (by getting them elected permanently), not for the purpose of serving the country.) Given that they're for the good of the country, it's a moral obligation to enact these changes as quickly as possible.

How Republicans can win the election

This isn't rocket science. As Bill Whittle pointed out in 2012, Republicans have managed to do everything wrong in their campaigning and the Democrats do everything right. Furthermore, the Democrats have the media doing their bidding full-tilt 24/7. and yet it's still a 50/50 country. So how little do Republicans have to do to win?

A few simple thoughts.

1. Pretty much 100% of the polls in every election say that the primary concern of the public is the economy. So any campaign that doesn't focus on the economy is fighting an uphill (and unnecessary) battle. That isn't to say you shouldn't talk about other matters. But make sure the economy is clearly a major (THE major?) point of your campaign.
   
2. The other point that consistently resonates with Americans? Distrust and dislike of the government. Ronald Reagan tapped into this and won two landslides. Focus on reducing government, reigning in government, and letting Americans know you're on their side, not on the side of power-hungry government bureaucrats who want to control their lives. (This also means ditching big-government Republicans because they're only marginally better than Democrats in theory and no better than Democrats in practice.)
   
3. Stay on message. The media will always want to divert you from points 1 and 2 because they know Republicans will win on points 1 and 2. Sure the Democrats have so much wrong with them that they present 1000 targets. But don't get distracted.
   
4. Fight back. Stop acting like the media has any honesty, integrity, or objectivity. Stop acting in good faith towards the media - they only want to destroy you because you're a Republican. Mitt Romney is an excellent man but he was naive when dealing with the media and they savaged him. Donald Trump may be a bit crazy, but he fights back and two good things come from this: the media doesn't know how to cope with him because they're used to Republicans rolling over and playing dead, and the public loves it. (I think that subconsciously, even the liberal public wants to see the self-righteous, self-impressed media get put in its place.) Trump, of course, goes too far and makes obnoxious, pointless, and often untrue statements about decent people. Carly Fiorina is an excellent example of doing this right. She doesn't let the media away with anything.

 Just look at the Republican field vs. the Democrat field. The Republicans are overflowing with people who would be excellent presidents. The Democrats can only put forward three ancient socialists with no accomplishments that aren't political. Zzzzz. This election should be a cake-walk for Republicans and yet they stand an excellent chance of losing because they ignore the four points listed above.