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Where did the Republicans Party go off the tracks?
I cannot pin point any specific date but it seems to me the closer Republicans morphed into being Democrat Light and as the nation's value system and infrastructure deteriorated, our debt exploded the difference between the parties narrowed to such a degree it was hard to distinguish between the two. It was at that point that the party that worked harder, stayed united and wanted to win at any cost became more dominant.
While this was happening a larger number of "deporlables" were becoming less content with the direction of our nation and candidates who were less qualified or traditional saw an opportunity.
For a variety of reasons the nation took a chance with Obama and re-elected him. In 2016 the appeal of Hillary was underwhelming so we decided to roll the dice and take a chance on a wealthy businessman who had a more appealing message because he touched the nerves of the growing discontent who were tired of tolerating a sluggish economy, loss of jobs as more domestic manufacturing moved offshore and who were turned off by being told they did not build it, a president who went around apologizing for American greatness and whose"ready programs" were a costly flop.
Now we find ourselves with two candidates who are truly miles apart in virtually every respect.
One candidate has seeming health issues, remains in hiding and has been pushed very far to the left by party radicals. His name is Biden and he has been in politics almost 50 years and has an un-distinguishable record of achievements.
Biden's opponent is the President who, in three years,achieved quite a record of doing what he pledged during the 2016 campaign. The issue with Trump has more to do with his brash persona and his unorthodox style of governing. Until the Coronavirus came along and dealt him and the entire nation a severe set-back he was doing well.
Biden is being encouraged not to debate for fear he will reveal he is not up to the challenge. I believe this is bad advice because debates have become a major way for voters to decide who they will vote for and I believe it validates the concern voters have about Biden's well being.
The risk for Trump, in the remaining months, is that he is prone to shoot himself in the foot because of his combative style and thin skin.
When it comes to what they would do domestically, we have a fairly good idea Trump will offer medical legislation that he believes corrects the failure of Obamacare, will seek changes in our immigration policies and will strive to rebuild our decaying infrastructure. Energy independence will continue to be supported.
As for Biden, he will seek to undo virtually everything Trump accomplished that moved our GDP out of the ditch it has been in for a decade, will focus on green programs that will add considerable costs that might make us less competitive and will initiate a variety of programs that will offer free "entitlements." Biden will also be far more generous in offering entitlements to illegal immigrants.
Foreign policy-wise,Biden will be dragged left and our relations with Israel will probably deteriorate and our attitude toward sanctions on Iran, Russia and China might soften.
Trump will continue a more hard nosed approach towards China and Iran, will treat our allies at arm's length when it comes to their paying a fuller share and will continue to rebuild our military and space effort.
I continue to believe it is Trump's to lose because Democrats and Biden are on the wrong side of the rioting. How can you not support reasonable efforts to maintain law and order? How can you defund police? How can you feed bullies and feel any self respect? How can you not want secure borders?
How can you disregard the behaviour and efforts of those to spy on Trump and the way Democrats reject any semblance of decency towards the Oval Office? How can you favor the demands of unions over the basic needs of children?
And:
Ouch.
Communist Party Endorse Joe Biden for President - Read More
And:
Hi Patriots,
Manhattan, long known for being the epicenter of NYC’s most elite residents, is undergoing a rapid change.
While gourmet restaurants, private boutiques, and glamorous high-rise apartments remain intact, their curb appeal has become, shall we say, less than desirable.
Fighting for Freedom,
Chuck Little
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Biden did it again apparently:
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Cristina Laila from The Gateway Pundit reports, Joe Biden made no sense during his livestream event on Friday. Biden once again forgot the word “equal” in the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence as he spoke to Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA).
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Keith Ellison is the same old radical but now is The Atty.Gen. of Minnesota and withheld a tape that showed he is more interested in winning a trial against a police officer than seeing true justice is done.
Meanwhile, Obama is discussed by Victor Hanson as he reveals the new old person.
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
Meanwhile, Obama is discussed by Victor Hanson as he reveals the new old person.
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
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Obama’s Progressive Pivot Is Meant to Push Biden Leftward
The former president has been contradicting himself. He must think radicalism is now a winning strategy.
It is often said that the Democratic Party has moved significantly to the left since the end of Barack Obama’s presidency, which might explain why Mr. Obama’s remarks at John Lewis’s funeral service last week sounded like an attempt to stay relevant.
It wasn’t long ago that the former president was trying to steer Democrats in a more moderate direction. Back in 2018, amid calls for “sanctuary cities” and the abolition of immigration-enforcement agencies, Mr. Obama insisted that “national borders matter” and that “laws need to be followed.” He also urged fellow liberals to cool it with the identity politics. We have to “engage with people not only who look different but who hold different views,” he said. “And you can’t do this if you just out of hand disregard what your opponents have to say from the start. And you can’t do it if you insist that those who aren’t like you—because they’re white or because they’re male—that somehow . . . they lack standing to speak on certain matters.”
Alas, we heard a very different Barack Obama last Thursday in Atlanta, where he turned a eulogy for a civil-rights hero into a stump speech and offered his blessing to any number of progressive causes. Among other things, he now wants the Senate to ditch the filibuster—which he supported and employed as a senator—and grant statehood to the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, two liberal bastions that could be counted on to elect more Democrats.
And then there was Mr. Obama’s change of tone on racial controversies. “Bull Connor may be gone, but today we witness with our own eyes police officers kneeling on the necks of black Americans,” said Mr. Obama. “We may no longer have to guess the number of jellybeans in a jar in order to cast a ballot. But even as we sit here, there are those in power doing their darnedest to discourage people from voting—by closing polling locations, and targeting minorities and students with restrictive ID laws, and attacking our voting rights with surgical precision.”
Mr. Obama was elected president twice in a county where blacks are only about 13% of the population, yet he invokes segregation-era figures like Connor, who was Birmingham, Ala.’s commissioner of public safety, to suggest that little has changed for blacks since the 1960s. Mr. Obama’s own accomplishments undermine his rhetoric, as does the fact that in Minneapolis, where George Floyd died in police custody earlier this year, the police chief is black.
John McWhorter of Columbia University has documented that white suspects in police custody have died under similar circumstances. Those events don’t receive the media attention that Floyd’s death garnered because they don’t fit the prevailing racial narrative, which Mr. Obama is advancing. But absent any evidence that Floyd was killed because of his race, the responsible course would be to avoid such conjecture. And if Mr. Obama is concerned about the disproportionate number of blacks who die at the hands of law enforcement, he ought to be talking about the disproportionate amount of violent crime committed by blacks, not conjuring the spirit of Jim Crow to score political points.
Mr. Obama’s claims that Republicans limit minority voting today “with surgical precision” could also use more scrutiny. The black voter-turnout rate began rising steadily in the 1990s, and in 2012 it exceeded the white rate, even as more states passed voter-ID laws that improve ballot integrity. Moreover, polls show that a majority of blacks support these voting requirements, which suggest that any decline in black voter turnout in 2016 had more to do with the Democratic nominee than with lack of access to the polls. A Census Bureau report on turnout in the 2018 midterm elections showed an increase from 2014 of about 27% among blacks and roughly 50% among Hispanics. If Republicans are trying to suppress the minority vote, their efforts are having the opposite effect.
Whether Mr. Obama believes what he’s saying today or what he’s said in the past isn’t important. Politicians tend to be more interested in winning votes than in facts, logic and consistency. This is an election year, and the most popular Democrat in the country has determined that taking these progressive positions, and doing so in the tones we heard last week, will help his party prevail in November.
Perhaps he’s right, but the strategy is not without risks. Joe Biden prevailed in the primaries not because he’s an ideologue like Bernie Sanders or a firebrand like Elizabeth Warren. He did so because he’s neither and has resisted—with mixed success—efforts to pull him further left. Mr. Obama’s new endorsement of progressive brass tacks will please the base, but it also makes it harder for Mr. Biden to appeal to the moderate and independent voters he’ll need on Election Day.
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