Kurt Schlichter describes the alternate reality in which we’d be saying ‘Madame President.”
Hillary announced an ambitious agenda for her first 100 days. There was the new law designed to circumvent Citizen’s United; Hillary fully expected her 5-4 liberal Supreme Court to uphold the provision imposing a two-year prison sentence on those making movies critical of progressive politicians. Similarly, Hillary was confident that the new high court would find another exception to the First Amendment to uphold the “Stop Hate Speech Act.” In conjunction with her “Fairness Doctrine” executive order, it promised to eliminate the unregulated cacophony of disruptive voices on radio, cable and on the internet in favor of a reasonable, gatekept consensus. It would also prevent people from writing books that spread dissent.
Then there was the fracking and oil drilling ban; the Saudis who had helped fund her campaign were delighted that America would turn its back on its hard-won energy independence. Noting that this would devastate Texas and other red states, John Podesta wrote, “That will show those yokels they best get in the Clinton Caboose next time.”
Hillary even had some Republican support. “I just adore Ms. Clinton and she can count on my loyalty and help,” said a smiling Lindsay Graham. “The key to a successful Republican opposition is cooperation and flexibility in our positions. I’m particularly excited about my new comprehensive immigration reform bill to bring these poor, innocent undocumented workers out of the shadows and into the voting booth!”
* Sarcasm
Yes, if you thought liberals were sore losers, just think about the incalculable damage they would have wreaked on this country and the insufferable, smug gloating! Thank goodness the hand of God was upon this election, and He has chosen to have mercy upon us and the rest of the world.
The horror that might have been! But it might not necessarily have been the specific nightmare that some foresaw. Even with a Supreme Court in Democrat’s pocket, restricting free speech has always been a non-starter in the US. Tell someone to do something or tell them not, is a sure way to get them to do something. We would have seen an endless carousel of litigation against restrictions & outright disobedience. Not “civil disobedience” – but sharp disobedience by normal people. She might not even have gone through with the restrictions. Rather, she & they would have cemented social issues that crept in with Obama, into the foundations. Important changes, different than frivolous gay marriage cakes boycott stompy foot issues. The Anschluss isn’t going to happen now. It’s all alternate history now. Why the Left thought subverting & twisting the Constitution was a good idea is beyond me. The Constitution is the framework without which authority is invalid.
In other news: The Association of Gunstore Owners announced that, nationwide, the shops have been swamped by a 7000% increase in sales; the lines outside their doors show no signs of decreasing. Further, sales of ammunition have sky-rocketed.
If Clinton had won, gun sales would have sky-rocketed, just as they did under Obama. “I better buy an AR-15 now, before it gets banned.”
As it is, maybe people are buying guns and ammunition for protection against all those peace-loving, tolerant Democrats who are rioting in the streets.
Or maybe Democrats are buying weapons for protection against the Russians who are going to invade at any second now.
Hey, I saw that movie, Red Dawn! Obvs, people are arming up for the coming Russian invasion. They will hack by land, by sea, by microwave and TV….