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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

2020 Election and Aftermath

 Most of those who are reading this are probably disappointed at this point about the events that have taken place the last few weeks. This is why the election may have ended up as it did. I am going on the premise that Trump is not going to win this. It will most likely play out in the courts. And though I pray for the right outcome, I fear it will not be. Which brings me to this, and I speak to Christians and believers. Many of us ask, “How can this be your purpose, your will?” It vexes the mind. We say to ourselves, we love our country, we love YOU, we love our flag, we love our traditions. Yeah, we have our scars, but dadgum, really? We are, for the most part, the most celebrated country in the world. People continue to flock to this country...and its not because we are socialist. No, it's because we embody, Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. I have been thinking about this for about a week and a half, and again, just my take. I speak what I feel and that is who I am. Some people may not be interested in what I have to say. That’s fine. I bid you a good day. It’s cool. 


I can’t even entertain what God’s will is. I am just going on a deep down spiritual feeling that I have. This election was a message to America. This election was, for the most part, a referendum on where we want to go as a nation. Now, that may sound counterintuitive because if Trump loses, then many will feel that, at our core, we are moving left, but the election was so split it reveals to us more than just our initial fears. But remember, they cheated. You may disagree, but most reasonable folks probably have a queasy feeling inside that just doesn't seem right. But we can take this away, DJT got more than 73 million votes. More than Obama, Clinton, and any sitting President....ever. So, we must always look at the positives. And besides, it’s not a legitimate movement on their side. I would submit that a resounding majority of Americans reject this whole leftist/progressive agenda. It’s mostly fabricated by a small minority of people on each coast, and a few pockets in between. On our side you have pillars of what we stand for: Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, Freedom, Liberty, the Flag, the Idea that IS America. On their side they have promises, freebies, irresponsibility, social causes of further alienating the citizenry, cancel culture, wokism. They tried to fool the people, and when Biden gets in there, a lot of regular Americans are going to see what we have known all along, Joe Biden is declining mentally. It’s unfortunate (as a human being to say that) for that. The Republicans and Independents need to galvanize. We have the most diverse platform that we have ever had. We have the majority of the issues on our side. The issues are the working man's and woman’s issues. Nobody worked harder for us than Trump. This is no time to join the Democrats and compromise. They are slowly being consumed by the progressive movement. They have no one to blame but themselves. They could have stopped this in its tracks years ago, but they signed on to the likes of Obama, Warner, Sanders, and so on, and now the kraken has been released, the genie has been let out of the bottle, and whatever other idiom you can attach to this, it’s ugly, it’s anti-American, and if not throttled NOW, will eventually consume all of us. But, it is no surprise. The Defecators are the party of lawlessness, irresponsibility, unaccountability, double standards, hypocrisy, and so on. And the Republicans are no wet dream, trust me. I left that party when they failed to support 43 after 2004. And I worry the same may happen here for 45. A lot of Romnepublicans are sheep. They are weak and they are, for lack of a better description, pathetic. Again, the bulldog are the Defecators and the whining chihuahua are the Republicans who get slapped around by the bulldog. The moderate Democrats need to wake up and see what’s happening to their party. Common sense Dems need to stop their self-inflicted bleed. If we (and they) allow this to continue then America as we know it will no longer exist.


We need to seize upon this moment and fight like we never had before. It has to be a hard fought fight because the left has radicals who foam at the mouth for their cause. For the most part, the Republicans have been able to push right-wingers to the margins, and rightfully so, there are many ways to get the job done: issues and the law for starters. For the vast majority of Americans, we have a rationale, reasonable, country lovin’, flag wavin’, populist, God worshipping majority. And we need to dig in our heels and not let this happen. Trump gave us the template. We need to take the next few years and focus on local and state elections to keep and put the right people in power. And in 2024, we need to put forth a candidate, whether it be Trump again, or someone he tabs as a Trump successor. We all know the media has completely discredited itself. There are not enough adjectives and adverbs to describe how they have literally slid down the toilet of journalism. It’s losing viewership like a stripper loses clothes, and we need to stay true to who we are, stick to the truth, not form our own propaganda, but to remain truthful. We need to have faith in one another. I know this may sound stupid, but Ralph Waldo Emerson once talked about a corn field. Alone, a corn stalk is vulnerable, weak, and cannot sustain itself, but together can produce abundantly, be strong against the mightiest storms, and rely on one another for protection and pollination. Visualize that. 


This is the story between two siblings. One gets what they want, can do whatever they want, not be held accountable. The other is scrutinized for everything and must always remain vigilant. But that’s okay, the scrutinized child is going to do the right thing. They are going to remain focused to not let their guard down. The irresponsible child is coddled and placated and thus becomes easily shattered with adversity and obstacles. The vigilant will always come out on top. The media has allowed the Defecators to do and say what they want. The Trumpists are the vigilant. We must always pursue what is right, what is honest, what is truthful. We need to remain the adult in the room in a room amongst children and entitled brats. We have to do this. This is NOT REALLY A CHOICE. WE HAVE TO DO THIS. This is an all hands on deck situation for Republicans, Independents, and common sense Democrats. We have to take them at their word. They remind me of that line in The King and I, “So let it be written, so let it be done.” That’s their plan, period. There is no system they will not dismantle, no pillar of America they will not tear down. This is no longer about Trump. This is about US. If we do not act, stay in the game, play hardball, then the slippery slide of our great country will continue. Do we want the leadership of Pelosi, Schumer, AOC, Omar, Obama, Biden, Harris, Sanders, Clinton, and others like that. Or, do we want real leadership in the name of Trump, Geatz, DeSantis, Cotton, Hawley, Kennedy, and a myriad of others?  


Every morning when we wake up we make choices. So the choice is yours. What choice are you going to make? Are you going to stand on the sidelines and hope, or are you willing to step into the ring, be active, involved, interested? 


My first step is to always write your local and state reps. Keep the game within the game in your own state. Then, venture outside (travel internationally) to other states and contact others. We can only insulate ourselves so much and for so long before the plague reaches our doorstep, and that is what this is. Yes, we have the china virus, but the new virus is progressivirus-20. Let’s vaccinate ourselves against this “American Ideals” killer and get to work.

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