Even More Grateful Than I Normally Am

Despite periods of grumpiness and frustration, the reality is that I'm really quite grateful for my life and all the many blessings bestowed upon it.  And now with my daughter and her husband moving down here from Hellinois last month, things are really good in the grand scheme of things.  I'm content while still seeking ways to improve and enhance.  Contradictory?  No.  Not at all.  I'm grateful regardless because God really has been good to me personally.

This year, though, the last election continues to compel what's commonly referred to as a "shit-eatin' grin". (How that expression ever came to be I have no idea, but I get what it means.)  But while I'm very, very thankful for Donald Trump being re-elected...finally getting the second term he earned by virtue of his very good first term, but of which he was clearly robbed...there's something even more about it which makes me thankful.  That would be that I can say "Trump won!"  

 I'm very thankful for that, because so many thought the possibility couldn't possibly be possible.  What doubts I had were the result of him being unjustly denied by election fraud in 2020.  And yes, People.  Election fraud occurred.  And because that happened, a totally incompetent and addled man was allowed to sit in the Big Chair and cause so much harm...harm his supporters, who became supporters of an even far more incompetent women, deny was the result of his incompetence and that of his administration. 

While I fear the defeated will not take their defeat like honorable people... because the Democrat Party has few, if any, honorable people among them...they won't be in a position to so easily cause so much harm for at least about four years.  I'm grateful for that for sure.  I'm grateful that a man who had proven he had the ability to improve upon the bad work of a predecessor already, will likely improve upon this buffoon's mess as well.

And I'm grateful I can say "Trump won and will be our 47th prsesident!" 

It's a wonderful feeling. 

Happy Thanksgiving to all, and don't save all your gratitude for this one day!  Give thanks to Him always!

A Note To Dan In The Event He Deleted It When Submitted Under His DEI Post

As I look to the links regarding the Bilkszto case, it becomes even more clear why you chose to take the position you did. The DEI bully, Ojo-Thompson, is just like you. Rather than deal with objections to her questionable and unsupported claims, she seeks to cancel...."delete" if you will...the response by Bilkszto to those questionable and unsupported claims. And just like you, she insists that he ignores what he knows to be true...because it is...in favor of "BVLTT!"...even while acknowledging the fact that racism and discrimination is still a problem which requires resolving.

But you prefer to attack this guy's sad and unfortunate response to his dilemma with your evil, condescending "fragile egos of white men" crap, as if the ego of a blog host who deletes for the slightest infraction is steel. His lawyer, in a released statement about his demise presented:

"On his retirement from full-time work in 2019, a superintendent from the TDSB wrote to Richard,

You have proven your excellence in equity, instruction, entrepreneurship, student engagement and breaking new ground for communities where chronic struggles, mental health and newcomer status often brought more frustration than success. You have been a leader amongst leader in changing their lives." (emboldened mine).

High praise indeed, and in many ways mirrors the self-congratulatory presentations of your own work and church-related service. I highlighted "mental health" because I'm aware that there are many who serve in mental health areas because of their own struggles in that regard. This man could be just such a person and why he responded to his woes as he did, if indeed they were the main reason he took his own life.

You ought to be ashamed of yourself for your fixation on this portion of my link and your foul exploitation of it and the man's suffering to promote your bullshit "white privilege" narrative. If I had respect left for you at all, which I didn't, it would now have been destroyed by this grace-embracing evil.

Not So Great Expectations

 While I believe it is highly probable that we'll see the incoming administration work toward a better America in ways the marxist/progressive/Democrat chuckleheads can't even conceive, and do so regardless of whether or not all attempts to do so will succeed, it's just as important to consider the opposite happening, or what I'm calling Shit Expectations.  We're seeing a great deal of it already, and an obvious shit expectation is that the leftists will step up their efforts to prove what low-life scumbags they truly are.   In no particular order...

---While I should have expected it, I'm saddened that our nation has any significant percentage of any location which would actually support a mentally disordered person enough to get that person elected.  Tim McBride was elected by the morons of Delaware to be their representative in the United States Congress.  He now goes by the name "Sarah" and dresses like a chick.  Nancy Mace, my congressman and a rep of whom I am no great fan, has pushed for rules denying access to female facilities on federal properties to men, even those who are so mentally unstable that they believe themselves female.  (The same would be held for women who pretend to be men.  Mace, in defending women's spaces, pretends she wasn't guilty of invading men's spaces by forcing her way into The Citadel Military College of South Carolina)

Also, regarding this heinous election outcome and Mace's response to it, it is easy to expect the disordered would respond as they always do...hatefully:

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/11/20/rep_nancy_mace_im_getting_death_threats_from_mentally_ill_men_over_a_mans_right_to_be_in_womens_lockeroom.html

---With the sadly belated re-election of Donald Trump...the best president we've had since Ronald Reagan..., we who pay attention can't help but expect nastiness from his "detractors" (a nice way of saying "hateful, lying assholes from the left and RINO classes).  The cries of "Hitlerism" and despotism have become elevated, and it's easy to find collections of video snippets warning America of the great dangers which will befall a nation already reeling from a trashed economy, border encroachments, high crime and an increasing probability of World War, possibly nuclear.  That was an easy expectation, given the childishness of the left in dealing with not getting what they want.  They insist the meanies they opposed are meanier than even they thought.

---Trump acting quickly to assemble his team is already seeing whiners and liars portraying his selections in whatever disparaging manner which comes to mind.  So many comments I've seen on social media, as well as those from leftist guests on leftist media, contend not a one of them are qualified for the positions for which Trump intends to nominate or appoint them.  But that's obviously true because none of them are "transsexual", cross-dressing, racist, anti-Semitic leftists.  Matt Gaetz has already bowed out due to the incessant bullshit about that which has already been determined to be bullshit.  The worst part is that RINO John Cornyn was involved with dredging up this non-issue to obstruct the appointment of a guy who actually acts on behalf of America.  A similar attempt is in the works to deny Pete Hegseth the position of heading up the Department of Defense, currently run so poorly by Lloyd Austin.  Anyone who wants to argue against Trump's picks for the various positions, needs to at some point demonstrate how any of Biden's picks for those same posts were actually better than any of Trump's.  An easier argument would be in describing Biden's picks as being a bunch of clowns picked by a clown and then approved by clowns in the Senate.

---Another expectation now being manifested is the push by Dems and other leftist clowns to force their agenda to the greatest extent possible while Biden is still somewhere in office.  Certain governors and mayors are doing what they can to block Trump efforts at deporting illegal invaders by legislating their sanctuary status and other means to confound attempts by Tom Homan to send illegals packing.  Talk about anti-American traitors!  All federal funding to states or municipalities run by scumbags putting illegals over their fellow citizens should be cut, regardless of what the purpose of the funds.  That way, the citizens of these states and cities will be forced to decide if they wish to continue having these bastards governing in their names.  They are blatantly ignoring their sworn oaths of office by ignoring federal laws which are mandated by the US Constitution.  In Florida, Ron DeSantis fired a DA for failing to do his job, ignoring state law in the performance of his duties.  This was DeSantis abiding his oath of office, and we have Brian Kemp so far not doing the same with a judge who refuses to sentence an asshole gang-banger from Venezuela who brutally raped and murdered an American student.  It's my understanding that the DA made special prosecutor in that case is an opponent of capital punishment and refuses to sentence anyone eligible under Georgia law.  Thus, she is flaunting the law.  They hypocrisy of this hag is outrageous, as she dares suggest calling for this just sentence for this scumbag is somehow politically motivated.  What's more, she's stated a willingness to but illegals slack due to "circumstances" which are absolutely the result of their illegal entry.  She should be gone immediately and her law license revoked.

 Also, we're seeing Biden give the A-OK to Zalensky to use ballistic missiles capable of reaching inside Russia.  This totally provokes a response by Putin, which as I understand it, has already happened.  So not only was this worthless piece of Trabue complicit in this conflict becoming a battle in the first place, he now seeks to escalate it before his term is over.  I expect that Biden will do more stupid things before he's done.

---I expected, and have seen, some lefties pretending they hope for unity...the same assholes who have worked so hard to divide us.  The slimy Chuck Schumer has dared to "council" Trump not to do to Trump's antagonists (Schumer and the rest of the Trump-hating left and RINOs) what they have done to him.  But the difference, of course, is that their persecution of Trump was on "trumped" up charges, and in their persecution they have acted criminally, such that there is likely much for which so many of them can legitimately be held criminally liable.  Some good people believe that Trump should not bother with "revenge"...though I submit it's not revenge, but legit justice...but he's in an excellent position to let the legal system run it's course should he get his people installed.  And Marjorie Taylor Greene had a great idea should they continue with their plan to release files concerning accusations against Matt Gaetz.  And while she speaks of RINOs involved, I don't think it's exclusive to them:

 

For my Republican colleagues in the House and Senate,

If we are going to release ethics reports and rip apart our own that Trump has appointed, then put it ALL out there for the American people to see.

Yes..

all the ethics reports and claims including the one I filed

all your sexual harassment and assault claims that were secretly settled paying off victims with tax payer money

the entire Jeffrey Epstein files, tapes, recordings, witness interviews

but not just those, there’s more, Epstein wasn’t/isn’t the only asset

If we’re going to dance, let’s all dance in the sunlight.

I’ll make sure we do. 

 ---To finish, I expect there will be more attempts on the life of Donald Trump.  What better way to stop him from proving himself the superior leader of the free world than all these leftist asshats they'd prefer!  They won't stop interfering, obstructing by whatever means comes to their evil minds.  And yet, to this day, I've still heard no one provide an example of how anyone has been negatively impacted by a Trump policy.  Not!  ONE!  (And I request examples constantly.)  Yet those who have it out for this guy have enacted so many policies which have had clear and unmistakably harmful consequences.  I expect nothing better from them because there's no basis for thinking well of them.

Great Expectations

 In a recent thread regarding the incoming administration of our 47th president of these here United States of America, Craig asked a good question about what to expect.  I've been trying to give it some thought, but I'm not sure I can answer it quite in the way he expected it might be answered.  I'll begin with Craig's own words in italicized quotes:

"Now that Trump has won, and won convincingly can we talk about expectations?"

A most reasonable endeavor.

"Given the fact that it sounds like He's much more prepared and in control of his transition process, and that he's assembled a good group of people to advise him, is it unreasonable to have high expectations for at least the first 2 years of his administration?"

 Don't know how we can measure "high" in this context.  I would say that it's enough to simply deal with whatever expectations we might have.  In doing so, I will likely regard some as "high" expectations relative to other expectations listed.

"What should the expectations be, given his previous experience, team, and promises?"  

I'll get to this later.

"I feel like he's set the expectations high and that failure to live up to those could be damaging both for his administration and for whoever the GOP nominee is in 2028."

 I disagree in that what he's set is not much different than what he set back in 2016...which is to Make America Great Again.  He got more detailed in what that means, such as to Make American Healthy Again, Strong Again, Safe Again...but I think that overriding goal of "Great Again" remains. 

"I want to be blown away by what happens early in his term, but want to balance that with being realistic."

 I was blown away in his first year after the 2016 election.  I fully expected him to be less than wonderful as president.  I'll be happy this time just seeing evidence he's working toward his overarching goal of Making American Great Again.  Based on what we know of  the guy, that's pretty much guaranteed.

"Given that you've been much more positive than I, what do you expect?" 

Well, I wasn't positive he was going to win, given the history and character of the Democrat Party.  But I was positive (and still am) that he's the better man for the job.  Indeed, far more true than it was in 2020.  So what do I expect?

(Note:  it's been about a week or so since I began this post.  Since then, much has happened.  With that in mind, what I "expectations" I now have are altered by what has happened in that time.  Just sayin'.)

To begin, I have to note that there's a fine line between what one expects, and for what one hopes to see happen.  Expectations are such as a parent expecting the child to behave, when indeed, the parent can't rightly expect the child will without the child having a history of good behavior.  Even then, a rational parent knows the best child will have his moments.  So the expectation is really a desire.  With that in mind, I can't at this point guaranteed which will better define my offering regarding what's to come.  I'm not Nostradamus, so there will always be more hope and desire than knowledge of what will be. 

In the general, however, I think I can easily state with extreme confidence that, as was the case in Trump's first term, he will indeed improve the state of the union in tangible, easily identifiable ways.  But that's low hanging fruit, because unlike the first time, the damage done by his predecessor is more obvious, more acute, more widely suffered and experienced.  It's almost impossible to believe he could possibly make things worse.  He's just not as stupid and incompetent as Biden or Harris.  He certainly proved himself more capable than Obama!

I expect that Trump will actually act to fulfill his campaign promises, though I can see one or two which were just add-ons he didn't need to propose, such as no taxes on overtime.  I see that as a really bad idea if we're going to continue taxing income.  I distinguish that from no taxes on tips, since I don't think tips are as much income as they are gifts.  I would say income is what one receives from one's employer, be that a restaurant owner or the party with whom an independent contractor has contracted to perform a service.  The employer works for the consumer.  The waitress works for the employer.  The consumer appreciates the service of the waitress and offers a gratuity.  It's a gift, as what one receives from family or friends on a special occasion, like a birthday or a holiday.  I hate that the feds think they can butt into such an arrangement as if they're entitled to a piece of the action.  But OT is between a employee and his employer and is just wages.  Salaried workers often have to work the same long hours and get nothing extra beyond the salary upon which the worker agreed in taking the gig.  And when one considers the massive hourly wage of the typical union worker, that's a lot of revenues we're losing during a time of massive national debt.  One could say the same regarding tips, but again, more like a gift from someone not one's employer. 

But I digress, as I may throughout what follows.

I expect that while Trump works to fulfill his campaign promises, he'll have more support from his administration.  Being more of a political neophyte the first time around, he's keen on not making the same hiring mistakes he made the first time.  At this point, we're already hearing of really good choices for his team.  A potential downside regards those who currently serving congressional terms.  I'm unclear if there's some standard for replacing someone who steps down to serve in a new president's administration.  Does the governor of the state represented by the congressman or senator scramble to have another elected by the people, or do they simply select someone to serve out the remaining portion of the person's term of office?  I've heard both.  If the former, it would suck for those coming from states with moron Dem governors.  If the latter, those blue states who are losing a GOP rep might replace that person with a Dem (though it seems less likely at the moment given how many battleground and blue states went for Trump).  In any case, most everyone I've heard selected by Trump are Trump supporters and likely to be on board with his vision of what's needed to MAGA. 

In the meantime, I expect that Dems will do everything they can to block the appointments where they have the ability to do so.  Matt Gaetz is clearly not a shoe-in.  Kevin McCarthy supporters will oppose him unless those supporters believe in the very real chance we have to make hay.  But I expect that Trump has second and third picks all lined up should obstruction be too tough to overcome for getting pick #1 put into place. 

We're already seeing Dems in government and the lefty media criticizing Trump picks, and that was easy to expect as well.  They also don't like the Hegseth pick, though given the people they tolerated in the Biden administration, we can easily pass of their objections as not a matter of judging merit, but of hating Trump and pretending his picks are problematic.  In the case of Pete Hegseth, my initial reaction was, "Huh?"  But then I was reminded of his background.  The lunatic left is aghast at this choice.  In the meantime, Biden picked a four-star general who's done nothing but degrade military readiness, pretending that recruiting fruits and nuts makes us a better fighting force.  How this asshat Lloyd Austin rose to the lofty height he did is beyond me.  Hegseth is smart and honest enough to know that women in combat roles does not make our military a better fighting force.  He knows the "woke" crap degrades us rather than makes us a feared military.  He knows our enemies aren't playing these stupid games.  To be sure, I believe all women who enlist should be trained for combat.  But to put them out there without a dire need to do so is suicidal (though with recruiting down due to leftist crap, we could be forgiven for regarding times as "dire" right now!).  In an article objecting to the concept of women in combat, Andrea Widburg provides a glimpse into the potential problems of women in combat.  Pay close attention to the excerpt from Ryan Smith's WSJ op-ed:

https://www.bookwormroom.com/2013/01/24/peeing-and-periods-straight-talk-about-women-in-the-front-line/

I would hope Hegseth will initiate a review of homosexuals in the military as well, since the reality is that it mimics the same sexual tensions of male/female situations.

Beyond that, I recall a story I read regarding military exercises pitting co-ed units competing against all male units.  I don't recall if it mentioned all female units.  What I do recall is that no co-ed unit fared as well as the all males units.  This was unsurprising to me.  Another story I read was from a female general who related the toll her combat training took on her female body...problems no man suffered as a result of the same training. 

So that's one area where I expect Trump selections will be opposed...and only for the fact that Trump proposed the people he did.

I expect Trump will extend...if he can't make permanent...his fantastic 2017 tax cuts. 

I expect Trump will seek to further reduce the number of unnecessary regulations which impede the ability of the private sector to thrive.

I expect Trump will restore his immigration policies which were totally f'd up by Biden.  His selection of Tom Homan as border czar is obvious in its brilliance.  Homan...steeped in the world of border issues...is the most obvious choice.  His duties will include both northern AND southern border security, as well as all areas of shoreline and I doubt we'll see too many Chinese "weather" balloons sailing across our borders at any point during the next four years.   This guy's the real deal and he'll do everything he can to implement border security policies. 

I expect we'll see peace between Ukraine and Russia.  Trump will negotiate (or broker) some agreement between the two nations and Zalensky would be compelled to go along knowing Trump's not going to shower money and arms without accountability, if he provides any at all.  Putin would have to pump the brakes on his own desires given the fact that Trump's energy policies will result in less funding from oil sales to carry on any annexation by force.  Given how close the two sides were to an agreement/treaty before Biden and Boris Johnson stuck their noses in it to appear tough against Putin, I don't see that it will be as hard as some might think.  But there's more hope in this expectation than in the others above.

I expect similar achievements between Israel and their enemies, and it's been said that certain concessions are now being sought by the offending parties of the extremist savages of the muslim world.   Obama and Biden made Oct 7 possible and the assholes know that Trump ain't like those two incompetents. 

I expect that the obstruction by Dems and other Trump haters will be greater than they were during his first term, but without the advantages they had over Trump during his first term given his inexperience in that world.  We'll see more lies and projections of evil upon him, as they have already predicted that should he be elected, he will never give up power after his term ends.  This crap ain't going away any time soon and despite having their collective asses kicked, they'll be needing ongoing beatings in decreasing support.  Trump doing what Trump does should make that a reality. 

Thus, I expect that in the end, the nation will be primed for more of the same, and a J.D. Vance or a Ron DeSantis will be our 48th president.

That's as far as I need to go at the moment.  I may have a part two depending on what comes to mind. 

To God Be The Glory!

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUO94UjQrV4&si=26josVqzps6SWsAD

There are plenty of examples of leftist idiocy with regard to the righteous electoral victory of Donald J. Trump over the hapless Kamala Harris.  The late night "comedy" hosts have been exposed for the dumb asses they are, with Jimmy Kimmel actually crying, as if all is lost by the election of a competent individual with a proven track record of effectiveness.  These people are morons.  Plainly and simply, morons.

But this post is about how it all came to be, and while some will point to the incompetence of Harris, her word salads, her unwillingness to reveal her policy proposals until late in the game and a host of other examples of her dimwittedness, the real reason for the outcome of this election goes back a ways.  It all began with Donald Trump riding down that escalator in 2015 to announce his candidacy for president.  At that time it all seemed to be a joke...this dude couldn't possibly be seriously believing he could win the presidency.  That could have been the case at that time, but he was what many had requested...that we get a non-politician with business experience to run the country as a business.  And lo to the great surprise to most of us, he won.

From that point on, the game was afoot.  How to remove this upstart, this insult, from his position as leader of the free world.  The left in Congress spent the entirety of Trump's first term not working for the benefit of those who elected them to office, but to rid themselves...THEMSELVES...of Donald Trump who, despite his misunderstanding of what he was in for, sought to improve our lot.  In doing so, he confounded their plans...mostly the plans of the vile Democrat Party, but also of RINOs who weren't much better. 

They employed all the usual accusations upon which they've relied to confound any previous GOP president, and then as if on steroids, stepped up those efforts to include bullshit impeachment trials and anything they could invent to impede his ability to serve the people as he intended. 

Then came the fraud of 2020, when somehow, against all previous precedent, a total incompetent, with nothing significant to show for his almost fifty years in the federal government service, and while hiding out in his basement, miraculously received an alleged 81 million votes against Trump, who himself achieved an unheard of amount of votes for actually having served the nation in a manner few have before him, and certainly in a manner unlike the empty suit who preceded him.  It HAD to be fraud, but the lying left ran with it and attacked anyone who dared question it.

And what became of us during that time?  Disaster after disaster.  Joe Biden proved his unworthiness far beyond the expectation of any of us who were actually paying attention.  By every measure he was crap served hot and runny.  Not only did he suck when he was younger, but now in his old age he was a complete train wreck of a United States president, and all because assholes pretended Trump was a threat to anyone.  

So Trump thew his hat back into the ring despite every attempt to have him jailed or at least ruled ineligible to hold public office.  He got past the primary and went head to empty head against Biden in a debate and Biden's true degree of degradation was made plain to all the world to see.  Whatever could the Jackass Party do? 

It came to pass that they threatened Biden to force him to step down from running for a second term, so confident were they that old Joe had beclowned himself beyond repair.  But old Joe had just enough vindictiveness to announce that this box-checked selection for VP, Kamala Harris, would run in place of him, and he did so before they could make their own move.  Now the Party was stuck with this moron who was more moronic than Joe himself and they pretended that primary votes for Joe were no different than primary votes for the dumb bitch with whom they were now stuck, and they pretended she was actually a viable candidate to represent the Party. 

She wasn't a viable candidate for VP, and was chosen because of her sex and race alone.  She had no track record of achievement and her actual history as Senator, California AG and DA was abysmal beyond tolerance (which is fine for California assholes)... indeed as Biden was a hedge to protect the incompetence of Obama, so too was Harris such a hedge against removing Biden prematurely. 

So now Harris is the Dem candidate, though no one of the electorate chose her.  She was forced upon the stupid and the stupid went along with the sad attempt to promote her as the better choice for president over the proven commodity, Donald J. Trump.  But her candidacy resulted in more facts about her inadequacy, her incompetence and her vile character as a "public servant".  With each revelation, she was exposed for what she is...and that's something only a dishonest and immoral lefty or fake Christian could assert was worthy of support.  

In short, and because I'm tired of going on with more detail which should be well known by every honest and honorable person, she was forced upon the leftists of America, was exposed (as if any honest and honorable person needed any more convincing) as unworthy...and of course was a part of all the suffering endured by American since January of 2021...and the nation said, "NO FUCKING WAY!"  

There is the remote possibility that a different candidate might have made this outcome different.  But the Dems painted themselves in a corner by getting Biden elected in the first place, and allowing him to choose this dumb bitch to be his running mate, and then not thinking of how to rid themselves of this senile fool early enough to replace him with someone of substance and ability...assuming such a person actually exists in the Democrat Party these days.  

My wife disagrees with me when I say that this race should never have been this close.  She believes that the results indicate something close to, if not actually, a landslide victory.  A decisive one at least.  But I insist that there should never have been any anxiety at all as to the outcome.  Certainly it was crystal clear to me who of the two should have won.  But that was as true this time as last and yet we saw how it turned out the last time.  Harris failed to meet most, if any, of the numbers dumbass Biden achieved in 2020.  Trump raised his support in pretty much every demographic group.  Yet I see it as still far too tight a race than it should have been given his superior record as president versus her connection to the disaster of the last four years and her own record as a public servant her entire career.  

Harris deserved to lose because she was wholly unworthy of the office of VP, much less POTUS.  Trump deserved to win in 2020 because of he demonstrated what a leader looks like and thus to be worthy now over that unworthy waste goes without saying.  

The left is as apoplectic now as they were in 2016.  Fuck 'em.  They're what's wrong with the United States.  I am grateful enough of them jumped ship to deny Harris and allow us a man who actually cares for America and its people, despite the bullshit claim by the left that he only cares for himself.  More projection from the asshole portion of our society. 

I give thanks to God Almighty for sparing us another four years of suffering, though we're probably deserving of it.  Let us not waste this opportunity to overwhelm leftism with truth and honor and character. 

If True, Should We Be Surprised? Uh...No.

 This is interesting:

https://amgreatness.com/2024/11/02/social-media-influencers-say-they-were-offered-big-bucks-to-promote-harris-on-their-platforms/

Given the biggest crowds Harris could muster included entertainers, where the crowds thinned when the entertainers left for failed to entertain at all, paying for support doesn't seem at all far-fetched.  

There's always quid pro quo in politics, and more specifically, in political campaigns.  There's the proper kind, which is "I promise to work toward XYZ" and the people who really hope to have XYZ vote for the candidate.  Those who really want to be free to kill their babies in utero flock to Harris because Harris promises she'll protect that heinous "freedom" on their behalf.  Those who really want to see crime reduced, prices of groceries reduced, illegal invasions reduced flock to Trump because Trump intends to see those reduction happen.  Quid pro quo.  

But paying people to pretend to like you?  That's not cricket.  It's lying.  It's what the left does.  They've always been the most dangerous of liars and they ain't about to change anytime soon.  They have no beneficial policy proposals and no track record of beneficial provision.  Lying is all they have.  That and all the social decay they support.

Decent people who are aware, informed and intelligent don't vote Democrat.

If You Love America And Your Family, Vote For Trump On Tuesday

So it's late, and I've suffered an incredibly embarrassing performance by the Chicago Bears.  Thus, I turn my attention from that to the election.  In doing so I reiterate an unassailable truth regarding the choice between the proven commodities Trump and Harris.  The former has proven himself effective in getting things done on behalf of the American people in general...without regard to who they are, what they are or any of that divisive crap so important to the Democrat party.  The latter has proven herself to be totally worthless, in her current position because of her sex and skin color, but with only her boasting to commend her, not anything of substance.  In short, she's an empty pantsuit.  So...how do we account for whatever amount of support she has?  There are only three possibilities:

1.  Ignorance.  There's no excuse for this.  Too many speak of her as a good choice and couldn't give an intelligent reason if you put a gun to their heads.  They have no idea because they never take the time to pay attention or do anything akin to due diligence. 

2.  Stupidity.  This is different because these people know what she's all about and think it will result in better days over what we've suffered since Trump was illegitimately denied his well deserved second term in 2020.  Only stupid people could think so.

3.  Abject evil liars.  They know the agenda of the Democrat Party is destructive to this nation and are down with it. 

We could say there's a fourth category, which is some combo of at least two of the above. 

The fact of the matter is that there is simply no justifiable reason to support Harris over Trump.  I don't give a flying rat's ass if one thinks Trump is the scummiest of scumbags.  To choose not to vote for him at this point in American history is to indict one's self as an enemy of the nation.   It's really that.  I've provided lists of both Biden's and Harris' failures as both human beings and politicians and to pretend Trump is worse requires ignorance, stupidity or dishonesty of epic proportions. 

With only today and tomorrow left, if anyone reading this hasn't voted yet, get your ass to the polls and vote for Trump or you will indict yourself as anti-American and one with a blatant disregard for your loved ones.  Go ahead.  Try to argue against this fact.  I salivate at the prospect. 

How Can Anyone Say No To This?

This is a case for voting GOP, if by chance anyone has failed to do so as yet.

https://townhall.com/columnists/waynegrudem/2024/10/27/20-reasons-to-vote-for-republicans-and-especially-for-donald-trump-n2646824

I can't see how anyone can vote against these realities simply because the nominee is Donald Trump, who for the most part supports these types of policies. 

Like most who have or will vote for Trump, I have a few things of his I oppose:

1.  Eliminating income tax on tips and overtime.

2.  Support for IVF.

3.  Elimination of the GOP's previously full-throated opposition to abortion and respect for human life      when it begins, as it always does, at conception.

The first item is likely to have minimal effect on the economy, though it will unfairly help a few people and not a lot of others (as such a degree of unequal application of tax law).  Points 2 and 3 are connected and could easily have been one point. 

But overall, there's no comparison between how much more beneficial Republican...that is, conservative Republican...policy is over the claptrap that is the Democrat Party policies.  And as indicated in the previous post, if one can't clearly and intelligently explain why that's not true, please don't vote.  Such a person has no idea of the harm they're inviting by supporting the Democrat Party.

Oh, For Pete's Sake!

In 1 Peter 3:15 (NIV) we're told, "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have."  A good plan.  It not only results in a stronger faith, but deflects from accusations of having only "blind" faith.  How nice it would be if more people did the same with regard their politics!

The concept is rather a public service as I see it.  If someone wants to know why I believe in "the Flying Spaghetti Monster", a solid argument for the existence of God and the truth claims of the Christian faith could turn the the life of the questioner around for his eternal benefit.  Politically, it can turn someone who supports one party to support other, or from support or opposition to a policy proposal to the opposite position>

Sadly, the reality on the political scene is that it is harder to turn someone from the dark side despite that more often than not, clear and unassailable evidence is easy to view, digest and, if clear and unassailable evidence to the contrary actually exists, debunk.  But that would require both sides being equally willing to enter into discussion with an open mind to all facts one or both can bring to bear. 

So while the faith can be difficult to impart to others and politics less so, easier still is the argument between the two candidates on the ballot (Trump and Harris...there is no other with any hope of winning).  And in this election, it should be really easy if there was indeed a logical, intelligent answer to give for rejecting Trump in favor of Harris...or simply just rejecting Trump in favor of no one or someone with no chance to win, which not only is a total waste, but is not a "statement" anyone hears...so it's a waste at best.

So anyway, as I stated in an earlier post, there's two ways to argue for one's choice:  by either focusing one the positives of one's candidate, or on the negatives of the other guy.  And since the Trump-haters and other leftists can't speak well of their own, but only rip on Trump, I'm going to "give an answer" which focuses on some of Harris' many shortcomings (and I won't do the leftist thing and focus on things like her cackling and pantsuits and word salads...though the salad tossing is just another way she lies).  What follows is a link to a post about pro-lifers supporting Trump over Harris.  While it makes the case well that Harris is totally down with infanticide, it also lists on atrocities for which Harris/Biden are responsible to a great degree:

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/10/why_i_a_staunch_pro_lifer_staunchly_support_trump_and_why_you_should_too.html

From the link comes these additional points regarding the character of the person leftists are choosing as the better choice. 

  --The misguided COVID lockdowns, instituted almost entirely by Democrats, resulted in 100,000 excess deaths a year in 2020 and ’21 alone, a 2022 study found.

 --Fentanyl deaths have increased during the Biden-Harris administration, numbering 250,000 during their tenure. And while their opening of the southern border isn’t entirely to blame, it certainly exacerbates the problem.

--Criminality-facilitating Democrat prosecutors, and the miscreant aliens the administration has allowed into our country, are responsible for much increased murder and mayhem.

--The disastrous Biden-Harris Afghanistan withdrawal resulted in at least 200 deaths, according to the left-wing Washington Post. 

--Euphemistically and incorrectly termed “child gender transitioning,” entirely the handiwork of liberal Democrats such as Harris, results in irreparable damage to young bodies. It will assuredly lead to greater mortality, too, as there are strong indications that those undergoing sexual-distortion surgeries have higher suicide rates.

--Harris and her chicken-hawk, warmonger co-ideologists have been inching us closer to nuclear war with Russia. How this imperils life, on a massive scale, is obvious.

All of the above constitute just a small fraction of the many examples of harm inflicted upon the people of this nation by Harris and Biden.  The following link, which I think I posted at least once already, contains a lengthy interview with someone who worked in the legal profession in California during the time Harris references as her "tough prosecutor" past.

 https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/10/must_watch_video_kamala_harris_s_sordid_past_from_her_old_associate_harmeet_dhillon_as_told_to_tucker_carlson.html

And when we go through policy proposals for a Harris administration that she actually chose to reveal to the public, it's exceedingly difficult to argue just how Trump would be an actual problem for America, especially with his first term already being head and shoulders better than both the Harris/Biden and Obama administrations. 

So, whether it be supporting Trump or opposing Harris, there's no disputing the fact that my arguments should compel an opponent to relent and come to the light.

But here's the problem.  There are two types of opponents.  The first is the Dan type, who constantly focuses on his hatred of Trump and his many inconsequential, superfluous and insignificant reasons he puts forth to rationalize and legitimize that hatred.  Most are like him, and when they pretend they're giving reasons why Harris is better, well...it's no better.  It's fluff and nonsense, platitudes and fantasy.  They won't point to any actual great thing she's done which justifies promoting her for being a checked box, affirmative action hire by an incompetent presidential candidate who is as stupid as those who voted for him. 

However, there's another type and I had a discussion with him just the other day.  This one hurts because he's a long time friend.  His method is to NOT give a reason, saying he doesn't have to explain himself.  He made an excuse regarding not destroying our friendship, which is insulting to me.  I already know he's a flaming lefty and it hasn't mattered to the strength of our friendship.  Frankly, this lame excuse does.  It suggests I would reject him because of his support, when it turns out that should I decide to reject him, it will be because he didn't have faith and respect enough for me to engage in this weighty and important discussion.  I don't know where I've ever given him cause to believe I'd bail on him.

But more importantly, what his refusal to engage says is one or both of two possibilities:

1.  He doesn't have a clue about either side of the equation, or

2.  He knows what he believes is indefensible and expressing that is self-indicting. 

Clearly, neither he nor Trabue knows or understands all of what either candidate will bring to the table.  That is, beyond the superficial. 

But I fear they actually believe that what the Dems and Harris intend and have been doing is somehow good for our country.  Yet they refuse to explain how we will benefit.  Thus, they could also feel they won't be negatively impacted personally. 

Most egregious, was a comment my friend made abusing the concept of personal responsibility.  I don't know if he meant what he said, but I fear he was trying to throw at me this concept in which I firmly believe.  It came up when I began speaking about the hardships suffered by so many due to the Harris/Biden "Bidenomics" policies, and how that will be exacerbated by the Harris/Walz policy proposals which again prove Dems don't understand economics.  

 Now, I'm all in on personal responsibility.  If you're struggling financially, how have you managed your spending and saving of your income?  What behavioral choices have you made without considering the potential consequences?  Walk through a bad neighborhood at night with cash hanging out of your pocket while you shout racial epithets the inhabitants of that neighborhood will find offensive, and none of them are justified in beating your ass.  But you are responsible for that beating to at least some degree.

Such is the case here.  While many responsible people make bad choices out of ignorance, and others simply by virtue of the fact they couldn't possibly have absolutely every angle covered, that doesn't excuse the economy destroying policies of the Democrats and worse, one's choice to vote for Democrats in light of their historic failures to truly improve the economy...or the border...or the legal/judicial system...or the military...or the culture.  In short, there's pretty much nothing the Democrat Party has improved in the last 16 years and lots of human suffering.  In that period, Trump and a select few in Congress (as well as several governors, like DeSantis and Abbott) has stood as a bulwark against what would surely be an even worse climate than it is now.  And yet, those like Trabue and my friend continue to support this party without anything akin to logical, reasoned and fact-based argument. 

Thus, it seems clear to me that in light of this sad reality, these are people...and arguably those like my friend more than truly corrupt and perverse people like Dan...should stay the hell away from a voting booth and treat all ballots like a highly contagious disease.  If one cannot "give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the" support you continue to give to such an anti-American party...which if legitimate may enlighten and improve the understanding of the person asking so that that person might be "saved" from voting poorly, it's clear they have no business voting at all.  To lay out an argument against the argument in opposition might result in no change in attitude by either side, but we'll never know, will we, if one side refuses to proudly and boldly defend what such a person regards as the truth.  No one can make the truth disappear, so what's the fear of engaging?  I just don't get it. 

It's Obvious!

I voted today.  For which presidential candidate do you think I cast my vote?   Go ahead!  Take a guess!

With talk of people crossing lines to vote for "the other guy", things seem extraordinarily clear: 

1.  Trump supporters are rabid, fervid in their support based on his good work as president the first time around, which contrasts easily with the Dem moron illegitimately enthroned in his place.

2.  Harris supporters aren't really supporters at all (unless they're radical feminist extremists and marxists), but rather are Trump-haters without having legit reason to be. 

3.  Typical Dem voters are crossing over to vote for Trump, because of his good work as president the first time around, contrasted with the shit show we've been forced to endure since Nov 2020 when the election was stolen from the deserving candidate.

4.  Typical Republican voters who are crossing over to vote for Harris are doing so because they're not truly conservatives who put the nation over party and personality.

No one in their right mind wants Harris as president.  To hate Trump so much as to allow her to win indicates a serious and shameful disregard for the welfare of one's fellow countrymen, and more so than when they allowed Biden to win.  Democrat or Republican, leftist or conservative, Christian or otherwise, one who rejects Trump for Harris has little true regard for their children and other loved ones, nor for the United States of America.  The records and histories of both candidates bear this out completely.  Here, I'm going to focus on the true horror, the true threat to the nation which manifests in the Harris and the party who forced her on their own voters.

I begin with two pieces speaking to Dems who've rejected their party.  The first comes from (as of this writing) Craig's most recent blog post:

http://jsmmds.blogspot.com/2024/10/who-would-have-thought-that-prro-trump.html

The next is from ZeroHedge by way of the really scary AmericanThinker blog:

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/i-cant-stand-donald-trump-viral-x-post-all-you-need-know-ahead-election-day

So there's two people with an extremely detailed list of why they're done with the party they always supported...at least for this election.  (The last example of respondents to the second piece provided at the end makes a great point.  If anyone's name but Trump's was attached to the list, no one would fail to accept it as a strong argument for whomever is named instead.  It reminded me of a guy asking people what they thought of Obama policy proposals prior to his first term.  They were all very keen on them.  Then the interviewer told them he made a mistake, that he was providing them with McCain proposals.  Lefties are like that.)

This last one is especially good.  It's an interview of Harmeet Dhillon by Tucker Carlson.  It goes about two hours, but doesn't feel like it.  It's presented in an article by Monica Showalter for AmericanThinker and is well worthy taking the time...ESPECIALLY if one intends to vote for Harris while claiming to care for their children and country.  You can access the interview through Monica's article and not even have to read the whole thing if AT makes you break out in hives.

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/10/must_watch_video_kamala_harris_s_sordid_past_from_her_old_associate_harmeet_dhillon_as_told_to_tucker_carlson.html

I've seen some other articles where those who have experience working with Harris provide similar poor reviews of her as a lawyer and a person, and we know how worthless she was as a US Senator (making her very Obama-like) and VP.  Add to all this the many goofy-ass things she says she intends to do as president and one would have to truly hate their children to not do all in their power to prevent her ascendancy to an office of which she had no business holding.  Dumbass Dan continues to insist Trump is "unfit" for the presidency.  He's already proven Dan to be that Dumbass he is.  In the meantime, he lauded both Biden and Harris as better choices, confirming just what a dumbass he is. 

OH!....Did you guess for whom I voted?

He Ain't The Worst In Many Ways

I can multi-task.  One common example is when I read articles on the internet, while playing games on my phone while exercising.  I'm doing it now.  Well...except instead of exercising, I'm drinking Port.  And now, I'm also typing this here blog article, so I'm really outdoing myself! 

OK.   So I can't really read and article while typing my own.  Sue me.  But I'm gonna be talking about the article itself.

It seems I went astray at another blog when I dared expressed my opinion about voting.  I won't get into the weeds on that score, but it's happened at a couple of them.  I can't alter my position because it's the best one.  I'll just leave it at that.

Along the way, there were comments referencing Donald Trump which were less than laudatory.  Some weren't even true.  But while there have always been legit reasons for criticizing the guy, too often those criticisms are a bit too much, and more often than not, irrelevant to question of whether or not he's well deserving of our vote in the upcoming general election.  OR, they're insignificant. 

In any case, I found this article (https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/10/kamala_s_long_history_of_lousy_leadership_is_revealed_in_a_2002_evaluation.html) noteworthy.  I found it so not because of it's exposure of Kamala Harris as a total piece of shit, but for something else I had seen before and upon which I intended to post for public consumption.  It goes like this:

In a new report by the watchdog group Open the Books, researchers quantified her human resources problem. They discovered a 92% staff turnover through payroll records.

[snip]

High turnover in the White House isn’t new, but Ms. Harris’ numbers are higher than others.

In the same time span, President Trump experienced a 72% turnover and President Biden had a 77% turnover.

Vice President Mike Pence hired 29 employees during his first year in the Trump administration, and five remained on staff after three years, indicating an 83% turnover rate.

Ms. Harris hired 49 staffers and retained only four three years later.  

Many have often cited Trump's admin turnover rate.  But it seems he's not among the worst, and even the poor, unfairly derided Mike Pence (The Spineless) couldn't keep his peeps on board. 

So the interesting thing for me about this piece is that it stands as another example of the double-standard Trump must endure.  He's been rejected because of adultery and womanizing (prior to his presidency), yet Biden "courted" "Dr." Jill while she was still married, and Kamala Harris got "a leg up" by sleeping with a married man.  Trump's accused of sexual abuse and all such tales are believed without trial (or after an unethical civil trial) and Biden's assault on Tara Reade has never been investigated, nor has Obama's homosexual affair with his coke dealer. 

Now, this piece exposes another double standard regarding "revolving doors" of the Trump administration, which it seems wasn't the worst, even compared to the saintly Mike Pence.  There's no details in the article speaking to why staff left any of these people, except for Harris, who is the subject of the piece.  We also don't know how many people those percentages represent.  That matters. 

But we do see again that way too many people are eager and willing to castigate Trump and will do so at the drop of a hat.  I'm often accused of being in the bag for Trump.  While I do support him for president, believed with damned good reason he was the most qualified for the position versus any of his primary opponents, I'm not so much in the bag as I am how much others who criticize him are just the opposite, and often without just cause. 

I believe that Trump gets the heat he does, particularly after his great first term, is because those who attacked him in the beginning don't have the integrity and honor to acknowledge his good work and it kicks their asses knowing that he wasn't the failure they knew he would be.  He made them eat crow and now they're pissed they were forced to choke it down. 

These stats are just another taste of it.

A Sad Anniversary

 Just a quick note.  

A year ago today, barbaric assholes invaded Israel and murdered, raped and butchered Israelis, celebrating along the way.  Since that time, Bibi Netanyahu has been directing his IDF to destroy the Hamas scumbag organization totally, and now also faces more direct Iranian assaults for fighting off their proxy asshole Hezb'allah army in the north.  (I'm still loving the pager and walkie-talkie attack.  What a stroke of genius!) 

Also since that time, progressive dumbf**ks have wasted no time defending the bastards who continue to seek Israel's annihilation, with university protests by pro-Hamas morons, likely paid for by America-haters like George Soros, or even by elements of the Iranian government.   (I don't care who's been paying them.)  Progressive idiots pretend Israel is responsible for the deaths of "civilians" in Gaza, when it's been the Gazans who are complicit in the attack on Israel.  They'll be saying the same thing when civilians die wherever they stand by the islamic assholes as they continue their satanic assaults. 

And of course, one particular progressive asshole has come around these here blogs to pretend Israel targets civilians.  Progressives like to lie.

Then of course, there's both Biden and Harris...Harris in particular since morons think we'd be better off with her as president than the one guy who's done the most good over the last several administrative terms...who pretend they give a flying rat's ass about Jews while campaigning, while at the same time being very careful not to piss off the muslims in this country, as if their opinions are worth a damn so long as they do next to nothing to push back against islamic...not "extremism", but normalcy. 

Now, there remains something like 100 hostages the Gazans MoFos continue to imprison and abuse.  There's little proof they're all still alive, but whatever, right asshole progressives?  Biden and Harris couldn't care less.  They're too busy pretending Netanyahu is the problem, in the same stupid and lying way they pretend Trump's a problem.  They're only problems for the left, not for intelligent, honest and rational human beings.  

How sad there are so few of them in the world and in this nation where the race continues to be regarded as "close".  How can a race involving two of such starkly obvious difference in abilities be "close"? 

Right now, as so many Americans are suffering after Hurricane Helene...and some of them will be facing this new Hurricane Milton while still digging  out...the party which hasn't done jack shit for a variety of disasters which have befallen us, and which doesn't do shit to support our best ally in the Middle East has little to say about this anniversary that isn't but token sentiment lacking sincerity.  Were it not for Harris/Biden, Hamas would be no more today.  It's that simple.  Morons don't care.  They'll vote for Harris/Walz anyway, because that's what morons do.

As If There's Not Good Reason Enough...

The Hurricane Helene disaster is described a "Biblical" in it's destruction.  Sometimes hyperbole is appropriate.  In the 2.5 years I've been in SC, this is the second which passed me by.  As large and powerful as this storm was, we experienced less wind and rain than we did the last one.  But this one also proves that there really is no place one is 100% safe from some form of natural catastrophe.  For example, in my home state, there are two major fault lines which run through it:  the New Madrid Seismic Zone and the Wabash Valley Seismic Zone.  There was a rumbling within the last ten or so years I lived there, and it was just enough to remind folks those fault lines existed.  Naturally, many experts say it's just a matter of time before a good rocker takes place. 

And we see that with this storm.  While card-carrying dumbasses and liars...like our current pretend Commander-In-Chief, Joe Biden...pretend this storm validates their bullshit climate change alarmism, the historical record clearly contradicts that crap.  Asheville, NC, which was hit especially hard, experienced something similar in 1916 (I read there were two that year, but don't hold me to it).  This is a place now referred to as a place people moved to for a "safe" place from catastrophic weather events, but alas, they were hit because of climate change.  The rank exploitation of human suffering couldn't be more blatant here. 

But worse than that is the obvious problem of disinterest by this administration.  It's not the first time, obviously.  We saw the incompetence with the Lahaina conflagration.  We saw it with East Palestine chemical spill.  Now we're seeing it with this storm which smacked the crap out areas of four states.  Appalachian areas, where no one would have suspected hurricanes could be a threat are severely cut off from rescue and communication. 

And where's this Harris/Biden administration?  Pretending they're doing all they can.  That would be a bit more credible if they, say, stopped spending our money on illegals and other nonsensical crap and diverted it to Americans so devastatingly in need.  Instead, these compassionate assholes went the distance and upped the aid package from $700 (Lahaina) a the staggering $750.   Meanwhile, Kamala's keen on making us pay for sex change operations for illegals in custody, for lawyers to fight deportation of illegals, for more border patrol personnel to get more illegals processed after illegally crossing our border.  Tens, if not hundreds of billions have already been spent on aiding and abetting the invasion of our nation by illegals with no right to enter in the manner they've been allowed to enter. 

Yet for our own, we get lip service, a FEMA more concerned with "equity" than being prepared for disasters like this one.  We get a "president" on the beach and a VP presidential wanna-be fund raising in California...two things which couldn't be interrupted to deal with this tragic event.  (Oh, yeah...Joe was on the phone for a few hours "taking charge"!)  So while these asshole "dug deep" to come up with veritable chump change for Americans who have lost everything, the Harris/Biden jokers, on the same day that Helene hit, the Biden-Harris administration announced another eight billion dollars for Ukraine.  One report states that in 2024, these clowns have given:

- $24,400,000,000 to Ukraine. 

- $11,300,000,000 to Israel. 

- $1,950,000,000 to Ethiopia. 

 - $1,600,000,000 to Jordan. 

- $1,400,000,000 to Egypt. 

- $1,100,000,000 to Afghanistan. 

- $1,100,000,000 to Somalia. 

- $1,000,000,000 to Yemen. 

- $987,000,000 to Congo. 

- $896,000,000 to Syria. 

- $9,000 per illegal immigrant that has entered the U.S.

I've even heard that certain military units are doing nothing because they're still awaiting orders to help.  Fort Bragg has assisted in disaster relief many times, but they're motionless the last I heard. 

So while Kamala a week later finally has gone to Georgia for photo ops, and Joe has met with some state officials to insult those who don't buy into the bullshit climate change narrative, we see Trump's already answered the call...again...along with Franklin Graham's "Samaritan's Purse", Elon Musk with his Starlink installation (for free) and a host of private citizens utilizing their private small planes and helicopters, boats, trucks and other methods of helping, while the people suffering are wondering where the hell their federal government is.

There is simply no argument in favor of supporting Harris for president.  This display of incompetence and lack of compassion is beyond the pale, but it's just one more example in a very long line of examples. 

And I can't stop thinking of one particular asshole who dared suggested these two failures are more "fit" to serve as president than had been and still is Donald Trump.  How incredibly stupid does one have to be to ever believe something so demonstrably moronic?


<b>ASIDE FROM THAT:</b>

I sent my donation to Samaritan's Purse.  Clearly there are many places taking donations to render aid to the many victims of this tragic event, so pick one and give as much as you can.  Joe and Kamala aren't doing much of anything.

More On The Clownishness Of Pervert Dan Trabue

 I want to add a thing or two to the previous post, but as it's long enough as it is already, I decided to do so in a new post.  

As we saw last time, Dan wants to pretend there's something wrong with Trump/Vance mentioning Aidan Clark when referencing the abuse of power by the Harris/Biden administration (H/B Ad) which has led to tragedies like the death of this child, and any other children harmed when the illegal immigrant Haitian rammed the bus in which they were riding.  Dan thinks it's just awful that Trump/Vance ignored the partisan pleas of the partisan hack father of this child, who would likely not be getting his fifteen minutes of fame if it was Harris or Walz doing the same thing if the kid died as a result of Trump/Pence (or Vance, as the case may be) policies.  Dan, like this dude, pretends Trump/Vance mentioning the dead kid by name is a political stunt, despite their concern that this should never have happened and should never happen again.  It's a fair cop, given how many Americans have been killed because of illegal aliens allowed to be in the country.  These assholes dare suggest that Trump/Vance has no real concern for dead American kids, but are simply playing political games.  

 Well.  That's the kind of thing we expect of Democrats, as they do this a S.O.P.  As I reminded, they're off to the races anytime there's a shooting death, falsely asserting the bad behavior of the criminally minded which lead to shooting deaths would be impossible were it not for the GOP and conservatives in general defending our God-given right to defend our lives, the lives of our family and friends and our private property.  They'll scream, "TRAYVON MARTIN!  SAY HIS NAME!"  It's quite all right to exploit the dead when it furthers the Dem agenda.  It's just not OK when reminding people of the unnecessarily killed when it's intended to connect them to actual deadly policies of the left.  The right is trying to stop the deaths.  The left is trying to deny the rights of the people.    And to that end, an old video of Harris proudly insisting she'll force her way into the homes of gun owners to ensure compliance with nonsensical laws passed by assholes like her: 

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/09 old_footage_reveals_that_kamala_harris_intends_to_barge_into_our_homes_to_see_how_we_store_our_firearms.html

But as if that wasn't bad enough, not only does Dan and Nathan Clark spew vile crap about better people, but others in the Dem party do as well, such as asshole Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (D-Texas):

https://www.fairus.org/news/congress/angel-moms-detail-horrific-consequences-open-borders-congress

How galling to suffer the constant puke from "progressives" and other marxist lefties!  These rat bastards don't want the names of the dead remembered.  By extension, they'd prefer the dead weren't remembered and recognized at all.  It's a lot harder to "move on" from the consequences of fatally stupid policies if the dead are dismissed and ignored as they're trying to do in these situations.  

Worse, they truly don't give a flying rat's ass about the illegal aliens, because so many of them are victimized in so many ways as well.  Like Dan, they'll continue to pretend every damned one of them is an innocent person fleeing life-threatening oppression (until they're forced to alter the story toward "self-determination" and other bullshit excuses for forcing this crap upon an nation which hasn't consented to any of it.

I've done a couple of recent posts about why leftists/progressives/marxists/Democrats (all the same thing) shouldn't be involved in crafting immigration policy.  If only that was the only thing at which they totally suck.  Sadly, they suck at everything. 

Dan Beclowns Himself Yet Again!

What follows will be a comment Deviant Dan Trabue submitted for publication in the comment section under the post entitled "Biden Quits! ...And The Nation Is Spared! (?)", while waiting for Bubba to return to engage with him on points he isn't likely to present any solid basis, as he hasn't so far.  This comment isn't actually a part of that conversation, but is a response to me, wherein I called him on his usual bullshit regarding men far better than he (somewhere around comment #500).  I disallowed the comment, both because I wanted to do a post on his usual bullshit as manifested in the comment, and because...well...frankly because it's my blog and felt like it.  Since then, Dan the Perv (same guy) has submitted more off topic comments of the same kind, despite my instructions that he should cease and desist from doing so because of his typical lying. 

The comment will be edited, because I feel like it, but know that where I have done so (as indicated by my use of bold print within parentheses) it is to block his grace embracing hatred of Donald Trump, JD Vance or other center-right figures. 

In the meantime, know that his comments will otherwise be italicized and between quotation marks, whereas my responses won't be.  What you will find is one, some or all of the following:

1.  Dan has no real knowledge or understanding of the story on which he bloviates.

2.  Dan is merely parroting what his marxist overlords taught him to say and believe.

3.  Dan knows the truth but is lying.

4.  Dan's full of shit. 

So let's see what Deviant Dan Trabue the Pervert Extraordinaire has to say:

"As a point of fact: The IMMIGRANTS in Springfield, Ohio are here legally."

As a point of fact, Dan has no understanding of how most, if not all, of these (and so many other illegal aliens in other towns and cities in the United States) have come to be Springfield, OH.  It has been allowed without the standard protocols of American government.  In short, Harris/Biden abused their power and authority to circumvent laws and the intentions of policies related to immigration law:

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/09/no_ohio_haitians_are_not_legal.html

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/06/with_kamala_harris_doing_nothing_on_the_border_joe_biden_gets_out_his_pen_and_phone.html

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/09/how_biden_skirted_u_s_law_to_open_up_the_border.html

https://www.fairus.org/new-fair-report-examines-unprecedented-abuse-parole-biden-administration

https://www.fairus.org/biden-harris-parole-program-halted-fair-exposes-massive-fraud

https://www.fairus.org/biden-administrations-parole-abuse-amounts-parallel-immigration-system
 

"As a point of fact: The" (man who was one of our greatest presidents ever and his wonderfully intelligent and capable running mate) "are attacking and endangering these good people with their lies about "eating pets." It's dangerous what they're doing and not just for the Haitians."

As a point of fact, Dan has absolutely no knowledge about the situation in Springfield, OH, except what his beloved marxist minions of the leftist press tell him.  Dan has absolutely no idea if the Haitians there are remotely akin to "good people", even by Dan's criteria.  Given all the many and varied reports of the goings on there, Dan's again ignoring the valid and supported concerns of actual United States citizens in favor of Haitians because of their race and Dan's perverse desire to besmirch people who are far better Christians and United States citizens than Dan poorly pretends to be.  There's no shortage of reports of the many problems and suffering the actual citizens of Springfield, OH have endured since 20,000 non-citizens were delivered to their midst without their having been asked if it was OK.  Here are just a couple:

https://www.megynkelly.com/2024/09/12/haitian-migrant-crisis-springfield-ohio/

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/09/citizen_journalist_pokes_around_the_dmv_in_springfield_oh_and_wonders_how_the_haitians_are_getting_driver_s_licenses_but_can_t_actually_drive.html

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/09/that_media_narrative_about_pets_going_uneaten_by_haitian_migrants_in_ohio_is_starting_to_fall_apart.html

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/09/the_haitian_cat_diet_story_has_produced_an_extraordinary_number_of_memes.html

Add to those the testimonies of those who have actually spent time in Haiti, like our own Craig, and honest people will accept that the possibility of the eating of cats by Haitians is true story means it's far more probable than not.  Of course, we must again note that Dishonest Dan the Pervert is not an honest person.

"As a point of fact: Schools and colleges and other places in Springfield are now getting bomb and death threats because of the attacks from" (the best president we've had since Reagan and his most excellent running mate). "These are dumb and dangerous lies and even when confronted with that reality, they STILL are repeating these damned lies."

As a point of fact:  It has been confirmed that these bomb and death threats have all been hoaxes by bad actors from outside the United States.  The probability is very high that those bad actors sought to incite the stupid (like Dan) into believing Trump supporters or conservatives are threatening people over this issue.  The only people being threatened, however, are the actual citizens of Springfield, OH and other citizens of this nation due to the corrupt abuse of power by the Harris/Biden administration. 
 

"As a point of fact: political leaders in Ohio - including GOP leaders - are denouncing Team Magop for these damned lies."

As a point of fact:  political leaders in Ohio, regardless of their political affiliation, are denouncing the valid, legitimate clams of their own citizens as lies.  Pervert Dan Trabue is more than happy to join in the pretense that Trump and his supporters are the source of the stories assholes like Dan denounce as "damned lies".  Indeed, no one lies more than the left, and has been shown, there are many, many recorded claims of Haitian bad behaviors made by those citizens of Springfield Dan chooses to demonize as liars.  But then, that's what liars like Dan do...the project their evil upon anyone to deflect from their own wrongdoing. 
 

"As a point of fact: The parents of the boy who was killed in an accident by the Haitian who was driving that car has denounced Trump and his" (incredibly intelligent running mate) ". He's told them NEVER to speak their son's name again, not in defense of these indefensible, vulgar, dangerous lies. He's told Vance to apologize. Vance refused."

First off, this dude has no right or authority to demand such a thing of anybody.  Neither Trump nor Vance has lied about anything regarding their mention of the extremely preventable case of an illegal without a driver's license slamming into a school bus killing the kid in question.   This dude is exploiting his own kid for political purposes, which makes him less than a man.  Trump and Vance, as has happened so often...including after 9/11/01...the names of victims of murders and cases of negligent homicide are publicized by those who strive to reduce such crimes from happening again.  This Nathan Clark is far less "grieving father" than he is GOP hating partisan hack and it the one indulging in political bullshit. 

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/09/a_father_s_grief_cannot_override_his_hatred_for_republicans.html
 

"What kind of DEVIANT abuses the name of a dead boy for deadly partisan politics and THEN refuse to apologize to the parents?"

Don't know.  The only asshole doing that is the kid's father.  As I said, and as is absolutely true, this asshole is attacking two men who seek to ensure such a tragedy never happens again, while supporting the very motherfuckers who invited it.  And scumbags like Dan Trabue are down with that vile shit. 
 

"As a point of fact: I have several friends who have adopted children of color and they are reporting the negative impact of these xenophobic attacks on people like the Haitians in Springfield."

As a point of fact:  Dan Trabue is a known liar and his anecdotal stories of people are likely total bullshit.  There's no "xenophobia" at play here.  There's only marxist progressives like Dan projecting false "phobias" upon better people.  What's more, if Dan does indeed have "several friends" who are reporting what Dan says they are, odds are they're also progressive fake Christian liars like Dan and no such negative impact is impacting their adopted kids.
 

"These children and other innocents ARE innocent and should not be used as a political pawn. Shame on the GOP for doing so and shame on you for defending it."

 So according to Dumbass Dan, mentioning Breonna Taylor and screaming "SAY HER NAME" is using Taylor as a political pawn.  Got it.  But of course that's what it is, and that's what the progressives do routinely.  They take a death which was the result of criminality and exploit the dead as victims of conservatism or law enforcement malfeasance simply because of race or ethnicity of the dead criminal.  Every kid killed with a firearm is immediately exploited and the right-wing blamed for their defense of the 2nd Amendment.  They then renew their gun control lamentations.  Biden just recently repeated his desire for an "assault weapons" ban and holding gun manufacturers liable for other people misusing their products.  But when a child is killed as a result of leftist policies, the names of that child is not to be mentioned?  Dan's gonna have to go pound sand up his ass before he'll be allowed to get away with that vile level of dishonesty.  

So now, where I figured I'd be at an end, Dan chose to again puke some more vomit where he shouldn't have.  Here is his latest:

"How many Haitians have harmed you? How many immigrants have harmed anyone you know?"

This is typical stupidity posed by the progressive as if it's an intelligent argument, as if I need to be personally assaulted by anyone to oppose personal assaults against others.  What kind of asshole thinks this way...I mean apart from Dan...who is a world class asshole?

And of course, he lies when he frames it about "immigrants" who are people who legally enter our borders with the intent to become, not just citizens, but Americans as we regard ourselves.  The issue revolves around the problem of millions of illegal aliens...invaders who disregard our laws and sovereignty to enter with the help of traitors as found in the Democrat Party, and even some RINOs, too.  I don't have to wait until I or a loved one becomes a victim of illegal aliens to oppose allowing them to enter under the false pretenses used by the vast majority of them since Biden took office.  Dan, whose head resides comfortably up his own ass, lies about the illegals being nothing but poor, downtrodden victims, mostly because they refer to themselves as such, knowing it's the best way to get dumbasses like Dan to aid and abet their behaviors.  Dan's what's commonly known as "a sucker". 

"Get over your fears, Marshal."

 My fears are justified.  I have grandkids who walk to school and ride school buses.  I don't want any of them to be the next Aidan Clark.  It's bad enough if a citizen crashes into them.  But for someone who doesn't belong here and shouldn't be here do it when they shouldn't even be driving in this country is worthy of punishment for the governmental assholes (Democrats) who made it possible. 

"Tyrants have long used "Those Immigrants are Dangerous!!" sorts of fear-mongering to scare people into accepting tyranny. That sort of lie is a historically common tool for tyrants and con artists."

This is a common ploy of Dan's, and thus a routine lie of his, to make a false connection between tyrants, despots and oppressors and those who seek to protect the best interests of the people they're sworn to serve. 

Our current immigration laws are sufficient to determine who should be allowed in or not.  But no alterations of those laws to serve the evil motivations of those like Dan will ever be given the size of the hordes who press against the border to enter.  

Dan's a vile piece of shit.  He's traitorous in his favoritism of foreigners over those of his own people.  While those like me have never had any problem with foreigners coming here to be one of us, to assimilate and subordinate their former lives to become one out of many, to put this nation first.

There was a case of a lefty asshole citing a Haitian who was in our military, suggesting that he is an example of those opposed by conservatives and other honest, intelligent people.  But this particular Haitian is an American who, though he loves Haiti, insists he would never die for it.  However, he's proud to lay down his life for America.  He's fully assimilated and is no longer Haitian except ethnically.  He's American.  Those like me have no problem with legal immigrants.  I'm second generation on my mother's side.  Her parents spoke no English.  She and her siblings never spoke Polish to their kids and those who knew any picked it up by living in a Polish neighborhood in Chicago, but they were few.  They cast off their culture for the most part (kielbasa, pierogi, and polka is remain, of course) and embraced America.  We're not seeing that sort of thing these days and it divides us into factions.  When foreigners come here without a desire to be one of us, they remain foreigners and not fellow citizens.  None of this crap has made us a better, stronger nation. 

"Don't be a willing mark/dupe."

 If there's anyone who's been a mark, a dupe, a conned moron, it's the fake Christian progressive like Dan.  Chumps like him actually believe those for whom they vote are good people with America's best interests at heart.  He's a clear and present danger to this nation.  

And As If That Wasn't Enough...

I've been getting heat for stating the obvious regarding the foolishness of single-issue voters withholding support for Trump over the issue of abortion.  As much as I abhor the practice of abortion and support for it as if it's ever necessary (it never is), my absolutism on this issue doesn't compel me to act stupidly with regard to the casting of my vote in any election.  Being uncompromising in my desire to see the practice totally abolished by law in this nation (though preferring it's totally rejected by all out of a true sense of what's moral) doesn't mean I will fail to support the candidate or party which provides the least likelihood of an expansion of the practice, particularly in law.  Why the f**k would I ever do such a thing?d  I'm absolutely confident that for Trump to lose or be again cheated of a win in November, we will see no action on the issue by a Harris administration which will result in fewer abortions, but rather every effort this bitch can muster to provide the greatest degree of accessibility to the greatest number of people so vile as to choose that route when dealing with any pregnancy.   Indeed, I take it as an obvious given, a fact, a guarantee.   Hard not to considering how outrageous their response to the Dobbs decision and Trump's part in getting it. 

But as I've mentioned in the previous post, and posts elsewhere where Trump is held responsible for anyone who STUPIDLY refuses to vote for him over the aforementioned comments and the unfortunate abortion-related changes to the GOP platform, what matters most is winning the election in November.  Why that matters is the many manifestations of the Harris/Biden/Obama agenda which has resulted in so much serious suffering for Americans in so many ways.  And given how obvious the suffering, how obvious of its source (Dems) and how much more obvious it is to understand the Kackler will double down and make Biden look like a piker, "stupid" is a display of restraint on my part.  So what follows are links to stories which illustrate just how bad it will be, because it's happening already and nothing's being done by either Biden or Harris to mitigate it, nor can we forget how much a part of it all was Harris, who seeks to be president...as if she's in any way deserving of or fit for the office.

I want to say up front that most of these links are from AmericanThinker.com.  I want to also say that if anyone dares suggest the stories can be dismissed because of this source, they best have something more substantive than merely that if they wish to be taken seriously as a mature and responsible adult.  I can't help it AT is good journalism.

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/09/you_must_watch_tulsi_gabbard_s_video_about_the_harris_biden_administration_s_stasi_style_governance.html

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/09/like_any_good_tyrant_kamala_wants_the_government_to_ban_speech_she_dislikes.html

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/09/mass_shooting_in_ga_left_endangering_people_with_media_contagion.html

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/09/the_media_s_vicious_and_unprecedented_attack_on_the_trump_ticket.html

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/09/colorado_cops_crack_down_on_migrant_apartment_gangs_and_ice_confirms_they_re_illegal_aliens_admitted_under_biden_harris.html

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/09/venezuelan_thugs_reportedly_taking_over_apartments_in_dallas_and_chicago_now.html

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/09/the_cold_hard_kamala_repelling_truth_about_electric_vehicles.html

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/09/in_new_york_dead_bodies_are_starting_to_turn_up.html

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/09/public_records_requests_reveals_that_massachusetts_welfare_recipients_are_spending_their_ebt_funds_in_tropical_locations.html

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/09/nypd_officer_75_of_arrests_are_migrants.html

https://thefederalist.com/2024/09/02/i-was-a-california-prosecutor-for-24-years-kamala-harris-tough-on-crime-schtick-is-a-sham/

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/09/kamala_harris_caused_america_s_inflation_nightmare_here_s_how.html

OK.  That'll have to do because I grow tired trying to decide which of the many articles illustrating the stupidity inherent in choosing to allow Harris to win over a less than absolute anti-abortion perception of Trump.  There's clearly far, far more to consider than simply the deaths from abortion, as even the few links above represent threats to human life as well. 

So yeah.  I'll stick with my position that those who would reject Trump are stupid people.  That's not just a matter of name calling.  It's an accurate description given all the evidence of harm and suffering a Dem win...on any level...WILL provide.  There are so many other issues I haven't covered, but if this doesn't make the point than the stupid can't be recovered, and that's as much a threat to the nation as the Democrat Party and their media sycophants themselves.

May God have mercy on us, and may God Bless Donald Trump...in Christ's Name I pray.

Absolutists Are Being Stupid As Hell!

 I've been involved with a lot of discussion about Donald Trump's position on abortion/pro-life issues.  I'm going to begin with a few statements:

1.  I'm an absolutist on the subject of abortion.  It should absolutely be outlawed, as there is no legitimate reason to abort any child.  None.  I'm not going to provide the supporting evidence for this fact again in this post.  I've done it often enough and it's not specifically what this post is going to be discussing. 

2.  No absolutist on the subject of abortion is truly "pro-life" if they withhold their vote for Trump due to less than perfect alignment with the pro-life position.

3.  It is absurd to say that Trump's comments on abortion law make him responsible for an election loss due to moronic pro-life absolutists choosing not to vote for Trump because of his less than perfect alignment with the absolutist's position.

Initially, I was unaware of the source of those insisting that Trump is no longer worthy of support due to his less than perfect alignment with the pro-life absolutists.  When I first heard of it, I was aghast at the clear incongruent nature of such a position.  Who in their right mind would presume to suggest that allowing Kamala Harris and the Dem party to rule would move the needle toward the elimination of abortion in this country? 

I was told that it was wrong to refer to these people as "stupid" and other negative terms...that doing so isn't the best way to change hearts and minds.  But I intend to shame such absolutists...proud of their inflexibility and firmness in their defense of the innocent unborn...because time's growing short between now and November 5th, and "stupid" is absolutely the appropriate response to stupidity.  

As an absolutist myself, I defend against the unjust taking of innocent life, and none are so innocent...as well as defenseless...as the conceived, yet unborn.  But they aren't the only victims in need of protection in this world.  We've already seen an alarming rise in murder since Jan 20, 2021, with abortion accounting for only 6-800,000 murders per year.  Add to that, 70,000- 100,000 fentanyl deaths per year.  I don't know how many other forms of deadly drugs are smuggled in to add to that number.  Then of course we have the murders from assholes released from incarceration due to "progressive" District Attorneys and Prosecutors, murders from cartel members allowed into our country under the lie of asylum seeking and "self-determination" migration.  Add to that those killed as a result of funding Iran, such as the Oct 7 massacre of Israeli citizens by members of the "Religion of Peace", Ukranian and Russian soldiers and citizens since western leaders like Biden and Boris Johnson talked Zalinsky out of the treaty he and Putin were on the cusp of cementing.  That's a lot of dead, mostly murdered, folk since Donald Trump was cheated out of a second term in 2020.  

I wonder how those single issue absolutists can defend rejecting Trump with those numbers staring them in the face.  Will it improve under Harris?  Can they make that argument?  Will they try?  Or will they feel good about themselves about "standing on principle" when doing so results in so many dead people?  It's not voting for Trump which compromises their principles.  It's denying him the win in November and leaving their cause to the abortion loving Kamala Harris and the Democrat Party which does. 

So many have told me in rejecting or criticizing Trump that they're not concerned with perfection in candidates.  Yet, this kind of bullshit belies that claim. 

So what of Trump?  While some speak of what he says, I look to what he's done.  Putting more conservative (even if not conservative enough) justices on the Supreme Court resulted in what most pro-lifers have been demanding since 1973.  Now, that Roe has been overturned and the issue has been returned to the states, the absolutists are pissed that Trump holds to that...that the 2024 GOP platform is not as hard-core pro-life as it had been.  Well, I also would have preferred that the party not so greatly altered their platform regarding this issue.  But having done so, it doesn't mean that any attempt by Dems to push a national policy protecting the "right" for people to murder their kids in utero won't be opposed when such comes to pass.  That platform change doesn't mean they've changed their position on this issue, but merely that they've changed their focus now that it's a state issue instead of a federal one. 

And for anyone who would suggest that this platform change, and recent comments by Trump indicate he and the party are in any way "abortion friendly", I have more appropriate words than "stupid" for such people.  I won't use those words now, but the motherfuckers can probably guess.  Shame on them for the mere suggestion.  We have an election to win, the result of which impacts far more than just abortion in the lives of the American people who aren't total lefty asshats.  When the single issue absolutists forget that, "stupid" is the baseline. 

So in doing some research, I found that Lila Rose of LiveAction was encouraging pro-lifers to withhold their votes from Trump...which as I said would go a long way toward ensuring more people die.  I sent her a note when I became aware of her public call for this ultimatum and gave her one of my own:

"

Dear Lila,

I recently made aware of pro-life response to Trump's comments on abortion, such that his comments have resulted in an ultimatum which would see pro-lifers withhold their votes from Trump because of them.  I just now found that you are among those encouraging this response.   I cannot express just what an incredibly self-defeating position this.  It belies your claim of being pro-life by choosing to risk a Trump loss in November because he doesn't rise to a level of pro-lifer which suits you.  I have absolutely no doubt you realize how much worse the nation will be with a pro-death party candidate...Kamala Harris...in the White House.  As such, to reject "the best one can get" (and he's better than that) over comments likely intended to diminish the effect of pro-abort rhetoric and accusations only serves the pro-abort cause. 

I don't know the true position of Trump on the issue of abortion.  I can't read his heart.  I can only go by what he's said..that he's pro-life.  Some have doubted that, saying it's just a political posturing.  But such people can't read his heart, either.  I prefer to believe he's sincere, but still trying to sort out in his mind just how "pro-life" he truly is, given he's more of a recent convert to the pro-life side of the issue.  More than that, however, is that I believe he's trying to find the right balance politically so as not to incite the lazier of the pro-abort proponents to get to the polls.  As I believe he was absolutely robbed in 2020 by nefarious means, this means he has to act in a manner which takes into account the fact that the left will cheat again, and likely harder than before.  I think this may be the case with his admonishing governors whose policy proposals we find pleasing because they move their states closer to a total ban, but push pro-aborts to step up their efforts on every level. 

The nation in general is too corrupt to push for a total ban.  We both know this, though we both do what we can to change hearts and minds.  In the meantime, "all or nothing" is going to result in getting nothing if it means punishing Trump because of his lack of perfection on this issue.  Instead, we need him in the White House, not just for now, but to lay a foundation for his successor (DeSantis perhaps?) take over and move the needle even further in the direction we both want. 

It's also imperative to keep in mind all the others ways life is made worthless by the Democrat Party.  Leftist DAs and prosecutors not prosecuting violent criminals, open borders which admit even more violent criminals and terrorists and deadly drugs like fentanyl, just to name the most obvious.  Are the lives of fellow citizens worth less than the lives of the conceived yet unborn?  THAT question cuts both ways. 

So, while I'd love to see Trump either clarify or reverse his comments (it would be enough for me if he said nothing more), I'm still voting for him because he's the better choice even given his comments, and far fewer lives of all people will be lost.

But even more, I insist YOU reverse YOUR threats to withhold your vote for him as if voting for him would be a compromise on your principles.   Clearly withholding it would be, as I explained above.  And I hope to see that reversal because as a man of few financial means, my charitable dollars (another form of voting) must be reserved for those who further the cause of life, not compromise it on "principle". 

Thanks for your great work.  Don't screw it up by not thinking about your position any more deeply than Trump has about his.

God Bless you.

Sincerely,

Art"

It was only right that I did so since I sought an answer to the question, "What are YOU doing when you hear of absolutists insisting they won't vote for Trump?"  But then, there should never have been any question I wouldn't confront this absurd counter-intuitive position when the opportunity presented itself. 

Finally, as the wine and late hour now makes their demands on me, I'll finish with this:

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/30/donald-trump-declares-he-will-vote-no-on floridas-/?bt_ee=sZPmaNiJQQkDK7MJ6Rb85%2BaScxhh%2B5njFqEIcgP8PasaFcyAJnQKIfLWFp9glYG2&bt_ts=1725061530914

Wow.  I hope that link will be easy to access!

In it, Trump asserts that he'll be voting against a leftist infanticide amendment in Florida, which is nice.  What's not is that he opposes the DeSantis legislation which cut off abortions after six-weeks gestation.  I can't find anything which explains why he thinks so, and the video in the links doesn't show the reporter asking.   This is something about which I've had concerns with regard to Trump's abortion comments, as well as other things unrelated.  He says something and no follow up occurs to procure clarification...and then some will say it's all on him if things go south.   No.   It doesn't work that way.  He is what he is and has been for some time.  To pretend that doesn't put some obligation on journalists to do more than stand pat on every utterance emanating from him is not journalism.  For everyone else to insist they're going to go by what he says when oratory isn't his strong suit is..."stupid". 

Anyway, he also says he wants to see insurance companies or the federal government cover the cost of IVF.  I totally oppose this on the grounds alone that IVF is more of an elective procedure.  It's unfortunate that some have difficulty conceiving.  That's just too bad and doesn't justify demanding money from others to pay for it, either through increased insurance premiums for all or by the use of our tax dollars.  It seems clear he's not up on the truth regarding IVF, such as the fact that there are better, safer and more effective ways to treat whatever it is obstructing a couple's ability to conceive. 

So the bottom line remains:  for those who oppose abortion, Trump is still the guy needed in the White House.  The fight for life goes on regardless, but it won't lose ground by voting for Trump.  

ATTN:

Another great argument which rebukes the notion single-issue pro-lifers must withhold their votes from Trump...if they're truly pro-life:

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/09/if_you_are_pro_life_or_pro_constitution_you_must_vote_for_trump.html

And another:

https://www.operationrescue.org/archives/its-time-to-stop-blaming-president-trump-for-his-evolving-public-position-on-abortion/

Operation Rescue is one of the original Christian anti-abortion absolutist organizations in the nation.  They realize their principles are not compromised by continued support for Trump in the next election.   That's because the principle is working toward the abolition of abortion, not voting for candidates who aren't anti-abortion purists.