Election Day, November 4, is fast approaching. It is a mere eight weeks away. As I write this, the average of all the polls still reports Comrade Zoh with a double-digit lead over Andrew Cuomo in a crowded field and projects that he will win the election with a plurality of somewhere in the mid-forties. It appears likely that the only way he can be denied the mayoralty is for the current mayor, Eric Adams, and all the other lesser candidates to drop out and let Cuomo take him on head-to-head. Newsweek has reported that various New York political experts have opined that that would be the best chance to stop Comrade Zoh. In my opinion, Comrade Zoh might still win, but at least the non-Zohers would have a chance.
President Trump is cognizant of the dire significance and consequence of a Comrade Zoh election. He has been trying to entice Adams to drop out by promising him a significant position in his Administration, such as an ambassadorship. As I write this, Adams, is steadfastly denying that he will drop out of the race. It appears that his opposition to Cuomo is personal as well as political. In a recent press conference, he told reporters “Andrew Cuomo is a snake and a liar. I am in the race, and I am the only one that can beat Mamdani.”
Comrade Zoh’s radical positions and virulent antisemitism have created a quandary for prominent Dems. I believe that many of them, such as Governor Hochul, (Up)Chuck Schumer, and Hakeem Jefferies, have been reluctant to be linked to him too closely and have withheld their endorsement, because they don’t agree with his extreme far left agenda. On the other hand, they have been reluctant to criticize him for fear of offending the increasingly powerful and vocal left wing of the party.
The premise of this blog is that Comrade Zoh does in fact win with a plurality, not a majority. In that case what happens next?
One might hope and expect that Comrade Zoh would attempt to mitigate some or all of his policies so as to broaden his coalition, particularly if he wins with a plurality rather than a majority. However, he has made it clear that that would not be the case. In a recent interview reported in the NY Post he asserted he would adhere to his radical program (which I have described in detail in previous blogs) regardless of the size of his victory. This doubling down does not augur well.
Conclusion
In my view Comrade Zoh will be the next mayor of NYC. As I have said, this will be devastating to the city, the state and the country. The media keeps characterizing Comrade Zoh as a socialist. In my view that is misleadingly benign. He is a communist plain and simple.
There is a difference between the two as I explained in my previous blog. Many of his policies are reminiscent of Cold War Soviet Russia and could have been written by Karl Marx. Already, socialism is gaining in popularity nationwide. According to a recent poll 39% of Americans have a positive view of it compared to 54% for capitalism. In my opinion most of them don’t have the foggiest idea of what socialism and communism really are and that they have failed in every instance in which they have been tried. They have just been seduced by the prospect of free stuff, not realizing that free stuff is not really free. Somewhere, somehow, someone has to pay for it.
I don’t know howmany times I can repeat this. In my view, Comrade Zoh’s policies constitute an existential threat to the American way of life. We have always been, are, and should remain a capitalist, free enterprise nation. President Trump is right to try every legal means in his power to stop him. Let’s hope he his successful.
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