From a conservative’s perspective, the Obama administration
has been the crowning achievement of the modern progressive movement. He has made good on his promise to
“fundamentally change America” but in ways very few could have possibly
envisioned. A community organizer,
without any meaningful qualifications or experience, was elected President of
the United States, not once but twice. President
Obama has brought this nation to a watershed moment – we will either reverse
his policies and restore the values as established by our founding fathers, or
we will sink irrevocably deeper into the abyss of socialism. The litany of his failures, blunders, deceit
and intentional disregard for the precepts of democracy, as set forth in our
Constitution, will be the fodder for presidential historians for generations to
come.
Complicit in the attempted destruction of the traditional
American culture has been a self-anointed, ruling class of citizens otherwise
known as the Congress of the United States.
And their accomplices are many who choose to serve themselves before
serving our nation – industry, politicians, bureaucrats, academics, special
interests, lobbyists, journalists, pundits, activists and political hacks. These demagogues, parasites, and emotionally
handicapped are motivated by their own desires and their contempt and disregard
for the common citizen. Together with
Congress, they have created a nearly unchallengeable, impenetrable and almost
invisible aristocracy.
Then, someone has the temerity to publicly profess outrage over
the behavior of the aristocracy.
Normally, these charges would be dismissed and the accuser overwhelmed
with accusations and assaults from every sector of the aristocracy culminating
in his or her personal destruction.
But this time it’s different. This time the accuser is a defector from the
aristocracy, one who knows and has participated in their deeds, and who is
armed to the teeth with massive resources and unparalleled resolve. And the accuser possesses some very unique
qualifications which we have not seen in any modern presidential candidate, from
any party. First and foremost, he was
born with the gift of a seemingly limitless source of personal energy. All of us personally know this rare kind of
personality because we have been an eyewitness to, a collaborator with, or a
victim of this indomitable spirit – we know its power and the magnetism of its
infectiousness. Second, he is a
competitor – he knows, better than only a few, the desperation for victory and
the suffering from defeat. But even in his worst moments, he is driven to
rise from where he has fallen, to shake off the naysayers, and to begin
again. He knows you are never defeated
until you admit defeat. He is the consummate
definition of a winner, and America loves a winner. Third, he not only understands but is a
master practitioner of capitalism, finance and most importantly, the art of
leverage. We can trust that when he
negotiates on behalf of the enterprise (the United States), his mindset and
focus is on getting the best possible outcome for the enterprise and not his
personal stature or legacy. Why? Because personal fulfillment is his greatest
need, and the restoration of America will be his greatest challenge. And fourth, the wisdom he has gained from his
varied interests and experiences has given him a vividly clear understanding of
human nature. Heartfelt compassion is
born of this understanding – otherwise, compassion is simply the need for
self-importance, or relief from personal guilt, or the result of undeserved
pity, or the means to a selfish objective.
And yet, even in the face of another liberal presidency, and
the almost assured financial collapse of our economy, the aristocrats are truly
frightened like never before – their empire is in immediate and nearly certain peril. I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say
they all quietly prefer another liberal administration. Oh, publicly, some Republicans will lament
such an outcome but in reality, everything will remain just as it was, just the
way they want it. They go on hiding
behind the façade of patriotism, sacrifice and service while living the good life
at the taxpayers’ expense. They’ll
continue to amass personal wealth that will shield them and their posterity
from the eventual financial collapse they have done nothing to prevent. And worse yet, there are others among them who
have been personally and skillfully defeated by the accuser’s unassailable
presence; who now place their wounded egos and hurt feelings before the health
and unity of the party. It is absolutely
beyond my comprehension that supposedly respected leaders would set the example
that abstention is preferable to participation.
Do they still wonder why Americans are so angry with the establishment
and the system?
The cries of the Republican cabal are a cacophony of
self-righteousness. They say Donald Trump
supporters are simply the dispossessed among us -- those for whom the American
dream is not working. Really? I may be a sample of one at the moment but
not among the circle of friends, associates and acquaintances I have developed
over the past 69 years. I have an
undergraduate and graduate degree from a state-named and supported university
(and I repaid my student loans in five years), I finished my corporate career
as a senior sales officer of a large international manufacturing corporation,
and I am comfortably retired devoting much of my time to service in the kingdom
of our Lord. I’m not dispossessed! But even if I were, where in our constitution
am I disqualified from exercising my voice and my right to vote? Where does it say certain, pre-qualified citizens
have a greater right to determine the course of this nation? I am a realist and pragmatist and I pity the
ideological and intellectual deaf and blind fools who will be the first to
succumb when our prosperity is depleted.
I doubt there will be much talk or concern with social issues among
those standing in line at the soup kitchen.
The aristocrats argue Mr. Trump is epically unprepared to
become the President of the United States.
(Any more so than the empty-suit currently in the White House?) Let’s first start with the question, ‘what
defines proper preparation’? If the
aristocracy’s list of pre-qualifications doesn’t mirror Mr. Trump’s resume of
experience, then they are epically clueless and have no idea of what constitutes
preparedness. Experience to the
aristocracy means you must act like us, think like us, and play by our rules or
you won’t play at all. To suggest he
can’t be trusted with the nuclear codes is the kind of fearmongering one would
expect from those whose power, prestige, influence and social status are in
imminent jeopardy. Never trust the opinion of anyone who hasn’t spent time in
the trenches of capitalism. For them,
their myopic view of the world is what they imagine or want it to be. I’ll take execution over intellect every
time.
Oh, the aristocracy is so truly alarmed they have even gone
to great lengths to question his integrity.
That is rich! In a culture where
“integrity” is more of a slogan than a virtue, where the “ends” justify the
“mean”, where truth is what you want it to be, where ideology trumps character,
where just the right amount of “bad” is good, where we’re big on diversity but
not when it comes to academia, where the Democrat’s presumptive opponent is
considered the most deceitful human on the planet, and where Saul Alinsky has
become the patriarch of modern political warfare, do the aristocrats believe
“integrity” is integral and fundamental to the voters’ decision process?
The aristocrats are acting like immature and petulant adolescents,
and I say to them, if you have not already endorsed Mr. Trump’s campaign, you
are a greater liability to a Republican victory in November than Hollywood, the
national media or George Soros. Continue
to pout and history will deny you the legacy you so desperately desire.