Republican's Broken Arrow

"I suspect that right now the Republicans who were in session are looking for friends."

The postmortems on the "nothing burger session" continue to roll in. And the shock of all shocks is our local "fish wrap newspaper" (thanks Common Man) is putting a lot of the blame on the Republicans. The lefties at the paper cannot for the life of them figure out the "why" and "how" of Republican thinking. There was "free federal money" hanging low on the tree. Just waiting for us to grab. All those silly and stingy Republicans needed to do was cough up a measly $135 for the beloved SWLRT.

In the military during a time of conflict, should an outpost be overrun by the enemy, the commander has the option to call in what is known as a "broken arrow". This allows friendly forces to drop or launch ordnance near or close to the compound itself. It is a last ditch call, only to be made when the enemy is on all sides and advancing. In other words, where the enemy is everywhere.

I suspect that right now the Republicans who were in session are looking for friends. We know how the Governor feels - he is putting the session's failure squarely on our home team. Of course the Senate Majority Leader and his minions feel the same way. Then there are the legions of blue pill statists who live in the heart of the Twin Cities. To them, any Republican is a four letter word - and the results of this session is yet another example of why they feel that way.

I have already mentioned how our rag newspaper feels about the outcome and who is to blame. But here is the part of calling in the a broken arrow the Republican representatives did not count on. Their base is also very, very ticked at them. No, the base is glad they did not fund that loser of a train. And the base is glad there was not an increase in the gas tax. But the tax bill was a total failure. The classic fail in a regards. Forgiveness for that tax bill will be a long time a coming.

I really can't believe our Republican representatives fell into that DFL trap - targeted tax cuts. Most of us are so sick of that term we could puke in our mouth or just plain go crazy. PLUS, not only did they target some tax cuts to only a very few, THEY IGNORED THE SOCIAL SECURITY TAX FIX! And by the way, fixing Social Security is NOT targeted, as it affects (sooner or later) EVERYONE!

I am starting to think the ones who really need to call in a broken arrow are the taxpayers of Minnesota. We are under attack by the DFL, a Goofy Governor, and now our own representatives. Someone recently asked me what a good strategy was going forward. My response - we all have an instinct when attacked to fight or flee. We have found out that fighting does not work well when you have no allies. It might be time to flee across the border, or to points south.