Back to the Future?

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Well, here we go again.

The election results are in and the Democrats wiped the floor with the Republicans. Big time. And all the op-eds and pundits have weighed in with their assessments of why voters voted the way they did. It's affordable. It's the Iranian war. It's the price of gas. It's the price of housing. It's the tariffs. It's the corruption. It's the promises that Trump made and didn't keep. It's the economy, stupid. It's that Republican voters didn't turn out to vote. It's the midterms and the party in the White House always loses.

All of those things may very well have been contributing factors in the outcome to one extent or another, but honestly, none of those things really were the reason for the loss. The things that did it are hiding in place sight. They are:

Number one: Two or three generations have now been taught in school that capitalism is a bad thing, that white men are responsible for the ills of the world, that traditional American history is a lie, that socialism is a good thing that will bring prosperity to all, and that women and others have been disenfranchised and held back. That is what has been drilled into the heads of our youth by far-left "progressiveā€¯ America hating instructors (some Marxists, some Islamists) from grade school through college. The influx of Middle eastern money has had a profound influence as well. Indoctrination through schooling works and has changed the mentality of young voters.

Number two: Our cultural institutions, namely social media, the press, the movies, the music business, television, magazines, the fine arts, academia, sports, major businesses and other influential organizations overwhelmingly push the leftist agenda daily into the lives of millions of Americans. People hear "things are badā€¯ from a multitude of sources and of course they tend to believe it.

Number three: Progressive policies and welfare programs have placed many millions of people on the dole. More than ever before in our history have so many people been dependent on the government for their livelihood and living expenses. Millions don't work for a living anymore, their housing, their food, their education, their healthcare, and their income all comes from government largess. Because of that, they will consistently vote for the party who keeps them supplied with everything they need. The numbers of people who are dependent on the government continue to grow.

Number Four: Our open border policy that has allowed millions upon millions of illegals into the country has had an enormous effect on our elections. Although technically these non-citizens are not supposed to vote, they certainly do and the Democrats turn a blind eye to it. Most vote for the Democrat running and promising free stuff.

Number five: Add to that the inability of Republicans in general, and the administration in particular, to communicate to the voters the reason for the Iranian war and the achievements of the policies enacted over the past two years. I'm of the opinion that had President Trump finished the war with victory and not hesitated as he did in taking out the Iranian regime, the results of the election might have gone a different way.

President Trump is his worst enemy in many ways. His egocentric attitude and obsession with building monuments to himself simply turns a lot of people off. He does have an ability to relate to many voters through his personality, but it too often goes too far. I personally understand and enjoy his sense of humor and his New York bluster up to a point. Underneath it all he loves his country and truly wants to improve things.

Although I like his independent nature and toughness, I have never liked his crude language and demeaning ways he has with dealing with people he considers to be against what he wants to achieve. He is a complicated individual, that's for sure. Many Americans simply don't have the patience to understand him or to properly weigh his good policy decisions against the man's overwhelming demeanor.

In short, the results of the election will take us back to the Biden years of lawfare, congressional investigations, defunding the military and police, talk of "Medicare for all,ā€¯ and a return to the woke agendas of the left.

It won't be a pretty sight I promise you. The good news is, in two years (to paraphrase Nixon) they won't have President Trump to kick around anymore. If the Left goes overboard with their craziness, the Republicans might very well have another shot in the next presidential election at turning our country back to normalcy. And underneath the coarse rhetoric and inflated ego, believe it or not, that was President Trump's goal.

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