What kind of shape is America in today? As you look around yourself, your family, your friends, your co-workers, your community, your state, our country, and the world in general…do you get a feeling of comfort or do you have serious concerns about the future? I suspect that for most people, the prevailing sentiment is the latter. And even though I am extremely skeptical about polls, almost all of them are supporting the notion that this country is pretty much fed up with the mess that has been created by the Biden Administration and the Democrat Party that supports and controls it.
They
are fed up to the point that they appear willing to accept as his replacement
the once-vanquished candidate Donald Trump.
There is no doubt in my mind that the reason so many Republicans are
supporting The Donald, in spite of his despicable personal traits, is the
simple fact that he seems clearly preferable to the alternative of the Biden Administration, the Sequel. That, my friends, is a very low bar to
clear.
I
have made, and will continue to make, the argument that the Republican Party
can offer up a far better presidential candidate than Donald Trump. I have also put forth the notion that the
Republican Party has a much better chance of winning the presidency with a
candidate other than Trump. I continue to believe that; but the simple
fact is that I and others who agree with that sentiment are increasingly
swimming upstream. As I have written in my
previous post…Donald Trump certainly seems to be inevitable.
O.K…...
If Trump is to be the alternative to the disaster that is the Democrat Party,
then so be it. As I wrote before, a
severely-flawed Donald Trump is far preferable to any candidate that the
Democrats might serve up. But even if
Trump were to prevail over the Democrat candidate and win the presidential election
next year, what will the implications of that event be when considering the
down-ticket candidates?
A
very persuasive argument can be made that the Republican Party today would have
a Senate majority and a much stronger House majority if Donald Trump had stayed
out the 2020 elections and not recruited his preferred candidates…many of whom were defeated. It is a fact that Trump has not shared his
campaign war chest dollars with the candidates he so vocally supports; his
support is heavy on publicity and short on substance. It is likely the case that Trump has spent
more of his campaign contributions on his own legal defense than he has on
Republican down-ticket candidates. Where will we be if Trump becomes our next
president, but then he must deal with a Democrat-controlled Congress?
The
Biden Administration, through their rabid abuse of Executive overreach, has
demonstrated that a presidential administration can affect a tremendous amount of
change in our nation without the full participation of Congress. But in the current situation, the Senate is controlled by the Democrats with a
razor’s edge advantage and the Republican majority in the House has
demonstrated its inability to function as a majority...House Speaker McCarthy spends all of his time herding chickens instead
of governing. This stalemate has
given the Biden Administration the leeway to operate independently from
Congressional input, participation, and oversight.
If Trump
wins the presidency and the Democrats take control of Congress, then there can
be little doubt that we will be in for a replay of the first Trump
Administration…Donald Trump versus the
World. If the
state of the nation under the first Trump term (good economy, solid border control, world peace, etc.) can be
duplicated, then that would not be a bad scenario. The plain fact is that times were pretty good
in America under Donald Trump’s tour as Chief Executive. But things
have changed since then. In the
short time since Trump left the White House and Biden has taken up residence,
our country has spiraled uncontrollably downhill. A deep hole has been dug, the United States
of America has fallen into it, and it will not be an easy task to get out.
The
Biden Administration, the Democrat Party, and the liberal presence that
controls them both have placed this nation on a road to ruin. The effort required for getting it back on
track, in the middle of the road, and between the ditches will be a monumental
challenge. It is questionable whether or
not a President Trump, while doing daily battle with a Democrat Congress and all of their
liberal allies, could achieve the administrative and policy changes necessary
to get our country pointed back in the right direction. Biden and the Democrats have screwed things
up to the point where band aids will
be totally inadequate to solve our aliments; a cure will be required…a
serious cure. The kind of cure that
features a strong, fundamental, significant change in government control;
change that requires a President and a Congress that are on the same page and
will have the willpower and authority to implement necessary legislation, critical
personnel changes, and wise policy decisions.
I
am confident that American voters are in a mood that accurately views Joe Biden as an incompetent, ineffective, and
corrupted President. I believe they
understand that he is a puppet for the Democrat Party and the liberal elements
that control it. But I fear that the
voting public has tunnel vision when
it comes to national elections. The dots must be connected between the
presidential administration that controls the Executive Branch and the
individual Senators and Representatives that control the Legislative
Branch. While it is true that the President can load
up our government with his patronage appointees and quickly change the policy
tilt of our government by doing so; that reach can only go so far without the
fundamental support of Congress.
It
cannot be overlooked that the only effective firewall that remains between the
Biden Administration and much further damage to our nation is the Judicial
Branch of our government (the Supreme
Court of the United States/SCOTUS) that has managed to stymie many of the
more radical efforts of the Democrat Party and the current Administration. Biden was able to load up our government with
radical and liberal ideologues because he has a Democrat Senate to approve his
appointees. The SCOTUS has been able to
stop maniacal liberal policies because it has a solid conservative majority,
made possible by past Republican presidents with complementing Republican
Senates that were able to approve conservative Justices.
Republicans
must persuade voters to make the
connections between the ruination wrought on our nation by the liberal Democrat
presidents and the local candidates (Senators and Representatives, both State and
National) that they selected to work with those presidents. Putting a Republican in the White House while
hamstringing them with a Democrat Congress is a half measure that will not
offer the necessary cure. The change that
is needed is a Republican president with a majority Republican Congress that
can get things done in WDC.
So
the question is: How does that
happen? It happens when the
Republican Party selects good, solid, electable candidates at the State and National
levels and then supports those candidates in their election efforts. It also requires a presidential candidate
that can focus on campaigns other than his/her own and use good judgment and
common sense when involving themselves in his/her party’s down-ticket
races. It requires a shared vision by a national party led by a presidential
candidate who appreciates that success is defined in terms other than his or
her own concerns. That candidate
must understand for the people as
opposed to for himself/herself.
Donald
Trump is totally and exclusively fixated on Donald Trump. If he wins the presidency in 2024 and brings
a Republican majority in Congress with him, it will be because of the dismal
performance that we have witnessed from the Biden Administration and the
Democrats in Congress. It will not be
because Donald Trump understands, supports, and is invested in the process of
achieving a Republican majority in Congress. On the other hand, if Donald Trump is our next president, it could very well turn out to be
a pyrrhic victory for the Republican Party…and
our country. Why? … Because his
candidacy could lead to a Democrat Congress.
Republican voters need to carefully consider which presidential
candidate offers the best chance for unwinding the disaster that is the Biden
Administration and the Democrat Senate; which candidate will strive to carry
his/her Party to victory rather than elevating themselves to personal savior
status? Is that candidate Donald Trump or someone else? The stakes could not be higher.
Is
America truly on the road to ruin? Let
us consider the state of our nation today………
Joe Biden and the Democrats have a
policy of open borders. How has this
impacted our country? This crisis has
been wholly created by the Biden Administration. They were handed upon their entry into the
White House a stable southern border, an effective national immigration policy,
and good international immigration co-operation from our southern neighbors.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/bidens-wake-up-call-on-illegal-immigration
https://jewishworldreview.com/0923/hanson092223.php
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/joe-bidens-intentional-crisis
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/biggs-migrants-illegal/2023/09/22/id/1135535/
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/biden-migrants-cbp/2023/09/23/id/1135635/
https://nypost.com/2023/09/21/biden-secretly-has-let-221456-migrants-fly-into-the-us-in-past-year/
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/biden-administration-dhs-migrant/2023/09/25/id/1135743/
https://nypost.com/2023/09/17/dems-migrant-policies-to-blame-in-bronx-daycare-fentanyl-death/
https://www.axios.com/2023/09/23/housing-crisis-migrant-immigrants-homeless
If things do not change…this will be
happening soon in YOUR state and maybe even YOUR community:
https://www.dailywire.com/news/whatever-it-takes-abbott-says-texas-will-address-colony-ridge-at-special-legislative-session-next-month
Our nation’s educational system,
certainly in the college and university arena, was already extremely liberal
upon Biden’s ascent to the presidency. The
Biden Administration has taken a bad situation and by encouraging and enabling
its worst actors, has made it into a raging crisis and a threat to our nation’s
future.
https://reason.com/2023/09/19/chicago-teachers-union-boss-sends-son-to-private-school/
https://amgreatness.com/2023/09/20/the-year-in-teacher-union-double-dealing/
The Biden Administration and the
Democrats in Congress have one solution for all of America’s problems: Throw money at it! Their tax and spend tendencies combined with
their idiotic energy policies have combined to create a financial crisis that
will quite likely extend far beyond this generation and cripple the economic
future of our children. Once again,
Biden has taken a good thing and utterly destroyed it. The facts tell the story.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/a-bad-week-for-bidenomics
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/09/the-daily-chart-bidenomics-epic-fail.php
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/the-brutal-reality-of-the-biden-economy/
https://amgreatness.com/2023/09/26/the-looming-economic-cauldron/
https://jewishworldreview.com/jeff/jacoby092123.php
https://reason.com/2023/09/21/bidenomics-is-failing-everyday-americans/
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/24/economy/stocks-week-ahead-soft-landing-unlikely/index.html
https://reason.com/2023/09/25/its-government-shutdown-theater-again/
Abortion is a gut-wrenching topic
to discuss and debate. Both extreme
positions on this issue are dug in so deep that they will not compromise; while
the majority in the middle cannot seem to find a way to bring them together. The SCOTUS brought some sanity back into the
discussion when they confirmed that abortion rights were NOT in our
Constitution and then assigned the task of regulating abortion back to the
states. But somehow, Joe Biden, the Democrats, and the mainstream media did not
get that message. They continue to
use abortion as a political cudgel and shamelessly wield it in the most
hypocritical fashions imaginable, thus worsening the poisonous partisan
environment that exists in our nation.
The federal government has been told by the guardians of our
Constitution to stay out of the abortion debate and both the Democrats AND the
Republicans (looking at you, Donald)
should pay heed to that directive.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/abortion-the-allure-and-danger-of-a-settlement/
https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/09/trumps-terrible-abortion-comments/
Of all the stupid things that have
been done by the Biden Administration, perhaps the worst of them is the
degradation in the quality of patronage appointments to federal positions of
power, influence, and authority. The
bulk of Biden’s appointees have been ideologues, unqualified for their
positions, immune from proper vetting procedures, and tilted towards partisanship
and corruption. The star of this circus
is Merrick Garland, our infamous Attorney General who has politicized the
Department of Justice (DOJ) to point
where it now has no respect, no credibility, and no ability to perform its
assigned functions. The majority of the
nation is convinced that it is corrupt and that it administers multiple levels
of justice depending on who the alleged perpetrators are. There are many intelligent people who believe
that the DOJ is so corrupted that it must be essentially torn down and
rebuilt. What a shame and embarrassment. Of course, when you consider the man who put
Garland where he is, his pitiful performance should be expected. The entire Biden Administration is either
woefully incompetent, incredibly stupid, or shamefully corrupt…or a combination
of the three.
https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/09/16/lowry-all-signs-point-to-joe-bidens-corruption/
https://nypost.com/2023/09/20/ignorant-pathetic-merrick-garland-wilts-on-the-hot-seat/
Video that must be seen to believed…this
man is our Top Cop: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/09/mums-the-word.php
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/merrick-garland-has-destroyed-his-credibility
https://nypost.com/2023/09/22/merrick-garlands-lies-blown-up-yet-again-by-irs-whistleblowers/
Perhaps there are consequences for
political overreach: https://thefederalist.com/2023/09/25/polls-show-democrat-campaign-strategy-of-indicting-political-opponents-has-backfired-horrifically/
The Democrats were thrilled with
their impeachment theatre when Donald Trump was president. I wonder how they will like the show when it
comes back around. I would prefer that the
House investigates the Biden Family Enterprise like hell, but refrains from
trying to impeach when they know there is no chance of a Senate
conviction. Show the world how dirty the
Bidens are and then let the voters decide.
But the Republican thirst for revenge is strong and in the case of this particular
stage production, we will just have to see how it plays out.
https://amgreatness.com/2023/09/18/how-biden-will-circle-the-wagons/
Not content to mangle the domestic
functions of America’s government, the Biden Administration has also offended
our allies, emboldened our adversaries, and confused those others observing us
on the world stage. Our President is an
embarrassment to himself and our nation when he appears off shore…and the
imbeciles he has selected to make foreign policy decisions are imperiling our
national security and making this planet a much more dangerous place.
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/19987/china-russia-axis-of-evil
There are people in powerful
positions in our country, both in the public and private sectors, who strongly
believe in government-controlled censorship and the use of disinformation. You are only fooling yourself if you dismiss
this threat to our free speech rights granted under the Constitution. The Biden Administration is heavily invested
in this effort.
Under the Biden Administration,
Democrat crooks get rewarded…not indicted: https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/signers-hunter-biden-laptop-letter-land-plum-jobs
There was so much autocratic mischief
and carpet-bagging that took place under the guise of the Covid epidemic that
we will likely never know the full extent of it. Is it even possible that many of those same
scoundrels could pull off their schemes and deceptions once again?
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/blowing-covid-coverup-wide-open
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/09/trump-failed-the-covid-test.php
But perhaps there are some among
our political leaders who learned some lessons from that episode:
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/washington-post-editorial-board-praises-youngkins-smart-plan-to-tackle-covid-learning-loss/
The Biden Administration and the
Democrats are well into their Transformation
of America efforts. How’s that going
for you and your family and have you considered how we might get out of this
mess?
https://amgreatness.com/2023/09/25/is-the-left-happy-that-they-got-their-wish/
It is time to do some serious
thinking about the direction you want our country to go in and the people you
want leading us there. Choose your
poison.
https://reason.com/2023/09/22/are-we-really-doing-a-trump-vs-biden-rematch/
The Republican’s pitch…
https://amgreatness.com/2023/09/21/do-republicans-care-about-winning-anymore/
https://newcriterion.com/issues/2023/10/the-new-conservative-dilemma
https://newcriterion.com/issues/2023/10/can-conservatives-still-win
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/megyn-kelly-trumps-latest-nasty-woman/
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/09/23/britt-face-post-trump-future-00117753
The Democrat’s pitch…
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-president-biden-that-democrats-envisioned-and-the-reality/
https://americanmind.org/salvo/make-america-california/
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/09/kamalas-latest-whopper.php
Good lord, Hillary…just go away:
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/hillary-clinton-issues-warning-about-russian-interference-2024-election
And what are the odds…
ABC News is sooo non-partisan
(NOT!)…check out the use of the word “edges” in this headline…yeah, a NINE
POINT LEAD is edging: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/troubles-biden-age-reelection-campaign-poll/story?id=103436611
