CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 4, 2021
THE VIRGINIA GOVERNOR’S CONTEST, WON BY REPUBLICAN GLEN YOUNGKIN, WAS ABOUT MANY
THINGS. LOSER TERRY MCAULIFFE TRIED TO MAKE IT ABOUT RACE, BUT MANY VOTERS ARE TIRED OF THAT
DIVISIVE THEME AND THE NOTION THAT PEOLE OF COLOR ARE ALWAYS AT A DISADVANTAGE AND ONLY THE
GOVERNMMENT CAN HELP. IF IT COULD, WOULD IT NOT HAVE BY NOW? WHY DOESN’T THE LEFT FOCUS ON
SUCCESSFUL AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND USE THEM AS ROLE MODELS FOR OTHERS? THE NEW LT.
GOVERNOR WILL BE A BLACK WOMAN.
THE RACE WAS ALSO ABOUT DEMOCRAT OVERREACH. THE PRESIDENT’S NUMBERS ARE FALLING AND HE IS
TRYING TO TAX AND SPEND US INTO OBLIVIION. MOST VIRGINIANS DON’T LIKE IT. AND IT WAS ABOUT
HUBRIS. YOUNGKIN BENEFITTED FROM TRUMP VOTERS, BUT HE DIDN’T GO FOR THE NAME-CALLING AND
HIGH SELF-REGARD THAT CHARACTERIZES TRUMP. YOUNGKIN RAN A STRONG CAMPAIGN, BUT MADE IT
ABOUT VOTERS AND THEIR SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN, NOT HIMSELF. MAYBE THAT’S BECAUSE HE IS A
SERIOUS CHRISTIAN. THE NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR’S RACE WAS IN A VIRTUAL TIE WHEN I WROTE THIS,
SOMWETHING ELSE TO TROUBLE DEMOCRATS. NOW IF REPUBLICANS CAN JUST KEEP FROM BLOWING IT
NEXT YEAR. I’M CAL THOMAS.
