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There was something about Mike Pence...something that just did not sit right with me, a sense of foreboding if you will. Maybe it was his overly whitened toothy smile coupled with the way he carried himself...sort of reminiscent of Obama's overly self-confident sauntering across the stage at Billy-Boy's nominating convention. Or maybe it was the fact that I knew it did not look good for the former congressman running for reelection to a second term as Indiana's governor...which meant that if he did lose the governors race that he would be leaving office as a fairly...outside the mid-West...unknown politician who would forever be thought of as a loser. Whatever the feeling was that day know that feeling has never left me for Mike Pence has indeed turned out to be not only a loser but now an American nightmare bar none.
But this is not to say that Mike Pence did not do at least one good thing as vice president...he did. One thing near and dear to my heart...and personal as well...is that Pence took the lead in not only rebuilding our nation's space program including the all important garnering of $8 billion in new funding for “Space Force,” but that he spearheaded the call for a U.S. Mars mission. Other than that, it's my opinion that Mike Pence was but second rate window dressing for larger than life President Donald J. Trump, the man whose very presence literally sucks all the air out of the political room and most especially so when the Democrats started in earnest their still ongoing nefarious witch hunt against our 45th president.Second rate window dressing for sure as Mike Pence has always appeared, to me, to be a milquetoast of sorts, a direct opposite of Donald J. Trump...the man...which makes me wonder why Trump tapped him to be his running mate.
Three possibilities come to mind.
First, was it because Indiana's former congressman and then possibly its soon to be former one term governor remained popular with so-called “social conservatives” and the uber religious far right...aka the Evangelicals...two large blocks of votes that Trump desperately needed if he was to beat Obama-backed Hillary Clinton in 2016? A possibility for sure.
Second, did Trump choose Pence because the Republican hierarchy itself suggested that he do so feeling that Pence was his best bet to shore up support with both Republicans still on the fence about Trump's now running as a Republican and embracing his then new found conservatism? Remember, throughout most of his adult life Donald Trump was a registered Democrat, so maybe that was the reason.
Simply, any of these three scenarios are distinct possibilities for I cannot imagine Donald Trump himself picking a man...a wanna be career politician...a milquetoast...like Mike Pence to be his running mate especially for his second go round. Why so...because it's my belief that Mike Pence was then, is now, and will probably always remain a somewhat shady character for when one's comments and actions...especially with Pence now knowing what President Trump is facing...still seems to relish in spewing backstabbing nonsense which has me wondering just which side of the political aisle Mike Pence's loyalty really lies with. And now with Trump becoming a much heralded political martyr of sorts...a martyr through no fault of his own...how it must pain him to see his former vice president actually digging the proverbial knife ever deeper into his back.
But maybe Trump should have seen this coming...maybe we all should have...for a red flag as to Pence's character should have been, if not raised, at least noted for it has long been suspected that a traitor was embedded within the Trump camp. Could that traitor be Mike Pence...to me that answer is maybe. And why...here's one scenario that has led me to believe so. On May 17, 2017, just one day after the appointment of a special counsel to investigate “supposed” Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, Mike Pence registered what became the “Great America Committee”...a PAC... which on its altruistic surface seemed like a good thing. And why wouldn't it seem so for in it's first two-years in operation said PAC raised more than $4 million to help Congressional Republicans during the 2018 mid-term election. But what most don't know is that PAC's of this nature are usually set up as a precursor to one's own presidential run.Simply, I now believe, especially after reading and hearing Mike Pence's recent comments regarding what many of us still believe to be the stolen 2020 election, is that this PAC was also set up to test the waters, if you will, for Pence's own 2020 presidential run, especially being that Pence would become president if Trump was removed from office. Sometimes traveling the country using PAC monies on what Pence has claimed to be government business, my question is why did Mike Pence feel the need to use PAC monies for some of his travels when he had full use of Air Force 2, especially for government business? Just something to think about...think about and not only question but demand answers to.
It seems Mike Pence has always had veiled presidential ambitions which I believe he has kept hidden until now...ambitions I deem dangerous to our republic for certain aspects of Pence's politics and his far right religious beliefs...he has stated on numerous occasions that not only did, “I gave my life to Jesus” but that his devout religious beliefs are the center of his very identity...beliefs which do lean towards someone who would welcome our becoming a theocracy. So it now makes sense his running for the nomination in 2024 as social issues...the key focus of said religious far right...do at times dominate the current political discourse.But it's not that Mike Pence has any chance of winning said 2024 nomination...his extremely low poll numbers prove just that...but Pence is smart enough to know that the only way to set himself up for 2028, is by doing the bidding of the swamp laden Republicans hierarchy now...a hierarchy who'd rather, I believe, see Joe Biden as president in 2024 than Donald Trump or even (my choice) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
And maybe this was Pence's plan all
along, as in to take an election he knows well was stolen...after all
he watched, as did we, the rightful brouhaha about thousands of
uncounted ballots “miraculously” being found in the middle
of the night while only being tallied after poll watchers/observers were told to leave. And surprise of all surprises, when counted, not only were all votes cast for Biden/Harris, but what were winning numbers in swing states already
tallied and announced for Trump/Pence suddenly were lowered to allow for a
Biden/Harris win. Simply, this makes no sense unless the numbers were
somehow manipulated and/or switched...sort of like what happened back in
2000 with Florida's “chad” fiasco.
And Pence watched all unfold and said not a word possibly having known all along that 2020 would be lost but that by 2028 our country will be so bad off having then gone through yet another four years of Joe Biden that any Republican...even one selling out to the swamp...like I believe Pence has done...would win come 2028.
Why else would Mike Pence now make up lies that Trump and his advisers pressured him into rejecting the certification of the 2020 election in January...why else would Pence tell FOX News that, “The president specifically asked me, and his gaggle of crackpot lawyers asked me, to literally reject votes, which would have resulted in the issue being turned over to the House of Representatives, and literally chaos would have ensued.” And he said this even knowing well that all Trump asked of him was to delay the Electoral College vote until all the voter fraud claims were looked into and resolved...a reasonable request I'd say.So why say what he said...because I believe Mike Pence would lie for his own political gain...as in the presidency...even if it meant a few years wait time to achieve said gain. And in his now appeasing those in the Republican hierarchy of the swamp, Pence hopes it will garner him “brownie points” from those who are already working behind the scenes on the 2028 election.
“Our country is more important than one man. Our constitution is more important than any one man’s career. On January 6th, Former President Trump demanded that I choose between him and the Constitution. I chose the Constitution and I always will,” were also Mike Pence's ever so altruistic sounded words said as he tried setting himself up as the defender of truth and honesty...which he is anything but. And so the man who now says that he has no plans to testify at any of Trump's upcoming trials... unless he is subpoenaed to...and knows damn well that he will be...has actually set himself up to be the recipient of kudos and political love from not only RINO Republicans and those who simply don't like Donald Trump, but will soon to be the recipient of mega dollars courtesy of his reportedly soon to come January 6th memoir...a memoir which he hopes will not only sour the independents on voting for Trump in 2024, but will align their votes for him in 2028.
Simply, it's my belief that Mike Pence is not only a politically backstabbing traitor to Donald Trump, but to “We the American People” and our country as well. Case closed.
Copyright © 2023 / Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All rights reserved.
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
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Author's Note: Let me begin by saying that I support Donald J. Trump in his crusade against the Democrats partisan driven, witch hunt based indictments, and that I will vote for him for the third time if he becomes the Republican nominee for president.
Lately the word “revenge” has been bantered about to the point where it has taken on a whole new meaning from it's normal definition of being but (1) one's desire for vengeance or retribution for what is usually a self-perceived wrong; (2) the act of retaliation in order to “get even” for said wrong; and/or (3) an opportunity or a means by which one can garner a sense of of personal satisfaction for what said individual has deemed to be but a wrong done to their person, their family, or their character.
But the once simple word “revenge” has now seen an adjective being added after it, for entering into the mix of today's vocabulary is the word “politics.” And we know that when the word “politics” becomes part of any discourse the tone of said discourse morphs from what was a civil conversation into a partisan driven game of sorts...a game where the gauntlet is thrown by the wayside with the expectation that the other side will pick up said gauntlet no matter the consequences that surely will follow.
But know that “revenge politics” is not the sole property of one political party alone for both the Republican and Democrat parties seem to be fueled on by the overwhelming need for “revenge.” In the case of the Democrats “revenge politics” is still ongoing for Hillary Clinton's 2016 loss to Donald Trump for said loss denied Barack Obama his time sensitive, much needed, albeit unconstitutional, third term in office. And while he garnered said third term with Joe Biden's still questionable 2020 win over Trump, we all know how Biden worked out now don't we.
And as for the Republicans, the need for “revenge” now comes replete with the 2024 candidacy of former President Donald Trump who, while seeking “revenge” for the fiasco that was his aforementioned questioned loss to Joe Biden, he now faces past actions and words that have come back to haunt.
Simply, while “revenge politics” has taken over the entirety of today's body politico, it's Trump's fine tuned into an art form version of “revenge politics” that sees both veiled alludings of possible future violence as well as vulgarity laced words defaming some of his own Republican nominee opponents coming into play as well.
In fact, Trump's words, “I think it’s a very dangerous thing to even talk about, because we do have a tremendously passionate group of voters, much more passion than they had in 2020 and much more passion than they had in 2016. I think it would be very dangerous,” have now come back to haunt. This carefully crafted alluding to violence was directed towards his supporters during a recent interview on Iowa's “The Simon Conway Show,” and done so after being asked what message would he send to said supporters if the DOJ's appointed Special Council Jack Smith were to jail him prior to his trial.
And then there's this little faux pas that, too, has come back to haunt...as in remember that in Trump's mind how dare any Republican run against him for the nomination...how dare anyone try to take away from him what he still believes is owed him.
“Revenge politics” at its verbal worst for this time the anger that Trump feels is not directed at Joe Biden...his (still for now) Democrat opponent...as it should be, but is directed at his former friend, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who he claims lacked “loyalty” to him after announcing his own 2024 presidential bid, despite Trump having backed DeSantis' first run for Florida governor.
“They say, ‘Will you run against the president? Will you run against the president?’ He says, ‘I have no comment.’ I said that means he's running, this son of a bi*** is running against me. I got him elected, and he's running,” were Trump's exact words said to Washington Examiner Congressional Reporter Resse Gorman. And these words are never mind the fact that with Trump's late in the race support DeSantis won his first gubernatorial election by just a mere 4%, and that while running for reelection in 2022, DeSantis ran solely on his own record, merits, and accomplishments without any Trump support whatsoever, while winning reelection by an unheard of 20% over his Democrat opponent Charlie Crist.Words spewed by Trump with a vengeance that overrides common sense, logic, and tangible reality for the reality is that “revenge,” rather be it personal or political, never works out as hoped for or as planned. And this is especially true when the sum total of a candidate's political campaign is now being driven by and based upon the need for “revenge,” leaving the should be addressed issues of the day to simply be ignored.
And so while President Trump's need for “revenge” does have considerable merit in its own right what with the Democrats witch hunt after witch hunt showing no signs of abating, said need for “revenge” seems to have overtaken Trump's entire persona. A dangerous personalty shift in its own right for in doing so Trump has allowed his emotions to overtake the needs of both our country and “We the American People.”
A personality shift...how so? Remember back to 2016 when then candidate Trump spoke of what he would do to set America right again after the eight long years of Barack Obama and his socialist driven “Transformation of America” agenda. Remember Trump's laying out his pro-America agenda as in his “America First” and “Make America Great Again” agendas...I surely do as well as I remember Trump's issues focused campaign speeches, tweets, and American exceptionality ads, all of which culminated in his 2016 win against the shrew who believed the election was owed to her.
And I remember four years of economic prosperity, respect for America, and love of country under Trump's stewardship even while he and his family faced the onslaught of Democrat lies on an almost daily basis. And Trump did so with a tenacity and fortitude that must be admired while his politics and policies held strong to the Constitution's being the law of our land. Few men, few presidents, could survive intact in the hateful political arena that became, through no fault of his own, the calling card of not only the his administration, but what sadly has allowed circumstances beyond Trump's control to give birth to the vengeful man he is today.
Unfortunately, today's Donald Trump is not the same man he was in 2016 nor in 2020, for our still beloved former president has now become a candidate driven not only by hate, but by his overwhelming need for “revenge” no matter the cost to our country or to America's collective soul.
And as of now three serious federal indictments linger in Trump's future including Special Council Jack Smith's “45-page indictment” where Trump is being charged with four counts...conspiracy to defraud the United States...conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding...obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding...and conspiracy against rights (whatever that means)...thus basically accusing Trump of “criminality” in his trying to overturn...to “steal”...the 2020 election. And this, in Democrat's minds, helped to fuel on the so-called January 6th (anything but) insurrection.
And not to be forgotten is the first indictment that pertains to the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago where Trump faces “40 felony counts” of mishandling supposedly classified documents, and the second indictment where he faces “31 felony counts” of willful retention of classified records, plus several counts related to his alleged effort to obstruct the investigation.
Three time consuming and monetarily draining federal indictments...draining for the Trump campaign and for him personally...indictments whose ramifications would surely spill over into a second Trump presidency. Three federal indictments...not including the soon to come Georgia state indictment...all designed and delivered to take the focus off Joe Biden and his and his ne'er-do-well son's “Pay for Play” criminal scandal.
But, unfortunately, while “revenge” can be sweet in the hands of the nefarious, it can backfire in the hands of those whose innocence is overshadowed by narcissism that runs deep.
And here is where Trump runs into trouble for deeply ingrained narcissism allows his need for “revenge” to dictate that he is not only owed a win in 2024 to compensate for what he and many others (this writer included) believe was stolen from him in 2020, but that all actions now taken by him...that all words spoken by him...be heralded as just and true while issues important to most voters remain unspoken. “Revenge, revenge, revenge”...the Trump campaign has become based solely upon “revenge” for we have yet to hear where Trump stands on the issues nor have we heard even an alluding to his future agenda.
Promises occasionally made to again “drain the swamp” at Trump rallies are just a rehash of promises not kept in 2016...a bone thrown to the blind following “Only Trumpers” that holds little to no steam with the all-important, much needed independent voters who want...who demand...both policy substance and positive results after these disastrous Biden years.
So while the Democrat controlled media inadvertently helps to turn Trump into a political martyr, thus helping to not only fire up his base but actually increase his support; and with his dominating the 24/7 news cycle it becomes quite obvious that Donald J. Trump possibly will be the Republican presidential nominee. And while many will rejoice in this turn of events know there is a downside being overlooked...a downside in that Trump's campaign coffers have basically been bled dry as donations given to help get him elected are now being used to aid in his legal defense, something not sitting well with many of his donors.
But the fact remains that even negative publicity is a publicity coup of sorts, which when blindfolds are taken off helps the Democrats in their quest to assure that Trump is the Republican nominee. Why so...because Biden can still defeat Trump. And it's all courtesy of the fact that “voting irregularities”...that blatantly obvious “voter fraud”...has not been dealt with at all by the Republican hierarchy, and that the fraud committed in 2024 will be tenfold of that committed in 2020. Simply, the Democrat's initiated “revenge politics”...basically overt partisan driven politicization of the rule of law...will succeed where the Trump version of “revenge politics” will fail.Again why so...because not only is the timing too far off to allow for success, but that Republican leaders have yet to grow a spine. And even though Trump, when tried, will be able to present proof of not only his innocence...proof he was not allowed to present without an actual trial...and while proof of election fraud will also be presented, all will come too late to assure a second Trump presidency.
So what is the answer to stopping the Democrats from holding onto the White House? It is really quite simple no matter that some folks...most especially the “Only Trumpers”...will not like it, for the fact is that we do need two new candidates from both politics parties running in 2024...candidates unfettered by drama...two candidates whose focus is on addressing the issues while putting what is “revenge politics” aside. And why...because we already see the handwriting on the proverbial wall that Trump's main agenda as president will be “revenge” based payback alone, while a second term Biden's presidency will make sure that Obama's “Transformation of America” reaches it's final fruition.
Simply,
with either of these men as president, I believe, the unfortunate
losers will be
“We the American People” and our
beloved republic as well. Case closed.























