Showing posts with label election. Show all posts
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Monday, October 12, 2026

Op-ed:
Economics + War = A Maybe Midterm Loss...Part Two
By Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor
This opinion piece is my opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.or google.com    

In last week's article, “Economics + War = A Maybe Midterm Loss...Part One”... I wrote as to why, in my opinion, we Republicans might well lose both the House and the Senate come November's midterm election by focusing on the economic perspective. Now here, in Part Two, the focus is on President Trump's, what I believe to be, mishandling of the still ongoing war with Iran...a war that has become highly unpopular and polarizing here at home, and even more so as the November midterms draw near.

So let's begin with the cardinal rule that Trump has broken, as in the U.S. does not...I repeat not...negotiate with terrorists. And yes, Barack Obama did break that rule with his infamous “5-for-1” Taliban deal...as in five top Taliban operatives being released in exchange for U.S. traitor Bowe Bergdahl's release...which saw many of us chastising Obama's actions en-mass, and rightly so. But when now President Trump outwardly strives and continues to strive to make “deals” with Iran's terrorist regime...as in the world's leading “State Sponsor of Terrorism,” the silence from way too many Republicans remains quite deafening.

And to make matters worse, when some of us do call Trump out for dealing and negotiating with terrorists... which includes the still ongoing ultra secretive behind closed doors negotiating aspect...along with the fact that we have yet to actually win this war...wars being fought do need both an actual winner and a loser...we who do so are then deemed by Trump loyalists to be traitors to the president and to the party because we, according to our naysayers, suffer from what they deem to be “Trump Derangement Syndrome” or “TDS” as it's more commonly known, and it's no matter that most of us voted for Trump three times, and still do support many of his domestic policies, but dare disagree with him on anything, well you know the rest.

So here I must say that I see we dissenters as being true “American patriots” for we know that one's ultimate loyalty should not be to one man or to a party, but to the United States Constitution...the very document that the shadow of Trump hovers over for both right and wrong reasons depending on whose side of the political discourse one is on.

And this very aspect in relation to what is deemed to be misplaced loyalty by some, as well as it having divided the Republican Party, has become not just the second (second only to the economy itself) “albatross” dangling from what could be a Republican midterm loss, but it is something Trump cannot simply just walk away from.

Why so? Think of it this way, as defined by these seven proven to be facts.

Fact One: Besides Trump wanting to make deals with terrorists, he also set an unrealistic time frame as to when this war will end... six weeks tops he said.

Fact Two: Right from the beginning President Trump made unfortunate what are strategic miscalculations regarding Iran's ability to fight back, which included his not taking into account Iran's regional proxy army/drone retaliations against Iran's own Arab neighbors, as well as his telling our ally Israel what they can and cannot do in regards to this war, as in his wanting a diplomatic solution to end the war vs. Israel's wanting to finish the war last summer when we truly were in control of the discourse.

Fact Three: the remnants of what's left of the regime... as in the IRGC...still does remain in control of Iran, and continues to execute jailed “Freedom Fighters” by the day, and they show no sign of backing away from battle anytime soon, after all their religion simply will not allow them to do so.

Fact Four: Trump, to date, still has not yet made any serious public statement regarding Iran's bio-weapons program...the very program I have been calling out since this war began for these are Iran's “last stand” weapons of choice...weapons that the regime would surely use either against Israel, our military personnel stationed at bases in the region, or if desperate enough against the Iranian people themselves.

Fact FIVE: And most important of all is our original reason for going to war with Iran, as in to permanently stop any and all of Iran's nuclear ambitions... the very thing we have yet to accomplish for Iran has agreed to nothing nuclear wise...no agreements has been made let alone their signature appearing anywhere on the dotted line.

Fact Six: And dare we not forget how the Strait of Hormuz did turn this war into a war that many now deem to be but a war for “control over oil;” and how that one aspect does affect not only the global market, but the price at the pump here in our own country as well. And then there's the fact...whether some like it or not...that this war has to some degree actually depleted or at least has run down the numbers of certain of our important  military stocks...military stocks such as U.S. Patriot Missiles, components of our THAAD anti-missile defense system, and our all important Tomahawk Missile inventories, to name but three.

Fact Seven: Also something very telling that must not be forgotten is that while President Trump has again raised troop presence in the Middle East...a good thing as it increases our show of strength...yet he still keeps the all important so-called “boots” locked up on battleships and aircraft carriers instead of allowing them to do the job they were expertly trained for and are willing to do...as in to outright win this war and not be but “hands tied behind their backs” window dressing bystanders.

And here it is important to remember that that actual strategy planning itself...whether it be economic or a military/war type strategy...is most assuredly a multi-tiered endeavor...but that whatever strategy is agreed upon said strategy's implementation...whether it be war time or economic strategy...is actually initiated solely by the president, no matter if he decides to listen to or not listen to what his advisors or experts tell or suggest him to do or not do.

So here let me say that while I personally do still agree with President Trump's original reasons for going to war with Iran, I still do not support his actual handling of the war to date as its components of non-tangible and unrealistic solutions continues to weigh heavy on the minds of many voters, and could well be being a contributing factor in the Republicans possibly losing the midterm election. Why so...because the midterms are actually a referendum on how the sitting president and his party are doing...as in have promises made to “We the People” actually been kept or not.

And sadly, for this president who promised us “no new wars” on his watch while campaigning in 2024, that does not sit well now for the man or his (and my) party, especially when it's coupled with the issues I discussed in “Part One” of this article...including Trump's what is tariff fiasco. And here might I add the fact that while job numbers have increased as have wages...good things indeed...wages themselves have not been able to keep up with inflation which is not a good thing, meaning one cancels out the other, something no one wants to see happen around midterm time.

So to sum it all up, and to prove that 2 +2 in the political realm can still or at least should = 4...the fact remains that a midterm loss for Republicans is thankfully not yet guaranteed, but unfortunately nor is a midterm win. But maybe the odds can be shifted back in the Republicans favor if President Trump were to tell the voters that he's now putting his ego aside so that what are his true economic and foreign policy successes (like the Abraham Accords) can finally shine though on their own, and also that this now unpopular war with Iran is guaranteed to soon be coming to an end and with a U.S. “written in stone” victory.

A hard sell for sure but it can be done, and maybe this midterm election can be the turning point to where we on both sides of the political aisle finally realize that we ourselves, courtesy of in-party fighting, are actually helping to destroy our beloved America from within. So maybe it's time that both the uber far left and the uber far right rhetoric in each party needs to be toned down or better yet ditched completely, for both the far left and the far right are actually one and the same...unyielding, deliberately divisive, with hatred alone being their driving factor...solutions to problems be damned.

So maybe come November 3rd we Republicans and Democrats together as Americans can finally understand that adopting some Reagan-style bipartisanship can actually be what saves our country from ultimately imploding from within, after all nothing else has. Case closed.

Copyright @ 2026 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All Rights Reserved.    

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Tuesday, September 29, 2026

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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS...Podcast 
Here's the podcast of last nights LIVE radio broadcast where RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS Craig and Diane discussed 'Election 2026 and 2028...Compare and Contrast'; 'Operation Let Them Talk'; and the latest updates regarding Iran. Listen to it on https://rspradio1.podbean.com or on our RSP website at https://rspradio1.com/?page_id=39 

Tuesday, May 19, 2026

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Today, Tuesday, May 19th from 7 to 8:30pm EST, RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS Craig Andresen and Diane Sori discuss 'Election 2026 and 2028...Compare and Contrast'; 'Operation Let Them Talk'; yet another Trump announcement regarding Iran, and Trump moves to drop $10B lawsuit against the IRS. Tune in to RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS on https://rspradio1.com Click 'LISTEN LIVE.' 

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Right Side Patriots...Podcast 
If you missed last nights 'LIVE' broadcast where Craig Andresen and Diane Sori discussed foreign countries reaction to Trump's election win; blue state governors threaten certain aspects of Trump's agenda; Trump's new cabinet appointments; FEMA fires official who told workers not to go to Florida homes with Trump signs; and Top 10 New Jobs for Obama... listen to it and past shows at https://rspradio1.com ... go to Podcasts.

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

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Today, Tuesday, November 12th from 7-8:00pm EST, RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS Craig Andresen and Diane Sori discuss foreign countries reaction to Trump's election win; blue state governors threaten Trump's agenda; Trump's new border czar; FEMA fires official who told workers not to go to Florida homes with Trump signs; and Top 10 new jobs for Obama. Hope you can tune in to RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS on https://rspradio1.com Click 'LISTEN LIVE' starting at 6:50pm EST, show begins at 7pm EST.
 

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Right Side Patriots...Podcast 
If you missed last nights 'LIVE' broadcast where Craig Andresen and Diane Sori discussed 'Obama's Thankfully Failing Hail-Mary Pass'; 'Kamala's Campaign Collapse'; Trump's historic Madison Square Garden rally; Nevada court mail-in ballot and election ruling; and voter access problems in Pennsylvania....listen to it and past shows at https://rspradio1.com ... go to Podcasts.

Monday, September 23, 2024

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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For more political commentary please visit my RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS partner Craig Andresen's blog The National Patriot to read his latest article, Hillary's Frustration Is...Understandable.

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