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Monday, November 23. 2020

Give it up, Mr. President

Losing sucks, but you have done a heck of a good job for the US and I hope most of it sticks. 


And let the legal things roll along to wherever they roll.  Ya win some, ya lose some. That's life. 


Biden will be a disaster. Boring, but maybe people want no fun news. Let's go back to giving money to Germany, and giving China a break. 


Posted by The News Junkie at 18:13 | Comments (38) | Trackbacks (0)

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I don't think so. The words "give up" are not in his vocabulary nor anyone who values the republic.
#1 Big Bob on 2020-11-23 18:34 (Reply)
Disagree. It appears a lot of bad stuff was going on, as decent people we should be in favor of getting to the bottom of it.
#2 Dark on 2020-11-23 18:38 (Reply)
News Junkie......if you were drowning would you just tell us to give it up and let you go? Once they get in they will hurt this country more than Obama. Fight President Trump!
#3 JC on 2020-11-23 18:41 (Reply)
The other side is simply smarter, better organized, more aggressive, dirtier, and more committed to the win than we are. They'll cheat, steal, scratch, and bite to get the win. They'll take to the streets, physically attack their opponents, attack them in their workplace, in the public square. They are without the bourgeois limits that the Republican gentry so prize. Period.
#4 Erasmus on 2020-11-23 19:02 (Reply)
No ... Never give up, especially to fraud. I refuse to let the entire United States morph into the likes of Illinois and Chicago. We hold the line.
#5 Second City Lurker on 2020-11-23 19:08 (Reply)
Why? To cut a hideous career politician a break? For the sake of the country? The former definitely needs help. The latter can endure anything.

DJT's tenacity, and his many other qualities, have inspired an incredible number of citizens to dare to care openly about their country's present and--more importantly--future.

This juncture is but a battlefield in a long, long war. The enemy is not the many people who did not vote for DJT. It is the institutional players who justifiably feel threatened by a man who castigates them fearlessly.

Fight on. Strength builds strength.
#6 Geof Carter on 2020-11-23 19:14 (Reply)
Not till the last appeal is exhausted. I’m appalled at the reaction from people like you!

This is about so much more than Trump or Republicans. This is about free and fair elections. If Biden is president, do you think anything will be done about cleaning up elections? The cheating will just get more skillful.
#7 mudbug on 2020-11-23 19:32 (Reply)
Well said. It is astonishing to me that there are those who do not understand the ramifications of the theft of this election. If Trump is not successful I only hope that those of us who love this republic emulate his fighting spirit.
#7.1 Laurie K on 2020-11-24 00:09 (Reply)
Exactly. Having gotten away with fraud this time, they'll refine their methods and repeat them.

This is the last genuine election the country will see.
#7.2 PubliusII on 2020-11-24 09:37 (Reply)
At which point, the Second Amendment kicks in.
#7.2.1 mudbug on 2020-11-24 12:58 (Reply)
I second all of the thoughtful reflections regarding your acquiescence. This prez has done more for individuals like you then you will ever know.
To give up when the sinners were running out of ammo....NOT ON YOUR LIFE!
#8 steve on 2020-11-23 19:48 (Reply)
What?
The fight hasn't even started except in the media and a few partisan lower courts.

The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals just shot down an Obama Judge's ruling in Pennsylvania.

The Michigan Legislature is stepping up to its responsibilities.
#9 Oldflyer on 2020-11-23 19:57 (Reply)
No need to give up now, changes nothing except the media narrative. Doesn't even impact the transition. Biden is bringing on deep swamp creatures who already know how to do things. Doesn't even have FBI or other agencies seeking to interfere with the transition.

End point is January 20, earlier Jan 6. But we don't reach the first deadline until Dec 14.
#10 JK Brown on 2020-11-23 20:04 (Reply)
The utter and complete fecklessness of boomercons never ceases to amaze me. With friends like these losers, who needs enemies?
#11 Guest on 2020-11-23 20:05 (Reply)
This isn't really about the election or even about Trump. This is about America, freedom and our rights. The left wants to take it all away from us, in fact they have been moving to that position for 60 years or more. Call it a coup, a revolution, the big grift, whatever that is what they are doing. Now for the coup d'etat. Trump will be erased/discredited. maybe even jailed. The noose will tighten around you and the rest of the deplorables and slowly you will lose what your grandfathers gave you. There is only one way to stop it and that is to fight, I mean really fight. And I don't think we are a nation of fighters anymore. I think we are looking at the demise of America. It will be invaded and sold off piecemeal.
#12 OneGuy on 2020-11-23 20:30 (Reply)
throws tomatoes at News Junkie to get him off that soapbox of neocon defeatism he seems to be glued to

In Reagan's own words: “If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.”
#13 jolizbish on 2020-11-23 20:46 (Reply)
Problem is Trump never estimated the amount of voter fraud and thus was unprepared to fight it. Sadly. And Rudy is so far after his expiration date no I ne but an idiot would let him be a mouthpiece. Did OJ let F Lee do the talking? No, but he had him at the table for gravitas. Or show. There was big fraud. We need to fight it.
#14 Tonyp on 2020-11-23 21:45 (Reply)
Biden will be a disaster. Boring, but maybe people want no fun news. Let's go back to giving money to Germany, and giving China a break.

Those are the least of my worries.

If Biden packs the court with hacks, they will be in power forever and everything they do will pass Constitutional muster. DC can be a state and they can confiscate our guns if SCOTUS concurs.

Yes. I know that requires the senate but I wouldn't bet on the Georgia GOP senate candidates overcoming the cheating at this point.

Oh wait. There is no cheating. I forgot. The elections are squeaky clean. Silly me.
#15 feeblemind on 2020-11-23 23:18 (Reply)
“Nothin’ matters, and what if it did?” - John Cougar

This snarky nihilism thing at MF lately is not a good look.
#16 Jeff Brokaw (Link) on 2020-11-23 23:24 (Reply)
Scott Adams pulled this crap the other day. After a month of "Biden will be the end of the republic" because of court packing, constitution altering, and other such measures designed to ensure a permanent majority, now he's "well, we gave it a good shot..let's move on."

What a load of nonsense.
#17 Brother John on 2020-11-24 00:16 (Reply)
I'm not a big Lincoln fan but I certainly admire his dogged persistence to fight through to a Union victory, despite many appalling military losses, thousands of deaths of Union soldiers, not to mention vilification in the press. Contrast this with News Junkie's decision to throw in the towel because, golly gee, we gave it a shot, lost, and oh well, let's move on. I suppose I could also mention Churchill, but why bother? Oh yeah, and then there were those 300 guys from Sparta at Thermopylae. Nuff said?
#18 Steveinthesticks on 2020-11-24 04:45 (Reply)
John Paul Jones comes to mind.
#18.1 Ed (Link) on 2020-11-24 08:49 (Reply)
Even though it may be an uphill battle, make the Dem election officials lie about their activities, perjure themselves, defend the practices that enabled fraud, in court, so it is part of the permanent record.
#19 Exasperated on 2020-11-24 05:48 (Reply)
It ain't OVER until the Electoral College sez so!
#20 Sam L. on 2020-11-24 07:11 (Reply)
Hey NJ - you really screwed the pooch on this post. I used to think better of you.
#21 AlexG on 2020-11-24 07:43 (Reply)
I couldn't disagree more. The arbitrary and low/zero integrity nature of our election system has been exposed for all to see (all those willing to observe it with a clear eye, that is). When a handful of cities (Detroit, Philadelphia, Atlanta and others), with a documented history of fraud (and ample evidence of fraud in 2020), in the most contested states can swing a national election then that poses an existential threat to nation-wide voter confidence that their vote counts equal to any other. And the dilution of mail-in ballot integrity to zero under the pretext of "Covid" is appalling and only fuels the widespread perception of corruption. Whether the Trump team has the means and opportunity to "prove" the nature, extent and impact of the fraud and corruption this time around, they should be granted the privilege of doing so for the sake of restoring faith in our election system. Unless the systemic issues are identified and addressed going forward, not only will "free, fair, and transparent" elections be a thing of the past (Republicans take note), our constitutional, federal Republic is doomed.
#22 PCB on 2020-11-24 07:55 (Reply)
Every time I read some blogger capitulating I get discouraged. And then I read the comments and realize I stand among courageous Americans and take heart.

Onward!
#23 Auntie T on 2020-11-24 08:07 (Reply)
Give up? Lets just go along to get along? Let Biden and then Harris, and Pelosi, Schumer, Hillary, gag me, Obama, become the most powerful people in the world? What's next, allow Hunter Biden to continue his pedophilia in plain view? Allow the theft of an election to disappear and then to never have a fair election again? We can't 'get along' with giving up to China, the Squad, the Greenies, etc. IMO this is mind blowing naivete to say give up and get along. If it goes that way and Biden is sworn in, just say good \by to the 2nd amendment, the 1st amendment, to our military, to low taxes, to freedom, to our Republic. I don't want you in my foxhole or even on my side in this war. Cowardly lion.
#24 Yogi B (Link) on 2020-11-24 09:03 (Reply)
Good to see that we, the people, have not given up. Not hardly.
#25 pbird on 2020-11-24 10:10 (Reply)
"Giving up" means not merely giving up the election, but giving up the country - to a professional grifter (Biden) and the Obama acolytes in the House and Senate who want to destroy it and "rebuild" like Stalin rebuilt the Soviet Union. As for getting along, well, no thanks. I'll pass on selling my body and soul to people who demand that I comply OR ELSE. I'll take some calculated risks, ammo up, and deal with the OR ELSE as it comes.
#26 JF1017 (Link) on 2020-11-24 10:54 (Reply)
May have said ir before, but I WOULDN'T WANT TO SHARE A LATRINE WITH A COWARD LIKE THE news junkie, LET ALONE A FOXHOLE!!!

the news junkie is just like the "Harry Ellis" character in "DIE HARD": Oleaginous (okay, "slimey") arrogant and duplicitous, as well as too-clever-by half!

Being in the law bidness, I see his type all the time! DISGUSTING human beings, ready to turn on their fellows for a perceived ADVANTAGE TO THE THEMSELVES IN A HEART BEAT!
#27 Old Codger on 2020-11-24 10:57 (Reply)
I agree with everyone here. Shame on you New Junkie! Don't you realize there are remaining House seats that the Dems are continuing to fight in courts now to be able to "cure" a few votes? Do you realize that John James lost because of the fraud in Michigan? That Perdue would not have a run off except for fraud in Georgia? Do you remember years ago, the race in Minnesota with Coleman, when the Dems kept counting and counting? They finally "won" and got 60 seats and Obama care passed. The consequences here are much larger.
There is no other way but to keep going to understand all the tactics used or there will not be another real election. No other person who would be willing to fight like this but Trump. I know you think you are being "cute" and "sophisticated " but you are more dangerous than the Dems, sowing disillusionment and hopelessness. Maggie's own Tokyo Rose.
#28 Mrs. BD on 2020-11-24 11:29 (Reply)
Can anyone imagine Winston Churchill telling his people, "Losing sucks buy you all need to learn to speak German?"
#29 snopercod on 2020-11-24 12:52 (Reply)
If we dont fight the fraud.
This will be the last election
Deep down i think we all know that
#30 Robert Readle (Link) on 2020-11-24 13:03 (Reply)
This isn’t “election fraud” or an attempt to “steal” votes...this is an attempted coup and therefore, DJT and equally important, We The People...cannot simply give up. This is a fight for the very existence of this Republic.
#31 Charles on 2020-11-24 14:22 (Reply)
Hey, NJ, why don't you go stand over there with Mitt.

Trump isn't going to be president in 2021. That's no longer what this is all about. This is about digging in and fixing a sabotaged system before it's too late. This is 1918 Russia.
#32 bobby b on 2020-11-24 16:56 (Reply)
No, this is only the last act. What have we learned? From Vindeman telling us that Trump is not "following our policy" to the recent admission from a defense guy that they lied to the President about the numbers in Syria to the latest from Maddox that we need to abandon the America First attitude in our foreign policy (why? his explanation is incoherent. Sometimes I think Biden's dementia is contagious). We evidently have not had the country we thought we had for a long time. I used to think the Deep State and Swamp were exaggerated - now I realize that they were just getting more and more confident that they have finished our country and don't worry about us.

I plan to attend Biden's inauguration, if it happens, dressed in Black, bearing a sign saying "in mourning for the death of the Republic, murdered by Cheats and progressives"
#33 fiona on 2020-11-24 17:36 (Reply)
Glad to see that not everyone shares the soy-splaining re: the vote counting fraud. While it is true that "you lose some", it is not true that we should shrug and give in to those who have taken over America by corruption of federal, state, and local governments. If nothing else, a light needs to be shined upon these cockroaches, such as NJ. NJ's attitude is an example of moral and ethical bankruptcy masquerading as realpolitik.
#34 timothy ferrell on 2020-11-25 07:33 (Reply)

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