This an opinion piece, my opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com.“Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.”
- President Ronald Reagan, March 31,1981
There are certain indisputable facts
that we Republicans and Conservatives have to face whether we like it
or not for 2024 is fast approaching and solutions for unsolved
problems and issues have yet to be addressed.
- Fact: Democrats won in 2022 no
matter that we Republicans narrowly took back the House
Fact: Republicans lost the Senate
because (mostly) bad to mediocre candidates were the options we
Republicans got to choose from, then when they lost we blamed the
Republican hierarchy for not giving said candidates the monetary aid
nor support they needed to win.
Fact: Certain Republicans and
Conservatives are unwilling to accept the fact that it's time to
move onto the next generation of leaders what with revenge politics
being both a poor reason for running and a worse reason for
believing that it alone will garner a 2024 win.
To put it bluntly, whomever the Democrat presidential candidate
finally is he or she will most likely win the presidency; our slim
hold on the House could well be wiped out; and the Senate stands a
good chance of remaining in Democrat control to such a degree that no
VP tie-breaking vote is needed.
And why this doom and gloom scenario? The answer for me is five
fold. First, some of we Republicans and Conservatives...and especially
certain already announced candidates...continue to ignore our great
Republican President Ronald Reagan's all-important 11th commandment
not to talk ill of fellow Republicans. Second, our voting system in
general remains rife with fraud, corruption, and fixed balloting
including but not limited to the Constitutional shaming known as
early voting; irregularities in regards to absentee and mail-in
ballots;* pre-programmed and vote switching tabulating software; and
election officials with most decidedly leftist partisan agendas.
Third, and probably worse of all, is the fact that in today's
America voter registration and photo ID is not mandatory in all 50
states when casting one's vote; let alone the sad fact that the
“dead” still get to cast their always party line Democrat
vote (whether they were registered Democrats when alive or not); and
“ILLEGALS” are freely voting in our elections no matter
that our Constitution clearly states that only U.S. “citizens”
can vote.
Don't believe me...how about this from our Constitution's 14th Amendment Section
1, which clearly states that,
“All persons born or
naturalized in the United States, and subject to the
jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United
States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or
enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of
citizens of the United States; nor shall any
State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due
process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the
equal protection of the laws.” “Citizens”
folks... “citizens”...it's
there for a reason...no
mention of “illegals” at
all.
Simply, the above three reasons stated are but a few of the key
election shenanigans that we know of and rightfully complain about
but are doing nothing of substance to remedy.
Now let's add in reason number four...the veiled issue known as
“extremist policies” ...policies that do not play well
with more than half of all American voters. And to that affect our
current crop of announced candidates seems to care more about
garnering the religious far right's votes while not even paying lip
service to the critical and all-important independent vote...voters
and votes desperately needed if we are take back back the White House
in 2024...voters who are more middle-of-the-roaders than they are
decidedly left or right.
And to that affect
“extremism” is indeed the calling
card of the uber religious far right who continue to deem abortion the
number one issue facing America today. And in their keeping abortion
at the front and center of this election cycle, they are actually, whether
knowingly or not, helping to further fracture the Republican party, by now putting
on the back burner issues affecting us all on a daily basis.
So here let's start...in no particular order...with the very true unabating issues facing America today...as in inflation coupled with ever
rising gas and food prices; out of control government spending; the
need for the Second Amendment now more than ever before; crime
continuing to run rampant in America's streets; the still ongoing invasion
at our southern border; wokeism overtaking both common sense and
logic; and the (in my opinion) farce known as “climate change”...as
in the “weather”...with
its proponents continuing to play us like fools as the
uninformed masses still don't understand that climate and pollution
are two entirely different things.
So while abortion indeed is an important issue it's not the end
all and be all to things that must get done. In fact, the timing of
the Supreme Court's ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade right before last
year's midterm election might well have signaled the very foreboding
of what we fear most... as in losing the presidency once again. Why
so...simply because when any issue is deemed to border on
“extremism”... which the topic of abortion is tagged as by
the left and even by some on the right...they then have a weapon to
use against us for extremist views are something the left...the
Democrats... know the masses nor the independents will accept as the
new norm.
Simply, if we were smart we'd leave the entire discourse regarding
abortion at the state level...which the SCOTUS ruling actually
did...and leave it entirely out of the upcoming presidential
nomination discourse. After all, with the issue now having been
thrown back to the states there's no need for our side to discuss it
at all, and yet front and center it remains for many on our side a
prime issue.
And sadly, instead of focusing on the aforementioned issues
at hand...inflation, the southern border, rising crime numbers, the
Second Amendment, to name but a few...we know well that everything
will surely get worse before even possibly starting to get better.
And why... because the Democrats still outnumber Republicans, and it's numbers that determine who is the winner and who is the loser of any
given election. And for this fact alone numbers become reason number five as to why we
still could lose the presidency in 2024, especially if our side loses the independent vote.
But before I get into those numbers there's an issue no one saw
coming, as in FOX News recently settling their lawsuit with Dominion
and admitted that some of their on-air personalities lied about the
2020 election being stolen...which I believe could well be a lie in and of
itself...and now has many of us wondering if the media can ever again
be trusted when reporting on election results.
And to that I say emphatically “no,” after all almost a
third of all Americans...me included...still believe the 2020
election was stolen for the simple fact is how could a man who rarely
left his basement hideaway beat a man who drew hundreds of thousands
to his campaign rallies even at the height of the covid pandemic?
Simply, in my opinion, he surely could not...that is unless election interference took place in the guise of tabulation fixing, voting irregularities, and highly questionable mail-in ballots being both delivered and
counted in the middle of the night. No folks, I stand strong in my
belief that the basement dweller did not win...fairly anyway...yet
the news station we and our candidate of choice counted on to at
least play fair now admitted to having sold us all out. One now has to
wonder just what does...let's say George Soros or one of his
ilk...have on FOX News to turn a once trusted station into a pariah
at best...a pariah who could again be part and party to erroneously
delivering election results.
Now back to reason number five as in numbers, for in reality
nothing else matters. Simply, our numbers must be strong...no fence
sitting allowed...for we then must all unite behind whomever the
Republican nominee is...no spoilers running third party allowed. And if said
nominee is President Donald J. Trump the “Never Trumpers”
must stop their game playing and unite behind him as well for no one
could be worse than what we have now. And while we all know that
Trump comes with much baggage, even the naysayers amongst us must
admit that life was better...our country was better...when he was
president.
And if Florida Governor Ron DeSantis does indeed run and garners
the nomination the
“Only Trumpers” best get onboard for
the same reason. as must the independents, who hopefully do understand the
true ramification of their much needed vote, especially after the sad to mediocre Republican showing in last year's midterm election.
Bottom line...five key reasons remain as to why we might not
retake the White House in 2024...animosity within our own party; a
tabulating system still not to be trusted; the bought and paid for “ILLEGAL” vote; unyielding extremist policies that allow the true
issues to become lost in the shuffle; and numbers that we can do
little about if loyalties are allowed to trump reality.
And that reality...to me anyway...is that maybe the time has come
for the next generation of leaders to take over which means that
those who are now seeking or might seek the Republican nomination for
president must put country first before all else, and think long and
hard about the position they strive for, for its a heavy burden to
carry and not all are now equipped to carry it...baggage not
withstanding. Case closed.
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* In my opinion absentee balloting should only be allowed for
those in our military; those working out of state or overseas; those
home bound or in hospital; and those attending out-of-state colleges
and universities.
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