BAMA! Trump Endorses West Point Grad For Senate. Commentary On Status Of Democrat Party. Humor.
An interesting review of an interesting book. (See 1 below.)
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Trump endorses black West Pointer who wants to be a Senator from Michigan. He should be running for Governor of Georgia. (See 2 below.)
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The Democrat Party and a significant number of those who support it have a mostly negative outlook Schumer, Pelosi and Waters offer no constructive policies beyond obstruction., What ideas radicals, who are dragging the party far left, have are foreign to American culture and defy our Constitution. They believe everything is an entitlement and a free one yet, have no clue how to pay for them. They favor open borders, they want illegal immigrants to be able to vote, receive social security and believe states and cities have the right to defy federal laws. They have contempt for those who enforce our laws and those who believe we are a nation that lives by laws.
Senior members of the entire intelligence community were in cahoots with Trump's opponent in seeking his defeat and depended upon a specious dossier in order to spy on his administration and now they want to impeach Trump because they find his personality objectionable.
Meanwhile,the mass media have become Putin's servant and handmaiden. Trump is attacked for attacking them but their bias is beyond anything seen in recent history so they do not come into the court of public opinion with clean hands.
Winning was critical to the likes of Comey, Strzok, Brennan, etc.because Hillary's election would have served to protect/bury their skulduggery and insure their continuance in office and power.
I suspect, if the economy remains positive, the Mid Term Elections will prove disappointing for Democrats as more of the unaligned middle find Trump's achievements appealing and former Democrats, now deemed deplorables, will switch their votes as well as they did in 2016. Based on Trump's accomplishments and benefits they have received they see/have no reason to change.
However, liberals, progressives, Hollywood types and Democrats are more than capable of voting against our nation's and their own best interests and have been doing so for decades.
In the final analysis, Obama's "Hope and Change" lurched us towards disaster and now the Democrats want to lurch further left with more radicals leading the way. I do not believe it will work but if it does you can kiss our Republic goodbye because we will never recover from these wounds.
Time will tell. It always does. What do you think? (See 3 below.)
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A little humor. (See 4 below.)
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1)"Israel Matters": Samford Theologian Rethinks His Views
By Richard Friedman
BJF Executive Director
If you're interested in a ringside seat as a prominent Birmingham-based Anglican theologian goes through a profound and positive evolution regarding his thoughts about Jews and Israel, then there's a new book for you and others interested in Christian thinking about the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
"Israel Matters: Why Christians Must Think Differently about the People and the Land" is the title of a relatively new and thought-provoking book by Anglican evangelical theologian Gerald McDermott, who is currently affiliated with Birmingham's Samford University.
In his book, McDermott challenges his own previous view that Jews, in God's view, became a peripheral people when as a people they did not accept Jesus as the Messiah and, as a result, their relationship to their land and the land itself lost its significance.
McDermott also revises his view that Jesus, the ascendancy of Christianity and the Church replaced Israel and the Jewish people as God's covenantal partners.
He also examines his tendency at one time to accept the false claims that modern Israel was established on land "stolen" from Arabs, that Israel oppresses Palestinians, and that Zionism -- which maintains that the Jewish people have a right to sovereignty in some portion of their biblical homeland -- is a racist ideology.
With grace and humility, and an easy-to-read style despite tackling complex subjects, McDermott writes that as a result of his continued biblical studies, willingness to consider things in new ways, and multiple visits to Israel, that he was wrong on each account.
In addition, as part of his journey -- a journey marked by some heavy-duty rethinking and rereading of both the Old and New Testaments -- he also evolved from being dubious about Christian Zionists to becoming one himself. (The term Christian Zionists refers to Christians who are passionate supporters of Israel and ardent defenders of its biblical legitimacy.)
Having served as Executive Director of the Birmingham Jewish Federation for 35 years in one of our nation's most heavily evangelical Christian states, and watching with fascination the positive transformation of Christian attitudes and support for Jews and Israel, this book is a handy primer -- and a GPS for understanding McDermott's dramatic evolution.
If you are interested in learning more about how Christians think about Jews, both biblically and today; how they've come to reconcile Jewish non-acceptance of Jesus as the Messiah with their Christian belief that he is and that acceptance of him is the one true path to salvation; and how Christians have come to be among Israel's most ardent supporters, then this book is for you.
Two suggestions: The book might have been strengthened by a brief explanation of why Jews don't consider Jesus to be the Messiah (see below link) and a note that most Jews consider "Messianic Jews" -- those who say they are Jewish and accept Jesus as their Messiah -- to be Christians, not Jews.
Nonetheless, these suggestions do not detract from McDermott's excellent and thoughtful book which I enjoyed reading and which reminded me that we are lucky to have this outstanding theologian and writer here in Birmingham.
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2) John James, Black and Republican, Thinks He Can Crack the ‘Blue Wall’ in Michigan
Mr. James, 37, is a West Point graduate who spent eight years in the Army. He is the president of his family-run business. And he wants to become a senator.
Nowhere on anyone’s handicapping lists of tossup Senate races will you find Michigan. And nowhere on the roster of A-list Republican challengers would you have found John James. Until last week. With two tweets and his caps lock on, President Trump endorsed Mr. James in the Michigan Republican primary — “SPECTACULAR!” — giving the underdog campaign a jolt just before voters head to the polls on Tuesday.
.@JohnJamesMI, who is running in the Republican Primary in the great state of Michigan, is SPECTACULAR! Vote on August 7th. Rarely have I seen a candidate with such great potential. West Point graduate, successful businessman and a African American leader...
...John is strong on crime and borders, loves our Military, our Vets and our Second Amendment. He will be a star. He has my full and total Endorsement!
Now Mr. James hopes he will get the chance to pull off in the general election what he has done in the primary: turn a lopsided race into a very close contest. It will be difficult — assuming he even makes it out of the primary. His opponent, Sandy Pensler, has been campaigning with the confidence of a front-runner. Mr. Pensler has more money and boasts credentials that include running his own private equity firm and teaching economics at Harvard and Yale.
But Mr. James, 37, is a standout. He is a West Point graduate who spent eight years in the Army, including service in Iraq. He is the president of his family-run business, a global provider of logistics support for Fortune 500 companies. He is also black, a rarity in his party today. The Senate has only one black Republican, Tim Scott of South Carolina.
Mr. James, who now lives not far from where he grew up in the Detroit suburbs, says he doesn’t have “a black message, or a white message.” But there is little doubt he would be at a disadvantage competing in Detroit, Michigan’s largest city where the population is 80 percent black. Hillary Clinton carried most precincts in the city with more than 90 percent of the vote.
He talked to The New York Times about his chances of putting another crack in what was once reliably the Democrats’ “blue wall” of Midwestern states that had been a bulwark for the party in presidential elections until Mr. Trump came along.
Have you spoken directly to the president?
I have not. I imagine he’s a pretty busy guy. But his endorsement did mean a lot.
Especially in a Republican primary. It can make or break races. I wonder, though, in the general election, are you going to want to broadcast that to voters, especially voters in Detroit?
I think that those who would prejudge me based on an affiliation are doing themselves a disservice. I believe that through our political process we have an opportunity for people to open their ears, their minds and their hearts to listen. I believe that I can be, should be and will be judged by the competence, credibility and character that I have and that I’m bringing to the race.
And there are going to be some people who are so blinded by their hatred of the president that they’ll miss the opportunity to have someone who will do everything he can to serve everyone in the state of Michigan. I’m looking forward to treating people like independent thinkers.
Mr. James is a West Point graduate who spent eight years in the Army, including service in Iraq.CreditMark Felix for The New York Times But would you want him to campaign for you in the general election?Absolutely. In Michigan, it may not be very clear out on the coast to a lot of folks …Come on, you can’t say that to me. I grew up there.I said a lot of people. I didn’t say you. There’s a massive disconnect. People here in Michigan feel disenfranchised and disillusioned with the situations that are going on the coasts.I actually heard on the trail somebody say Donald Trump is Rust Belt Robin Hood. And I took that to mean that we finally have a president that’s listening to the people in the Midwest.Rust Belt Robin Hood? I hadn’t heard that one before.The reason why he won in Michigan, despite what everybody said, is because people went to the polls in a secret ballot and voted for someone who they believed would take care of their personal economy, would help their economy grow, would help their job.We were told that manufacturing was dead. That 2 percent G.D.P. growth was the new normal. And President Trump said no way. We can do better.Is the “blue wall” permanently cracked? How do you prevent President Trump’s election from being a fluke?Michigan voters have the opportunity to basically answer the question. We keep sending lawyers and career politicians to Washington and we wonder why we’re not get anything done.People want somebody who understands how to run a business before they make regulations that will affect business. They want somebody who understands what it’s like to sign the front and the back of the check.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++3)OUR PRESIDENT
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