<![CDATA[If gaslighting were an exportable commodity, regime media in the United States would be Saudi Arabia. If you could liquify the left's rhetorical bile and build a pipeline from the Manhattan-D.C. bubble to the Gulf of Mexico, the country's trade deficit would essentially disappear overnight as we become energy independent. Three weeks after the decisive electoral college and popular vote victory by Donald Trump, the hysterical reaction by a lot of liberal voices - in media, in office, soon-to-be out of office, and progressive advocacy groups, continue to dial the alarmist rhetoric up past 10 on the dial in a quest to reach Spinal Tap's 11. This, of course, is Thanksgiving week. Holiday travel is expected to set records as Americans gather to reflect on the end of another crazy year and attempt to reconnect with family members, and show grace and thanks for all the good things in their life. It's a time to heal the rift that may have been caused by the election, or at least rip the Band-Aid off and have at it once and for all. Joy Reid, who apparently still has a show on MSNBC for now, is opting for the latter. I actually know people quite well in my personal life who are terrified about the incoming Trump administration and what it will do to them. With some of the doom and gloom merchants, who have created a profitable niche for themselves in proclaiming every day that Donald Trump is the worst (insert noun here) ever in the history of the world, there will never be any reconciliation. Nor should there be. But to a lot of our fellow Americans who got caught up in the extremism peddled by the modern day Democratic Party, I remain optimistic that the coming Trump/Republican governing coalition will expand as the blinders from many voters who cast their ballot for Kamala Harris fall off.You remember all the alarmism, right? Trump is Hitler. He's a fascist. He's an authoritarian. He's going to be the end of muh democracy. So much so, that you have to vote for Kamala Harris, who never ran in a primary, never earned a primary vote or a Democratic Party delegate in two consecutive presidential election cycles...for muh democracy. Here's White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre just before the election.Now? Things have changed. It's going to be a peaceful transition of power to Hitler, because that's what we do here. But let's break down just a few of the superheated rhetorical dire predictions made during the campaign compared with reality. On Trump's problem with women, the final act of billionaire Mark Cuban as official surrogate for Kamala Harris was appearing by remote video call to the View, and saying there's no way strong, intelligent women support Donald Trump. Remember this golden oldie? Of the 30-plus picks President-Elect Trump has made thus far, 10 of them are strong, intelligent women. ]]>