Still mad about that halftime show?

I prefer when starting one of these pieces to remind myself it’s usually better to be subtle. I’d like the reader to think about why the piece was written, who might be the primary audience, and also leave a little something for those outside that circle. This isn’t one of those pieces.

Today I’m talking directly to those who occupy the space to the right of the political center. We need to have a talk. And for some of you, “talk” means intervention.  

Harsh? Sure. Necessary? I think so.  

Don’t worry, I come in peace.

I get it, mostly. You’re frustrated. You lived through four years of open borders, and up to two years of closed schools. You had government working directly with big tech platforms to censor or deplatform you when you said things that turned out to be completely true. 

You had media companies working directly with the last administration to bury stories that would be harmful to Democrats, all while advancing a narrative created in whole cloth by associates of Hillary Clinton about Russian collusion. Your activities during Covid were labeled in real time by these same organizations as “superspreader events” while the supposed government authority on contagions said protesting for BLM was more important than a virus for which we shut down the world economy.

You’ve seen how every institution can work against you. You’re frustrated that even after winning a Presidential election by both the Constitutional requirement of the electoral college and the additional high bar of the popular vote – PLUS both chambers of Congress – that large parts of your agenda are stalled.  

You’re watching the same media and entertainment outlets who have worked against you for decades now pretend the last election didn’t happen. They still treat you and anyone who agrees with you like you’re a “deplorable”. 

They’re the party of the college educated – the elites and the experts. They don’t just know more than you, they act like they are better than you.

They have an advantage that you need to understand and internalize if you want to do more than just complain, but to win again. Whether via news, entertainment, or algorithm, they have the ability to instantly set a narrative. 

This means they have the ability to bait a trap. You need to quit eating their cheese.

You must first remember that no election is permanent. The next one matters too. They’re not obsessing over 2020 anymore. When they do, it’s just to feed you even more cheese.

What I’m saying here, bluntly, is you need to quit attending every fight to which you are invited. Sure, you have plenty from your side insisting you attend. What the right lacks in strategy and focus it makes up for with grifters and paid influencers to ensure you stay “motivated”.  

This keeps “the base” engaged via outrage. It turns off the still right of center voters who just want to live their lives, have the government intrude on them as little as possible, and pay as little in taxes as they can while still having basic services delivered competently.

You may call those people “RINOs” or “squishes” but you need their votes.  It’s the base of a party that gives it a soul. It’s the votes of the moderates who give you power.  Forget this, and you can go back to whatever problems you lived through from 2021 until 2025 – but probably worse.

You may believe that the best way to fight is to not cede an inch on anything. Many do. And that’s why we have too many singing along with the grifter chorus about a half time show. 

Meanwhile, you have a large voting block who voted against the crazy people who shut down their schools and opened our border now wondering if they’ve aligned with the wrong crazy people.  And Republicans are doing nothing to indicate you were and are the serious option.

Midterm elections will be held in roughly 9 months. What happens then will determine if gains will be made on immigration enforcement, cutting regulations, reducing taxes, and getting widespread and rampant fraud under control. Every minute talking about halftime entertainment or a performative speech at an awards show is a missed opportunity to remind voters why they rejected a march toward socialism in the last election. 

Between now and then, you’ll have a the finest charcuterie boards of obfuscation offered to you. You can refuse to accept the free cheese. 

If you want to fight every fight “so that the other side doesn’t win”, you’re agreeing to play their game, by their rules. Decide now if you want to use the time between now and the next election to complain or to make a difference.

If you just insist on staying mad, prepare also to be disappointed come November.