Notebook: The big lull

EDITORIAL MUG: Larry Anderson

America is currently in a lull before the next election begins in earnest in late summer. During this time both sides are huddled while gathering donations, laying out their respective media assaults, and determining how best to diminish the opposition. It might be easy to stop thinking about certain issues due to quieting, but this is not the time; indeed, now is the opportunity to look closer at liberal tactics.

Democrats are experts at halting attention on things not going their way. For instance, the forceful push toward electric vehicles (EV) has stalled, so liberals have suspended chatter about them as environmental necessities. When Democrats feel the burn, they throw water on it.

In a recent quarter, EV’s reportedly amounted to 3.3% of total sales. Companies have slowed production, laid workers off, and lost billions in the process thanks to politics. America isn’t buying EV’s or the associated politicking; therefore, it is necessary to lay low until blame can be shifted to Republican

The fact is the public isn’t smitten with EV’s even with the pressure of rising gas prices. Charging stations aren’t being built, and the infrastructure just isn’t there. It is hard to sell an environmental plan that is going nowhere and even tougher when so-called leadership lacks conviction, drive and ability.

Big media is more than willing to help this administration by loosening emphasis. The verbal stream has eased significantly as skeptical Americans have lost interest in doom and inconvenience. Since electric mobility isn’t clicking with voters, Democrats are suddenly mute. This is as obvious as Biden’s stagger.

It’s important to understand that Democrats not talking about EV’s now doesn’t mean they have given up. They will return to it big time after the election when there is less repercussion for failure. Besides, the environmentalist branch of liberalism must be constantly stroked and appeased, and once engaged the left never quits. Cause and obsession wed.

Illegal immigration is another huge negative, so Democrats don’t bring it up. If others do, remarks from the left are brief, misleading and absurdly positive. Social strain caused by unlawful immigration goes ignored. Crime, drug trafficking, ignored immigration laws, wage impact, and enormous financial expenditures for utter stupidity aren’t raised. Why talk about things that reflect poorly?

An underreported issue soon expires within public attention even as the problem compounds. Instead, focus is shifted to a presumed liberal strength such as abortion. This step is easy for master manipulators long accustomed to support from big media which stepped away from objectivity and accountability years ago.

Perhaps you have noticed the Biden family’s legal and business woes have been dropped by the media. Negative emphasis is on Trump who has been gagged by his leftist judge while Biden campaigns merrily in swing states. You understand how effective it can be to silence opposition while elevating one’s own push for stardom. Now all can see what has happened to our judicial system and why it was so important to the left to get their own on the bench.

Trump’s legal problems have been a great distraction for Uncle Joe and the Manipulators. By focusing suspicion on Trump, they have deflected it from themselves. It all has the smooth feel of professionalism and the stench of leftist corruption and plotting.

Every American has the responsibility to look beyond not only the rhetoric of a campaign that will soon heat up but the manipulation behind the deliberate silence of leftist politics and its alliance with shameless big media.

We must all be more than liberals expect this election because they are due for a big surprise and way overdue for a comeuppance. Let’s supply that emphatically followed by giddy celebration.

Larry W. Anderson is a retired educator.