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Game Night<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Here in Ohio the Democratic Presidential candidates are gathering for the fourth debate tonight.  It\u2019s just up the road, in the Columbus suburb of Westerville.  Otterbein University will host tonight\u2019s twelve-candidate extravaganza, and Jenn and I are looking for a \u201csports bar\u201d nearby that will show the debates.  Beer, wings, and cheering Democrats:  sounds like a great way to spend an evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The debates seemed so important just a couple of months ago, but the shadow of impeachment may now obscure the great ideas, \u201cplans for that,\u201d and potential gaffs.  What happens in Chairman Schiff\u2019s Congressional hearing room today is much more immediate and serious than what is said tonight at Otterbein. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But we will watch.  My hope is that the candidates will continue to provide those great ideas for the future, and not fall into the trap of attacking each other.  The Democrat that echoes President Trump and attacks Joe Biden should be the next out of the race.  Right or wrong, Trump\u2019s actions grant a form of immunity to the former Vice President.  Democrats can argue among themselves, but they need to present a united front towards the Trump campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s Technique<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If there is anyone in politics who should be worried about the action of their children, it\u2019s Donald J. Trump.\u00a0\u00a0Don Junior is trading on the Presidency to increase the profits of the Trump Organization. Ivanka gets favorable trade benefits from China, and son-in-law Jared is bailed out of a billion dollar debt by the Qataris.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compared to that, whatever Hunter Biden did or didn\u2019t do is peanuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But that’s the Trump plan \u2013 take the \u201cwrong\u201d things he does, and project those actions onto his opponents. He accused Vice President Biden of corruptly coercing Ukrainian prosecutors (Trump did that) or Hunter peddling his father\u2019s influence (Don Jr, Eric, Ivanka and Jared do that) or President Obama caging children on the border (Trump did that.)  His strategy deflects the blame and tars his opponents:  the truth has little to do with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ohio\u2019s Referendum<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Here in Ohio, the Democratic candidates will get the chance to see some \u201ccrazy projection\u201d as well.\u00a0\u00a0A few months ago, the Ohio State Legislature passed a law called the \u201cOhio Clean Air Program\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0The program doesn\u2019t \u201cclean\u201d Ohio\u2019s air; what it does do is cut incentives for renewable energy programs, and bails out the twice bankrupted First Energy Company, owner of two dated nuclear plants along Lake Erie.\u00a0\u00a0The state will pay $1 Billion to First Energy to maintain the facilities. (Here\u2019s the\u00a0link<\/a>\u00a0to the essay about it.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ohio is a \u201creferendum\u201d state.\u00a0\u00a0That means that \u201cthe people\u201d can put proposed legislation up for a statewide vote, if they can gather enough signatures on petitions.\u00a0\u00a0To get on the ballot, it requires 265,774 signatures.\u00a0\u00a0The folks who are opposed to the \u201cClean Air Program\u201d include an awkward combination of natural gas producers, environmentalists and renewable energy producers (including energy giant AEP.)\u00a0\u00a0They are trying to get the signatures to put the \u201cClean Air Program\u201d on a statewide ballot, where it would likely be recalled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Red Scare<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

So the gatherers are out, going door to door to get over a quarter-million legal signatures.\u00a0\u00a0And the folks who supported the \u201cClean Air Program\u201d in the first place are spending a fortune on television ads, warning Ohioans that \u201cstrangers\u201d are coming to get their \u201cpersonal information\u201d somehow to benefit: China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China, with pictures of goose-stepping soldiers and President Xi, is being blamed for trying to take control of Ohio\u2019s energy.  It\u2019s not.  The only connection:  some natural gas plants got some construction financing from banks in China.  But it\u2019s another example of projection.  First Energy, the nuclear guys, got financing from Chinese banks too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But you can sense that old \u201ccold war\u201d feeling here in Ohio.  The \u201cRed Chinese\u201d are coming to knock on your door, and make you sign a petition.  Beijing will have your personal information.  Don\u2019t sign, in fact, call this number to let us know they\u2019ve come for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fore-Shadowing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I imagine as they relax in hotel rooms after the debate, some of the Democratic candidates will be asking their staff:  what is that all about?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get ready.  Whoever wins the Democratic nomination will face exactly the same tactics.  Democrats are \u201csocialists,\u201d even though that really only describes Bernie Sanders.  Socialists are like Communists (not) and Communists are bad!!!  They\u2019ll take you personal information to Beijing!!  You will be \u201cgoose-stepping\u201d down your local Main Street!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trump Administration has nothing to offer when it comes to health insurance.  But they\u2019ll say that Democrats will take yours.  Trump says he will bring back manufacturing to the \u201crust belt,\u201d but the plants are still closing and moving away.  All of the failures of the past four years will be projected onto the Democrats; it will be Adam Schiff\u2019s or Nancy Pelosi\u2019s fault. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, whatever happens tonight at Otterbein, or in the next months in Congress, get ready.  It\u2019s all going to be projected back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Game Night Here in Ohio the Democratic Presidential candidates are gathering for the fourth debate tonight.  It\u2019s just up the road, in the Columbus suburb of Westerville.  Otterbein University will host tonight\u2019s twelve-candidate extravaganza, and Jenn and I are looking for a \u201csports bar\u201d nearby that will show the debates.  Beer, wings, and cheering Democrats:  sounds like a great … Continue reading “Projection”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nProjection : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Want to know what Donald Trump is doing wrong? 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