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Donald Trump had a remarkable impact on the Republican Party and the country. Most likely, he won’t be president again. In fact, both he and we should honor his past contributions and move on. He was a remarkable problem-solver. I can’t think of a better project manager or negotiator who ever sat in the Oval Office.  But he was not a competent manager of the government.

The team he assembled to run America was weak. Most of them had their own agendas. Often, the agendas of his top team members did not include the president’s program. It is still hard to believe that he lost an election to Joe Biden. Not an easy thing to do. Just look back at the race Mr. Biden ran in the Democratic primary. 

Was the election for president free of fraud? No, of course not. We may have never had a national election that was free of fraud. But the president is the official  who has the power and responsibility for making sure our elections are as free of fraud as possible. Did his team of top law-and-order managers focus on that issue? Don’t think so. I believe many top Republicans thought Donald Trump should not have a second term, or that he couldn’t beat Biden who now also has control of the law-and-order organs of government. 

For the Republican Party to win the up coming presidential elections, they will need every Republican voter.

Let’s give Mr.Trump credit for making the Republican Party much more inclusive, for showing us we can be energy independent, and that a strong military is a necessary part of the peace-keeping process.

The leaders and fundraisers of both parties define themselves and each other in ideological terms, liberal or conservative. To play their game, you have to align yourself with either group and give money and time to the one you select. Then you are bombarded with endless requests for money to avoid the terrible results of the other party winning power. Arguing over which ideology will save the nation leads nowhere. Most Americans aren’t comfortable debating ideological issues.

We are a pragmatic people who are much more comfortable discussing issues. The media, big tech, labor unions, universities, and the American political elite love their world of endless ideological discussions. Why? Because they know shifting the discussions to issues makes it nearly impossible for them to control the outcome. But issues are what governments should be focused on.

You don’t have to be a member of either party to be interested in the price of gasoline at the pump, increases in property taxes, the rate of inflation, the cost of money, law and order on our streets, jobs for our youth, the cost of medical care, the protection of our borders, or the well-being of our national defense forces. We can all talk about those issues and dozens of others without being a Republican or a Democrat.

We are good people who can discuss issues without invoking the “ideological political speak” of political parties who are dividing our nation by promoting discussion of ideologic political points rather than day-to-day issues that can be discussed with friends and neighbors as we go about taking care of each other.

All citizens are equal under the law does not mean all people are equal in ability, wealth, or intelligence. The Socialists would have us think that democracy cannot exist until we have equality of ability, wealth, and brain power. That is an insane goal that does not exist now and never will. And never should because it requires that the ‘rule of law’ be abolished before you can enforce a “wok” equality, real or pretended.

The politicalization of the Department of Justice, the FBI, the CIA, Homeland Security, and law enforcement that has occurred over the last few decades is now well established. It will not go away easily. A massive reconstruction of these organizations under a very strong group of elected leaders will be necessary. I do not see that happening soon for a simple weeding out of corrupt politicians will not re-establish the ‘rule of law.’

The DOJ, FBI, CIA, HMS, STATE DEPARTMENT and a few other government organizations need a drastic makeover. These critical organizations are not controlled by a few political leaders of the ruling party. They are controlled by an entrenched civil service cadre who have been in power for decades. They were appointed once and never left. They have spent years hiring and promoting like-minded workers until they now are more powerful than their leaders. These people decide who to investigate and punish.

President Trump’s big mistake was to trust the civil servants, especially those in DOJ and the Intelligence Community. It is a mistake to believe the security and well-being of America depend on an entrenched bureaucracy and their political leaders. The survival of Democracy depends upon constant renewal of the civil service with fresh appointees who leave when their party is defeated by a legal voting process.

Without a real ‘rule of law,’ there can be no freedom. The Constitution depends upon equality of law. The Bill of Rights does not exist without equality under the law.

I certainly have. It’s worse than I thought it would be, and is getting worse every day.

I hope some legislator gets a bipartisan bill passed that would authorize the building of a toy White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. It would have a teleprompter in every room and an extensive library containing the President’s personal collection of plagiarized articles. Razor wire would be needed to separate it from the real White House that would be re-staffed with people who knew what they were doing. No need for a fence to keep the public out. President Biden could get away from all the stress and move in immediately.

If it were only so.

This is no time to be silent. Let the people and your party representatives know what you believe in and what you want them to do. Senators and Congressional Representatives have many masters, and you are not number one. The Representative from my district recently voted to impeach President Trump. He was certainly not representing the folks in my District. He is most likely voting the way the people that finance him made clear.

The Chamber of Commerce, big tech, large corporations, and the media can and do buy and influence many politicians with their lobbying and messaging. Just follow the money, and don’t be surprised where it leads you. Know any nationally known politicians that are poorer because of their time in office? Clinton, Obama, and Biden come to mind as politicians that came into office with very little wealth. Not so now.

There is some danger in speaking out. The far left (Socialists, Communists, and Progressives) cannot tolerate dissent or criticism. The best recent example is the open border policy of the current President. That policy does not benefit Americans by improving national security or the economic position of working America. Again, “follow the money.” Who does it benefit? The clear answer is big business, globalists and big money. Why? Because it pushes wages down when there are more people who want jobs than there are jobs available.

Capitalism without a strong dose of populism and nationalism is pretty ugly. I’m old enough to have seen the Globalists drive manufacturing offshore to create the rust belt, and, much later, to watch Donald Trump bring back manufacturing to America.
Speaking out against open borders and massive immigration will make you a racist and, of course, a white supremicist. Supporting the oil pipeline and workers against Presidential Executive Orders will label you insensitive to the climate change crisis that threatens the world. Big money and Big Tech do not want America to be a major fossil fuel exporter. The Globalists will be your enemy.

Speak out anyway. Someday your grandchildren will be proud of you.