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This morning we learned a 29 year old Muslim man, Omar Mateen, born in the USA with possible ties to ISIS, opened fire in a gay Orlando, Florida night club, killing 50 and injuring 53 individuals. His father made clear his son was homophobic. He was wearing what looked like a suicide vest.
Two considerations come to mind: Hillary will advocate gun control as will Obama. Trump will discuss the implications of allowing more Muslims into America until we can effectively vet them. We cannot now assess who among Muslim immigrants are violent with Jihadist ties. Omar Mateen was not screened for a gun. He was allowed into what was purported to be a safe club.
If more Americans were allowed to carry concealed weapons for purposes of self-defense, this tragedy might have resulted in less loss of life. When loss of life occurs, we have to ascertain who we want to be our leader. Denial and obfuscation will only exacerbate this problem and result in more deaths.
I recently read a commentary by Robert Kagan and another by Jonathan Weisman. I was shocked by the consistent theme inherent in both pieces. They fed off the same hate-Trump playbook and their intention was to create fear.
I have fear but it isn’t related to what Kagan alleges. Obama creates it and here’s why.
Ben Rhodes, Obama’s National Security Advisor, bragged about how ‘he more or less lied’ about the Iran deal and revealed his contempt for the Washington foreign policy establishment ‘the blob’ while imposing Obama’s misleading Iran agreement. He put one over on us, certainly on congress, but the consequences are frightening. Iran has, according to the United States Institute of Peace, the largest most diverse ballistic missile arsenal in the Middle East. With $150 billion going straight to Iran from our president, they and North Korea pose an enormous danger to the United States and we should be very concerned.
Obama threatens America by doing it.
We should also be concerned about The Islamist State who made $2.4 billion in 2015, making it the richest terrorist group in the world.
But according to Kagan our focus should be on how Trump ridicules women and hates anyone with a non-white complexion. He tells us Trump’s an egomaniac and tyrant, a phony billionaire and an anti-capitalist. Weisman tells us he’s an anti-semite and alludes to ‘nazi tweets’ in his attention-seeking title. They warn us of impending fascism.
Are they serious? I can think of others to hang those labels on but it isn’t Donald Trump.
OK, Trump has a gruff demeanor that can be undignified, but so do lots of successful people, including other politicians who happen to be Democrats and get a pass. Still, Trump’s intentions remain intact.
What if I told you Obama is trying to destroy America and Israel, two countries he detests. And Hillary isn’t far behind. Does that sound extreme? Take a look at their past behavior; what do you come away with? Hillary, if elected, would nominate supreme court justices who’d alter our second amendment for starters and like her boss, issue executive orders that would further transform America into an EU technocratic government that would essentially dismiss us the people.
Americans know they’ve been bamboozled by Obama. They’re disgusted with lily-livered Republican political leaders who allowed Obama to run free no matter how egregious and illegal his actions. Obama sneered using the race card and they folded obediently.
Yet Trump is assaulted daily with petty accusations blown out of proportion. This is the mental infection known as “political correctness” integral to the hate-Trump playbook and it’s being used by both sides now..
Trump may be our only real hope for redemption.
He has worked in the private sector and succeeded admirably. He’s been in the trenches negotiating global deals and in New York City, where ‘the art of the deal’ requires tough seasoned skills. A billionaire entrepreneur might be an enormous advantage over a woman like Hillary, the Democratic presumptive nominee, whose self-aggrandized behavior supposedly in the interests of the people hasn’t exactly turned out well though it has for her. Her power lust and seeming inability to discern truth from lies makes her unacceptable. Her dismal performance isn’t comparable to Trump’s.
Yet the bullets are flying in Trump’s direction, some from established conservatives who are uncomfortably at odds with themselves and concoct their version of the truth. Many Republicans don’t even know who they’re supposed to be. They’ve morphed to wimps – dutiful racist accomplices quick to prove their leftist-allegiance and denounce their own Republican candidate for perceived bias.
In comparison, there were few warnings in 2007 about Obama and there should have been.
Obama was that enticing guy who schmoozed us into tranquil sobriety. He knew how to make us like him. He was black and Ivy League, and that made us feel even better. His lack of experience and dubious associations didn’t matter. The media kept us narcotized from reality. We were swindled by the ‘black’ persuasion but being black still required discernment and there was none here.
Trump is rough not Obama-smooth and doesn’t tolerate convoluted political nonsense that hurts us. His proclivity to state the truth alarms those tenderly inured to words couched acceptably. His critics stretch his uncensored words into provocations that shouldn’t provoke. The truth is, we’ve become soft like our mollycoddled college students aka ‘generation snowflake’, our citizens reduced to make-nice bromides and entitlements that create lives that won’t exceed expectations.
Is Trump the chump for untouchable Obama? Is he such a threat to establishment they threaten his candidacy? Have these past 8 years of holding-back liberated conservatives to now verbalize concerns they chose not to express before. They could have expressed them but they were careful. Racism, a powerful guilt inducer, was cunningly reinvigorated by Obama along with Islamophobia and it’s still in effect. Sadly Republicans fell in line and bought his con.
Trump didn’t. That doesn’t make him a nazi or racist. It makes him unique.
Extreme positions were taken by Obama. He’s an eccentric ideologue. If we assess what Trump is reacting to, it takes a back seat to Obama who led us down a path of deceit and betrayal. Conservatives have not been assertive; they’ve been gutless. Now they’ve suddenly come alive, to protest Trump. It’s diabolical and profoundly disappointing.
I suggest their accusations are miscast inappropriately. Trump is after all, a white billionaire and a man who refuses to obligate politically correct censure which has been bound up tight during these oppressive Obama years. He’s an easily targeted GOP white-male, safe to denigrate but probably a made-to-order candidate who can take us where we need to go.
We’re told Trump takes extreme positions, but he’s reacting to the Obama-extremes that need to be stated plainly. Trump is authentic and can be the change-maker we need. He has the skills to get things done.
Here are just a few things Trump can do:
- Secure America’s borders and pause the Syrian refugee program which are sane and prudent suggestions and not racist. They’re smart.
- Trump knows how to get things done. He’s a successful man who built a business empire and branded his name globally. He can make deals that actually benefit America and create teams of effective people who can execute his demands.
- Trump can rise above political-correct suppression to enable receptivity to cogent critical thinking that can lead to policies that actually improve lives.
- Trump’s demonstrated courage goes a long way. We need a leader on our side. A man who has the entrepreneurial skills to improve our economy and the tenacity to instill fear in our enemies who have been empowered by Obama.
Trump’s ability to move forward despite the obstacles coming at him have been astounding. Imagine how he’d do in the White House if he gets the opportunity.
This lethal game is afoot. It’s a contest between good and evil with America hanging in the balance. It’s the real deal like no other.
Trump stands for the country and the truth as we know it.
Alone, he is fighting the leftist lies of Obama, crooked Hillary and Pocahontas who wallow in the mud of the self-serving. Republicans, like the Romney/Ryan team, and Senate majority leader, McConnell, are in bed with this cloven-foot mentality. If we don’t write “shock and awe” letters of disapproval for their mismanaged rhetoric towards Trump, or burn down the wires with heated phone calls to Congress, then we are simply complicit … and NOW is the time.
Look to yourself, what have YOU done today to help Trump win and warn off these covetous politicians? Until you can answer that you have stood up before your community, visible and audible to friends and neighbors we will never right the wrongs our country is enduring. We must be stronger than what they expect of us from the left. They believe we will fold, as did the Republican Congress for the past 7.5 years, minus a few like Mike Lee or Tom Cotton.
I’ll repeat myself:
“Too few of us have the courage to speak up & interact within our own communities for fear of dismissal. We do want to correct this “status quo” and return to a nurturing society that is strong enough to politely rectify wrongs, but most are not willing to be counted. We all know the difference between right and wrong, now being blurred by the NEA and government programs designed to breed sloth and voting compliance within the populace, let alone rewriting history.
Destroying the family morals, encouraging abortion at 36 weeks or having children out of wedlock, substituting profanity and violence for entertainment is the absence of respect and faith to country as a whole. It will deface our culture permanently.
If we are quiet, not openly contrary to the mere suggestion of these blatant abuses, especially for young people discovering life, then we are shedding responsibility as thoughtful adults, thus not working in tandem to right this ship. I agree, it is difficult to remain calm when presenting ones case without the polarity of offenses cooked up by the left, but that’s the point.
“Alinsky-ites” are playing for the long game, as is the Muslim Caliphate; eroding our sanity along with the values of our country is not an option. Do not allow ANYONE to misrepresent the truth; remember we are all accountable to a higher source, if not to ourselves.”
“Too few of us have the courage to speak…. I just love this bit Laurel. Great comment! Thanks for sharing. It inspires : ) But do we all really know the difference between right and wrong? And who defines what is right and wrong? Your right. They are manipulated by vested interests. We, as individuals and as a society, have lost our moral compass.
Rick
Trump is the only way that we can protect and safeguard our civilization. He is the path that can provide the tough stand that needs to be taken. The left had spent billions on foreign, domestic and national payoffs to succeed in seducing people to think we have to have globalization. The masses are asses and we will become a third world country following their ideas. We open our treasury and every foreign country is all in. They give us nothing in return. The Clintons through there foundation has accepted foreign money to get them special treatment.
Elaine has presented a great presentation and should be commended.
Terrific piece Elaine. I agree with you 100%!
If I were advising Trump, I would strongly suggest that he put a full court press on reaching out to the LGBT community. First, because he is socially Liberal, he is not seen as an enemy. Second, after the Orlando Islamic Terror attack, he should have their attention. The message should be that he will approach domestic Islamic terrorist differently and much more effectively than the Democrats, be it Hillary, Bernie or Joe.
Successful, without question. TALENTED AND SKILLED FAMILY…. Yet he so often puts his foot in his mouth, i.e. Gov Susan Martinez of New Mexico does not attend his rally; so he rants that she is an ineffective governor, that he could do a better job; hey, she is doing fine and, by the way, Donald, she chairs the Republican Governors Conference, as did Chris Christie. . . I surely support him over Broomstick 1, the name given her by Secret Service detail when first lady, but wish he had some “Reaganesque” and would quit shooting himself in the foot!
I agree Bill. His gaffes are cumulative. His seeming inability to control his outbursts diminishes his credibility. We need to win this one. I, like you, hope he manages to stay above the fray. It’s crucial that he behave impressively and win!
Thanks for your comment!
Elaine
Another excellent article!
One more point. It seems clear that Obama and his supporters take the view that the majority of Americans do not know what is in their best interests, but the Obama crew does. In fact, Obama is so sure that he is right, that he feels that it is morally and ethically acceptable to blatantly lie to the American people. 3 examples: 1) Maintaining that Benghazi was a spontaneous event motivated by an anti Muslim video, even when the CIA was clear that it was a planned terrorist attack; (2) Ben Rhodes admission that Obama lied about the Iran deal; and (3) that we can vett the proposed Syrian refugees that will be coming into the US. Let’s be clear about the foregoing: IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PROPERLY VETT THE REFUGEES. This is because there is little, if any, public or private information available about most of these refugees. Even if information existed, does anyone believe that the Assad government would cooperate with the FBI and provide the information that they possessed? Of course not. Therefore, the sole basis for making the National Security determination as to whether a refugee entering the US is a danger to the American people is the information offered by the refugee. So, unless the Obama administration has secretly developed a fool proof lie detector technology, which we can safely assume they have not or else they would be bragging about it and using it to justify their policy, the administration’s claim that they can vett the Syrian refugees is an intentional misrepresentation of the truth. This is not my opinion. This is a fact fully supported by all the available evidence including the statements on the subject from our security services. H’mmm.
…..As you make clear, Obama has lied for eight years. Democrats buy into his lies or Hillary would not have the support she has despite her obvious allegiance to Obama’s views and her consistent law breaking behavior which did not prevent her from securing the nomination. She lies too, and easily.
I agree Obama intentionally misrepresents the truth but I am uncertain what percentage of Americans are aware that he is a chronic ideological liar. I believe there is information yet to be learned about Obama that will emerge at another time.
Obama is a narcissist and has little respect for the American public. He thinks he bamboozles most Americans with skewed facts and outright lies, and he may. I am unclear how many actually know they are being lied to. Obviously the Trump supporters do. He believes he knows better but he is ideologically driven which creates his need to falsify facts. His disturbing beliefs dominate his behavior. The three lies you picked are doozies – but despite Benghazi, a damning condemnation of Hillary, she is still the nominee. I have a tough time grappling with that one. The Democratic party is bankrupt. The Republican party has plenty more to offer but they are splintered and uncertain of their own identity. They act irresponsibly with a disappointing lack of gumption. Do the Republicans know these times are desperate? I am unclear on that too. If they do, why don’t they alter their behavior? Trump isn’t as bad as all that.
Individuals like Obama and Hillary thrive in political times like these, where ethics take a back seat and integrity seems increasingly elusive.
How many fully understand this lethal political game that may end very badly?
Hi, I just stumbled across this blog in Google. Thanks for the breath of fresh air. I especially agree with Mark’s points. It’s nice to see an intelligent discussion on-line amidst all the spin and rubbish usually found. Keep up the good work Elaine. I look forward to more from you.
Rick
Hi Elaine, I love your post… thanks. But do Americans really know they’ve been bamboozled by Obama? I think you are right to say that he “schmoozed us into tranquil sobriety. He knew how to make us like him” and more importantly believe what he was doing was in our best interest. It’s wasn’t and it’s not. His policies have made the world a far more dangerous place and our homeland unsecure. Your suggestions as to what Trump can do if he is elected should be heeded eg, secure the border etc.
I like the comments and discussion here as well. Rick is right to say that there is a lot of junk out here in Google. I’m glad I found this as well. When I get a chance I’ll read some of your other posts. I’m intrigued with your perspective. Thanks for having the guts to express yourself!
Rose Taylor
Hi Rose…..Many Americans do not know they have been bamboozled by Obama. Their fierce adherence to leftist ideology prevents it along with the media who conspires further in keeping them deaf and dumb. So glad you discovered my blog and thanks for the encouragement. I appreciate that. I look forward to hearing from you again.
Elaine Sandler
Congrats to the British! Is it my imagination or does Boris look a lot like Donald? Both are unfairly treated by the press, the left and the bureaucrats.
The parallel is extraordinary between the USA and this courageous move by the Brits.
… the UK has awakened – there is hope for the common man.
Excellent Move!
Nothing like a jumpy stock market to get ones attention.
(I do believe global market will stabilize shortly, once we see the sky has not fallen, as political elites promised.)
Laurel…..how right you are! The Brits made a very courageous move though many will disparage it and already are. It took chutzpah to vote the EU out. Merkel in particular was dictating the terms they were forced to abide and the regulatory dunderheads in Brussels who have run their country down to a seething bastion of hotbed terrorism – it’s where the attacks are hatched and then carried out throughout Europe. Too dangerous to continue on with the EU. This is just the beginning. it probably begins the dismantling of the EU which hasn’t been a success. Look at the European continent. It is wholly mismanaged with an uncivilized run-on migrant population that is force fed on innocent Europeans with politically correct dogma that dares them to complain. The women are raped in unprecedented numbers. The EU has made egregious mistakes. I congratulate the British for making this move. And it helps Trump if he capitalizes on it as he should.
Yes Boris and Donald……very similar. It’s a new day….I pray.
Thank you as always. Elaine
Elaine you are so correct, in fact the news has already stated that numerous countries, major players like Spain, France, & Italy have already asked for referendums. (They actually had to go to Brussels to beg for the opportunity to leave – which is the problem in itself.) Heard last night from one such political type from Brussels that this faceless body wanted to make an example out of England’s choice to leave with “dire consequences” in regards to the negotiations.
What fools, simply trying to save themselves from insignificance. No one needs to be told which end is up.
Socialism doesn’t work. If it could, nature would have installed and utilized it in the beginning; the animals and weather would have asked to cooperate accordingly when famine and storms appeared.
Incentives are the only common ground that actually get traction. People, no matter on what continent, will only wake up when it affects them directly. The USA has been wrung dry from the left and its going to get ugly. A friend mentioned he’s now investing in precious metal, as in “a full metal jacket.” Get certified and be prepared, there is no future in being a victim.
Yes, there will be a never ending onslaught of positioned statements against Trump and some of his positions. That’s just politics. Trump can be refreshing in his lack of skill in political pandering and politikspeak. But he does still pander, just to a slightly different than usual audience. Rather than appeal with neutral restraint to as broad a coalition of conflicting opinions as possible, he appeals to those who dislike the very ugly but perhaps necessary style that is central to political negotiation and compromise. As Bill Maher once pointed out, he’s a bullying scam artist that most New Yorker knows better to trust but the rest of the country (its more innocent rural areas) hasn’t been inoculated against by usual route of familiarity, much like the natives of Mexico before Spain brought diseases that wiped them out. His lack of consistency in his positions and completely self-justifying explanations of all his behaviors is dissuasive enough.