Saturday, June 1, 2024

The 20 Percent Solution

Over the last several years, I have written thousands of words criticizing Joe Biden, his Democrat Party, and the cabal of liberal/progressive elements that support their agenda.  My words are a matter of record and I stand by them; there’s no need to repeat them at this time. 

 

For this piece, I will focus on what I believe to be the two most damaging aspects (out of “oh so many”…) of this Biden Administration fiasco.  Between this pair of issues, the broad range of foreign policy is addressed through the microcosm of the Middle East; specifically the Israeli v. Hamas war.  The other of the pair will focus on the outcome of Donald Trump’s New York trial that ended this week in his conviction.  This lawfare episode is also a microcosmic view of the cancerous corruption that has been sown throughout our government by the current Administration; specifically in the area of politically weaponizing the Department of Justice. 

 

When considering these two issues, we get a very true sense of how President Joe Biden, his Administration, his Party, and his block of supporters have, through their domestic and foreign policy agendas, wrought catastrophic harm on our nation.  These two events help to bring into a focus a true definition of precisely what Joe Biden and his group stand for, what motivates them, how they choose to operate, and how they view the future of our country.  It is perhaps auspicious that these happenings are set before us today, a mere five months before national elections are conducted to determine the future path of our government and, by definition, our nation.

 

I truly believe that while the predicting of that election’s outcome is a fool’s errand (that we will all likely embark upon at some point), what will ultimately determine that choice is no mystery at all.  I call it the “20 percent solution”.  Our citizenry is a wondrous blend of ethnicity, opinions, ideals, beliefs, principles, and political bent.  Even the two main political parties that represent our government are not nearly as homogenous as they once were.  Within each party, there is spectrum that ranges from the radical element to the moderate element to the lukewarm element; i.e. the True Believers, the Ones Who Choose the Most Comfortable Group, and the Ones Who Flipped a Coin.  For the sake of this argument, I am going to dissolve the Independent voters into the two primary parties and place them in the coin flipping category.

 

The two events that I opened with and will address later in this blog will go a long way towards deciding who prevails in this year’s presidential election.  How will they play out and what will be their effects?  Does Trump’s conviction end up being a net liability or does it end up being a net asset?  Will people view Trump’s conviction as justice delivered or the corrupt machinations of a banana republic?  Does the ineptitude of Biden’s foreign policy follies lead us into a cauldron of global conflict ending in actual warfare…or…does it simply continue his Administration’s policy of acting as a spectator on the world stage as the planet’s conflict temperature continues to rise? 

 

Returning to the three categories of party members, I submit that the True Believers and Comfortable groups comprise approximately 80 percent of the total electorate.  These people know today how they will be voting come November and nothing short of Armageddon is going to change their minds.  I would guess that the 80 percent is split about 40/40 between parties.  It is that third group in each party…the Coin Flippers…who will decide the future.  They comprise approximately 20 percent of the final vote and it is this 20 percent that will tip the scales either to a return of what we had under the term of President Donald Trump or a continuation of what we are experiencing under President Joe Biden. 

 

How will they decide who to vote for?  Will they be influenced by the mainstream media and the partisan water-carrying they practice for the Democrat Party?  Will they simply listen to their friends, neighbors, and coworkers and go with the prevailing thought in that sphere?  How many of them will actually consider the hard facts and evidence that tells the real story of the Trump Administration vs. the Biden Administration?  How many of them will be significantly influenced by Trump’s conviction in a kangaroo court on bogus charges?  Are there a significant number of these voters who even care about foreign policy and how it might impact their lives here in America?  How many of this group will actually be sufficiently motivated to get out and vote? 

 

To make these questions even more byzantine, the majority of this 20 percent (or at least the portion that will have the most impact) can be found in a half dozen or fewer states…whose election verdict will likely decide the presidential victor.  The stakes for our families and our country could not be higher.  To a very large extent, the cause of freedom and liberty across the world sits in the balance of this choice.  And as we approach this monumental day of decision, the entire question boils down to the group that I have chosen to label…Coin Flippers.  Dwell on that for a moment.  We will get the government we deserve.

 

When Joe Biden entered into the White House as President, he inherited a situation in the Middle East that was stable, predominantly peaceful, and pregnant with promise towards a lasting co-existence between the Arab and Israeli communities.  The Abraham Accords had demonstrated that these disparate peoples could, in fact, live side by side in relative harmony.  Israel and most of its neighboring Arab nations had joined in the recognition of Iran as a terrorist threat to them all.  Through the exercise of ignorance, pure spite, and blatant incompetence, the Biden Administration has turned this stability into pure and threatening chaos.  Of all the aspects involved in the ongoing Israeli v. Hamas war that have been bungled by Biden’s foreign policy clowns, nothing is more representative of their stupidity than the bizarre project known as the Gaza Pier.  You cannot make this stuff up; you must read it to believe it.

 

Many people, I among them, have said over the last few decades that the United States of America cannot be the world’s policeman.  But conceding our clear inability to play that omnipotent role in world affairs does not mean that we should lie down and do nothing.  The Biden Administration seems to have put a new spin on this old notion.   They seem to believe that while we should never strive to be the world’s policeman, we can damn sure be the world’s NANNY.

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3019322/bidens-gaza-pier-debacle-representative-presidency/\

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/05/bidens-pier-less-incompetence/

 

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mike-lee-senator-gaza/2024/05/27/id/1166318/

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/bidens-gaza-pier-is-the-disaster-we-were-expecting/

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/busted-gaza-pier-has-all-the-markings-of-a-joe-biden-op/

 

https://justthenews.com/accountability/waste-fraud-and-abuse/cost-bidens-military-failures

 

This is what weak, pathetic, cowardly, appeasing leadership looks like: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/06/art-of-the-deal-biden-style.php

 

This is what courageous, moral, intelligent, and principled leadership looks like: https://www.dailywire.com/news/interview-nikki-haley-says-palestinians-must-separate-from-hamas-for-any-chance-of-peace?topStoryPosition=2

 

Can we just imagine for a moment the great possibilities inherent in having a Secretary of State Nikki Haley in a second Donald Trump Administration?

 

https://americanmind.org/salvo/unity-of-purpose-in-the-middle-east/

 

The pure absurdity and audacious corruption surrounding Donald Trump’s New York trial conviction is filthy beyond description.  The facts of the matter speak for themselves.  Do you feel shame and embarrassment? Read them and weep…for our nation.

 

First…the setup:

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3023565/trump-trial-travesty/

 

https://nypost.com/2024/05/27/opinion/heres-why-the-case-against-trump-should-end-in-not-guilty/

 

https://x.com/VDHanson/status/1793668271776100525

 

Second…the trial:

 

https://jonathanturley.org/2024/05/27/alvin-bragg-and-the-jackson-pollock-school-of-prosecution-why-the-trump-trial-could-end-with-a-hung-jury/

 

https://reason.com/2024/05/24/prosecutors-are-still-hedging-on-exactly-what-crime-trump-tried-to-aid-or-conceal/

 

https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/30/judge-merchans-jury-instructions-prove-trumps-trial-is-about-power-not-the-law/

 

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/05/choose-one-from-column-a.php

 

https://jonathanturley.org/2024/05/30/a-manhattan-canned-hunt-the-trump-jury-is-out-but-is-the-case-in-the-bag/

 

Third…the verdict:

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/the-mccarthy-report/the-verdict/

 

https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/30/kangaroo-court-convicts-trump-following-soviet-show-trial-in-new-york-city/

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3023278/bad-verdict-stacked-jury/

 

https://reason.com/2024/05/30/the-verdict-against-trump-suggests-jurors-bought-the-prosecutions-dubious-election-fraud-narrative/

 

https://thefederalist.com/2024/05/31/intentional-misfeasance-makes-show-trial-conviction-ripe-for-reversal-legal-experts-say/

 

Finally…the consequences:

 

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/06/a-primer-on-the-trump-case.php


https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/05/31/democratic_principles_and_the_spirit_of_free_institutions_151034.html

 

https://americanmind.org/salvo/statement-on-trumps-conviction/

 

https://jonathanturley.org/2024/06/01/the-ghost-of-john-adams-how-the-trump-trial-harkens-back-to-a-dark-period-of-american-law/#more-219565

 

https://amgreatness.com/2024/06/02/trumps-trial-is-a-symptom-of-a-larger-crisis-in-american-justice/


https://www.nationalreview.com/the-weekend-jolt/biden-is-now-losing-to-a-felon/

 

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