With candor I was shocked by Donald Trump's overall poor performance in the debates. Again and again I told myself that the debates were where The Donald would make his case before the American people and finally disabuse us of the notion that Liberalism Works. And what we got was..... rambling on the Syrian cease-fire and several repetitions of the phrase "big league."
Look, I am all in favor of the words "big league", in fact, Go Cubbies. However those words don't amount to a full policy statement. As far as I can tell, Donald has traded six to eight hours of debate prep for the Presidency. I hope angry tweets against those celebrities were worth it. This is ridiculous. How did he beat so many Republicans? Where the hell were Ben Carson and Rand Paul with serious policy alternatives? How do we stop open borders now?
An HRC presidency will see increased attempts to allocate tax dollars to favored corporate lap dogs, a continuing dereliction of our military power, and likely acquiescence to open borders and, in essence, the beginning of the end of the United States as a culturally and politically separate entity from Europe, Latin America, and East Asia - including mainland China. Rampant globalism is so.... boring. The end of American exceptionalism will mean the end of any hope of the space program and a teleological view of history, where mankind strives to be the greatest it can be. We will be on course for the Hunger Games, locked in a zero-sum scenario, divided amongst ourselves in a scrabbling conflict for resources the government chooses to dole out to us.
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
I am "Literally Face-Down in the Kool-Aid"
'Republican' strategist and Florida-based terrorism sponsor Mac Stipanovich thinks it's OK to vote for Hillary after he spent a couple good decades as a Republican. Stiples insists that Trump supporters are "literally face-down in the Kool-Aid."
And I'm bothered - to say the least - about the comments Donald Trump made about women and sexual assault eleven years ago. But then Donald Trump did something that Donald Trump almost never does. He apologized.
I don't think he spent long enough apologizing. I don't think he's genuinely contrite about the comments, and he kept saying it was "locker room talk" as if that excuses it somehow. It's clear that The Donald needs, or at least needed, a complete overhaul in his view of women, and, frankly, human decency. But at least it was something.
There are a lot of things that we would change about Donald Trump, and four or eight years in the White House are likely to magnify, not paper over, his many, many character defects.
And in truth, some intellectual part of me would love to be able to throw in the towel here and just say, "you know what, this is the last straw, I'm voting for Hillary."
When I consider the courageous men who died fighting a terrorist mob at Benghazi on September 11 and 12, 2011, I can't do it. When I consider the 49 people killed in Orlando's Pulse nightclub on June 12 of this year, I can't do it. The San Bernardino attacks last December. The Fort Hood massacre in November of 2009. All committed by radical Islamic terrorists.
And the Barak/Hillary establishment regularly refuses to even dignify the safety of the American people by naming our enemies for what they are. It's impossible to win a struggle against an enemy you won't even name. To say nothing of the deep antipathy Hillary has shown for national security concerns, as exemplified by her atrocious handling of her private email server.
To wit. I have a different standard for people like William Kristol and Mac Stipulations than the American people in general. Conservative leaders and strategists should be hard-boiled pro-American defenders of the Constitution and the nation-state that produced it. The American people in general are victims of a brainwashing educational process and a fuel-to-the-fire media that presents liberals as the only reasonable alternative. I don't blame most of them for the views they hold, but I hope to be able to educate and reveal the real, powerful, and genuinely good America I believe exists beneath negative liberal propaganda.
I can now see beyond those things to the truth - with my original university education and traditional media as obstacles in the way of, not aides in the search for, truth.
If I, a borderline newly minted conservative, can figure this after only a few years on the firing line, then Kristol, Stipanovich, and the rest of the turncoat brigade have a lot more to answer for.
When leaders fail to lead, nations fail.
I am now beginning to see the scope of the vacuum that Donald Trump has stepped into. If Republican leaders are turning their backs on him because of juvenile October Surprise comments that he's actually willing to apologize for, then the commitment to the cause amongst these leaders must have been growing hollow for some time.
I haven't failed to notice that Donald Trump doesn't paint by the numbers when it comes to his policy positions. But people are sick of normal. They're sick of losing jobs to foreign countries that don't have entitlement support, labor, environmental standards, and a commitment to defending global freedom. Because of his willingness to speak out against NAFTA and MFN, his riotous popularity amongst average working men should come as no surprise.
And yes, I'm aware there's a race divide - and rightfully so. Donald Trump is a bigot who faced lawsuits over his racist housing policies. He should apologize to black people as he apologized about his grotesque 2005 comments - in fact, he should apologize and actually live differently, rather than hiding behind the fact that other developers were sued as well.
It would be great to have a tough candidate who is right on the issues, popular, and with higher integrity than Trump. But the Republican farm team never produced such a candidate. I didn't see Jeb Bush or John Kasich out there loudly pushing for a better trade regime with Mexico, and daring to suggest that maybe allowing an unlimited influx of potential Islamic terrorists was a bad idea.
So consider me drowning in Kool-Aid, Mr. Stipanovich. I find it's bright red hue and thin sugary froth a delicious alternative to the toxic, burbling witch's brew concocted by those who can't see the good in America.
And I'm bothered - to say the least - about the comments Donald Trump made about women and sexual assault eleven years ago. But then Donald Trump did something that Donald Trump almost never does. He apologized.
I don't think he spent long enough apologizing. I don't think he's genuinely contrite about the comments, and he kept saying it was "locker room talk" as if that excuses it somehow. It's clear that The Donald needs, or at least needed, a complete overhaul in his view of women, and, frankly, human decency. But at least it was something.
There are a lot of things that we would change about Donald Trump, and four or eight years in the White House are likely to magnify, not paper over, his many, many character defects.
And in truth, some intellectual part of me would love to be able to throw in the towel here and just say, "you know what, this is the last straw, I'm voting for Hillary."
When I consider the courageous men who died fighting a terrorist mob at Benghazi on September 11 and 12, 2011, I can't do it. When I consider the 49 people killed in Orlando's Pulse nightclub on June 12 of this year, I can't do it. The San Bernardino attacks last December. The Fort Hood massacre in November of 2009. All committed by radical Islamic terrorists.
And the Barak/Hillary establishment regularly refuses to even dignify the safety of the American people by naming our enemies for what they are. It's impossible to win a struggle against an enemy you won't even name. To say nothing of the deep antipathy Hillary has shown for national security concerns, as exemplified by her atrocious handling of her private email server.
To wit. I have a different standard for people like William Kristol and Mac Stipulations than the American people in general. Conservative leaders and strategists should be hard-boiled pro-American defenders of the Constitution and the nation-state that produced it. The American people in general are victims of a brainwashing educational process and a fuel-to-the-fire media that presents liberals as the only reasonable alternative. I don't blame most of them for the views they hold, but I hope to be able to educate and reveal the real, powerful, and genuinely good America I believe exists beneath negative liberal propaganda.
I can now see beyond those things to the truth - with my original university education and traditional media as obstacles in the way of, not aides in the search for, truth.
If I, a borderline newly minted conservative, can figure this after only a few years on the firing line, then Kristol, Stipanovich, and the rest of the turncoat brigade have a lot more to answer for.
When leaders fail to lead, nations fail.
I am now beginning to see the scope of the vacuum that Donald Trump has stepped into. If Republican leaders are turning their backs on him because of juvenile October Surprise comments that he's actually willing to apologize for, then the commitment to the cause amongst these leaders must have been growing hollow for some time.
I haven't failed to notice that Donald Trump doesn't paint by the numbers when it comes to his policy positions. But people are sick of normal. They're sick of losing jobs to foreign countries that don't have entitlement support, labor, environmental standards, and a commitment to defending global freedom. Because of his willingness to speak out against NAFTA and MFN, his riotous popularity amongst average working men should come as no surprise.
And yes, I'm aware there's a race divide - and rightfully so. Donald Trump is a bigot who faced lawsuits over his racist housing policies. He should apologize to black people as he apologized about his grotesque 2005 comments - in fact, he should apologize and actually live differently, rather than hiding behind the fact that other developers were sued as well.
It would be great to have a tough candidate who is right on the issues, popular, and with higher integrity than Trump. But the Republican farm team never produced such a candidate. I didn't see Jeb Bush or John Kasich out there loudly pushing for a better trade regime with Mexico, and daring to suggest that maybe allowing an unlimited influx of potential Islamic terrorists was a bad idea.
So consider me drowning in Kool-Aid, Mr. Stipanovich. I find it's bright red hue and thin sugary froth a delicious alternative to the toxic, burbling witch's brew concocted by those who can't see the good in America.
Sunday, October 2, 2016
OK America - Let's Have a Peace Dividend Here
Alright guys.
Part of being a real man is that I can admit when I was wrong.
And I was hilariously, grievously, and spectacularly wrong about Donald Trump.
Donald Trump is a wicked, bloviated gasbag with the mentality of a spoiled brat teenager.
He is a racist tax fraud liar who should not be elected dog catcher.
However. Bear with me here.
Hillary Clinton has committed felony crimes against America's national security.
You know where I'm going with this.
Lesser of two evils, guys.
My kids can't sue Donald Trump for racism, lies, and back taxes if they're blown to eternity by terrorists.
But I'm really, really sorry it's come to this.
I respect any vote that anyone makes in this election.
This is America - the greatest country in the history of the planet Earth.
We should come together as patriotic citizens and start to make things better. I can't believe our political process has produced these two maniacs.
I am going to pray about this.
If you're reading this, I love you. We are going to get through this together.
With praise to the Lord Almighty, who sent Christ to die and rise for our sins, to save mankind, and because of His eternal love, I pray for something better.
Amen.
Good night to all.
Soon, soon, soon, let's work on this.
Part of being a real man is that I can admit when I was wrong.
And I was hilariously, grievously, and spectacularly wrong about Donald Trump.
Donald Trump is a wicked, bloviated gasbag with the mentality of a spoiled brat teenager.
He is a racist tax fraud liar who should not be elected dog catcher.
However. Bear with me here.
Hillary Clinton has committed felony crimes against America's national security.
You know where I'm going with this.
Lesser of two evils, guys.
My kids can't sue Donald Trump for racism, lies, and back taxes if they're blown to eternity by terrorists.
But I'm really, really sorry it's come to this.
I respect any vote that anyone makes in this election.
This is America - the greatest country in the history of the planet Earth.
We should come together as patriotic citizens and start to make things better. I can't believe our political process has produced these two maniacs.
I am going to pray about this.
If you're reading this, I love you. We are going to get through this together.
With praise to the Lord Almighty, who sent Christ to die and rise for our sins, to save mankind, and because of His eternal love, I pray for something better.
Amen.
Good night to all.
Soon, soon, soon, let's work on this.
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