Despite the constant harangues from the Democratic Party that the standard bearer of the Republican Party is a constant “threat to democracy” the election this November is really a choice between two radically divergent visions of America – when all is said and done it is really that simple. A Republican Chief Executive will enable America to continue as the standard bearer and economic powerhouse of the free world or a Democratic Chief Executive will ensure under the guise of globalism that America will decline in order to comply with those who seek not to create new wealth and prosperity but rather to redistribute the hard-won fruits of American free enterprise.
I shake my head every time I hear from those Democrats who say my political party is a “threat to democracy” when their political party has a proven track record and continues to this day to abuse power. The Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of the Tea Party and other conservative organizations; the “Russia Collusion” that never was, the suppression of the Hunter Biden Laptop story by Big Tech and subsequent claims by former Democratic Intelligence Officials that the laptop was “Russian Disinformation,”; the obvious two-tiered system of justice regarding the handling of classified information by former and current Chief Executives, and the list goes on and on.
The Democratic Party continues to push for a bigger and all-encompassing federal government and with it more radical forms of identity politics. Its ideology continues to divide Americans into narrow group identities, feeding on their grievances (perceived or actual) and exacerbates divisions among Americans. An America that once proudly proclaimed “E pluribus unum” is now a nation fractured and divided where the Chief Executive who ran on a platform to unite the country soon after election openly scorned half of its electorate. We are a nation once based on individual merit and but now considers any difference in outcome, any form of inequality, to be based on systemic racism or sexism.
Many democrats now hold our most important constitutional principles such as free speech and right of assembly as illegitimate. One only has to look at its recent support by Democrats of Hamas to see that many in the party are now anti-Semitic. Its suppression of third-party candidates to be seen as perceived threat to the parties hold on to power justifies the means. The Democratic Party’s drift toward a bigger government. More radical forms of identity politics continues unabated as the party continues to be out of touch with the majority of Americans.
Yes, at the end of the day this November we like Robert Frost will face two divergent roads – one leads to continued economic growth and prosperity and one leads to economic decline and decay. Despite the constant harangue of my road being a “threat to democracy” I plan to take it as the road less traveled knowing it will make all the difference. I suggest you do the same.
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87% of Americans do not have student loans. Why should they foot the bill for the 13% who do?
99.99% of Americans do not own a private jet. Why should they foot the tax bill for the 0.01% who do and who get a tax write-off for it?
There was a time when Republicans would assert that Moscow held undue influence over the Democratic Party. They were castigated for it in the 1950s (Senator Joe McCarthy was particularly egregious). These days, it’s the Republicans themselves who are coming under influence from Moscow. Moreover, I’m not the only one saying it – so don’t just take my word for it. The call is coming from inside the House.
None other than the Chairs of the Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Committees (both Republicans in good standing) are sounding the alarm.
GOP Rep. Mike Turner said Sunday that Russian propaganda has taken hold among some of his House Republican colleagues and is even “being uttered on the House floor.”
“We see directly coming from Russia … communications that are anti-Ukraine and pro-Russia messages, some of which we even hear being uttered on the House floor,” Turner, chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
“There are members of Congress today who still incorrectly say that this conflict between Russia and Ukraine is over NATO, which of course it is not,” he added.
His comments come on the heels of remarks House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul made this week about how Russian propaganda has taken root among the GOP.
McCaul, a Texas Republican, told Puck News that he thinks “Russian propaganda has made its way into the United States, unfortunately, and it’s infected a good chunk of my party’s base.”
Turner may have been shy about which members were parroting Russian propaganda, but his soon-to-be-ex colleague Ken Buck wasn’t so circumspect. He flatly called Marjorie Taylor Greene “Moscow Marjorie … getting her talking points from the Kremlin” (Guardian).
McCaul took aim certain media sources, or as he called them, “various conspiracy-theory outlets that are just not accurate, and they actually model Russian propaganda”.
That said, neither McCaul nor Turner seemed ready (yet) to push the Speaker to shut the Kremlin caucus down. Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger had a few suggestions on The Bulwark Podcast. Until they’re ready to match their warnings with actions, Ukrainians will continue to die needlessly.
Still, the American people should be aware – even Republicans admit that their party is falling under Russian influence. They need to take that into account on Election Day.
The facts are we are doomed with either party. The end.