By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor /
Right Side Patriots / Right Side Patriots Radio
Last week in my article “The
Politicization of Hurricane Ian...Part One,” I spoke about
the hurricane's aftermath and how some of our country's elected
officials are not only trying to play the blame game for both the
storm damage incurred and the lives lost, but how some, like Kamala
Harris, have now turned an act of nature... climate change nonsense be
damned...into a racist endeavor in a quest to garner more votes for
the Democrats soon to be lost mid-term election.
And in said article I also spoke about
how Florida's great Gov. Ron DeSantis, and our Florida Congressmen
and women as well as both our Senators, stood strong against the
Democrats using Florida's tragedy as a way to pass their
“continuing resolution” to keep the federal government up and
running through mid-December. Nothing like Democrats showing their
true colors by “porking up” their liberal agenda at the
expense of their fellow Americans who have now literally lost
everything they once owned, and in some cases lost people they loved.
And so here I begin where “Part
One” left off with the “continuing resolution” and
Joe Biden's visit to both Puerto Rico and southwest Florida to see
the devastation first hand. And in both places Biden made some of his
biggest “ooops moments”...moments
that have indeed come back to haunt.
In the late afternoon of Wednesday
October 5th, Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden (read nursemaid
here) visited Fort Myers to survey the damage caused by Hurricane Ian
and to meet with officials, residents, and business owners impacted
by Ian's devastating fury. Starting with an aerial tour aboard Marine
One (the presidential helicopter), Biden met with Governor DeSantis,
Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, as well as state and local
leaders to discuss ongoing recovery efforts. Saying that, “This
is about America coming together,” Biden also “vowed”
to bring “every element of the federal government together to
help with immediate needs and long-term rebuilding,” never mind
the fact that his vows were tied to the afore mentioned “continuing
resolution.”
Also, Biden said that those Floridians
without “disaster insurance” may be eligible for up to
$80k in federal funds to “repair or replace” their homes and vehicles.
But the problem is that most folks who own homes here in Florida have
homeowners insurance, as mortgage companies do require it. However,
what Biden specifically referred to as being “disaster
insurance” is not on its own offered in the state of Florida. And with those
without insurance usually, but not always, being folks of lower income or people “of
color”...what Biden is basically now doing is giving even more
government handouts to those who are already on welfare and
Medicaid...folks who do not own homes but rent homes or apartments
instead. And this means that they can do whatever they wish to do
with Biden's $80k giveaway while the actual home and property owner
is left to deal with their insurance company alone.
Simply, what we now have here is a vote
garnering operation based upon Kamala Harris' “equity”
nonsense instead of Biden's helping the true home owners with their
tangible property losses, and it's while said renter can just pick up and rent
elsewhere having $80k in their pocket to do so.
Just more politicization that ties into the
afore mentioned “continuing resolution” that Florida's
elected officials said no to and rightly so, and many of us here in
Florida are glad that they did. And why...because Democrats always
prefer politics over truth and reality. One case in point revolves
around Sen. Marco Rubio and his opponent Val Demings who criticized
Rubio for his “not being present” for the resolution vote. But he had a very good reason for not being there...our Senator was here in Florida's Lee County surveying the
epicenter of the destruction caused by the storm, which was exactly where he needed to be. And that was way
more important than being in Washington voting on a bill that does
little to directly help those in Florida who lost everything. And
by the way, Sen. Rubio stayed in southwest Florida doing whatever he
could to do to help, so to both Val Demings and St. Petersburg-based State House Democrat Michele Rayner who said, “the people of
Florida deserve better,” I agree that they do, but that the only way to achieve better is by not voting for people like Demings and Rayner in the first place.
Now as for the actuality of Joe Biden
and “bad optics”... the one thing he seems to have
mastered. Biden was rightfully criticized for his slow response to
Puerto Rico being hit by Hurricane Fiona so it was critical, PR wise,
that he visit southwest Florida as soon as it was safe for him to do
so. But I find it odd that with our commonwealth of Puerto Rico
having suffered major hurricane damage on September 18th...which is
almost two weeks before he or Ian visited Florida...that Biden chose
the day before coming to southwest Florida to go to Puerto Rico. And
once there, while he did promise Puerto Rico $60 million in federal
funding to help rebuild the island, it's obvious to all that he
should have gone there weeks ago and not piggybacked said visit with
his coming to southwest Florida.
Priorities askew as always...with truly
bad optics to boot..forced Biden to play the “race card”
in Puerto Rico even before Kamala Harris did so in regards to
Florida. How so? In his short visit to the island, what Biden hoped
for was to garner votes via his words that, “my home state of
Delaware had a relatively large Puerto Rican community when I was
growing up,” and that, “I was sort of raised in the Puerto
Rican community at home, politically.” But, I believe, Biden
fooled no one for most know that Pennsylvania is Biden's actual home
state as his family didn't move to Delaware until he was 10 years
old, and that when he started his now 50 year (too long) political
career there were only about 2,100 people of Puerto Rican descent
living in the entirety of Delaware.
So what Biden did while in Puerto Rico
was direct his words to the island's Democrat voters and to the
roughly 23,000 folks of Puerto
Rican descent now living in Delaware. Comprising but 2.5% of
the state's population, I guess when politics is involved Joe Biden
figures that by his now classifying himself, in a sense, as a person
“of color” it will help his party in some small way to
deflect the soon to come November “red wave.”
And then Joe Biden, our newest “person
of color,” came to Ft. Myers to not only survey the damage
caused by Hurricane Ian, but to “pretend” to play nice (see footnote)* with Gov.
DeSantis and other elected officials, while throwing the $80K bone at
some...but not all...in a play for Democrat votes. But to be fair I
must say that while here Biden not only praised Gov. De
Santis for his handling of Hurricane Ian
and even went so far as to say that DeSantis’ response was
“pretty remarkable,” but he extended the federal emergency
relief package he first enacted on September 29th at “100
percent of the total eligible costs” by an additional 30 days,
thus now making the direct federal assistance package available for
60 days. And while this relief package will
provide funding for “debris removal and emergency protective
measures,” this package really does nothing for those who have
lost everything.
And to those who sadly lost everything, when
Biden met with local officials and residents at Fisherman's Wharf, a
marina that was ripped apart by the storm he stated that, “The
key here is building back better and stronger to withstand the next
storm,” adding that, “You
can’t go back to what it was before, you got to build back better,
because we know more is coming.” And while these very words are
surely true...as much stronger building codes have now proven to be
needed...the residents gathered wanted to hear what he and the federal
government will do now to help them not just later.
And while Biden also said, “I want
the people of Florida to know you have my commitment and America's
commitment that we're not going to leave. We're going to see you
through this entire process,” he never stated exactly what the
“process” will be. Simply, when folks are hurting, when
all that was once theirs is lost, generalities are not what they want
hear. They not only want but deserve answers to questions asked,
something not gotten from Biden during this short and seemingly
planned to be a quite rushed visit.
But if truth be told...as it
always should be...answers to direct questions is something we never
seem to get from Democrats as more times than not those answers can only be
found buried deep within self-serving partisan driven “continuing
resolutions,” which sadly seems to be the case now.
But speaking in generalities I must say
that all the key players did, at least on the surface, try to overcome their ever widening partisan
divide. In fact,.our great governor even commended the White House for its
collaboration in helping Floridians and thanked Biden for visiting
his state, as well as praising FEMA with words to the affect that,
“We were very fortunate to have good coordination with the White
House and with FEMA,” which for now has proven to be true.
And yet with all the words spoken, all
the praise given, and all the promises made, it was the “optics”
of Joe Biden's visit to southwest Florida that said more than
anything else. How so...because I believe that Joe Biden now
knows...at least on some semblance of a cognitive level...that he and
his party's hold on power is about to come to an end, and it's all
due to the fact that sometimes a photo does say it all.
The now
widely circulated photo of Gov. Ron DeSantis speaking from the
president's podium...the photo where DeSantis' strength, fortitude, and leadership
clearly shines through...is indeed a foreshadowing of things to come
whether it be in 2024 or 2028.
And Joe Biden's willingly turning the
podium over to DeSantis quite unexpectedly while he stepped
aside... going off script puts it mildly...drew shock and dismay from
many on his side of the political aisle. And while it is not that
uncommon for local officials to speak from the presidential podium
after a natural disaster, it did seem odd that Biden would allow the
very someone who might potentially run and win the next presidential
election to be given such an opportunity...an opportunity to show
what a real president looks, acts, and sounds like.
No PR firm could ever dream up a better
press release than that one photo...the above photo of DeSantis behind the
presidential seal...and it came...knowingly or not... courtesy of Joe
Biden's recognizing a job well done at a time when some of our fellow
Americans are badly hurting.
And it was DeSantis' afore mentioned strong leadership,
fortitude, and his being able to successfully handle the many
obstacles now before him...obstacles obviously not of his
doing...that gave “We the People” a glimpse into what
America's future could look like with the right man at the helm. And
most shocking of all, and putting partisan politics aside, it came courtesy of
Joe Biden and a hurricane named Ian...case closed.
************************************************************************************* For more political commentary please visit myRIGHT SIDE PATRIOTSpartner Craig Andresen's blog The National Patriot to read his latest article, A Simple Answer vs The Truth.
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