Trump Supporters Cling While
Congressional Republicans Shrink
Published in Marietta (GA) Daily Journal, 8/13/17
The
vilification of a duly elected president continues. Never in our history have losers of a
presidential election been such cry babies.
Never have they been so intent on overturning the will of the people.
There are proper actions for those
who lose presidential elections. The
first step has historically been for losers to turn their attention toward the
midterm elections. In 2018 one-third of
the Senate – 33 members – will be up for re-election. In the House all 435 seats are up for
grabs. If the losers want the reins
back, re-capturing Congress is their logical first step. That potentiality lies only 15 months away.
The next step is the 2020
presidential election season. This
election season will allow Trump opponents to pick their nominee for president
and then work for his or her victory. But
no, President Trump’s opponents won’t wait for the constitutional path to take
its course. They will, as is their habit,
use the courts to help them bypass the constitutionally ordained method of
choosing presidents. They will speak of
impeachment and keep certain things astir (Russia, Russia; the President’s
family, his use of social media, etc.) in order to stymie his efforts to govern
and implement what he promised during his campaign.
Speaking of family involvement, the
media had no problem when Mrs. Clinton was in charge of President Clinton’s
healthcare reforms, or when Rosalyn Carter participated at cabinet meetings, or
when child Amy Carter was consulted by her father on foreign policy. (I personally believe President Carter was
dead serious when he stated he often talked to Amy about decisions. Apparently like many other liberals, he viewed
children and youth as possessing a “glow,” a wisdom, an untainted “blank slate”
perfection of sorts that adults should honor.
Read Rousseau, the “blank slate” romantic philosopher, and you get an
understanding of how this view has negatively affected education, parenting, and
politics.)
Consider the following wins for
President Trump. The recent unanimous
vote of the United Nations Security Council to place economic sanctions on
bellicose North Korea illustrates the effectiveness of U.N. Ambassador Haley
and of Secretary of State Tillerson, a cool head who is as “non-politician” as
Trump and who sounds like he might have come from where I grew up. Like Trump, he is different. And he is effective. He had already talked with most world leaders
as a businessman. Of course the
Democratic media will never give him credit for pulling China and Russia to our
side on North Korea. They think he’s
doing everything for Exxon.
Consider the President’s strong
stand on sanctuary cities and the Attorney General’s recent warning to them of
withholding federal funds if they continue to break the law. Though he knows he is breaking the law
harboring illegals, the Chicago mayor, who would rather fight Trump than fight
crime, says he will sue the Justice Department for such action. See?
When the ballot box doesn’t please you, find a judge to turn it upside
down. The mayor’s expression, “a
welcoming city,” (for illegals??) is an example of Rousseau-speak.
President Trump is not without
compassion. His call for $639 million
for the starvation crisis in Africa illustrates as much. Neither is he without support of the middle
class. In the election, Trump received
69.4 million votes. Do “reporters” (I
use the word loosely) and panelists on CNN, MSNBC and the three major networks
feel about the 69 million voters the same way they feel about Trump? Of course they do. They believe the 69 million are America’s
unwashed.
One thing Mr. Trump does glaringly
lack: the sure, audible support of a Republican U.S. Representative or
Senator. Any approving words he has
received have been tepid. Congressional
Republicans are not with the people. We
dream if we expect from them a Capitol steps affirmation of the man whom their
constituents placed in office. I doubt
that even a million or two of the 69 have defected. If I’m right, the timid Republicans will be
hearing from a substantial number of their constituents in November of 2018 and
2020.
The media’s double standard for
Trump is appalling. One of Trump’s chief
opponents is Democratic Senator Bloomingthal who falsified his record about
service in Vietnam. Even so, he is as
much a darling to the media as is the undependable, irascible John McCain.
Elections are clarifying, purifying
events. Since Trump’s supporters are holding
strong, we should expect both clarification and purification, come November of
2018 and 2020. Congressional Republicans
will feel it first. And well they should.
Roger
Hines
8/9/2017
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