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The Republican Party is an Old Gray Mare. A mostly esoteric semblance of the organization that once enjoyed the reign of Ronald Reagan. Even then, most of the old-timers thought Reagan was a misfit, a renegade dreamer who had nothing substantial to offer but a vigorous defense of freedom and unending, childlike enthusiasm. The Establishment Wing fought Reagan tooth and nail, made deals with the Democrats to sabotage his economic legislation and then claimed victory when it became obvious the man would go down in history as one of the greatest Republican leaders of all time. That was 1989, this is 2024… That Republican Party has evolved into a union-like apparatus that is bureaucratic, omnipotent and unwilling to stand up to the left's relentless assault on Americanism. I receive Republican Party surveys about once every three months. I find it revealing that the majority of the questions do not change. They may be placed in a slightly different context, but the survey is always about the core issues of lower taxes, slowing the growth of government, reducing regulations, securing the border and supporting our military. But the truth is none of those goals are ever accomplished: the government keeps growing, immigration is out-of-control, our schools and homes are overpriced, the culture is decaying, our veterans are mistreated, and Congress continues to spend hundreds of billions on wars we never win. As we approach the 2024 election, many mainstream Republicans characterize former President Trump as a threat to the survival of the Party. You would think Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney and Ronna McDaniel just saw the ghost of Reagan! Old Guard Republicans claim Trump supporters are 'wrecking our party!' They continue to denigrate Mr. Trump despite the fact that he received 11 million more votes in 2020 than in his victorious effort in 2016! In my opinion, the challenge is not the salvation of the Grand Old Party, it is the salvation of our country, and the fundamental principles that America stands for. Old Guard Republicans are so insulated and self absorbed, they apparently would rather see the country continue to descend into chaos than to admit that Trump supporters are reflecting legitimate concerns like ending our love affair with war, securing our borders, protecting our cultural and economic sovereignty, and defending the Bill of Rights. Any serious party would rally to defend one of its leaders from the Democrats relentless legal assault on Mr. Trump. Anyone can see the obvious abuse of the legal system to stigmatize, financially handcuff, and politically derail the only serious opponent of the Biden regime. The Democrat's lawfare tactics are right out of the Communist Playbook "How To Overthrow Democracy Without Firing A Shot". Just as the inarticulate Donald Trump alludes, the Democrat witch hunt is a reflection of their fear. Trump is on a war path to disrupt the Beltway Brotherhood of transnational corporate oligarchs that are sucking the entrepreneurial energy out of the American people. Our country has fallen into a moral void, lost its bearings, and subsequently left many of our citizens in the dark about what it means to be an American. "Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction." -- Ronald Reagan The GOP is either apathetic about all this, or more likely, ignorant of the true conditions that exist in much of our country. The Make America Great Again movement is a collective slap across the face of the Old Gray Mare to wake up and take responsibility to protect the Constitution in its entirety and rebuild the Frontier Spirit of Americanism. O J Simpson repeatedly abused his wife. Nicole Brown Simpson made several calls to the LA Police to report him, but she always refused to press charges. Her prevarication cost her her life. The forensic evidence was overwhelming, and everybody knew OJ did it, but legal technicalities allowed the jury, which was hell bent to nullify the law, to declare OJ innocent. Uxoricide is the act of murdering your wife. It happens way more often than we want to admit. A recent study found that pregnant women in the US are twice as likely to die by homicide than pregnancy-related causes.Two-thirds of the deaths occurred in the woman's home, suggesting a partner was responsible. Globally, 39% of all homicides of women are by an intimate partner, whereas only 6.28% of all homicides of men are by an intimate partner. My point is that men are emotional animals. Some can be domesticated, some cannot. Most men have anxiety about their relationships, but they control themselves. They recognize they receive an overwhelming amount of positives from their partner, and so they forgive and forget those fears that sometimes arise. Other men seeth inside when they believe they are being abandoned or betrayed. They allow the emotional tornado to gain momentum until it overwhelms their restraint and they lash out. Most male abusers believe their torment goes unnoticed, and when they overreact and commit murder, they are surprised when they get caught. Some retain just enough guilt that they choose suicide over prison. What about those like OJ Simpson that not only act out viciously, but manage to escape responsibility? OJ is the highest of the high profile murderers who escaped conviction. There are hundreds, because our legal system is set up to protect citizens from being framed or wrongly accused by angry partners or otherwise ruthless opponents, for whatever reason. Here is The Rub: OJ changed the culture in America far beyond his athletic or media accomplishments. He was, in my opinion, the head of the spear in releasing the onslaught of racial animus, the rejection of the idea of integration or assimilation of black culture into western white culture. It was a quirk of nature that he was placed in such a position of leading the "Social Justice" movement in America. He was for much of his life, quite the opposite: He was the poster boy for assimilation by a rich and powerful black man. He was a peacock in the media, starring on Monday Night Football broadcasts. He appeared in Hollywood films, and was seen with his beautiful blond trophy wife in celebrity magazines. Behind the facade, however, was an angry, jealous and emotionally unbalanced black man who walked cautiously across broken glass barefooted. He lived a double life and managed his demonic "other" peronna with skill. And America was doing something similar: It was hiding a cultural schizophrenia behind a facade of constant growth in wealth and achievement. The second half of the 20th century was conflicted. Americans were fully aware of racial prejudice and inequity in opportunity. We were struggling with liberating women, minorities, and assimilating an enormous number of newly established foreign cultures. The Great Melting Pot was boiling over. But we were also getting really rich. Jobs were everywhere. We had improved mobility, communications, and media platforms. It was easy to brush irritating social issues under the rug of distractions. OJ Simpson was riding high on the media wave of exciting expansion of entertainment vehicles, the exploding success of pro sports, television and film celebrity, and opportunities presented to women and minorities. When his wife was found with her throat cut, and the police said they were charging OJ with her murder, he paraded across Los Angeles in his white Ford Bronco holding a gun to his head. He assumed the mantle of David vs Goliath, symbolizing Oppressed Black Men vs The Man. And simultaneously he began a cultural War On America. Our brand would never be the same. It was as though our food had been contaminated by e-coli. No one wanted to eat at the Restaurant of Americanism ever again. The legal system was corrupted permanently. Any progress we had made toward unifying Whites and Blacks was gone. All of the distrust and anger engendered by our Progressive school system and the Democratic Party congealed. The OJ Trial of the Century pitted Liberals against Conservatives in a new form of conflict: It put racism on trial and the outcome would be the death penalty for The Constitutional Ideal that all men are created equal. Instead it would have to be remodeled to say, All People Are Created To Be Equal. And that is where we find ourselves today. |
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