Is Project 2025 All That The Left Says it is?
Apparently Not
Let’s start with just ONE claim of The Left:
That Project 2025 will end no-fault divorce.
“End no-fault divorce: False
No-fault divorce, meaning a divorce that does not require proof of spousal wrongdoing, is not mentioned in the report.”
If you care to, here’s the link.
Despite the widespread impression (mostly on The Left) that Kamala delivered a GREAT debate performance, and Trump was under par, what has been the result?
Not much. If anything, the poll changes have favored Trump.
That’s counterintuitive. A debate SHOULD persuade voters, and make the difference between winning and losing.
But it hasn’t.
I think it might indicate a voter population that is savvier than the election consultants hope. The voters have learned to look at what candidates DO, not what they say.
Remember the Nixon-Kennedy debate? When Nixon’s performance, to read the Liberal Press, was a failure? And, that Kennedy’s poised appearance and carefully and calmly delivered answered were said to be more persuasive? (More on that later).
Kennedy did (allegedly) win the election. And, in one of his first big tests, negotiating with the Russians, he got his head handed to him. So much for what, and how, he spoke, versus experience. He faced the Cuban Crisis, and only luck and a last minute change by the Soviets kept the situation from escalating. A lot of that was due to the Soviet’s belief that Kennedy was weak and would fold under pressure. I have to wonder just how much RFK contributed to holding out - he was always the tougher personality.
Nixon, when he was officially elected, had a chance to demonstrate that his often headline-negative experiences had delivered some life lessons. He lead a team that had many successful international journeys, resulting in reduced tensions and opening many roads to international trade (which I have to now question was the right move, in the light of our current trade balance).
So, maybe, voters are smarter than pundits? Maybe they have learned, from both actions by public figures, and, perhaps, from their own interactions, that someone who wants something from you can SAY anything. What counts is what they DO.