Op-ed:

Election 2024...Hopefully Not 2020 Revisited

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots / Right Side Patriots Radio 

The Op-ed posted here is this authors opinion alone,and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google  

 

The ABC News three-on-one debate is now one for the history books and history will not treat that fiasco too kindly, especially with Obama's “anointed one” getting few if any bumps in the polls for her performance...and polls this close to an election are a critical, albeit not always right, gauge as to an election's outcome. And with us having bore witness to what was not a debate but an orchestrated...and thankfully failed...attempt by ABC's liberal mouthpieces to derail the “Trump Train,” instead backfired on them for the one who gained the most from their overt bias was Donald J. Trump. How so...because the latest polls show that what were undecided Independent voters are now leaning Trump while moderate JFK-style Democrats are also distancing themselves from the very woman who was part and parcel to the economic, border, and crime fiasco we find ourselves in today.

But why bring up Kamala Harris' debate performance here...because she knowingly did not play by the rules just as she has not done so as vice-president...ignoring our “on the books” immigration rules being but a perfect example. And besides, it was suspected that Harris was privy to the debate questions beforehand so as to spew out her memorized statements while not answering a single question asked...again not playing by the rules.

So where does that now leave Kamala Harris as even CNN is questioning some of her statements? I believe it leaves her facing the proverbial “handwriting on the wall” that even the sure to come “voter fraud on steroids” will not be enough to put her over the finish line as it did with her and Biden in 2020's presidential election. 

Things are different this go round as Harris is now falling behind what were Joe Biden’s numbers regarding certain key demographic groups...as in the all-important black and Jewish vote. In fact, some projections show Trump actually garnering at least 18 percent of the black vote... the highest number since 1972, while Harris is projected to see the lowest number of Jewish voters since Michael Dukakis ran in 1988. But can you blame them for Trump created more jobs for black Americans than this current administration has; and for those of the Jewish faith most know well that Harris is no friend to Israel nor is her VP pick Tim Walz as can be witnessed by their public statements regarding the happenings of October 7th and their lack of statements regarding the recent executions by Hams of six Israeli hostages.

But no matter these truths or even what takes place between now and election day regarding the political discourse is the fact that the 2024 presidential election will ultimately be decided by the Electoral College for he or she who wins at least 270 of the 538 electoral votes...votes cast by each states appointed “electors”...becomes the next President and Vice President. And if neither presidential candidate receives the needed 270 votes, then the House will choose the next President as per the candidate who received the most electoral votes.

Simply stated, it is the Electoral College that chooses our next president no matter how hard the Democrats push for the “popular vote” to determine a presidential election outcome. In fact, the Electoral College is what separates us from what's commonly known as a “pure democracy”... something the Democrats try hard to resurrect each time a presidential election draws near. And the fact remains, whether some like it or not that these United States is not now nor has she ever been a “democracy”...no matter how much yelling and screaming goes on by what more times than not is the Democrat party hierarchy, the very hierarchy that seems to champion across the board “voter fraud.”

Remember, the “popular vote” as it now stands is not a “proportional vote” as per a state's population as laid down in the Constitution, which is one of the reasons why our “Founders and Framers” set-up the Electoral College in the first place. And in this wise move they made sure to do away with “democracy's” definition of being that of “mob rule,” the very thing they wanted to be no part of the new nation they were forging.

However, and this is key, there is leeway of sorts built into the process regarding the time frame as to when an official “certified” Electoral College winner is declared. In other words, the Constitution does not state an actual dedicated time frame for when certification must take place. A perfect example of it taking a long time to certify an election winner saw modern “precedence” being set during the contested 2000 presidential election between Republican Texas Governor George W. Bush and Democrat Al Gore who was vice president under Bill Clinton. And it was this razor-close election...an election where the Democrats claimed “voter fraud” was being committed by the state of Florida in regards to what they said appeared to some not to be fully “punched through” voting cards.

And this foolishness lead to the election's winner having to be decided in the end by the Supreme Court. George W. Bush was ultimately declared to be the presidential winner by 537 votes, thus putting Florida in Bush's column. This resulted in the Electoral College vote then being 271-266 no matter that Al Gore had won the so-called “popular vote” albeit even here by a very slim margin. But the bottom line is that to rightfully declare a presidential winner took over two months after the election was held.

And so what was called the “Hanging Chads” fiasco of 2000 did resurface again in 2020 but under a very different guise, this time with suspected voter fraud being perpetrated via the Democrat's push for mail-in ballots and ballot “harvesting;” machine tabulation tampering; massive amounts of supposed uncounted ballots showing up in the middle of the night; folks especially in blue states needing no ID nor proof of legal residency to vote; and sadly via a somewhat even more sinister route courtesy of Trump's own turned out to be backstabbing Vice President Mike Pence. How so...simply by the fact that Pence was vehemently unwilling to do what the 2000 election had already done by setting “precedence”...as in legally securing allotting time for official “certification” to take place so that all charges of “voter fraud” or “irregularities” had been investigated and determined whether to be true or not. And the fact is that only allotting time for an investigation to take place would have settled the still to this day being disputed actual certified vote count.

What would have been a simple delay in certification was all that was needed...and Pence knew this to be true...yet he willingly chose to side with the Democrats and their mob based mentality, and approved the certification and announced Joe Biden as America's next president while accusations of fraud were still on the table. And this was no matter that Pence knew election “accusations” were being raised even while voting was still taking place. And so the man spewing out misplaced “conscience” rhetoric coupled with a liturgy of misinformed Constitutional discourse was simply too damn scared of personal repercussions to take a stand and do the right thing...in other words to act like not only a man but as a strong, still at that time, Vice President as well.

So why exactly do I bring up Mike Pence and what happened in 2020 now in regards to this November's election? The answer is really quite simple...as in because we might be facing a similar situation...albeit “flipped”...in less than 50 days time as I write this.

How so...because Kamala Harris, Obama's anointed one, in her still current role as Vice President would be the one certifying the November 5th election whether she was to win the presidency or not. An interesting thought indeed. And here modern day precedence was also set when on January 20, 1989 George W. Bush was sworn in as America's 43rd president, after having certified his own election win. And know, as fact, that Kamala Harris would be the one to certify her own election win...something we hope will not be the case...no matter if election discrepancies or accusations were still part of the public and political discourse.

But, and here is where it gets more than a bit dicey for would Kamala Harris willingly and in a timely manner certify an election win if Donald J. Trump were to be elected president, even if the results of his win were indisputable? Better yet would Obama politically allow said certification to take place knowing it would deny him his coveted “fourth term” in office, and would Hillary Clinton allow Kamala Harris to be sworn in as America's first woman president...the position she so coveted? Something tells me I think not on both accounts... not without a knockdown, drag out fight at least. You think 2000 and 2020 were bad...I think you ain't seen nothing yet!

And that alone brings up another perplexing question, if Harris denies certification to Trump how long this time will we go without a declared new president, and when and if would the U.S. Supreme Court step in? In 2000, on December 8th...a full month after the then November 8th election took place...the Florida Supreme Court finally ordered what's known as“inter alia,” as in a manual (by hand) recount of ballots for all Florida counties where so-called “undervotes”...the infamous “hanging chads”...had supposedly not been subject to manual tabulation. And on December 12th the election was finally declared in favor of George W. Bush. In other words America went 34 days without a newly declared president. But that was in days before 9/11 changed America and the world forever...simply it was in much less dangerous of times. In today's ever volatile world can America afford to be without an officially declared leader for days let alone weeks or months...I would surely think not.

But here's a suggestion...maybe all contested elections...presidential or not...must be subject to “manual recounts” no ifs, ands, or buts. Sure it takes time and money to do so...lots of time and lots of money...but isn't a fair election worth both time and money...I would think so but I assume the Democrats would think not. And herein lies the crux of all election problems...the Republicans want fair elections, the power hungry, must remain in control Democrats do not. So much for “election integrity”...Mike Pence and his 2020 overt cowardliness proved just that, as does the fact that history could repeat itself if lessons go unlearned. Case closed.

 

Copyright © 2024 / Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All rights reserved.

 

 

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First the witch hunt, then the baseless prosecutions, and now this...

thank God 'they' did NOT succeed!  

 

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D-Day 2024

80 years ago today...

"The hope and prayers of freedom-loving people everywhere march with you."

- General Dwight D. Eisenhower  

 

Remember and honor them always for without their bravery and sacrifice we would not be free today.

Op-ed:

Vote Wisely...America's Survival Depends On It

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots / Right Side Patriots Radio 

The Op-ed posted here is this authors opinion alone,and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google.

“They’ve weaponized government, and he’s saying I’m a threat to democracy.”                                                          - Former President now candidate Donald J. Trump at a rally in Iowa before January's Iowa Caucus

As primary season now heats up it is important to remember three things: 1. America is not a democracy contrary to the Democrats forced upon us claim as we are and remain a republic...a constitutional republic...and it's high time people understand that and act and govern accordingly; 2. Trump was and is one hundred percent correct in saying that our government under Joe Biden has been weaponized against any and all who do not march in lockstep with his and his puppet master Obama's far left radical agenda; and 3. the Democrats have had eight long years (four when Trump was president and the four under Biden) to “perfect,” if you will, the “fix”...“perfect” it to such a degree that there will be no question as to whom the next president will be...in fact, in Democrat minds it's already been decided. After all, our Republican party remains too busy fighting amongst themselves to have done or still do anything of substance to make sure a voting fiasco like 2020 does not happen again. 

Remember, money talks; politicians are bought and paid for; backstabbing deals continue to be made; mystery mail-in ballots will, as always, suddenly appear; machines and tallies will again be tampered with; and besides, as I write this, over 72+% of voting Americans do not want a Trump v. Biden rematch...this author surely included.

And while I have come to terms with the fact that Donald J. Trump will be the Republican nominee for president, that does not mean I have to like it. Simply, I do not...I wanted Ron DeSantis to head the Republican ticket...but I am smart enough to know that while someday he will be president it will not be in 2024...please hurry up 2028. So now that leaves me and many others with five options: 1. vote for the Democrat whomever the final nominee is; 2. vote third party; 3. leave the presidential line blank; 4. write in any of the former Republican candidates of your choice as some are saying they will do; or 5. suck it up, put the clothespin on your nose, and vote Trump. And while I take my right to vote seriously like I'm sure many of you do too...in fact I have not missed voting in an election since I started voting at the age of 18...also know that at this point in time only numbers 4 or 5 are viable options for many more folks than most think or want to believe.

But know that when November comes around I will cast my vote for whom I believe is best for my country at this most critical point in time...I am, after all, an American patriot. And while my family will always come first, my country and the freedoms she affords us are right behind in second place. And besides, I would never vote for a Democrat president nor for a third party “spoiler”... which means that none of the first three options are an option for me. Why so? In regards to the Democrats it's because today's Democrat party is so far removed from JFK's Democrat party...a Democrat party who while different from we Republicans in how we view and interpret the law as laid down in the Constitution...it was still a party that loved this country and for whom “bipartisanship” was not a dirty word. 

And as far as voting for a third party “spoiler” in this most critical of election cycles, I truly believe that doing so is not the best way to go in 2024. And while a third party vote sends a much needed and powerful message to both the Republican and Democrat parties that one is not happy with either of those parties candidates, not to be forgotten is the fact, that no one running as a third party candidate has ever won or even come close to winning a major election. And this makes voting third party, especially in this particular election... seeming like nothing but a wasted vote to me.

And how sad it is that today's Democrat masses, along with most if not all of its party hierarchy, are so far to the left that the very party itself borders on Marxism come to life. And with folks like Barack Obama no longer even trying to hide in the shadows he, as both Joe Biden's and the party faithful's puppet master, does stands to gain his fourth term in office. And knowing this is the very thing that will help Joe Biden garner not just wayward and still undecided Democrat votes, but left leaning independent votes, and die-hard “Never Trump” votes as well...not a pretty picture I'd say.

Not a pretty picture at all, for even if every Republican rallied around President Trump as the Republican nominee...thus putting party loyalty above all else...I'm still not totally convinced that Trump could win in November, because the fact remains that it's independent voters who, more times than not, decide an election's winners and losers. And now with many independents still “on the fence,” so to speak, about whom to vote for...after all Trump has alienated not only a significant number of more moderate Republicans with his silly name calling and debate refusals; many women of all ages for what should be obvious reasons; along with hoped for “crossover” more moderate Democrat voters...we could in the end find that the majority of the independent vote went instead to a third party “spoiler” candidate.

Simply, directly, and to the point, without a significant number of the independent vote going to Donald Trump, I do not see a way he can win in November...primaries are one thing, the general election is something quite different.

And besides, even if Trump were able to skirt the sure to come attempted Democrat “fix,” ...voting “irregularities” the politically correct still like to call it...and pull off an election win, it could be but a hollow victory at best for we still might be facing a scenario on par with an actual Trump loss.

Do the words “impeachment” ring a bell?

Now remember back to the 2022 midterm disaster and how a “Red Wave” was predicted which instead turned out to be anything but, and how the hoped for “face saving” word “underwhelming” was freely bantered about even with us taking back the House but by the slimmest of margins. And in the interim between then and now not only did the House Speaker position change hands...Trump loyalists saw to that...but the infighting within the party itself grows stronger and nastier by the day, especially after losing an all-important New York House seat in a “special election” just a few short weeks ago. 

And dare not forget our other 2022 election loss, as in our failure to to retake the Senate what with the Democrats having successfully flipped four seats in their favor. In fact, the four Senate seats lost were in all-important “swing states,” and all who lost were high profile MAGA candidates endorsed by Trump himself.

One just needs to look to Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada to see but a few examples of how said 2020 and 2022 Trump endorsed “down-ticket” candidates lost...lost in what were competitive races...and know it can happen in 2024 as well, And this is especially important in regards to independent voters who not only do not have the guilt trip of party or candidate loyalty to deal with, but who tend to vote more in regards to a candidate's substance and what they bring to the table in the way of change from the political norm. And when you add in voter dissatisfaction with the Republican Party in general, coupled with the ongoing dissatisfaction of having to vote between what many call the “lesser of two evils,” the fact remains that if we do lose the House and fail to retake the Senate, a Trump presidential win would basically be meaningless.

Why so? Remember I previously stated the dreaded word “impeachment”...the fact remains that without Republican control of both Houses of Congress, know a third Trump impeachment is sure to follow and it will most probably be in record time, thus rendering the Republican party truly irrelevant not just for Trump's what would be a true “lame duck” one term presidency, but for many years...if not for a generation...to come.

So please do not think that Trump's retaking the White House is solely what November is all about...it's not...actually the “down-ticket” House and Senate Congressional wins are just as important if not more so. Simply, November must be about a total course change back to the “right” if our country is to survive even semi-intact. Remember, no matter what Biden or his people say or use as their “talking points”  to rally their masses, the truth is that our economy remains not in good shape as everyday Americans see wages not keeping pace with the costs of essential goods and services like groceries, the price at the pump, homes, healthcare, etc...what I call “generalized affordability” if you will...unemployment numbers are starting to rise again as they usually do after the holiday season is over; inflation is not really declining as it is status-quo at best; our southern border remains an unmitigated disaster; crime is on the rise especially retail crime; and the Middle East and Europe are both on the brink of all out war...Hamas, Iran, and Vladimir Putin have well seen to that.

Simply, if this November's race is indeed locked in to be Trump v. Biden once again, when you go to cast your vote at least not forget how good our economy was while Trump was in office; remember how energy independent we were and how the climate change loons were kept in check; and also that Putin and Iran feared us more than we feared them...then the choice between the so called “lesser of two evils” becomes a bit more palatable to cast. And if with a Trump win another “impeachment” is on the Democrat's horizon at least that will keep them busy...too busy to screw up our country anymore than they already have.

We as a nation can survive another what would be drama filled four years of Trump... political baggage, courtroom appearances, and all. What our beloved American republic cannot survive is four more years of Obama's socialist/Marxist driven “fundamental transformation of America” courtesy of Joe Biden's again happily dancing on his now totally knotted up puppet strings. Case closed.

 

Copyright © 2024 / Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All rights reserved.

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