Franklin absolutely nailed it, Erick. We can make the argument that Democrats not only bought Billy Bob Clintstone's contention that what happened between he and Miss Monica was somehow "not sex", but that the results he achieved somehow immunized him from the consequences of his actions. They even formed an organization to make that point; remember Move On.org? It's a great argument, and one which stands up to the inevitable charges of "whataboutism", since they first framed the terms of the debate; all we're doing is using their standards of Presidential acceptability. And yes, I fully accept the rampant cynicism in the argument, but counter that there's nothing wrong with turning their cynicism back upon them (It's all rather Alinsky like, too).
Having framed the debate on their terms, we can then move on to the substantive arguments about the real issues; crime, the cratering of the Labor Force Participation Rate (4.5 million more people voluntarily left the workforce in November), inflation, the continuing supply chain mess, and the disaster in the making which is the Bidenauts' foreign policy. or lack of same. At that point, the left's constant bleating about the Jan 6, 2021 noninsurrection has no effect except among the True Believers, with whom we'll be stuck anyway.
Franklin further noted that whether or not Donald Trump is a racist (and nothing I have seen even remotely suggests he is), if people were better off than now is all that matters. It's sort of like the letter a general once wrote during my time in the military. In it, he noted that he was powerless to change what is in a person's heart (true), and that while he hoped that hearts would change, he had no means to order that they do so (also true). He then went on to note that he DID have the authority and responsibility to control the consequences of people's ACTING upon what was in their hearts and guaranteed, as he put it, that "the wrath of God" would descend on those twisted souls who dared act on those beliefs, NO exceptions. Thus it is now; we can only hope and pray that the Marxists among us would see that their ideology is antithetical to the American system, and change. But, if they fail to do so, then all we can do is see to it that "the wrath of God" descend on them this November. It's not a perfect situation, but we can never allow the perfect to be the enemy of the good.
I foresee violence as a campaign tactic returning for the midterms.
Here is rewrite of your 3rd paragraph...
... they hope their base will be pissed off and ready to [riot before] November. The problem for the Democrats here is... they risk their [violent] base turning [off voters by] burning [down cities].
I too had to share this one! I'm so tired of the bickering for power in this country. Seems neither party really cares about the people they are supposed to serve. We need the filibuster in the Senate if nothing more than to stop the passing of bad law.
Carol, I'm ok with conservatives bickering for power, or rather, 'advocating for common sense'. Conservatives have been far too complacent, which led to someone such as Donald Trump seeing the rails coming off and offering to step in. Like or dislike his methods, they wouldn't have been necessary if conservatives had stood up strongly to the leftward creep. Too many Republicans cared about how the media portrayed them. Many democrats have left the confines defined by our Constitution. The things they want to do should only occur after calling a Constitutional Convention of States. Progressives denigrate our founding documents, but it is those documents that legally bind us together.
I'm all for common sense as you mentioned. But what I see is each party just wants POWER! Power for it's own sake is dangerous! We need legislators that want to actually defend the Constitution! Too many on both sides are trying to pass legislation that keeps themselves in power and are more concerned with getting and keeping power than whether their legislation actually helps the people or hurts the people! Too many legislators don't care about the people who elected them except during an election cycle!
Oh man, I will be emailing this post out to many, not only for your inciteful analysis, but also for that caller's amazing comments.
What astounds me as that there are so many people that buy into the progessives' cauldron of putrescent lies, stirred up daily and served out by their leftwing servants in the media. I think their strategy is lie, then lie again, and if that doesn't work then lie, cancel, and de-platform. Their commitment to lying to themselves and everyone else repeatedly goes against the laws of nature, man's natural condition, and God's law. They will fail ultimately fail, but I sort of hope they will fail sooner than later. May God grant extraordinary strength to Senators Manchin and Sinema, to hold the line and keep our Republic intact.
Franklin absolutely nailed it, Erick. We can make the argument that Democrats not only bought Billy Bob Clintstone's contention that what happened between he and Miss Monica was somehow "not sex", but that the results he achieved somehow immunized him from the consequences of his actions. They even formed an organization to make that point; remember Move On.org? It's a great argument, and one which stands up to the inevitable charges of "whataboutism", since they first framed the terms of the debate; all we're doing is using their standards of Presidential acceptability. And yes, I fully accept the rampant cynicism in the argument, but counter that there's nothing wrong with turning their cynicism back upon them (It's all rather Alinsky like, too).
Having framed the debate on their terms, we can then move on to the substantive arguments about the real issues; crime, the cratering of the Labor Force Participation Rate (4.5 million more people voluntarily left the workforce in November), inflation, the continuing supply chain mess, and the disaster in the making which is the Bidenauts' foreign policy. or lack of same. At that point, the left's constant bleating about the Jan 6, 2021 noninsurrection has no effect except among the True Believers, with whom we'll be stuck anyway.
Franklin further noted that whether or not Donald Trump is a racist (and nothing I have seen even remotely suggests he is), if people were better off than now is all that matters. It's sort of like the letter a general once wrote during my time in the military. In it, he noted that he was powerless to change what is in a person's heart (true), and that while he hoped that hearts would change, he had no means to order that they do so (also true). He then went on to note that he DID have the authority and responsibility to control the consequences of people's ACTING upon what was in their hearts and guaranteed, as he put it, that "the wrath of God" would descend on those twisted souls who dared act on those beliefs, NO exceptions. Thus it is now; we can only hope and pray that the Marxists among us would see that their ideology is antithetical to the American system, and change. But, if they fail to do so, then all we can do is see to it that "the wrath of God" descend on them this November. It's not a perfect situation, but we can never allow the perfect to be the enemy of the good.
I foresee violence as a campaign tactic returning for the midterms.
Here is rewrite of your 3rd paragraph...
... they hope their base will be pissed off and ready to [riot before] November. The problem for the Democrats here is... they risk their [violent] base turning [off voters by] burning [down cities].
I too had to share this one! I'm so tired of the bickering for power in this country. Seems neither party really cares about the people they are supposed to serve. We need the filibuster in the Senate if nothing more than to stop the passing of bad law.
Carol, I'm ok with conservatives bickering for power, or rather, 'advocating for common sense'. Conservatives have been far too complacent, which led to someone such as Donald Trump seeing the rails coming off and offering to step in. Like or dislike his methods, they wouldn't have been necessary if conservatives had stood up strongly to the leftward creep. Too many Republicans cared about how the media portrayed them. Many democrats have left the confines defined by our Constitution. The things they want to do should only occur after calling a Constitutional Convention of States. Progressives denigrate our founding documents, but it is those documents that legally bind us together.
I'm all for common sense as you mentioned. But what I see is each party just wants POWER! Power for it's own sake is dangerous! We need legislators that want to actually defend the Constitution! Too many on both sides are trying to pass legislation that keeps themselves in power and are more concerned with getting and keeping power than whether their legislation actually helps the people or hurts the people! Too many legislators don't care about the people who elected them except during an election cycle!
Amen!
Nice!
Oh man, I will be emailing this post out to many, not only for your inciteful analysis, but also for that caller's amazing comments.
What astounds me as that there are so many people that buy into the progessives' cauldron of putrescent lies, stirred up daily and served out by their leftwing servants in the media. I think their strategy is lie, then lie again, and if that doesn't work then lie, cancel, and de-platform. Their commitment to lying to themselves and everyone else repeatedly goes against the laws of nature, man's natural condition, and God's law. They will fail ultimately fail, but I sort of hope they will fail sooner than later. May God grant extraordinary strength to Senators Manchin and Sinema, to hold the line and keep our Republic intact.
Astute summary of reality vs. wishful thinking. By the way Erick, I could not open the audio of Franklin.
It's becoming readily apparent that the Emperor has no clothes.
I heard Franklin yesterday and he was great! Loved his honesty!