It Is Not Necessary to Prove Fraud to Invalidate Election Results
December 14, 2020 11:04am
The 2020 election was UNCONSTITUTIONAL in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Georgia because the constitutionally mandated due process and equal protection clauses were not followed.
We can ignore the fraud. We can ignore the dead people voting. We can ignore the computers switching votes (which I doubt occurred anyway). We can ignore the illegal ballot harvesting. None of that is necessary for the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out the results in those states and let those state legislatures choose their electors as our Constitution allows.
WHAT OUR CONSTITUTION MANDATES IS NOT OPTIONAL. We release murderers and rapists back into society because the police make mistakes that invalidate all the proof of guilt. And now we're going to just ignore our Constitution when it comes to electing one-third of the U.S. Government for the next four years???
That this election was a sham does not require proof of fraud (even though we know it occurred). The election should be invalidated based upon constitutional principles alone. The unconstitutional processes that occurred are not in dispute. Oh, sure, some people say the processes were not unconstitutional, but they don't dispute that the processes happened.
Do the courts think those processes were unconstitutional? We'll never know because they refuse to even hear the arguments. But it is indisputable that unconstitutional election procedures occurred in several states. So, what were the unconstitutional processes that justify tossing results?
The following are all undisputed FACTS that prove the elections in several states were unconstitutional (violating both the plain language of the Constitution and the case law established in Bush v. Gore):
It is an undisputed FACT that Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Georgia all changed their election procedures by means other than through the legislatures who have the sole plenary power to do so.
It is an undisputed FACT that Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Georgia all treated vote-by-mail ballots in manners not authorized by either state law, the state's constitution, or both.
It is an undisputed FACT that the validity of vote-by-mail ballots in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Georgia were not judged via uniform statewide standards.
It is an undisputed FACT that Pennsylvania accepted late vote-by-mail ballots.
It is an undisputed FACT that election officials in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania counted ballots that lacked legally required information.
It is an undisputed FACT that Pennsylvania's Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the commonwealth's Supreme Court, voided signature requirements for absentee ballots without getting approval from the legislature.
It is an undisputed FACT that Michigan's Secretary of State solicited millions of absentee ballots without the lawful authority to do so AND allowed online ballot requests to be processed without the signature verification required under Michigan law.
It is an undisputed FACT that 70% of absentee ballot poll books in Detroit, Michigan were are out of balance but certified anyway.
It is an undisputed FACT that big city Wisconsin mayors set up unmanned ballot collection boxes despite a state law specifically prohibiting them from doing so.
It is an undisputed FACT that Wisconsin election officials counted ballots that were delivered to their offices by means not permitted under Wisconsin law.
It is an undisputed FACT that Wisconsin election officials counted vote-by-mail ballots that did not contain voter information required by statute.
It is an undisputed FACT that Georgia's Secretary of State and state election board bypassed the legislature to impose new rules that materially altered the rules required by Georgia law.
Those are undisputed FACTS. And while people may argue that those factual occurrences were perfectly constitutional, how could they be??? This is not a matter of interpretation. Either the plain text was followed or it was not. And in this instance, it was not. That makes those elections prima facie unconstitutional.
California and New Jersey also conducted unconstitutional elections. And if someone were to sue about it, the results in those states should also be thrown out.
As for the allegations of fraud? They are numerous. You can read them in the Texas v. Pennsylvania lawsuit at https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/admin/2020/Press/SCOTUSFiling.pdf. It is 154 pages, but it's worth the time it takes to read it because it contains the raw claims unfiltered by the media. Supporting affidavits can be read at https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22O155/163048/20201208132827887_TX-v-State-ExpedMot%202020-12-07%20FINAL.pdf
But fraud is more difficult and time-consuming to prove. And it is not necessary to invalidate the elections anyway. That the elections were conducted in violation of the U.S. Constitution, state constitutions, and statutes is sufficient basis to toss the results and allow the legislatures of the affected states to choose electors as permitted by our Constitution.
Anything less is affirmation that a state may violate both its Constitution and the Constitution of the United States with impunity; and that election laws may be violated by officials any time they want with no repercussions whatsoever. And a constitutional republic cannot survive that.
ADDENDUM ADDED ON 12/19/20: I explained the proper constitutional remedy on my radio show this morning. It is available online as a podcast at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201219
Biden “Wins” via Unconstitutional Election and a Shameful so-called “Justice System”
December 11, 2020 7:03pm
An upside down American flag is a sign of distress or great danger.
This nation is in great distress and great danger. For the U.S. Supreme Court to dismiss the Texas v. Pennsylvania case, and others, without hearing any evidence whatsoever of election irregularities, malfeasance, unconstitutional processes, and outright fraud (of which there is much) is disgraceful.
Biden will be inaugurated next month. All the malfeasance will be swept under the rug. The evidence will be destroyed. And this dirty election will be chalked up by the propaganda press and Leftist historians as "Trump and his sycophantic Trumptard supporters being gullible fools and sore losers who tried to steal an election and subvert our democracy."
THIS ELECTION WAS STOLEN. PERIOD. There is no need to prove specific instances of fraud (even though there were many). Through KNOWN PROCESSES, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Georgia conducted blatantly unconstitutional elections. But no one seems to care. No one who can do anything about it anyway.
I predicted a Trump loss months ago. But I thought that loss would be legitimate. The loss that just happened was not legitimate.
Our government of the people, by the people, for the people, will soon perish from the earth. That is not hyperbole. Time will prove me right. And I will take no joy in being right.
Florida's Coronavirus Situation Is Not As Bad As You've Been Told
December 5, 2020 9:32am
Florida surpassed one million COVID cases this week. And, as is so typical, the so-called "news" media's portrayal of that milestone has been deliberately misrepresented to make Governor Ron DeSantis look as bad as possible. But DeSantis' handling of this pandemic, while not perfect, has been far better than most governors.
Raw numbers are meaningless as evidence of the pandemic's severity. Florida is the third most populous state in the country, so it would be reasonable that Florida would have the third highest number of COVID cases (as it does). But when using the per capita infection rate, which is the only fair metric to use, Florida ranks 25th. Twenty-four states have higher infection rates than Florida! And Florida ranks 16th in deaths per capita - at a rate far below the unconstitutional Democrat lockdown states of New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Illinois, Michigan, and the District of Columbia.
The media has portrayed Governor Cuomo of New York as the gold standard for handling the Coronavirus. But Cuomo has been the second worst governor in the entire country as measured by the disregard for Constitutional Rights (Governor Whitmer of Michigan has been the worst). But the fake news loves Cuomo because he's a Leftist Democrat. They're presenting him as the perfect governor because they're grooming him for the presidency. This is despite the fact that New York has far more COVID deaths than any other state. And that's not because of its population. New York is the fourth most populous state, but it has 79% more COVID deaths than California, the most populous state; 59% more COVID deaths than Texas, the second most populous state; and 84% more COVID deaths than Florida, the third most populous state.
But we are spoon-fed by the propaganda press that Cuomo is a god and DeSantis is a dunce, even though the actual numbers prove otherwise. On a per capita basis, New York has 4 1/2 times more COVID deaths than Florida (4.35 times more to be exact). Those are the real numbers. Those are the real facts. But most people never see the real facts. The fake news sure as hell ain't gonna share 'em. The propaganda press would rather lie to you. Don't believe their lies!
This blog post only hit the highlights. If you'd like to hear more details, they are in today's episode of The Mike Bates Show which is now archived online as a podcast at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201205 (segment 3).
Election Malfeasance HAS BEEN PROVEN
November 21, 2020 11:57am
Contrary to what the fake news is telling you, election malfeasance HAS BEEN PROVEN in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. If the courts throw out the election results in two of those states, Trump would win reelection. Irregularities have been proven in Nevada also, but Trump wouldn't win Nevada if the results there were tossed.
On my radio program today, I described in detail what those proven irregularities and malfeasance are. And I explained how Donald Trump does have a clear - but long shot - path to victory. AND NONE OF IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH COMPUTERIZED VOTE SWITCHING. Just as importantly, I discussed the so-called "news" media's dangerous censorship of what the Trump Campaign is alleging.
I obviously will not put an hour of detail into this post. But these are the highlights:
In Georgia, more than 5000 lawful votes were simply not counted in Floyd and Fayette counties. And during the hand count audit, DeKalb County gave Joe Biden almost 10,000 phantom votes - 9626 to be exact. One batch of the manual count had 10,707 votes for Biden and 13 votes for Trump. But the actual count was 13 for Trump, but only 1081 for Biden. That one batch of ballots gave 890% more votes to Joe Biden than he actually got! The error - which might be too generous of a word - was discovered by Republican observers. That 890% error in Biden's favor had been verified and signed off on by not one but TWO official ballot counters before it was corrected at the insistence of Republicans.
In Michigan, it is a fact that 94 of Detroit's 134 absentee ballot poll books didn't balance, meaning the number of absentee ballots received and processed does not match the number of votes that were cast by absentee ballot. It would be bad enough if it was one. It was 70% of 'em!
In Nevada, election officials found so many discrepancies in their election process that they threw out the results and will hold a redo special election next month. No, I'm not referring to the presidential election. They threw out the results of the election for Clark County Commissioner District C. But if the process was so flawed that they don't know who won a county commission election, how can they be confident they know who won the presidential election? They can't.
In Pennsylvania, officials counted nearly 2500 mail-in ballots that voters failed to properly complete. Under Pennsylvania law, that means the votes shouldn't have been counted. But officials in Allegheny County simply ignored state law and counted the ballots. Andy Szefi, an attorney for the county, justified that illegal act with, "What we have here is essentially a technicality that we don't want voters to get disenfranchised with." No, that is not a technicality. It is the law. And election officials broke it.
Pennsylvania also has the issue of ballots being properly completed by the voter but not received by the deadline established by state law. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court said that was OK, even though their ruling was in direct contravention of Pennsylvania law. The U.S. Supreme Court foolishly refused to overturn that blatantly unconstitutional action. But the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling was a 4-4 tie because the Court was Ruthless. Amy Coney Barrett hadn't been confirmed yet. With Amy Coney Barrett now on the Court, they might see it differently should the case get to them.
All these are absolute, indisputable, easily verified, and proven FACTS. But you have to find them yourself because the national media is not reporting it. But if you read the state newspapers, it's all there. You're not going to learn it if you're waiting for the fake news to spoon-feed it to you.
If President Trump's attorneys are able to convince the Court that the election was so improperly conducted that they toss the election results in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, or Arizona, all those states have Republican legislatures who could assign their electoral college votes to Trump. And to win the electoral college majority, Trump would need any three of those five. Or he could win with just two if the two are from Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia.
It is highly unlikely that Donald Trump will ultimately win the 2020 presidential election. But he absolutely has the right to try. And the so-called "news" media should not be censoring or misrepresenting the facts as they are doing.
The bottom line is that the 2020 presidential election is not as final as the fake news is telling you it is. Details are online as a podcast at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201121
A Marine’s Medal of Honor from the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima
November 14, 2020 9:56am
On today’s radio show, I spent three segments talking about the incredible Veterans Day event at Pensacola’s Veterans Memorial Park and the dedication of the new Gold Star Families Memorial Monument. It included an interview with Hershel "Woody" Williams. The 97 year-old Williams is one of two Medal of Honor recipients from World War II who are still alive. He earned it at the Battle of Iwo Jima!
That interview is now archived online as a podcast at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201114 (4th segment).
The citation for his Medal of Honor, which describes his conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty, is at www.cmohs.org/recipients/hershel-woodrow-woody-williams. It is absolutely worth reading. Read it, and you'll see that it's miraculous the medal wasn't awarded posthumously. He had balls of steel. But as he described in the interview, he wasn't without fear.
Stolen Election? Or Stolen Election Fraud?
November 12, 2020 9:22pm
It is indisputable that some fraud was committed during the presidential election. And it is indisputable that there was also some process malfeasance by election officials. But if it can't be proven to have been enough to change the outcome of the election, the courts will not do much about it.
I wish the courts would get moving on these lawsuits, so we have some idea as to whether or not the claims are substantive. Because if they are, we need to get on to the remedy sooner rather than later. And if they're not, then Donald Trump needs to begin the peaceful transition process sooner rather than later.
There are also many unsubstantiated rumors about how the election was stolen from President Trump. And those need to be addressed with objective analysis of known facts and not with wishful thinking by those who want Trump to have a second term.
I must address the two biggest conspiracy theories making the rounds on social media that are almost certainly complete nonsense. One is the claim that ballots were watermarked by Trump's allies, so they could later prove which ballots were frauds. First of all, each county prints their own ballots. There's no single print shop that prints all the ballots in America. So it's not even possible. And yeah, I know the claim is that it's not those ballots that were watermarked. But it is still nonsense. There is no way that happened. And there is no way President Trump is going to prove in one fell swoop that Democrats engaged in widespread vote fraud by revealing some blockchain invisible watermark. That ain't gonna happen.
The other rumor is that traitorous deep state actors in the American intelligence community weaponized two computer programs - one called "Hammer," that breaks into voting computers and another called "Scorecard," that changes vote counts within those systems. As the theory goes, the CIA developed those programs to manipulate election results in other countries, but deep state never-Trumpers in America used it domestically. That is such an absurd theory that I don't even know how to debunk it other than to say "without evidence to back it up, it belongs in the rubbish bin."
I'm sure some of you are thinking, "Yeah, Mike. But the CIA is really good at doing illegal stuff and covering their tracks. And they hate Trump." Well, that's true. But without evidence, it's the stuff of spy novels not the real world.
If I am shown convincing evidence, I'll change my mind. But I base my opinions on facts. And so far there are no facts to support that theory. Oh, there's plenty of people claiming it. Even people I respect like retired General Thomas McInerney are pushing this conspiracy theory. But it seems like nonsense to me. Don't misunderstand. It would be great if it could be so easily proven that the election was stolen from Trump. But c'mon, it has to be based in reality. And the Hammer & Scorecard theory ain't.
But even if you don't want to accept my analysis that both those theories are without merit, ask yourself this question: If either theory was true, wouldn't Donald Trump be tweeting and screaming about it? Frankly, that's enough evidence right there to indicate they're not true.
Do I think it's too soon for Joe Biden and his supporters to declare victory? Yes, I do. Election results aren't certified any ANY state yet.
And do I think it's too soon for Donald Trump and his supporters to declare victory? Yes, I do. We're still awaiting recounts, and there's no telling what the courts will do with his legal challenges.
But even if the courts acknowledge that the fraud and process malfeasance Trump alleges did actually occur, what will their remedy be? There 100% won't be a redo election. So will they invalidate some votes but not others? Can that even be done? It's not like there was one bin marked "fraudulent ballots" and other bin marked "ballots that were illegally counted." If the ballots were commingled, and certainly most were, there's no way to separate them now.
So would the Supreme Court just invalidate the entire election and leave it to the state legislatures to pick their slate of electors to the Electoral College? If they do - and if those legislators vote along party lines - Donald Trump would have a chance. The House and Senates of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia, and Arizona all have Republican majorities. Nevada's legislature has a Democrat majority. Governors would play no role in it.
Would any of those legislatures choose their electors? Florida's Republican majority in 2000 was going to do just that if the courts didn't settle the Bush v. Gore issue before the Electoral College deadline. But the court did settle it, so the legislature didn't. But had they, it would have been 100% constitutional.
And then there's the question of whether or not Congress would accept electors chosen that way. They wouldn't be required to. Both Congressional bodies would have to agree to reject them, so it would be extremely unlikely. But if they did, it's possible nobody would have the 270 Electoral College votes necessary to win. And that would mean the House gets to choose the President, and the Senate gets to choose the Vice President. If they voted along party lines, Donald Trump and Mike Pence would be reelected.
Republicans will have a 50-48 majority in the U.S. Senate on January 6th - the date those votes would happen. And although the Democrats will have a majority in the House of Representatives, that's irrelevant if they have to choose the President because not every congressman gets a vote. There wouldn't be 435 votes. There would be 46 votes. Each state delegation gets one vote. And in the new Congress that gets sworn in January 3rd, Republicans have majorities in 26 delegations; Democrats have majorities in 20; and four states are evenly split, so they wouldn't get a vote.
Can you imagine what would happen if four states don't have any say whatsoever in who our next president will be? And if 2020 can't get any more interesting, do you know who those four tied states are? Minnesota, Iowa, and... wait for it.... Michigan... and Pennsylvania!
But all these scenarios may just be an academic refresher course on our Constitution. Because unless Donald Trump is pulling a Muhammad Ali-style rope-a-dope, and he's about to unleash a flurry of punches that deliver a knockout blow that drops the vote count to the canvas, it's only a matter of time before the referee raises Joe Biden's hand in the middle of the ring, and Joe Biden puts on the title belt.
President-Elect Biden? Yeah, Probably. But Not Definitely.
November 8, 2020 1:13pm
Who won the 2020 presidential election? Donald Trump thinks he won. Joe Biden thinks he won. And the media has declared Joe Biden to be the winner. But nobody really knows who will be inaugurated on January 20th because the vote counts in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada are not final. Actually, the vote counts are not final in any state. The soft deadline for certifying the vote count is December 8th. And the hard deadline isn't until December 14th. That's the day electors cast their votes in the Electoral College.
But the votes in all the states I mentioned above are very close. Some will have recounts. And allegations of irregularities or fraud in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Nevada are compelling enough to call their existing counts into question in the courts. And that is exactly the avenue to victory President Trump is pursuing. We he prevail? I doubt it. But since it's not impossible, it is premature to declare that Joe Biden won. Of course, it is also absurd for Donald Trump to claim that he won.
Was there voter fraud? Absolutely. There is always some voter fraud. The question is, was it widespread enough to have possibly changed the outcome? (as has been proven in eight recent local elections).
What kinds of fraud are being alleged?
Some people are claiming that Wisconsin had more votes than registered voters. That is not accurate. Those making the allegation used the pre-election day count of registered voters to calculate turnout. But Wisconsin has same day voter registration, and tens of thousands of people registered to vote and voted on election day. When turnout is calculated with that number of voters, it does not exceed 100%.
Biden's vote count in Michigan jumped by 138,000 votes without a single increase in Trump's vote count, and many Trump supporters cried foul. But election officials say it was the result of a correction made to a data entry error. And that explanation seems reasonable.
Also in Michigan, there is a lawsuit alleging that spoiled ballots were being duplicated without Republican observers present. That would be very illegal if true. But is it true? I don't know.
There was a notable problem with the vote tally in Antrim County, Michigan. In 2016, Trump won 62% of the vote in Antrim County. But this year he only got 41%. That's an impossible swing, so Republicans cried foul, elections official recounted, and Trump actually won with 56.5% of the vote. I'm not saying there was anything nefarious about it. But it's things like that that call the legitimacy of the count into question.
Some voters in Arizona sued because they were given Sharpies to complete their ballots instead of being given ball point pens. And their Sharpie marks bled through to the back of the ballots. But the issue is whether or not that bleed-through would cause the tabulators to not read their votes. Election officials say it didn't. And the lawsuit has already been dropped. It wasn't dismissed by a judge. It was dropped by the plaintiffs.
Nevada had problems with poll watchers not being allowed to observe to vote count. Plus, Nevada had universal mail in balloting. And although it was implemented through the constitutional legislative process, it still resulted in thousands of ballots being sent to dead people and people who no longer reside in Nevada, all of whom were obviously ineligible. Many of those ineligible ballots were completed, returned, and counted. Mailed ballots were also accepted for counting after the lawful deadline has passed.
Poll watchers in Pennsylvania were not allowed to observe the tabulation. And even after a court ordered election officials to allow access, they didn't fully comply. That made it very difficult to observe what was actually happening. Why wouldn't they allow the counting process to be observed? I was an appointed official observer in the Florida recount of 2018, so I know what observers are supposed to see. We were not auditors for each ballot. But we could see every ballot being processed and could ask questions if we noticed an anomaly. Equal and unfettered access by observers is critical to both the integrity of the count and to the public's acceptance that the tabulation process was objective and lawful.
Another allegation of procedural malfeasance in Pennsylvania is that some election officials notified Democrat operatives of mailed-in ballots that contained errors which would prevent them from being counted. And those operatives were given a list of who those invalid ballots belonged to. So the Democrats got the voters to correct them. While I do believe voters should be given an opportunity to correct procedural mistakes they make, Pennsylvania law does not allow it! And not all counties offered it! And in the counties that did, only Democrats were given the opportunity to correct their ballots! That is a huge violation of the due process and equal protection clauses of the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. Supreme Court was very clear that the tabulation process had to be universal across the entire state . It was the primary reason they decided Bush v. Gore as they did.
Also in Pennsylvania, the law requires mailed in ballots to arrive by the time the polls close. But the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in direct contravention of the law, ordered that late ballots - even those without any postmark showing proof that they were put into the postal system before polls closed - had to be accepted. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to intervene in that, which I think was a mistake. There are also allegations that postal workers were back-dating postmarks in areas dominated by Democrats.
If tainted ballots in those states were commingled with proper ballots, there is no way to go back and remove those votes. The ballot pool has been contaminated and there is no way to decontaminate it. We can't just assume that every fraudulent vote was for Biden and remove that many from Biden's count, even though it is certain that the vast majority were for Biden because the overwhelming percentage of voter fraud that occurs is committed by Democrats.
Other allegations of improprieties and violations of election law are too numerous to mention them all here. But are they sufficient to justify the courts invalidating the entire vote counts of the affected states? Probably not. But Donald Trump has the right to seek it.
In the extremely unlikely event that the courts did throw out the results, it wouldn't result in a redo. The legislatures of the affected states would choose their state's electors. It's not crazy or far-fetched. That's what the Constitution allows. In 2000 with Bush v. Gore, the Florida legislature was prepared to throw out the people's vote and choose Florida's electors themselves. The reason they didn't is not because they lacked the constitutional authority; they had that. They didn't do it because the vote count was not invalidated. The recount simply stopped. Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, and Arizona all have Republican majorities in both chambers of their legislatures.
What would happen if that occurred? Well, Congress could refuse to accept those electors' Electoral College votes on January 6th when they're tabulated in a joint session of the new congress. But the House and Senate would BOTH have to vote to reject them, and that is extremely unlikely. But if they were rejected, that would probably mean nobody would reach the 270 Electoral College votes necessary to win. And that would put the decision in the hands of Congress. The House of Representatives would choose the President, and the Senate would choose the Vice-President. That would result in a Trump/Pence victory.
Assuming votes are along party lines, the Senate would choose Pence because the Republicans will have a 50 - 48 majority on January 6th. The House of Representatives, despite having a Democrat majority, would choose Trump. Because in such a vote, each Representative doesn't get a vote. Each state delegation gets one vote. And Republicans have majorities in 26 states (both currently and after the new Congress is sworn in on January 3rd).
So will we have a President Biden next year? Yeah, probably. But this is 2020, a year in which even the impossible is possible.
My Flight with the Blue Angels
November 8, 2020 11:11am
25 years ago today, I flew with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels over the Gulf of Mexico south of NAS Pensacola.
During our 45 minute flight, we went through various maneuvers, pulled 7.1 Gs, and went supersonic as we broke the sound barrier (to Mach 1.06). I had the stick for some of it, but Lieutenant Ryan Scholl was in control for most of the flight. Scholl is now an Admiral who commands Carrier Strike Group Eight in Norfolk.
In this video where it looks like I'm holding my breath when pulling high Gs (which I sort of am), that's called the "hook." It is a taught technique that deliberately squeezes the chest muscles to force blood to remain in the brain to prevent passing out from a lack of oxygen.
My flight in the Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornet was the most fun I've had in the back seat since high school. Ha Ha. Of course, if you knew me in high school, you know that's a meaningless statement. Because the only thing I was doing in the back seat in high school was looking for loose change, so I could buy a Slurpee at the 7-Eleven.
The flight was an incredible once-in-a-lifetime experience.
And the Winner Is...
November 3, 2020 2:09pm
When will we know who won today's election? Not today. And not tomorrow either.
Nationwide, 100 million people voted early or by mail. That's 75% of the 134 million votes cast in 2016. But most states haven't even started to count their mailed-in ballots until today; and many won't start until their polls close tonight. Only 15 states (AZ, CO, DE, FL, HI, KS, MD, MT, NE, NJ, NC, OK, OR, TX, and VT) have counted mailed-in ballots already.
We should know Florida's results tonight because Florida has been counting vote-by-mail ballots as they've arrived (but no human knows the count, only the tabulation machine knows). And state law requires that tally to be released within 30 minutes of the polls closing.
It doesn't matter that California, Massachusetts, and other dark blue states won't complete their mailed ballot counts for a while. Nor does it matter in dark red states like Alabama and Wyoming. But delayed counts in the battleground states of Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin are problematic. Even delays in Georgia and Minnesota could be a problem this year.
It doesn't help matters that mailed ballots have historically weighed heavily in favor of Democrats. Add to that the fact that Democrats fear the coronavirus more than Republicans fear it (meaning they are more likely to vote by mail for that reason), and that sets up a scenario where Donald Trump's percentage of the vote will drop at the release of every post-Election Day report.
So unless it's a clear landslide, it's gonna be a while until we know who our next President will be. I expect us to go to bed tonight with the Electoral College vote tied at 218 each. The remaining 102 won't be known for many days.
Election Day Expectations
November 3, 2020 7:00am
It is Election Day in America. But instead of celebrating the hard-earned freedom to elect our own government, businesses across the country are closing down and boarding up. Why?
Because if Trump wins, Leftist malcontents will riot in anger.
If Trump loses, Leftist malcontents will riot in celebration.
Either way, Leftist malcontents will riot. It's what they do.
Leftists are dangerous enemies of our Republic.
45 Lies the Fake News Has Told About Donald Trump
October 31, 2020 10:10am
Most people who hate Donald Trump don't actually hate Donald Trump. They hate the CARICATURE of Donald Trump that has been created by Democrats and their dishonest activists posing as journalists in the propaganda press who have been spewing vicious lies and fake news about him ever since he announced his candidacy.
I compiled a list of those lies with the intention of sharing it on my October 17th radio program. Well, believe it or not, there have been so many lies that I didn't finish my list on that show. So I intended to finish the list the following week. Nope. Still not enough time! So I wrapped it up on the air today. It took three hours to go through the lies. And my list isn't even complete! It has only 45 examples, so I'm certain I missed some.
Here is my list of 45 vicious lies the Fake News has told about Donald Trump in the past five years along with a link to hear the full explanation and truth. With the exception of the first lie on the list below (which I consider to be the worst lie), they are in chronological order as they appeared on my show.
Donald Trump said neo-Nazis were "very fine people" (part 8 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201024)
Donald Trump called Mexicans rapists and murderers (part 1 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
Donald Trump is anti-Semitic (part 1 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
The Trump Campaign colluded with the Russians (part 1 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
Donald Trump is Putin's puppet (part 1 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
Donald Trump attacked Gold Star families (part 2 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
Donald Trump was responsible for the government shutdowns (part 2 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
Donald Trump called the Coronavirus a "hoax" (part 2 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
Donald Trump called our military "losers and suckers" (part 2 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
Donald Trump imposed a Muslim Ban (part 2 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
President Trump planned to create a national registry of all Muslims (part 2 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
President Trump allowed mentally ill people to buy guns (part 3 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
Donald Trump obstructed justice (part 3 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
Fox News held their Christmas Party at Trump's hotel in Washington, DC (part 3 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
Donald Trump raised costs of FHA mortgages (part 4 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
Donald Trump cut Obamacare cost-sharing payments (part 4 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
Donald Trump's December 2017 rally in Pensacola was mostly empty (part 4 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
Donald Trump removed Martin Luther King, Jr's bust from the Oval Office (part 5 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201024)
Trump told Michael Flynn to contact the Russians during the campaign (part 5 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201024)
Trump aide Anthony Scaramucci was involved with a Russian hedge fund (part 5 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201024)
Trump's tax cuts were tax cuts for the rich (part 6 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201024)
The Steele dossier consisted of accurate truth about Donald Trump (part 6 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201024)
The Trump Organization had a secret internet connection with Russia (part 6 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201024)
Trump campaign rallies are COVID "superspreader events" (part 7 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201024)
Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort visited Julian Assange at the Ecuadoran embassy (part 7 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201024)
Donald Trump was deliberately slowing mail delivery to impede vote-by-mail (part 7 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201024)
Donald Trump falsely claims that vote-by-mail is susceptible to fraud (part 7 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201024)
Donald Trump said neo-Nazis were "very fine people" (part 8 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201024)
Eight Trump associates were found guilty of colluding with Russia (part 9 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
The Trump Campaign had early access to Wikileaks' hacked documents (part 9 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Donald Trump put children cages at the border (part 9 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Russia paid bounties to the Taliban to kill American troops in Afghanistan (part 9 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Donald Trump tear-gassed peaceful protesters in front of The White House (part 9 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Trump was going to announce his Supreme Court pick with reality show drama (part 10 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Donald Trump fired the pandemic response team (part 10 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Trump cut the Centers for Disease Control budgets (part 10 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Donald Trump failed to provide enough ventilators to New York City (part 10 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Trump said to drink bleach and inject Lysol into our lungs to cure the Coronavirus (part 10 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Trump was hyping Hydroxychloroquine because he owned the company that made it (part 10 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
A knee-to-the-neck hold is not allowed by any police department in America (part 11 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Melania Trump tore up The Rose Garden to use it as a prop for her convention speech (part 11 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
The Trump Administration suppressed and hid a government climate change report (part 11 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin evicted an old lady for a 27 cent default on her mortgage (part 11 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Nancy Sinatra complained about the Trumps dancing to a Frank Sinatra song (part 11 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
The entire senior management team at the State Department resigned to protest Trump (part 11 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Trump disrespected Senator McCain by not flying the flag at half staff long enough (part 11 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Trump supporter Nick Sandmann mocked a Native American at the Lincoln Memorial (part 12 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Trump supporters torched the Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Mississippi (part 12 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Trump supporters assaulted a Muslim woman at the University of Louisiana at (part 12 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Trump supporters harassed a Muslim woman on the subway in New York (part 12 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Trump supporters harassed a bisexual student at North Park University in Chicago (part 12 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Trump supporters vandalized the campus of Elon University with anti-Mexican epithets (part 12 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcast/201031)
Trump supporters burned the Savoy Masjid Mosque in Houston on Christmas Day (part 12 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Trump supporters vandalized buildings and cars in Philadelphia with racist graffiti (part 12 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Trump supporters vandalized the campus of DePaul University with racist graffiti (part 12 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Trump supporters attacked actor Jussie Smollett in Chicago (part 12 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
My list above is certainly far from complete. But the examples I've included are irrefutable. To any objective person, the so-called "news" media is incredibly biased against Donald Trump and Republicans. They've been biased for decades; at least since the Kennedy Administration. But they have sunk to such depths during the Trump Administration that I don't understand why they have any credibility with anyone whatsoever. Today's Propaganda Press poses a serious threat to our Republic.
If you hear only the prosecutor, every man is guilty. If you hear only the defense attorney, every man is innocent. That's why it's so important to listen to both sides. But the problem with fake news goes far beyond just hearing only one side. The problem is that the side you hear is filled with lies. And those lies will bring down our Republic.
Election day is this Tuesday - just three days away. Will all the fake news about Donald Trump over the past five years result in a Biden presidency? I fear that it will. As I explained on this show on October 3rd, if Joe Biden wins and the Democrats take the Senate and keep the House, they will entrench themselves as a permanent majority in Washington. And if that happens, the United States of America as a free, capitalist, constitutional republic built upon the rule of law will be destroyed. And it will have been the lies spoon-fed to us by the fake news media that led us over the cliff to our demise. So don't believe their lies.
But don't just take my word that they're lying either. Everything I said is true and verifiable. So please take the time to confirm the veracity of my list and explanations. Then, when you realize that you've been lied to by the so-called "news" media, which is really just partisan propaganda, ask yourself what else they've lied to you about. But be prepared to get angry. The truth ain't pretty.
Yes or No on Florida's Constitutional Amendments?
October 25, 2020 10:46am
Florida voters will see six proposed amendments to the state constitution on the 2020 general election ballots.
Florida's constitution is one of the easiest to amend in the country; too easy in my opinion. And we pretty much have proposed amendments to consider each election year. Given that most proposed amendments - even the obviously foolish and dangerous ones - pass, I am convinced most voters have no clue what they are voting for. Most don’t even know there are amendments to vote on until they are in the voting booth and see them. By then it is too late to make an informed decision. The ballot language is ALWAYS incomplete (only a summary appears on the ballot) and often deceptive (as the proponents draft the verbiage). I think most people who vote to approve amendments do so with no understanding of the ramifications and with the erroneous belief that "they wouldn't have asked me to approve it if it wasn't important." Nothing could be farther from the truth. Anyone can get an amendment on the ballot if they have enough money to buy signatures on a petition.
So on my radio program every election year, I have given my analysis of each proposed amendment. But I haven't done that yet this year, and many listeners have e-mailed me asking for my perspective on each of the proposed constitutional amendments. Since I only have one more show before election day and may not have time to get to it even then, I will share my analysis here. My apologies in advance that these are abbreviated explanations that are not as detailed as they would be if I was speaking them instead of typing them. The full text and abbreviated ballot language of each amendment is viewable at https://dos.elections.myflorida.com/initiatives/
The first four proposed amendments got on the ballot via the petition method. Only Amendments 5 & 6 were placed there by the legislature.
Amendment 1: Limits voting to adult citizens of the United States and of Florida:
A "yes" vote would place language in the sate constitution that limits voting in Florida elections to only U.S. citizens who are at least 18 years old, are permanent Florida residents, and who are registered to vote in Florida. On the surface, these seem like appropriate requirements, BUT THEY'RE ALREADY REQUIRED. So why are we being asked to approve this amendment? I have no idea. But I suspect subterfuge of some sort. I will be voting "no." But it will pass overwhelmingly because most voters will be fooled into thinking that non-citizens are not currently prohibited from voting even though there is such a prohibition already.
Amendment 2: Increases the state minimum wage to $15/hour:
A "yes" vote would increase Florida's minimum wage by 75.2% from the current $8.56/hour to $15.00 per hour. Although the increase would be phased in over six years, it would cripple businesses throughout the state. Minimum wage increases are always marketed as creating a "living wage" for all workers. But what it really does is artificially increase EXPENSES for almost everybody. If an employee currently makes $6.00 per hour over the minimum wage, do you really think their wages will be static as those who are paid less catch up? No, of course not. Their pay will increase accordingly, which will result in crippling labor costs to businesses who will be forced to raise the prices of their goods and services. It will also result in job losses as businesses accelerate automation to avoid paying higher wages forced upon them by an electorate that doesn't understand economics. Wages need to be set by the labor market not by voters. I will be voting "no."
Amendment 3: Creates a "Jungle Primary":
A "yes" vote would end Florida's current system of choosing party nominees through a primary process in which party members get to choose their nominees. The jungle primary would lump all candidates together on a single primary ballot, which ALL voters would get to vote on. But that means Republican voters could help nominate a Democrat and vice-versa. This is a terrible idea that would create free-for-all mayhem with the nomination process. California uses this system. Need I say more? I will be voting "no."
Amendment 4: Requires constitutional amendments to be approved by voters twice:
A "yes" vote would require all future amendments to the Florida Constitution to be approved in two consecutive elections before they take effect. The current supermajority requirement of 60% would remain unchanged. Florida's constitution is too easy to amend. But would this amendment make it more difficult? Probably not. It'll just make it more time-consuming. The only state that has this requirement in place now is Nevada where 86% of amendments pass the second time anyway. But even if we can't stop dumb amendments, we can at least slow them down. I will be voting "yes."
Amendment 5: Increases the time to transfer “Save Our Homes” benefits from two years to three years:
A "yes" vote would give homeowners three years (up from the current two years) to transfer their grandfathered property assessment caps to a new homesteaded property. This amendment would benefit very few homeowners. But that means it would also have minimal adverse effect on local property tax revenues. While this is not a pressing concern to many Floridians, it is also a harmless one that has merit for those few who are affected. It seems reasonable to me. I will be voting "yes."
Amendment 6: Allows transfer of a veteran's homestead property tax discount to his/her surviving spouse:
Even though it isn’t true, I will be accused of not supporting veterans and wanting to throw widows out onto the streets because of my position on this one. Florida has far too many exemptions on property taxes as it is. I don't like paying taxes any more than the next guy does. But if we're going to fund local governments through property taxes, such taxes should be as low and as broadly spread as possible. A tax exemption for one person results in higher taxes for another. While I appreciate all who have served this nation in uniform, they don't deserve a special discount on their property taxes because of it. Such exemptions simply transfer the tax burden from being equally shared by veterans to being unfairly carried by non-veterans based upon misplaced patriotism and emotion. But not for me. I base my decision on cold, calculated, reason and logic. Yeah, I'm that insensitive. I will be voting "no."
QUICK LIST OF MY POSITIONS:
Amendment 1: NO
Amendment 2: NO
Amendment 3: NO
Amendment 4: YES
Amendment 5: YES
Amendment 6: NO
I predict amendments 1, 5, & 6 will pass. And I expect Amendment 2 to receive more than 50% of the vote in favor but not reach the 60% required for passage.
Rudy Giuliani Was NOT “Caught in a Compromising Situation”
October 24, 2020 8:42pm
Contrary to what the lying purveyors of fake news are telling you, Rudy Giuliani was NOT “caught in a compromising situation” by Sacha Baron Cohen in his new Borat film.
Have you seen the actual scene from the movie?
The only wrongdoing here (besides the dishonest, propaganda press) was by Rudy Giuliani's press agent. Rudy himself did absolutely nothing improper. I have interviewed hundreds - perhaps more than a thousand - politicians over the past 40 years. Any worth their salt verify the legitimacy of the person conducting the interview before they agree to schedule it. That obviously was not done in this instance.
I fail to see ANY "compromising" behavior by Giuliani. But THAT has been the fake news narrative being promulgated by the activists posing as journalists in the propaganda press.
In the scene, after Rudy's interview ended, he went into the adjacent bedroom of the hotel suite with the actress who was pretending to be the interviewer. She removed his wired microphone in as much of a sexually suggestive manner as she could. And in the process, she messed up his clothing - no doubt deliberately and far more than was necessary. He laid back to re-tuck his shirt.
There is literally nothing "compromising" about the scene at all.
If he had been unzipping his pants with eager anticipation of a more intimate "interview," or if he had been playing with himself, the scene would have been much longer. Sacha Baron Cohen aired the most incriminating footage he had, even though it wasn't incriminating at all. That scene was edited to portray Rudy in the worst possible light. But to an objective observer, it didn't. Not at all. As pranks go, this was a big fail, except for the free publicity the fake news is giving the film.
Congratulations to Sacha Baron Cohen for generating free publicity for his new movie. Shame on the fake news for using it to attack Rudy Giuliani.
Watch the scene and decide for yourself at https://digg.com/video/rudy-giuliani-scene-from-borat-2-that-everyones-been-talking-about
Mr. Biden! What Flavor Milkshake Did You Get?
October 19, 2020 7:46pm
A few days after the New York Post published information from Hunter Biden's laptop...
Do you remember that story? The one Twitter banned and Facebook suppressed? Yeah, that one. Twitter claimed they banned it because the information it contained had been hacked. This is the same Twitter that just a few weeks before had eagerly allowed unlimited tweets peddling the New York Times story about President Trump's tax returns, which even if those tax returns were authentic - something that has yet to be verified - they were absolutely obtained illegally. So Twitter can take their phony excuse and shove it up their ass. It was blatant partisan censorship intended to influence the outcome of an election; in Joe Biden's favor, of course.
The Biden campaign did not deny the authenticity of those e-mails that very clearly implicated at the very least Hunter Biden - and almost certainly Joe Biden also - in a foreign bribery scheme that benefited the entire Biden Crime Family.
But the so-called "news" channels of ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and MSNBC completely ignored the story. And when given the opportunity to ask Joe Biden about it directly, they didn't. Instead of asking Joe Biden if the New York Post's story was true - or even asking a softball question such as "Do you have any comment on the story?," a reporter asked him what flavor milkshake he bought. Honest. I’m completely serious.
Yesterday, Joe Biden stopped at a burger joint with his granddaughter in Durham, North Carolina to purchase some milkshakes. As he was leaving the burger place with his milkshake in his hand, a reporter asked him a question.
The question was "Have you and your cocaine-addicted son Hunter been selling U.S. foreign policy to Communist China and Ukraine?" And Joe Biden's answer was "Yes. From those countries and others. The Biden Crime Family has accepted millions of dollars in bribes over the years." Just kidding. You know the media would never ask an important question like that of Joe Biden.
The question that a "reporter" really asked was "Mr. Biden! Mr. Biden! What flavor did you get?" And Joe Biden's response was, "We got one vanilla and one chocolate. I wanted to get what we call black and white. 'Cause we're gonna [unintelligible mumbling] split it."
You don't believe me, do you? I understand. I wouldn't believe it either. But I saw the video. You should watch it also. I posted it above.
This is a disgusting example of how today's so-called "news" media is really just dishonest activists posing as journalists in the lying propaganda press. It's disgraceful.
Exposing the Fake News About Donald Trump
October 17, 2020 8:44am
www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017
Ever since Donald Trump announced he was running for president, the dishonest Democrats and their allies in the propaganda press have been viciously lying about him.
I made a list of the worst fake news about President Trump, and I shared it this morning on my radio program. That episode is now archived online as a podcast at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017. But the lies are so plentiful that I only got half way through my list, so I'll give the second half on my October 24th show.
Donald Trump said the media is the enemy of the people. And for that, the media went nuts and attacked him even more viciously than they had before. But what Donald Trump said is true. Today's media is the enemy of the truth. And that makes them the enemy of the people. And that makes them enemies of our republic. Don't believe their lies. Better yet, counter their lies with the truth.
If you want to help expose the media as the dangerous liars that they are, please share the link (www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017). Ask your friends to share it too. And do so soon. People have already begun voting. We MUST get the truth out NOW if we're to have any hope of preventing the destruction of our country at the hands of the Democrats and their dishonest activists posing as journalists in the lying propaganda press who have been spewing vicious lies and fake news about our president.
Please do what you can do to help get the truth out. The future of the United States as a free country depends on it. That is not hyperbole or paranoia. That is the truth.
Thank you,
Mike
My Prediction for the 2020 Presidential Election
October 3, 2020 3:44pm
Today is October 3rd. We are exactly one month from the presidential election. Who do you predict will win?
All of us could give the lottery numbers after they've been drawn. But what's the fun of that? Similarly, there's no sport in Monday morning quarterbacking the election, so I want to go on the record with my Electoral College prediction now.
Although I don't want it to happen, I think Donald Trump will lose. Bigly. Regardless of what happens in the Electoral College, Joe Biden will certainly receive more of the national popular vote than Trump will. But that popular vote is meaningless, so I don't care.
The Electoral College is what matters. I don't expect Trump to win any states he lost four years ago. But I expect him to lose four states that he won in 2016: Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Maine will go all in for Biden. And I expect Nebraska to split with 4 votes for Trump and 1 for Biden. Consequently, I predict Joe Biden will win the Electoral College vote 295 - 243.
This map shows my predicted breakdown. I hope and pray that I'm wrong.
You can make your own prediction or play out various scenarios with the interactive map at www.270toWin.com
Donald and Melania Trump Have Both Tested Positive for COVID-19
October 2, 2020, 12:26am
Well, it's official. President Trump and Melania have both tested positive for COVID-19.
I received an e-mail from The White House Press Office 21 minutes ago with a pdf copy of a Memorandum from the President's Physician confirming the positive test results. A copy of that pdf is above.
I hate to disappoint all the disgusting malcontents who hope the President dies. Actually, that's not true. I'm quite pleased to disappoint them with the survival rates for COVID-19 according to the Centers for Disease Control:
0-19: 99.997%
20-49: 99.98%
50-69: 99.5%
70+: 94.6%
In other words, the overwhelming odds are that Donald and Melania will be just fine.
Confirming Amy Coney Barrett Before the Election is Risky
September 26, 2020 5:11pm
My radio program this morning was about the risks of the Republicans confirming President Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election. We didn't know who it would be when I was on the air. But now we know it's Amy Coney Barrett.
The points made this morning are still valid, so if you'd like to hear them, the show is now available online as a podcast at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/200926
Democrats are crying and complaining that when we had the same circumstances of a Supreme Court justice's death in the election year of 2016, Republicans refused to consider the nominee in the Senate. But that's false! WE DID NOT HAVE THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES.
The President and the Senate majority were of different parties. And that makes a huge difference both politically and historically.
Throughout our nation's history, we've had 29 Supreme Court vacancies occur in an election year. Of those 29 times, the sitting president made an appointment 29 times. That's 100% of the time. But how many times was the nominee confirmed?
Well, that depended upon the political parties. Of the 19 times the President and Senate majority were of the same party, 17 were confirmed (89%). Of the 10 times the President and Senate majority were of different parties, only 2 were confirmed (20%).
So this partisan bickering over the Supreme Court is nothing new. If the Democrats had a majority in the Senate on 2016, Barack Obama's appointment would certainly have been confirmed. History says there was an 89% chance, but modern day reality makes it 100%, especially if Harry Reid or Chuck Schumer had been in charge. And the Republicans would have cried and complained about it.
Regarding those serving in office today, the American people voted for a Republican president and a Republican majority in the Senate. In other words, President Trump's appointment and a Senate confirmation of that appointment is perfectly constitutional. But as usual, the Democrats loathe our Constitution when it impedes their agenda. And because the media supports the Democrats' agenda, they amplify the complaints about Republican hypocrisy without telling the other side that it's not really hypocrisy; it's politics. And it's nothing new.
One final thought: The confirmation fight in the Senate will be "Ruthless" - just like the Supreme Court now is.
Democrat Governors Killed 59.60% of America's 204,390 COVID-19 Victims
September 21, 2020 5:27pm
As the United States topped 200,000 COVID-19 deaths as of September 21st, the Democrats and the media are eagerly blaming every death on President Trump. But who is really to blame?
States with Democratic governors comprise 59.60% of the deaths (with 54.45% of the country's population).
States with Republican governors comprise 40.40% of the deaths (with 45.55% of the country's population).
So not only has a greater number of people died under Democrats than under Republicans, the likelihood of death was also much higher in Democrat states. A person is 9.45% more likely to die with a Democrat governor.
So who's fault is that??? Not President Trump's!
And despite Democrat Governor Cuomo actually being responsible for so many deaths in New York, it is not really the fault of state governors either. But that hasn't stopped Democrats and the media - there I go repeating myself again - from dishonestly blaming it all on Trump. The political propaganda of today's so-called "news" media is disgraceful.
While Republican states have fewer deaths, they do have more cases. So, in Republican states more people have tested positive but fewer have died. Does that mean Republican states have healthier populations or better health care? Neither. It's not that simple.
I don't want to repeat here the analysis of who is really to blame for cases and deaths. But if you care to read it, it is online from May 28th (when we hit 100,000 deaths) at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/blog/200528-2340 and from May 3rd (when I first analyzed deaths by party) at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/blog/200503-1041
DATA SOURCES:
https://www.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/index.html
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-kits/2019/national-state-estimates.html
NOTE: Washington, DC is included in the above numbers, but U.S. Territories are not.
How Big Tech Threatens Our Elections and Our Republic
September 14, 2020 12:27am
Facebook, Twitter, Google, and YouTube are censoring speech to the point that it poses a serious threat to our Republic. And it might even throw the elections!
On Saturday's radio show, I explained how Big Tech is manipulating search results and social media content in a massive propaganda war against conservatives.
To change the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, they would have needed to change just 0.039% of the total votes cast nationwide. They are poised to change far more than that this year. I gave examples and details on the radio program, which is now online as a podcast at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/200912
If you care about the future of our country, I encourage you to listen to it and share the link. Because Big Tech has so much influence upon every aspect of our lives, this issue is probably the most important issue we face as a nation. And if we don't respond properly to the threat, the damage will be irreversible.