I
have always maintained—and I am certain it is not an original thought—that no
matter what leadership position a person occupies—boss, military officer,
minister or President of the United States—that in general, no matter what you
do, one-third of the people in your purview are going to love you, one-third
are going to hate your guts, and one-third aren’t going to give a flying flip
if you sink, swim or juggle.
And
it’s the affection of that final third that is the battleground of politics in
particular. Winning the hearts and minds
of the disinterested or the skeptical or the independent. The numbers (which we’ll get to) from polls following President
Trump’s State of The Union Speech Tuesday night show that in spite of the never-ending
caterwauling by the lamestream media he is clearly winning that battle.
But
the people I would like to take to task are the decent and patriotic democrats
out there (I know, that seems like an oxymoron, but stick with me) who continue
to let Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Luis Gutierrez, Maxine Waters and a long
list of vapid and hysterical democratic leaders speak on your behalf. Shame on
you.
I
know enough of you to know that if my friends and acquaintances are representative
at all, there are many democrats who love their families, respect and cherish
the flag and their citizenship, want to be safe, are in favor of a robust
economy, hate drugs, and have a good measure of common sense (yes they do, c’mon).
They also all universally hate President Trump with all their hearts and souls
and from somewhere deep in their bowels where that common sense thing goes
right out the window and is replaced by screaming hysteria, but they are still
decent people and as American as any NRA member.
A lot
of the issue, if not all of it, centers around the President himself. Liberals
hate Trump. I saw a meme on social media the other day that said, “If President
Trump came out in favor of oxygen, liberals would start suffocating themselves.”
It’s up to you to decide if that’s a funny joke or a good idea, but I think it’s
a little overstated. I do think though, even the more moderate liberals would
at least hold their breath until they lost consciousness.
I
get it. No matter how rabidly or passionately any liberal feels they hate
President Trump they cannot possibly hate
him more than I (and about 60,000,000 other people) hated Barack Obama. We just
didn’t organize clubs to go to the park and howl at the empty sky and the only
media voices we had were those dreaded, lying bastards on Fox News and the
Satan Brothers—Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. But I think generally we
celebrated good things that happened for all
of America, not just groups of 20 million or less, many of whom probably
aren’t even citizens (read: actual Americans).
It
wasn’t Trump’s winning personality we voted for kids. Not even his boyish smile
and devilish good looks or the clever way he bashes anyone who opposes him like
a trucker looking to start a bar fight.
Nope. Wake up. We voted for Trump because he represented our voice on
one central theme: We have had enough.
Enough
mediocrity, known in leftist circles as “The New Normal,” enough “You Didn’t
Build That,” enough “Those jobs are never coming back,” when we knew that they
could. We had enough of our President apologizing to the planet for our success
and for enabling our enemies to do us harm. Enough of the negligent ignorance
that allowed our then president to declare ISIS the al-Qaeda JV. Enough of
surrendering our position as the unquestionably dominant military power in the
world (thereby keeping most of the world safe). We’d had enough of our betrayal
of Israel, the disregard for our borders and our potential and actual safety by
not vetting folks pouring across our border because not all of them were simple,
loving parents looking to make a better life for their families.
And
the list is much, much longer, trust me. Trump merely represented that voice
and he still does and I’m sorry we had to stoop to a guy the left finds so
socially distasteful. I hope the next Republican presidential candidate in 2024
is in the same mold though. We are sick and tired of the Washington
establishment (in both parties which neither the left nor establishment Republicans
get). We want more change. Real change without the false hope. And our side
feels like Trump has been giving us that.
As
mad as that makes you and as much as you hate us for believing we are headed in
the right direction, right now you should be wallowing in shame.
To
have democratic leadership continue their childish temper tantrum to the point
that they refused to clap for references to the American flag and the national
anthem is shameful. No one can tell me how that is anything other than un-American.
No
democratic applause for job creation, higher wages and bonuses, the lowest
black and Hispanic unemployment in history, securing our border,
fighting opioid addiction (really, guys?), a path to citizenship for the DACA
kids everyone is so worried about, the decline of ISIS, lower prescription drug
costs, the strengthening of our defense, and half-a-dozen other disgraceful
displays of contempt.
Well,
gee whiz, Obama had black unemployment declining before he left office. Ok. Is
it, or is it not at the lowest level in recorded history? Let me save you the
Google search—yes, it is. Isn’t that worth celebrating? Isn’t it worth at least
applauding?
Whose
side is the democratic leadership on?
Even
more despicably disgusting was the democrat’s refusal to acknowledge the
parents of the victims of daughters murdered by MS-13 gang members in this
country illegally because of Obama’s policies and the stubborn and very
dangerous continuance of sanctuary cities. It’s not the families looking to
find a better life we are against coming here, you idiots, it is swell fellows
like the MS-13 boys club members we’d like a chance to vet and refuse admission
to if we can catch them at the border!!! For Pete’s sake.
Democrats
also refused to applaud young Preston Sharp of Redding (I assume PA, though all
three articles I read about him only referenced “Redding,” not PA or CA—way to
go again, stalwart lamestream journalists) noticed on a visit to his
grandfather’s grave at Arlington that not all veterans had flags or flowers on
their tombstones. Young Preston organized a campaign that has since placed over
40,000 flags on the markers of veterans buried at Arlington.
Bravo
young man, and thank you. I am truly sorry America’s democratic leadership
thought your actions were so heinous, facist and racist or whatever to withhold
their recognition and applause.
Shame
on you, liberals. Shame on every liberal democrat or liberal in independent
clothing who is happy Nancy Pelosi was in that chamber standing up and
intimidating down any democratic lawmaker who forgot they hate America for a
moment and attempted to stand up. Was that a lemon or a tide pod that horrific
hag was sucking on?
Normally
I find her dementia and her inability to articulate a thought amusing but she
was just plain wicked that night at any level you’d care to measure it.
Naturally,
Fox News decried the actions of Congressional democrats as shameful, but among
others, the Chicago Tribune and Dana Milbank of the Washington Post described
their behavior as embarrassing and offered the nation an apology. As much as it
pains me to credit the Chicago Tribune or the Washington Post, I have to. I’m
not ready to say I now respect them, but I certainly respect their backbone on
that subject.
Much
to their chagrin, but according to CBS’ own post speech poll 75% of Americans
who watched the speech believed it to be favorable. Included in that number, 97%
of republicans, 72% of independents and a staggering 43% of normally hateful (of
anything Trump) democrats found it favorable.
Eight
out of 10 Americans who watched felt President Trump was trying to unite the
country, not divide it. Contrast that with his predecessor who was arguably the
most divisive president in American history along racial, demographic and
economic lines.
Only
21% of watchers said the speech made them feel angry and 14% said it made them
feel afraid. Sorry, but if you are angry about an improving economy, increased
security, an emphasis on ending opioid addiction and everything else positive
that was in that speech, we are probably never going to reach each other.
Fourteen
percent said they thought Trump’s policies would hurt them (I wonder where they’re
from); 54% thought they would help them; and 32% thought they would have no
effect on them but wondered if there were going to be snacks.
Ninety
one percent (91%!) favored Trump’s
ideas on repairing infrastructure. Only 32% of people watching identified Trump
as the enemy (what? Wait…). And 64% of
those watching said they were optimistic about the next five years with Trump
as President.
Forty
two percent of those watching the speech were republicans while only about a third were democrats and CNN feels that
hugely skewed the statistics. I’ve admitted before that math really isn’t my
thing but I’m good enough at it to know that 42 by itself can’t deliver numbers
like 75, 80, 54, 91 and 64 in favor of things they heard by itself. Nor can the
other 58% of watchers deliver numbers like 21, 14, 14 again and 32 and claim
they haven’t maybe lost a little support for their nationwide hate and
hostility campaign.
CNN
did loudly proclaim that Donald Trump lied to the public again when he claimed
his SOTU had the largest viewing audience in history when it was only the third
or fourth largest, so they’ve got that going for them. Whew.
We’ll
see if democratic voters can’t try to do something in November to change the direction of
democratic leadership in Washington like republican voters have tried to do
with our corrupt and unhelpful establishment. If they do not, I think my shame
for their actions will easily dissolve into disgust. I in no way speak for all
conservatives. But I bet I speak for a lot of them and I think we are winning
the battle with that coveted other third who can be persuaded.
I
remain as proud as I have ever been to be an American. But I am deeply ashamed
to share a country with people who can support Pelosi and company.
Seventeen
hundred words and I don’t even care.
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