Tuesday, September 26, 2023

America’s Road to Ruin…c/o Joe Biden and the Democrats

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://thefederalist.com/2023/09/21/its-no-accident-the-southern-border-is-collapsing-its-intentional/

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/bidens-wake-up-call-on-illegal-immigration

 

https://mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/nearly-two-thirds-voters-including-half-democrats-want-border-security-budget

 

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.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/three-reasons-immigrants-surge-us-mexico-border

 

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/biden-administration-dhs-migrant/2023/09/25/id/1135743/

 

https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/biden-administration-knew-border-surge-was-coming-internal-documents-show/

 

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

 

https://issuesinsights.com/2023/09/25/how-many-people-coming-into-this-country-illegally-is-enough-for-president-biden/

 

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://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/hijacking-higher-education-the-ideological-capture-of-universities

 

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/

 

https://jonathanturley.org/2023/09/24/forty-percent-of-baltimores-public-school-do-not-have-a-single-student-proficient-in-math/

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/universities-are-teaching-college-students-to-behave-like-children

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/campus-free-speech-crisis-everyones-problem

 

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.nationalreview.com/corner/americans-dont-believe-bidens-economy-is-good-because-that-is-a-lie/

 

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://thefederalist.com/2023/09/18/nbcs-kristen-welker-lied-repeatedly-about-democrats-extreme-abortion-position/

 

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://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/dojs-farce-should-force-house-to-keep-investigating-bidens

 

https://thefederalist.com/2023/09/19/heres-how-the-house-should-grill-attorney-general-merrick-garland/

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/merrick-garland-hearing-six-takeaways-hunter-biden-investigation

 

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://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/democrats-forget-there-are-consequences-in-politics

 

https://amgreatness.com/2023/09/18/how-biden-will-circle-the-wagons/

 

https://issuesinsights.com/2023/09/18/think-impeachment-will-help-biden-then-why-is-he-behaving-like-a-cornered-rat/

 

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.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/us-bureaucrats-strangling-aukus-partnership

 

https://amgreatness.com/2023/09/22/more-evidence-that-u-s-intelligence-analysis-is-broken-and-politicized/

 

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.

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/the-government-is-colluding-with-social-media-platforms-to-censor-americans

 

https://jonathanturley.org/2023/09/22/the-defunct-disinformation-governance-board-sought-to-censor-opposing-views-on-racial-justice-the-afghan-withdrawal-and-other-political-subjects/

 

https://mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/dhss-new-intel-experts-group-provide-actionable-info-those-extremist

 

https://thefederalist.com/2023/09/22/meet-ad-fontes-media-the-lefts-latest-tool-for-annihilating-conservative-voices-like-the-federalist/’=

 

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/

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/is-it-any-surprise-that-historic-labor-strikes-are-occurring-under-biden/

 

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://www.nationalreview.com/corner/axios-democrats-terrified-biden-will-collapse-republicans-to-blame/

 

https://americanmind.org/salvo/make-america-california/

 

https://mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/kamala-harris-fails-end-border-crisis-so-biden-taps-her-also-end-gun-violence

 

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…

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/significant-portion-of-new-hampshire-republicans-say-they-wouldnt-vote-for-trump-in-2024-matchup-against-biden/

 

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

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