{"id":105097,"date":"2022-11-01T17:29:30","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T21:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=105097"},"modified":"2022-11-01T17:29:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T21:29:38","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-friday-october-28th-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=105097","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, Friday, October 28th, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Friday, October 28th, 2022&#8230;and here&#8217;s a wholly-unexpected edition of <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We begin with the subject which prompted us to put this installment together, and Jim Geraghty&#8217;s assessment&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/the-fetterman-charade-ends\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20221026&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Fetterman Charade Ends<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">New alarm <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NyvURelPwY\">pic.twitter.com\/NyvURelPwY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Columbia Bugle \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@ColumbiaBugle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColumbiaBugle\/status\/1585212419864862721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Pennsylvanians will not have a problem with John Fetterman because he had a stroke. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">They will have a problem with John Fetterman because he, his wife, his campaign, and his party were not honest with the state\u2019s voters about his true condition and recovery until it could no longer be hidden last night.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/link.nationalreview.com\/click\/29497704.295647\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmF0aW9uYWxyZXZpZXcuY29tL3RoZS1tb3JuaW5nLWpvbHQvZmV0dGVybWFuLWZhY2VzLW96LW9uLWRlYmF0ZS1zdGFnZS13aXRoLWhlbHAtZnJvbS1jbG9zZWQtY2FwdGlvbnMv\/547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30C1963dde2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As I wrote yesterday<\/a><\/em><\/span>, \u201cDelivering a version of your stump speech before an adoring crowd is different, and easier, than answering questions with time limits.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">When Pennsylvania Democrats insist that a candidate who suffered a life-threatening stroke in May is recovering well and \u201chas no work restrictions and can work full duty in public office,\u201d that candidate must look and sound fine to prove they\u2019re telling the truth.<\/span> Last night, in the lone debate in the Pennsylvania Senate race, John Fetterman looked and sounded <em>very<\/em>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>very far<\/em><\/span> from fine. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">But you can judge for yourself by watching the whole debate <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/link.nationalreview.com\/click\/29497704.295647\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20vd2F0Y2g_dj1ZOXdiMDQyM2R4cw\/547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30B405c0e34\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong>What we\u2019re seeing in Pennsylvania is uncomfortably close to the concept of <em>Weekend at Bernie\u2019s<\/em>, which was funny because it was imaginary; a real-life attempt to fool people into believing a corpse is alive would be horrifyingly macabre. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/link.nationalreview.com\/click\/29497704.295647\/aHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9qaW1nZXJhZ2h0eS9zdGF0dXMvMTU4MDkyMzk3Nzc1MjQ0OTAyNQ\/547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30Bcd250a64\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Remember<\/a><\/em><\/span>, Fetterman had his stroke the Friday before the primary election, and his <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/link.nationalreview.com\/click\/29497704.295647\/aHR0cHM6Ly9tYWlsY2hpLm1wL2pvaG5mZXR0ZXJtYW4vMjAyMi0wNS0xNS1zdGF0ZW1lbnQ_ZT02MDk0MWNkMGYw\/547fd4393b35d0210c8dec30B5368a8fb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first statement, issued Sunday<\/a><\/em><\/span>, declared that, \u201cThe good news is I\u2019m feeling much better, and the doctors tell me I didn\u2019t suffer any cognitive damage.<\/span> I\u2019m well on my way to a full recovery.\u201d <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">His campaign has been <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>lying<\/em><\/span> about how well his recovery was going <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the whole time<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For two other opinions on what had to be the most horrendous debate performance we&#8217;ve ever personally witnessed, one that frankly should have ended here&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Moderator: You&#8217;re saying tonight that you support fracking, that you&#8217;ve always supported fracking, but there is that 2018 interview that you said &#8220;I don&#8217;t support fracking at all,&#8221; so how do you square the two?<\/p>\n<p>John Fetterman: &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fommuFZQM2\" class=\"broken_link\">pic.twitter.com\/fommuFZQM2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nate Hochman (@njhochman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njhochman\/status\/1585068720053182464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"broken_link\">October 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;we turn to\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/the-fetterman-scandal\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Michael Brendan Dougherty<\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>I did not think much of John Fetterman as a candidate, to say the least. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">But watching him debate Dr. Oz tonight excited my pity for him, and my anger for everyone around him \u2014 his partner, his campaign operation, the Democratic Party of Pennsylvania, and any national party figures who were aware of his condition before this debate.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>John Fetterman should not have been on a debate stage tonight. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">He should be at home, recovering from his stroke.<\/span> He looked and sounded like the victim of a stroke \u2014 unable to form coherent responses to questions asked of him, unsteady in reaching for his rehearsed lines. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">At times he reminded me of the way a petrified ten-year-old would speak in front of a classroom.<\/span> And the debate moderators couldn\u2019t help but begin talking to him as if he were that nervous ten-year-old. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">That is no reason for his shame \u2014 he suffered a serious medical incident.<\/span> It\u2019s to the shame of everyone else who has insisted on his continuing this campaign.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">This should not become a scandal only if he loses the race.<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>This<\/em><\/span> is a scandal <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>right now<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/gisele-fetterman-owes-dasha-burns-an-apology\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Charlie Cooke<\/em><\/span><\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">John Fetterman was a monumental disaster at this evening\u2019s debate.<\/span> I\u2019ve never seen anything like it. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">He\u2019s badly incapacitated, and those who are pretending otherwise must stop immediately.<\/span> A lot of people \u2014\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/10\/the-media-cant-gaslight-the-public-about-john-fettermans-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"dynamic-link\">including Fetterman\u2019s wife<\/a><\/em><\/span>\u00a0\u2014 owe public apologies to NBC\u2019s Dasha Burns, who reported a couple of weeks ago that Fetterman could not understand her small talk, and was smeared and lambasted for her troubles.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, the same Dimocrats and MSM shills who lied about Fetterman&#8217;s condition in the first place\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/fetterman-declared-debate-winner-pennsylvania-paper-mocked-1754804\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>continue to lie like the deceptive dogs<\/em><\/span><\/a> they are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Senator Bob Casey:<\/p>\n<p>John Fetterman&#8217;s &#8220;message came through very clearly&#8230;his answers were very direct.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On what planet? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mrfb38d68l\">pic.twitter.com\/mrfb38d68l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1585082460391747589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>And no, the candidate&#8217;s problems <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/the-fetterman-campaign-blames-the-captioning\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>weren&#8217;t the fault of the captioning<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the juice: The last time a Fetterman was massacred this badly was <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fetterman_Fight\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>December of 1866<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Unfortunately, it doesn&#8217;t matter what we think of Fetterman&#8217;s folly; It only matters what Pennsylvania voters think.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next, courtesy of <em>American Greatness<\/em> via Balls Cotton, the great VDH asks and answers the question&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amgreatness.com\/2022\/10\/23\/will-democracy-die-in-darkness-after-november\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\">Will\u00a0 \u2018Democracy Die in Darkness\u2019 After November<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">?<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 class=\"mb-5 text-lg font-light text-center text-gray-400 lg:mx-16 md:text-xl font-byline md:mb-10\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amgreatness.com\/2022\/10\/23\/will-democracy-die-in-darkness-after-november\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">The Democrats will soon chant democracy is dying because they are terrified it is thriving as never before<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/6yeiac.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105082\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/6yeiac.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/6yeiac.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/6yeiac-300x158.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>We always knew that any president in his first midterm historically loses about 28 seats in the House and four Senate seats. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Voters realize the prior promises of a presidential candidate are not the same as the actual policies of a president.<\/span> It is one thing for a loud candidate to point out that an incumbent president is responsible for all that goes bad. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">But it is quite another two years later to be that \u201cbad\u201d president who bears out that truism.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Hubris also plays a role for cocky majorities\u2014whether Democrats printing $4 trillion to spread around even as the economy faced a dearth of supply and near-record labor nonparticipation, or Republicans in 2017 ending the state and local tax exemption that enraged independent swing voters in purple states.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>When the generic party ballot favors the out party in a president\u2019s first term and his polls hover at or below 40 percent, then a normal 20-30 seat loss can become a 40-60 seat tsunami.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Moreover, in 2022, the Republicans start dead even in the Senate. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">They are only eight down in the House.<\/span> So, their natural pickup will be force multiplied by the fact they will surge way ahead rather than coming from way back to achieve a modest majority.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Joe Biden is not just an obnoxious, off-putting, snarly, and enfeebled president.<\/span> He is also captive of the most radically destructive, left-wing agenda in the White House since 1933. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">On energy, inflation, the border, debt, crime, racial relations, and foreign policy, the Left\u2019s project has proven an utter disaster that has hollowed out the middle class and embarrassed the nation in under two years<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>All of which begs the question posed by the <em>Morning Jolt<\/em>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/what-exactly-is-biden-getting-told-these-days-about-the-polls\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20221027&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>What exactly IS Biden getting told these days about the polls<\/em><\/span><\/a>?\u00a0 Or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>anything else<\/em><\/span> for that matter!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since we&#8217;re on the subject of the most obnoxious, enfeebled president ever to besmirch the halls of the White House&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Joe Biden just said that fees on airplanes for extra leg room in front mostly affect people of color \ud83e\uddd0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UmRQnlRQOR\">pic.twitter.com\/UmRQnlRQOR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1585297595802320898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Seriously&#8230;when was last time Joe Biden was on a commercial airline flight, let alone sitting in economy?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Turning to\u00a0<em>International News of Note<\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/north-korea-warned-unparalleled-response-us-japan-south-korea-launches-7th-nuclear-test\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">North Korea warned of &#8216;unparalleled&#8217; response from US, Japan, South Korea if it launches a 7th nuclear test<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/6yd7ew.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105058\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/6yd7ew.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/6yd7ew.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/6yd7ew-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>The warning comes not only after Pyongyang conducted a series of unannounced missile tests earlier this month, including a ballistic missile launched over Japan, but as the\u00a0U.S. and its Asian allies\u00a0fear it could be planning nuclear bomb testing for the first time since 2017, according to Reuters.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>The government officials <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>did not go into detail<\/em><\/span> as to what measures they would take to respond to North Korea if it did conduct another nuclear test.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>An &#8220;unparalleled response&#8221;&#8230;&#8221;unparalleled response&#8221;&#8230;like what?\u00a0 This is yet another example of Progressive life imitating art, in this case, a classic scene from <em>Animal House<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r3LzJzQ3wj4?start=7\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>In a related item, writing at <em>NRO<\/em>, Doug Bandow explores the thorny but critical question&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<header class=\"article-header article-header--full\">\n<div class=\"article-header__inner\">\n<h1 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/10\/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-china\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20221026&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">How Do You Solve a Problem Like China<\/span><\/a>?<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"section-content--article-content\">\n<h3 class=\"article-header__subtitle\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/10\/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-china\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=MJ_20221026&amp;utm_term=Jolt-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Xi Jinping\u2019s regime is the world\u2019s worst human-rights abuser \u2014 but weakening its repressive grip on its citizens is no simple task<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/a4bcbcc5-f0e5-405e-b2aa-65b65cdfc1cd_w996_r1.7775520568816658_fpx53_fpy36.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105066\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/a4bcbcc5-f0e5-405e-b2aa-65b65cdfc1cd_w996_r1.7775520568816658_fpx53_fpy36.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/a4bcbcc5-f0e5-405e-b2aa-65b65cdfc1cd_w996_r1.7775520568816658_fpx53_fpy36.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/a4bcbcc5-f0e5-405e-b2aa-65b65cdfc1cd_w996_r1.7775520568816658_fpx53_fpy36-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;&#8230;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Unfortunately, repression is essential to China\u2019s political system. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">It is how CCP officials, from Xi on down, retain power, perquisites, wealth, status, and everything else that sets them apart from the rest of the Chinese population.<\/span> Human-rights abuses go to the very nature of the CCP\u2019s control. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">For most authoritarian regimes, self-preservation comes first, so they are unlikely to make fundamental political changes even under great foreign economic pressure.<\/span> Beijing is unlikely to yield, except at the margins, despite sanctions.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong>With Xi\u2019s consolidation of power, Beijing\u2019s assault on the Chinese people\u2019s freedom will continue. <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Indeed, Xi has become the new Mao, only more disciplined and determined to assert the PRC\u2019s power abroad.<\/span> Americans and other people of goodwill must respond firmly but thoughtfully, with a commitment to helping the Chinese people gain control over their nation\u2019s future.<\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of the country that has Bidens&#8217; balls in a vise, <em>FOX<\/em> is reporting Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson have provided the U.S. attorney leading the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/hunter-biden-grassley-johnson-give-us-attorney-hundreds-of-bank-records-belonging-to-presidents-son\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>more than 200 pages of bank records related to his and the Biden family\u2019s alleged &#8220;connections to the\u00a0Chinese regime\u00a0and persons connected to its military and intelligence elements<\/em><\/span><\/a>&#8220;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We can only hope they didn&#8217;t hand over the originals!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving on, here&#8217;s another sextet of special selections certain to pique the interest of inquiring Conservative minds:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(1). <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/juliorosas\/2022\/10\/26\/mayra-flores-prevented-from-joining-the-hispanic-congressional-caucus-n2615023\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>By denying the first Mexican-born Congresswoman membership in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus<\/em><\/span><\/a>, House Dimocrats once again demonstrate a total disregard for any Latinas who, Myra Flores observed &#8220;don&#8217;t fit their narrative or ideology&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(2). This young lady gives up hope for the future:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What she said \ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6WgFWnethP\" class=\"broken_link\">pic.twitter.com\/6WgFWnethP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Insurrection Barbie (@DefiyantlyFree) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefiyantlyFree\/status\/1584659228283006976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"broken_link\">October 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Wow!\u00a0 A brief but refreshing breath of sanity in an otherwise increasingly crazy world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(3). Did someone mention a brief breath of sanity?\u00a0\u00a0<em>Best of the Web<\/em> tells us, having learned just how expensive progressive governance is, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/san-francisco-to-consider-tolerating-opposing-views-11666809076?mod=djemBestOfTheWeb\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>the Democrats who run San Francisco are now considering normalizing trade relations with the rest of the United States<\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Imagine that: Actually tolerating opposing points of view!\u00a0 Imagine what might be next:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/flying-pig1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105086\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/flying-pig1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/flying-pig1.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/flying-pig1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>We won&#8217;t hold our <em>breath<\/em> waiting for such a change in Sacramento.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(4). <em>NRO<\/em>&#8216;s Madeleine Kearns suggests we should call the impairment of children\u2019s sexual development for ideological reasons, i.e., &#8220;gender affirmation&#8221;, what it truly is: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/10\/gender-affirmation-the-new-female-genital-mutilation\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202022-10-25&amp;utm_term=NRDaily-Smart\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>The West&#8217;s new and improved version female genital mutilation<\/em><\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(5). Does Merrick Garland&#8217;s DOJ <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>truly<\/em><\/span> not have better things to do than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/augusta-national-investigation-masters-liv-golf-doj-usga-11666792047?mod=djemalertNEWS\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><em>launch an antitrust investigation involving Augusta National<\/em><\/span><\/a>?\u00a0 You know, something more pressing&#8230;like Hunter&#8217;s laptop?!?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>(6). As the caption says&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is \u201ca day in the life of a Twitter employee.\u201d No wonder <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elonmusk<\/a> is firing 75% of them <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cAHOuni765\" class=\"broken_link\">pic.twitter.com\/cAHOuni765<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1585395267552960512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"broken_link\">October 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;no wonder Elon Musk is firing 75% of these coddled snowflakes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Which brings us, appropriately enough, to <em>The Lighter Side<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aaaa-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105077\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aaaa-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aaaa-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aaaa-2-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aa-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105076\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aa-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aa-4.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aa-4-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/a-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105074\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/a-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/a-4.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/a-4-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/afb102622dAPR-800x0.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105078\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/afb102622dAPR-800x0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/afb102622dAPR-800x0.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/afb102622dAPR-800x0-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aaa-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105075\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aaa-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aaa-4.png 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aaa-4-300x191.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/harveyhandshake2webcr-10-27-22_orig.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-105092\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/harveyhandshake2webcr-10-27-22_orig.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/harveyhandshake2webcr-10-27-22_orig.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/harveyhandshake2webcr-10-27-22_orig-300x176.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, we&#8217;ll call it a wrap with conclusive evidence if Progressives were serious about eliminating racism in America, they need to get the beam out of their own eyes&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Warnock: \u201cAmerica needs to repent for its worship of whiteness\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t some random blue-haired college kid. This is the 50th vote in the United States Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Vote him out, Georgia <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A4ahPcR61v\">pic.twitter.com\/A4ahPcR61v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1584994061441634304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;before removing the specks from others&#8217;, if such specks exist at all.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>Video of the Day<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ben Shapiro explains why Biden entertaining a mentally-ill degenerate at the White House is so destructive to the nation&#8217;s moral values and international reputation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5nqJ6XfUbE0?start=570\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>Tales of The Darkside<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Stossel and Mike Rowe discuss why student load forgiveness is neither a morally nor practically correct course of action.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RKIEX3I9lxY?start=0&amp;end=503&amp;aamp;\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>On the Lighter Side<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>As the video&#8217;s title suggests, this is what happens when you were never told &#8220;no&#8221; as a child! Honest to goodness, we&#8217;d have no problem with the police putting two behind the ear of this utterly useless piece of odorous excrement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5dnCKQsms9g\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Friday, October 28th, 2022&#8230;and here&#8217;s a wholly-unexpected edition of The Gouge! We begin with the subject which prompted us to put this installment together, and Jim Geraghty&#8217;s assessment&#8230; The Fetterman Charade Ends &nbsp; New alarm pic.twitter.com\/NyvURelPwY \u2014 The Columbia Bugle \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@ColumbiaBugle) October 26, 2022 &#8220;Pennsylvanians will not have a problem with John Fetterman [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1988,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1988"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105097"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105181,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105097\/revisions\/105181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}