Op-ed:
A November Reality Check
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.
Now that Donald Trump has the
Republican presidential nomination basically locked up, July's
convention is but a
“dog and pony show”...a total waste
of time and monies, monies that could well be better spent. Yet two
questions still remain on many folks minds, with the first being, can
Trump really beat Biden in November; and the second being can Trump,
if elected, govern effectively if the Republicans were to lose both
the House and the Senate or even just one or the other.
The
second question I answered in my article from last week entitled,
“The
Importance Of 'Down Ticket' Voting”
as
it seemed more timely a question with primaries still ongoing, so now
I'll answer the first question via a “devil's advocate”
type scenario.
But first, remember that no matter how
many primaries a candidate wins, primary campaigning itself is
usually but a candidate's playing to an audience of their already
aligned followers in hopes of garnering more monies to be able to
continue campaigning; while the election itself sees many different
components coming together no matter ones party affiliation. And this
includes the nominee's overall demeanor and personality, as well as
can the voters themselves relate to the nominee as a person with whom
they have beliefs and values in common.
So while Donald Trump has his
fan base of die-hard supporters who deem he can do no wrong, we all,
whether we like his ego driven persona or not, do need to remember
that Trump's successful economic, energy, and border policies did
indeed filter down to
“We the People.” And surprisingly to
some, we might even have to overlook the facts of his having been
impeached twice; his having been found guilty in a number of major civil trials;
and whether rightly or wrongly Trump's still has to face numerous and
quite serious federal indictments and trials.
Donald Trump is far from being
the perfect candidate...the “lesser of two evils” some
call him. But when you compare him to Obama's puppet Joe Biden is
there really any doubt about who, both physically and mentally, has
no business being in the White House as opposed to one who can, at
times, get certain important things done. One would think the choice
would be obvious especially when common sense is applied, and yet we
must face the fact that due to ongoing Republican infighting there's
a good chance that Biden might still be able to pull off a November
win, leaving us to face four more agonizingly long years.
The stuff of nightmares, and it
will continue to be
“We the People” who not only will be hurting financially even more so than we already are, but we will also continue seeing ourselves being made a
mockery of by a man and his puppet master, as well as by those in the Democrat party who together remain more concerned
about about those now entering our country illegally than they are about
the
“health, safety, and welfare” of the American people.
And this is due to Biden's failed policies...most
especially his economic policies...policies truly at odds with the reality
of affordability as opposed to the cleverly crafted and deceitfully
manipulated
“economic indicators”...paper
shifted of numbers if you will...that
he and the left so love to spew. Remember, not only do we see
grocery, gas prices, and essential goods and services going up just
about weekly, but we also see wages struggling to keep up with
escalating costs due to inflation remaining but stagnate at best.
And when added into the generalities of this nightmare
are all the actual monies, perks, and freebies going to illegals
instead of to financially hurting American citizens as well as
to our veterans in need, the truth is that we simply cannot nor must not allow this current administration to do any more financial and economic harm than
they already have.
Also, not to be forgotten is the increase in
violent crime in major Democrat controlled cities and states courtesy
of violent illegals being released by liberal DA's who
thanks to this administration's
“catch and release”
program help in the dispersing of criminals throughout these United
States. And unfortunately it's innocent folks...like 22-year old Laken Hope
Riley...who pay the price for what, in my opinion, amounts to the Biden
administration's outright sanctioning of murder...as witnessed by
Biden's recent walk-back of his calling Laken's cold blooded murderer what
he is...an
“illegal.”Simply and to the point, our beloved
American republic is now facing both a political and a moral fight
for her very survival with her winning or losing said battle being
decided this November 5th. And when you narrow down the actual
logistics involved you will see that the fight we now face is not
just between two political parties or their chosen candidates per se,
but between the entirety of the left's misguided push for “diversity”
and “equity”... what some call “cultural
progressiveness”...verses
the right's concept of “fair play” coupled with taking
responsibility for one's own actions.
Basically, not only is our Constitution
as the rule of law at stake, but
the
very fabric, character, values, and moral compass that is the
hallmark of American culture is being hijacked by those who not only
want but demand that America fails. A war between
“good and
evil” some like to call the upcoming election relating it back
to the Biblical sense, but I personally do not see this election in
such simplistic and archaic terms for I see the here and now
tangibles that come November we might well be facing America's last
stand...at least the America as we on the right know and love her to
be.
And here I speak not of abject fear replacing what should be
easily applied common sense, but to the opposing realities that both
major party's presidential nominee brings to the election table, as
in Donald Trump who (as I write this) is on the verge of locking up
the Republican nomination...and Joe Biden, a sickly old man truly
unfit both physically and mentally to hold office...a Democrat party
shill doctor's report to the contrary. You can medicate someone to
get through a time-defined speech, but you cannot expect that
demeanor to become a daily occurrence. Just look at Joe Biden the day
after his horrific, divisive, and hateful sham of a “State of
the Union Address”...he was back to his old slow-moving, slurry
talking, incoherent nasty self.
But no matter the very obvious physical and
mental differences between these two men, there remains a serious
split within the Republican party itself that could still cost Trump
the election. Simply, the ongoing battle between the
“Only
Trump” and the
“Never Trump” folks remains as
divisive as ever with both groups being critical in determining who
wins in November. And when you add in the all important
“still
on the fence” independents, no one in either party, at least
not at this point in time, should take the politically generated
polls nor the media's rhetoric spewed as a given truth that the 2024
election has already been decided...for Biden by the left...for Trump
by the right.
Why so? One must remember,
whether you like Trump or not...and I do not...that during his four
years in office the so-called “machinery of government” did
work fairly well even with Trump's being twice impeached coupled with
all the allegations and nonsense that the Democrats threw at him...a
“witch hunt” bar none. Never before in America's history
did we bare witness to such a maliciously calculated attack on a
sitting president...an attack whose political charges have yet to be
proven...an attack by a party simply because their... as in
Obama's...much wanted “transformation
of America” was being sidelined by what was an uber
wealthy, “party switching,” political outsider.
And yet even with a number of legal woes still on Trump's horizon,
many right leaning political pundits still claim that he, not Biden,
can win in November by his continuing to cite the fact that many
voters fitting the moniker
“of color,” along with younger and
“first time” voters, do not buy into what Biden is
selling. And this relates to his claim that the economy is
improving and inflation is headed downward
, “shrinkflation”
he calls it, courtesy of job numbers that are simply not true. How
so...if those numbers were true first time home ownership would be on
the rise...which it is not...nor are earned wages able to stay ahead
of inflation.
And others, besides the usual cast of political pundits, are
gambling on a Trump victory because not only has Biden been unable to
convince enough folks how his disastrous job-creation policies...most
related to flaying “green
energy” projects and start ups...have made a positive difference in
their everyday lives or to their pocketbook; but also because Biden continues to tie us to the Ukraine/ Russia War while at the same time
thinking he can tell Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu how
the war with Hamas should and should not be fought. And here Joe
Biden is so out of his proverbial “pay grade,” for his foreign policy blunders...blunders that directly cost
American lives...can easily be summed up in but one simple
word...Afghanistan.
Now here is where my
“devils
advocate” scenario comes into play even with certain undeniable
pluses for Donald Trump, for Joe Biden can indeed still pull off another win. And surprisingly, that's even without the sure to come reemergence of 2020's voter what
I call
“irregularities,” as
in a repeat of the left's “shenanigans” that cost Trump the 2020
election.
So how
exactly can Joe Biden win in November? First, Donald Trump, no matter all of his
primary turnouts and overwhelming wins, still remains an unpopular
candidate especially in key “purple” states,
and not just with Democrats but with large numbers of Republicans as
well. And for those Republicans it's obviously not Trump's
achievements that are a problem, but the political and
legal “baggage”
he still carries that is. And when you add in an over-sized ego, deliberately
inflammatory rhetoric coupled with not knowing when to keep his mouth
shut, you can see what turns many who voted for Trump before, off. It's one
thing not to be a politician per se, it's quite another thing to be
the cause of deliberately dividing ones party in the name of seeking
“revenge.”
Also,
certain “optics”
are now raising “red flags”
for some Republicans as well, one in particular being that recently Trump's
daughter-in-law Lara Trump became the RNC co-chair...a move seen by
many of the party faithful as being but an authoritarian grab for power
on Trump's part. Timing in politics is everything, but the timing of
this months before the election is quite telling and not in a good sense as it can actually lead some Republicans to
vote “third party,”
which at the same time could result in a higher than normal Democrat
turnout to help assure that Trump does not win. Remember, Democrats do tend
to remain both faithful to the party as well as voting “down
ticket” more so than we
Republicans do...thus also comprising a big plus for a possible Biden
win.
Bottom
line, November remains all about numbers and our numbers best be
high... “clothespin on nose”
votes included...for if our numbers do not out pace those of the
Democrats we indeed will lose it all...the House, the Senate, and the
presidency...a scenario our country might never recover from. Case
closed.
Copyright © 2024 / Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All rights reserved.
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