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During the past several months the corporate media have devoted a lot of coverage to a species of voter they describe as “double haters.” This pejorative label notwithstanding‚ such voters are neither unique to the current election cycle nor particularly hateful. It’s probably more accurate to call them double dissenters. They disapprove of the presumptive presidential nominees offered by the two major political parties and decline to choose the “lesser of two evils.” Some may sit out 2024 and others may vote for an independent like Jill Stein‚ Cornel West or Robert F. Kennedy Jr. This has earned them the derision of a pundit class that fears most third-party votes will be cast at the expense of President Joe Biden. [T]he double dissenters are not merely an important voter bloc‚ they may well send Trump back to the White House. Consequently‚ legacy news outlets have been publishing snide opinion pieces that openly insult these errant voters. The Los Angeles Times‚ for example‚ ran a column last week about a woman named Victoria Thompson who says she may vote for Kennedy. Its author‚ Mark Z. Barabak‚ refers to her as “crazy” and “nutty.” He describes her political views as “conspiratorial” and “far-fetched.” And what are those views? She’s been a Democrat most of her life‚ but doesn’t believe she owes her vote to any party: “As for Biden‚ she’s convinced — like many Republicans — that he is well past his sell-by date and lacks the mental capacity to be president.” This is nutty? A recent NYT/Siena College poll found that most voters agree. As Niall Stanage writes in The Hill‚ “Kennedy has some fertile ground to plow among disaffected Democrats‚ given the widespread concern about Biden’s age.” And the number of double dissenters is significant. Catherine Kim points out in Politico that they constitute roughly one-fifth of the electorate. They were a negligible factor in 2020 but in 2016 they made up about 18 percent of the voters‚ many of whom cast ballots for third-party candidates. As Matthew Xiao reports in the Washington Free Beacon‚ the Democratic National Committee held a conference call that revealed who the Democrats believe will be the beneficiary of their votes this year. Democrats slammed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after he announced Nicole Shanahan as his presidential running mate on Tuesday‚ with lawmakers expressing worry that the pair’s campaign will siphon votes from President Joe Biden in his rematch this fall with Republican nominee Donald Trump … The DNC hosted the call with several Democratic officials from swing states after Kennedy on Tuesday ramped up his independent White House bid by announcing his running mate would be Shanahan‚ an attorney who donated $4 million to Kennedy’s campaign for Super Bowl advertising. That Super Bowl ad highlighted one of the most important strengths Shanahan brings to Kennedy’s campaign — money. She is a billionaire who can help cover the costs associated with a multi-front legal war coordinated by the DNC to keep him off state ballots. NBC reports‚ “The Democratic National Committee is building its first team to counter third-party candidates‚ while outside groups stockpile money for a wider campaign.” The Kennedy campaign has sued Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows‚ according to a report from Spectrum News. Bellows‚ who attempted disqualify former President Trump from running in Maine‚ has now barred Kennedy from collecting the necessary signatures to get on the state’s ballot. (READ MORE: Will the 2024 Election Get Lost in the Mail?) Kennedy may have to sue the state of Nevada pursuant to his petition to get on its ballot. State officials say it is invalid because it lists no VP candidate. Kennedy’s attorney told CBS News‚ “After successfully collecting all of the signatures we need in Nevada‚ the DNC Goon Squad and their lackeys in the Nevada Secretary of State’s office are outright inventing a new requirement for the petition with zero legal basis … The petition does not even have a field for a VP on it.” This collusion between the DNC and Nevada officials suggests that the Biden campaign believes most double dissenters will vote for anyone but the President if they have a choice. A USA Today/Suffolk University poll indicates they may well be right: Twenty-five percent of the double haters supported Trump in the survey‚ compared to 18% for Biden. About 44% of the double haters currently back various third-party candidates. Kennedy drew more of these voters‚ 21%‚ than Biden did. Green Party candidate Jill Stein had the backing of 7% of double haters‚ while independent Cornel West was supported by 6% … In the 2016 election‚ Trump performed 17 percentage points better than Hillary Clinton among the double-hater voters — who made up about 20% of the vote — steering him to victory. Assuming these percentages are reasonably accurate‚ the double dissenters are not merely an important voter bloc‚ they may well send Trump back to the White House. The corporate media would be wise to stop mocking these voters. Snide columns like the one quoted above from the Los Angeles Times are unlikely to motivate dissident voters to support any candidate offered by the two major parties. Moreover‚ if the DNC continues its election interference strategy — and that’s the proper definition of its effort to bar Kennedy from state ballots — it will blow up in Biden’s face. If voters like Victoria Thompson are denied the right to vote for the candidate of their choice‚ they will sit home. That’s just as good as a vote for Trump. (READ MORE: The State of the President) A majority of the voters are less than enthusiastic about the presidential candidates the two major parties will offer them in November. Most will cast ballots for the least worst of the two. Some will sit home and others will vote for a third-party candidate. If the Democrats and the corporate media continue to deride the latter group‚ the larger it will become. Insulting the customer is a losing strategy. Let’s hope‚ for the good of the nation‚ they keep doing it . The post The Corporate Media Mocks ‘Double Haters’ appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

Last Good Friday‚ I visited the chapel of my church‚ conveniently located on the Florida island where I live. It’s one of only six in the Miami area that houses the living Host for twenty-four hours a day‚ seven days a week. A series of mortal setbacks to loved ones over the past five years — including my mother’s cancer (cured)‚ the death of her beloved companion‚ the death of my ex-girlfriend’s only son‚ and other family health issues — have considerably elongated my prayer list‚ so I try to seek help from the Lord every evening in His presence. But on Good Friday‚ I found the sepulcher empty and the adoring twin angels beside it covered by purple mourning cloth. And I thought‚ what a perfect reflection of not only this holy weekend but of our time — the perceived absence of Christ. But the faithless will lose in the end. It will be the ultimate Easter Rabbit trick. Most people agree that the country is in a dark age‚ as do I‚ the bleakest in my lifetime. Depression in young people is spiking‚ particularly among females‚ as their once clear life purpose‚ even unalterable sexuality‚ come under divisive Marxist attack. And boys‚ especially white boys‚ get taught they will become toxic men‚ with few role models to indicate the opposite. Too many religious leaders‚ including the successor to Apostle Peter‚ either accept or embrace this demonism. They may not be able to recruit more worshippers‚ but they can certainly weaken their institutions. A new Gallup poll shows a steep decline in religious observation across the spectrum. According to the poll‚ only 44 percent of Protestant Christians now attend regular services‚ with Catholics at an abysmal 33 percent. Outspoken traditionalist churchmen like Bishop Joseph Strickland — the Vatican-displaced bishop of Tyler‚ Texas — are bravely and accurately blaming the hierarchy. “Up there is an agenda that is gradually pulling all those people away from faith and pulling them into communism‚” Strickland told Red State. (READ MORE from Lou Aguilar: England Reconstructs Camelot) It all evokes the days following the Crucifixion‚ when to the faithful all seemed lost. The man they had forsaken their past lives to follow had been tortuously executed‚ leaving them at the mercy of the rabble that condemned Him. Yet unlike in Israel‚ where those events took place two thousand years ago‚ “when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews‚” (John 20:19)‚ today both Jews and Christians face equal persecution by the State and the godless activists in control of it. All over America‚ mobs educated by the Judeo-Christian tradition scream for the extermination of the nation that gave birth to it‚ and the people who further it‚ in favor of the murderous savages with whom they share nothing other than contempt for Western Civilization. That in the world they’re pushing for‚ they would be the first to go — see Queers for Palestine —  never occurs to them‚ so blinded are they by hate. While the fools nominally leading this country bend to their will‚ both out of desperation to retain power and loathing for religious conservatives. Last Monday‚ the United States abstained on a United Nations Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Palestine‚ which allowed the resolution to pass. The inept Biden Administration knew this would cripple Israel from forestalling another large scale Jewish massacre like that of October 7th‚ 2023‚ but as usual Democratic Party politics took precedence over good and evil. Another recent Gallup poll shows Americans disapprove of Israeli military action in Gaza — 55 percent to 36 percent‚ among Democrats a stunning 75 percent to 18 percent — following relentless anti-Israel media bombardment. Unfortunately for the longtime U.S. ally‚ abandoning the righteous course for votes is the Left’s modus operandi. So is hostility to Christians‚ in full display this Easter. The White House is prohibiting children of National Guard personnel from submitting religious-themed Easter Eggs for the “2024 Celebrating National Guard Families” event. The event flyer states that Easter Egg design submissions “must not include any questionable content‚ religious symbols‚ overtly religious symbols‚ or partisan political statements.” Because to the progressive mind‚ religious symbols equal questionable content and partisan political statements. Consequently‚ any illustrative reference to the reason for the holiday — such as an empty cave tomb — would be strictly forbidden. (READ MORE: Midway in the Culture War) It gets worse‚ or better‚ because the Biden regime doesn’t realize that‚ despite the decline in religious worship‚ the tide has turned against one leftist delusion. Instead‚ Biden just declared March 31st‚ Easter Sunday‚ “Transgender Day of Visibility.” In Biden land‚ kids can’t depict or suggest the Resurrection of the Lord‚ yet he will celebrate the fantasy that men can become women or vice-versa‚ with all the surgical butchery required to fail miserably in the attempt. His idiocy opened the politically endangered President not only to Christian outrage but to Republican mockery. “Isn’t every day at the Biden White House ‘Transgender Day of Visibility’?” “tweeted” Harmeet K. Dhillon‚ vice-president of the Republican National Lawyers Association. The ridiculous Admiral Rachel (“Richard”) Levine may agree with her. But the faithless will lose in the end. It will be the ultimate Easter Rabbit trick. Beginning this Sunday‚ when I visit the chapel‚ the Host will be in the sepulcher. And the world will realize what the faithful did two-thousand years ago on the Road to Emmaus. That the Lord has risen and walks among us. Happy Easter. The post Easter Rabbit Trick appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.