While Democrats in their divisive closing message are using “name calling” (racist, misogynist, Fascist) and hyperbole (referring to former President Donald Trump’s supporters as “garbage” and saying Republican policies are causing the death of women), the war in Ukraine has taken a new and alarming turn.
North Korea, a nation with one of the largest armies in the world, has sent its ground troops to Russia’s aid. This is what Russia wanted. One must wonder what North Korea wants in exchange from Russia.
When the United States fails to project strength through effective leadership, the world is a less safe place. Peace comes through strength – that is something missing in the Biden-Harris administration. It would be worse under a Harris-Walz administration.
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Election Day will determine America’s direction for the next four years. Both Trump’s supporters and Vice President Kamala Harris’s supporters cannot imagine why the race is so close. Both think it should be a blowout in favor of them. That could be the case, or whoever wins could prevail via a razor-thin victory as the polls – which have been wrong before – are projecting.
All Americans know what they have been experiencing from a financial perspective. The rich have gotten richer under Biden-Harris as Wall Street has been hitting record highs. But the vast majority of Americans living on Main Street are feeling the pain caused largely by inflation.
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My favorite Christmas movie of all-time is “It’s a Wonderful Life.” It is about a local banker who is so unhappy with his life over trivial things that he wishes he was never born. A guardian angel comes down from heaven to grant George Bailey his wish. Via a flashback, he saw just how bad his hometown would be had he never been born. He was able to appreciate and cherish his life – because it was a wonderful life.
If we could flashback to Christmas 2020 America was far different than it is today. We have experienced the inverse of George Bailey, politically. Had we skipped four years of Biden-Harris, our lives in many ways would be so much better.
Like George Bailey had he not lived, America has had some bad things happen during the Biden-Harris administration. There is no peace in the world, no prosperity for families trying to make ends meet, and no secure borders. Biden-Harris has allowed millions of illegals to enter America. Now they are using our precious social services and resources, thus increasing our national debt.
Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, talk incessantly about abortion rights, something that Trump has promised not to change even if he could (the Supreme Court has ruled that it must be determined by the states). On a national level only a Constitutional Amendment could codify Roe vs. Wade, and Democrats know this.
This is not the first time Democrats have promised something they knew they could not deliver. Prior to the 2020 election they pandered to young people with a promise to eliminate student loan debt. In four years, that aim was never achieved because of the Constitution. The executive branch of our government simply cannot do this on its own. And Biden-Harris knew that.
But they will say anything to win.
The damage done by Biden-Harris is not irrecoverable. We can come back. Whether we will see $2.40 gas prices, 2.65% mortgage interest rates, inflation under 2%, or peace in Europe and the Middle East can all be hoped for again.
One thing is certain, if we continue going in the wrong direction as 79% of Americans feel, we are not going to “self-correct.” The folks who cause the problems cannot be expected to know how to fix them. After all, they had years to do so and have failed.
Most importantly, we cannot bring back the lives lost due to the poor judgment and the bad decisions of Biden-Harris. This would include the botched Afghanistan departure, the smuggling of fentanyl over the Mexican border that killed over 100,000 Americans, and random acts of violence from illegal immigrants due to our porous borders with Mexico.
Harris has said that she was in the room for those decisions, and she has said she would not have done anything differently. In a normal America that would be enough to warrant her defeat. But we are not living in normal times.
Trump is hated so much that in a matter of weeks two different assassins attempted to kill him. One succeeded in wounding him. His bullet was a tiny fraction away from killing our 45th president.
I trust that the American people will see through the Democrats’ trickery. For example, Harris-Walz wants you to turn the page while they are the ones, as the incumbent party, still stuck on the same page. They are also the ones exclaiming that Trump is a threat to our democracy when in reality their ideas to remove of the Senate filibuster (which would eliminate the need for bipartisanship) and tamper with the number of Supreme Court justices (i.e. “stacking the court”) would truly lead to the end of our democracy as we know it today.
Why? Because one party would rule America, and we would become more like China and Russia which also have one-party rule.
Harris complains about the last 10 years when Democrats have been in the White House for most of those years – 12 of the last 16 years. Duh.
Shame on the Democrats. They are not the party I used to know and used to compete against. Today, they attempt to deceive, lie, and trick the public for personal gain.
In “It’s a Wonderful Life,” it was an angel that showed George Bailey the way. Maybe Trump’s last-second twist of his head preventing his killing could have been God’s way of messaging us today.
Gary Franks served three terms as U.S. representative for Connecticut’s 5th District. He was the first Black Republican elected to the House in nearly 60 years and New England’s first Black member of the House. Host: podcast “We Speak Frankly.” Author: “With God, For God, and For Country.” @GaryFrank
