The Old Gray Mare

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.

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