Democrats don’t campaign on what they’ve done for America, their state, or their district. They campaign on how much worse it will be if their Republican opponent wins. Even at the local and state level, they run against Donald Trump, diverting attention from their abject failure and dismal performance.
A Glaring Example
The first transcontinental railroad took about six years to complete and stretched 1,912 miles. Construction began in 1863 when the Central Pacific Railroad started building eastward from Sacramento, California, and the Union Pacific Railroad started building westward from Omaha, Nebraska. The two lines met at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory, where the ceremonial Golden Spike was driven in 1869.
Consider Japan’s Tōkaidō Shinkansen (Tokyo – Osaka) high-speed rail line, which spans only 320 miles and took five years (1959–1964) to build. The cost was 380 billion Yen in 1964, or about $3.6 billion today.
Contrast that with California’s misnamed high-speed rail line from San Francisco to Los Angeles/Anaheim. Approximately 500 miles were started in 2008 and remain incomplete after seventeen years. Current cost estimates range from $100 to $128 billion according to the latest 2024–2025 estimates.
In the 1860s, using shovels, mules, and nitroglycerin, the U.S. spanned the continent in six years. In the 21st century, with supercomputers and GPS-guided tunneling machines, California still hasn’t connected two major cities within its own state.
An abysmal failure and a money pit. But not to the politicians who benefited from campaign contributions from consultants, land developers, union contractors, and others who were richly rewarded for their support of the Democrat Party.
I recall the promises made when a $9.95 billion bond was approved for a high-speed rail system connecting San Francisco and Los Angeles, with an estimated cost of $33 billion and a projected completion date of 2020.
But here it is, nearing the end of 2025, the project has ballooned to an estimated cost of up to $128 billion. The first operational segment, between Merced and Bakersfield, both major agricultural areas in the Central Valley, is expected to begin by 2032. Neither of these areas is a popular vacation destination.
Bottom Line
Enough. Look at what the Democrats have done to this formerly Golden State and reverse course. The uni-Party must be defeated at all costs.
We are being majorly screwed.
— Steve
