My mom, who is as crazy as I am, when it come to Trump, said she stopped following it because it was getting her hopes up and then the Dems would just ignore our laws and do whatever they want.
Your mom is pretty insightful. At the end of the day all we have is blind faith. We DO need a significant (not just one or two objections) to have a reasonable chance here. No amount of protest is going to matter because politicians have learned unless they are personally threatened, perhaps with violence, they can flip you off, ignore you, and do what they want and nothing will happen to them. Many also feel they are in safe districts where "ok, so you are going to Primary me, go ahead, I have all the connections, party support and I'm better known to the normies who only pay attention at election time and then never care about politics (which is 99% of every voting district), your newcomer is an "unknown" to the voter base in the area and I'll destroy them".
I think all of us have some hope we are wrong and a miracle will happen but we are also cognizant that we can be utterly let down and want to save ourselves from being so dejected we fall into deep depression, alcoholism, drug abuse and want to off ourselves over it.
Your mom is pretty insightful. At the end of the day all we have is blind faith. We DO need a significant (not just one or two objections) to have a reasonable chance here. No amount of protest is going to matter because politicians have learned unless they are personally threatened, perhaps with violence, they can flip you off, ignore you, and do what they want and nothing will happen to them. Many also feel they are in safe districts where "ok, so you are going to Primary me, go ahead, I have all the connections, party support and I'm better known to the normies who only pay attention at election time and then never care about politics (which is 99% of every voting district), your newcomer is an "unknown" to the voter base in the area and I'll destroy them".
I think all of us have some hope we are wrong and a miracle will happen but we are also cognizant that we can be utterly let down and want to save ourselves from being so dejected we fall into deep depression, alcoholism, drug abuse and want to off ourselves over it.