{"id":83774,"date":"2022-11-08T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=83774"},"modified":"2022-11-08T06:11:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T12:11:15","slug":"why-im-voting-gop-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=83774","title":{"rendered":"Why I&#8217;m Voting GOP, Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Because there&#8217;s an election denial problem &#8211; among Democrats&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"12 Minutes of Democrats Denying Election Results\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XX2Ejqjz6TA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;that they&#8217;re trying to project onto the right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Because I&#8217;ve got your &#8220;Amnesty for using Covid as a cover for the most immense peacetime power grab in history&#8221; right here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83775\" width=\"426\" height=\"572\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Because Keith Ellison french-kissed &#8220;Anti&#8221;-Fa&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-2-714x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83559\" width=\"418\" height=\"607\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;and they returned the favor with a night of &#8220;mostly peaceful protest&#8221; that did this&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img_0720-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74268\" width=\"445\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img_0720-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img_0720-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img_0720-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img_0720-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img_0720-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/img_0720-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;three blocks from my house. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Because when you scratch the surface with the most prominent, outspoken thought leaders of the Democrat party, from Kamala Harris to Jamar Nelson, you find an undercurrent of hatred for the American experiment&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_2856.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-82680\" width=\"499\" height=\"659\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;and the rule of law&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img 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https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/img_0631-300x98.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/img_0631-768x252.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/img_0631-500x164.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/img_0631.jpg 1124w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Because while work themselves into McCarthyist glee referring to people as &#8220;fascists&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/22d9b36b-c7fb-4da9-932f-5193e50ada64-27917-000004f338e171ae_file-688x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83605\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;it is in fact they who seek to enforce acquiescence &#8211; whether via blandishments or 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width=\"433\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_2620-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_2620-392x300.jpg 392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;and it&#8217;s not sustainable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_2592.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81215\" width=\"423\" height=\"510\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Because America has a problem with racism &#8211; on the left, in places like New York City&#8230;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div 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https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_1496-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_1496-768x669.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_1496-345x300.jpg 345w, https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/img_1496.jpg 1246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Because for all of Governor Klink&#8217;s yapping about &#8220;fully funding education&#8221;, the system in Minnesota (outside the parts where the upper-middle-class white DFLer live) is broken&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/146e20db-4a5b-47b3-b0c9-f9b8bd300dc1-463-0000002b95ff71cf_file-862x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83212\" width=\"423\" height=\"508\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;and no wonder, since the adults running the system are themselves, while highly <em>schooled<\/em>, very poorly educated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/779ab8eb-c6eb-4ebf-b81a-ed56b3842a03-30812-00000fcfd2bc5dc3_file.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81110\" width=\"432\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/779ab8eb-c6eb-4ebf-b81a-ed56b3842a03-30812-00000fcfd2bc5dc3_file-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/779ab8eb-c6eb-4ebf-b81a-ed56b3842a03-30812-00000fcfd2bc5dc3_file-350x300.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>To complete the job of 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