Op-ed:
What Really Matters in November
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio (APR)
"Control
of the Senate may very well come down to the race in Florida.”
–
Republican Senator Marco Rubio on why he decided to run for re-election
There’s only forty odd days and counting until we
elect the next president of these United States…and what’s so newsworthy about
this race is that we have two of the most…according to the media talking heads…vilified,
untrustworthy, and unliked of candidates running.
On the Democratic side we have Hillary Clinton, a
woman forever to be rightfully known as the ‘Butcher of Benghazi;’ a woman who
by all accounts is physically ill and not quite ‘all there’ if you know what I
mean; a woman who, in my opinion, is a socialist, lying, islamic-condoning,
murdering traitor if ever there was one. Bringing the art of lying to new levels
and making the construction of the cover-up an art form in and of itself, this
woman must not now or ever become president.
And on the Republican side we have Donald J. Trump
seen by many as nothing but a flip-flopping Democrat now currently dressed in
Republican clothing. A very successful businessman and not a politician per se...or so he says... Donald Trump is actually the consummate politician as he knows how to
twist and play the media to do his bidding and most times they don’t even know
they’re being played. And while Trump is indeed course around the edges…money
cannot buy class after all…at least he is not the afore mentioned socialist,
lying, islamic-condoning, murdering traitor, and that alone puts him heads and
tails over Hillary as the one who must be our next president.
But there is something many do not understand or if
they do they are so caught up in the drama of the ‘Donald Trump Presidential
Reality Show’ that they refuse to grasp the fact that even if Trump wins the
presidency, the fact remains that unless Congress stays ‘red’ he will not be
able to get anything done…as in keep even some of his many campaign promises
made. In other words, no wall will be built, the muslim infiltration will
continue unabated, and jobs creation will most likely come to a screeching
halt, just to name a few…and none of it will be Trump’s fault as the fault will
be that of those who do not want to see the undeniable reality that a
president…any president…is basically impotent without a Congress that matches
the color of his party.
Keeping Congress ‘red’ is critical and the
House…where the purse strings are controlled…is a pretty sure bet to stay
‘red’ even if some seats are lost. Right
now the Republicans hold a 247 to 188 majority and they will most assuredly not
lose control as the rule of law known as the gerrymander has seen to that.
And what is a gerrymander…simply it’s the
manipulation of boundaries (of an electoral constituency) to favor one
party over the other. In other words,
it’s the drawing of political boundaries to afford a given party a numeric
advantage over an opposing party. And while many view this as unfair, the
Constitution itself mandates that every congressional House and state
legislative district be redrawn after the census so that elections won in
so-called ‘zero years’ (2000, 2010, 2020, etc.)…as was the Republican sweep in
2010 that allowed them to redraw 193 districts as opposed to the Democrats 44
districts....are what hold sway throughout this decade something even a (heaven
forbid) Hillary win cannot change…at least on the House end that is.
Now as for the Senate…in plain English…no race…not even
the presidency is as important as the Senate race… I cannot stress
that enough. And the Democrats are ever so desperately trying to pick up some Senate
seats come this November because they know they need control of the ‘upper chamber’
to neutralize Trump if he wins. Right now there are 34 seats up for grabs with
24 of those now held by Republican, meaning Democrats must gain 5 seats (or
four if Hillary wins the presidency) to win back the majority which currently
stands at 54 Republicans to 45 Democrats and one Independent. And three
states… Florida, Pennsylvania, and Ohio…will tell the story if the Senate stays
‘red’...with Florida being a must win state what with the presidential race in Florida being as close as it now appears to be.
And Florida’s Marco Rubio…my senator…is but one
Republican senator up for reelection who would help the Senate not only stay
‘red’ but his reelection would help assure that Republicans …that
Conservatives…have the definitive voice in deciding who will be appointed to
the Supreme Court for the fact is that the next president…whether it be Hillary
or Trump…will appoint enough Supreme Court justices and other judges to
determine whether the High Court and the lower courts lean to the ‘left’ or to
the ‘right’…and the way the Supreme Court leans will have a direct effect on
every one of ‘We the People’s’ lives.
This alone makes the Supreme Court the second most critical issue of
this election cycle behind the Senate as it’s the Senate who will decide if
the High Court stays to the ‘right’ or shifts to the ‘left.’
And with Justice Anton Scalia’s death still leaving
one vacancy on the bench and with the possibility that two or three justices
will soon be retiring, the Supreme Court make up via the Senate race truly
‘trumps’ Trump becoming president for a shift in the balance of power in the
Senate will affect this country for decades…for generations…no matter if a
Republican occupies the White House or not. And remember, too, that a Hillary
presidency itself coupled with said Senate shift would allow for the first
liberal court since the Warren Court of the 1960s, ending the current 4-to-4
make-up which was never intended to be an indefinite option anyway.
I cannot stress the importance of the Senate race
for in no uncertain terms it’s the Senate who approves or disapproves of the
president’s possible Supreme Court appointee as per Article Two of the Constitution.
Simply, Article Two has the president nominating Supreme Court justices and
only with Senate confirmation are the justices appointed. This allows for the
division of power between the president and Senate as per our Founders and
Framers…"he shall nominate, and by
and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint ... Judges of the
Supreme Court..." Specifically, candidates for the High Court are
nominated by the president who then must face a series of hearings in which
both the nominee and other witnesses make statements and answer questions
before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which can vote to either send or not
send the nomination to the full Senate, with confirmation by the Senate being
the only way that the president can formally appoint the nominee to the High Court.
Now let’s just imagine for a minute what would
happen if we lost the Senate and if the High Court did now lean to the ‘left’
which would happen if the Senate goes ‘blue’…here’s but one recent example
that could become reality. Remember back a short while ago when Obama wanted to
nominate Merrick Garland to fill the seat of the late Antonin Scalia, but the
Republicans rightfully said they would not even consider a replacement until
after the election…well that led directly to a 4-to-4 ruling and a crushing
defeat for Obama when the justices refused to revisit his stalled plan to
protect millions of what the Democrats call undocumented immigrants…illegals
being the proper term…from deportation and give them the right to work legally
in this country. This vote left in place a lower court’s decision that Obama
had indeed exceeded his powers by issuing the directive, but think of the
nightmare that would have been if a fifth Democratic justice had been on the
bench.
And let’s not forget that ObamaCare will most
probably be revisited by the High Court as Republicans call for ‘repeal and
replace’ (especially the individual mandate); possible Social Security changes are on
the table and might need the court’s intervention as a funding gap continues to
grow larger even while some projections show the Social Security Trust Fund and
current revenues being able to sustain benefits until the mid-2030s; the Second
Amendment is a serious topic of contention as Hillary and the Democrats will
try to get it repealed and with a ‘left’ leaning court might very well succeed
starting with what they call ‘loopholes in the law; climate change nonsense and
other environmental issues like the destruction of our coal industry will be
the order of the day…need I go on.
And all of this can be accomplished if the Senate
becomes ‘blue’ followed by their confirmation of liberal justices only. And a
Trump presidency itself would not stop it as a ‘left’ leaning Senate will turn
down any conservative he might nominate.
In simple terms think of it this way…while we know that the
president sets foreign policy, nominates justices to the Supreme Court and has
the power of the veto, and that the House basically sets domestic policy and
pulls the purse strings, it’s the Senate that has to approve the policies of
the president and can overturn a presidential veto, as well as having to
approve the decisions of the House, so it’s actually the Senate that determines
which direction our nation will go as in to the ‘left’ or to the ‘right’ and that’s
why the Senate race is critical…even more so than which party occupies the
White House.
And its way passed time that voters understand this
and let the presidential chips fall where they may and start concentrating on
the Senate or they will be to blame for our country shifting to the ‘left.’ And
I cannot say it any stronger or plainer than that.
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Florida Democrat Randy Perkins has a big problem with his Republican
challenger Brian Mast citing his military service in the fight over the
state’s 18th congressional district. It led to Perkins having
a meltdown over it. He asked Mast how his military service qualifies
him to serve in Congress. Mast, a double-amputee who served in
Afghanistan, said the Department of Veterans Affairs and the rule of
engagement for our forces aboard could be an area where his service
could be of some use, though before he could expound, Perkins kept
cutting him off. Charlie Hoffman at The Washington Free Beacon has more:
