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.

 

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Op-ed:

An Anything But Debate

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

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

The first of the Republican debates...a debate that in actuality was but a two candidate discourse...is now one for the history books. And here I present my take on each candidate with what will be a revelation at the end which I believe will garner both positive and negative reactions.

First, let me start with Vivek Ramaswamy, the most annoying and obnoxious person on that stage. He is the 2024 reincarnation of Barack Obama circa 2008. Why so...because not only did he use the same introductory line about introducing himself to the public as did Obama when first running for president, but Ramaswamy channeled Obama's pointing of fingers, his raising of hands, and snake oil salesman style voice to drown out all others by constantly interrupting the other candidates while they were speaking. Also, Ramaswamy is also a bold faced liar. How so...remember earlier this week when he came out and said that Russia should be allowed to take over certain sections of Ukraine, and that all aid to Israel should be cut off by 2026...I sure do. And yet on the stage Ramaswamy tried to talk tough about Russia and did a complete 180 degree turn on Israel now basically singing her praises...probably with his fingers crossed behind his back, again like Obama. And not so surprisingly was why was this man who said he was the only one on the stage not “bought and paid for” not asked about his ties to the Soros family...the public needs to know who this man really is not who he pretends to be.

Simply, it's my opinion that Democrat in disguise Vivek Ramaswamy knows he cannot win the nomination let alone the presidency, and is solely in the race to position himself as either Trump's VP or for a position in what could still be a second Trump administration...after all Trump has alluded that for him this debate was but an “audition” to be his, in my words, second banana.

Second, Gov. Nikki Haley did a terrific job last night and probably was the overall winner in the debate. I admire and respect her expertise in foreign affairs...remember she was our UN Ambassador under Trump...and the strength she showed in putting Ramaswamy in his place regarding his lack of any foreign policy experience. She was focused and direct in all her responses and would make a great VP choice for my candidate of choice Ron DeSantis...more on him in a bit. Why VP and not president...because after the disaster that was presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her disaster as Secretary of State coupled with the current unmitigated disaster that is Kamela Harris, I personally do not think that in the 2024 election America will go for a women president...in time yes...but not now.

Third, I know some will not like this but Gov. Chris Christie brought up some very good points regarding his New Jersey governorship...as in his being a successful Republican governor in a decidedly blue state...and did so very articulately. Christie also stood strong in his position, along with Asa Hutchinson, that if Trump is the nominee and is convicted of any of the charges being leveled against him that he will not support nor vote for him if he gets the Republican nomination. And while I, at times, do go back and forth regarding that scenario, I always keep the unmitigated disaster that is Joe Biden in the forefront of my mind. Simply, I respect Chris Christie for standing strong in his beliefs and not backing down even when receiving boos and heckling from the Trump infused audience.

Fourth, former VP Mike Pence, the man who could have stopped the disaster that is Biden/Harris but didn't, remains a traitor, as I see it, to President Trump, “We the People,” and America as well. No need to rehash my whys here, just go to my article “Traitor Thy Name Is Mike Pence” to read about that. But where Pence completely lost me last night was during his opening remarks where he made a point of saying that, “I gave my life to Jesus.” I personally don’t care what any candidate's religion is nor whether they're religious at all, but I do care that when you’re running for President of these United States, to give in your opening statement that your religion is above all else is nothing but pandering to the Evangelical voters...probably the only people that will vote for him after his basically hanging Trump out to dry. Mike Pence will never get my vote...period.

Fifth, Sen.Tim Scott would, in my opinion, make a great vice president, and everything he said last night was on point and well presented. Sen. Scott is the classic example of the American dream come to life, and is an example that should be well noted. Tim Scott went from poverty to the U.S. Senate through hard work, dedication, and love of country...things seemingly put on the back burner today. Tim Scott's Senate experience and conservative voting record would be more effective as vice president then as a president...remember the vice president is the tie-breaking vote in the Senate. However, with the Senate usually now voting strictly along party lines Scott's vote is needed there more so then is his running for a nomination he has to know he cannot win.

Sixth and seventh, as for Govs. Asa Hutchinson and Doug Burgum, both seem like very nice gentleman, respectful and low key yet still getting their points across. However, while both have been good for their states, I think both are way out of their league in running for president, and I suspect both will soon drop out of the race.

Now eighth and last, is my choice for both the nomination and the presidency...Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. A no-nonsense governor who gets the job done without all the fanfare that's usually the signature of those holding public office, DeSantis was given but a mere ten minutes out of the entire two hour debate to speak...hence being the least called upon candidate...which I believe was done on purpose by the in-the-bag for Trump/Ramaswamy FOX moderators. Still, these statements given by the governor...for me...were extremely powerful. First was his warning that, “America might never recover from another four years of a Biden presidency” and that “our country is in decline,” but that the “decline is not inevitable”...that...“It's a choice.” It really is our choice as we can only successfully vote Biden out...remember the voter fraud will be ten times worse than in 2020...by nominating and standing united behind the right candidate who puts America not themselves first.

I also was very impressed with Gov. DeSantis's comment about “taking down”…as in his leaving “stone cold dead”…the drug cartel smugglers coming across our border who are killing tens of thousands of American citizens, coupled with his statement about sending our military to clean out their operations even if it means crossing the border to do so. You know the Democrats will never do it...the other candidates have said nothing about doing what needs to be done...only former Navy officer, get the mission done, proven successful governor, and hopefully to be President Ron DeSantis will.

Also, DeSantis clearly stated that under his administration America's schools will be about “education not indoctrination”...it cannot be more clearly stated than that. And no other candidate broached the subject of what is the forced down our kids throats liberal untruths and woke indoctrination with such fervor and passion as did Ron DeSantis.

Now as for Wednesday night's biggest losers, to me, that dubious honor goes to debate moderators Martha McCallum and Bret Baier, who willingly allowed Mike Pence and Trump shill (and I believe plant) Vivek Ramaswamy to not only dominate the conversation, but take over and dictate the conversation, hence the debate. McCallum and Baier should be ashamed of themselves for their overt bias against Gov. DeSantis and their favoritism for the aforementioned candidates, and not be allowed to moderate another presidential debate...ever. Case closed.

Copyright © 2023 / Diane Sori  / The Patriot Factor / All rights reserved.  

 

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