Commentary

His name may not be on the ballot, but despite what Democrats would have you believe, Americans will be voting in opposition to Biden’s radical policies that have put our nation on a dangerous footing, economically and national security-wise.  

After my October 4, 2022 tongue-in-cheek piece on voting Democrat, I was  reminded of Ronald Reagan’s memorable line in the final week of the 1980 presidential campaign during a debate with President Jimmy Carter:

“Are you better off today that you were four years ago?”

While it only seems like four years under Biden, it will be their way of saying, “enough.”

Simply, the midterms give us the opportunity to regain the House and Senate, and remove from office Democrats who have put us in this untenable position by voting with the Biden-Harris administration.

In my state, Arizona, it is imperative that we unseat Sen. Mark Kelly, who has had no sway whatsoever with Biden on the important issue of immigration.  Now he’s desperately attempting to fool voters with TV commercials showing him on the border with ranchers.

Blake Masters is challenging Kelly, but is facing opposition funding and smear tactics because he was endorsed by former President Trump.

For the GOP to take the Senate, races in Wisconsin (Johnson), Nevada (Laxalt), Pennsylvania (Oz), and Georgia (Walker), I urge readers in those states to vote.

While retaining the House appears to be easier to do, it is no time to get cocky. Nancy Pelosi must be unceremoniously removed from the speakership.  Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has introduced his party’s Commitment to America, an action plan that includes the repeal of the hiring of 87,000 IRS agents on the first day.

Why we must prevail

The economy

We are officially in a recession, and Americans are feeling it at the pump, in grocery stores in other places where they purchase goods and services.

Americans see inflation gobbling up their increased wages.  Individuals are simply  falling behind.  For people on fixed incomes, it is even worse.  It’s why it is a key issue as voters look to the midterms.

Government spending has gotten out of hand with the Democrats in control. There hasn’t been a single Republican vote for any of it.

Forget Build Back Better, Biden’s massive infrastructure plan that was supposed to repair or build bridge and roads.  BBB took a hit and returned for a vote as the Inflation Reduction Act, though it doesn’t reduce inflation.  Instead, battery research and other clean energy projects are being funded.

We need to stop the spending.

Energy Independence

On Biden’s first day in office, he sacrificed the energy independence we achieved under former President Trump, when he stopped the Keystone XL pipeline and told our oil and gas industry he was in charge.

While the cost of gas and diesel at the pump spiked, our feckless leader began begging other countries to provide us gas, and he dangerously began tapping our “emergency” reserves, and that continues today.

Why, when we have an abundant supply of oil and the means to process it cleanly?

The radical Biden plan that assumes America must transition from fossil fuels to alternate energy, like wind and solar, to achieve zero emissions and alter climate change, must be derailed. 

With the power of the purse, we can stop this fantasy in its tracks, including the wrong one, that track 76 percent of the voters view he has the nation on.

Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, doesn’t.  What it does is fund clean energy projects, including 500,000 electric car charging stations to charge the electric cars he’d like to mandate.

Too often, when we talk about energy, we get bogged down in the discussion of fossil fuels and electric vehicles, because it’s the price at the pump that hits home.

With fall and winter weather on the horizon, I believe the conversation will shift to natural gas and the failure of wind and solar to provide the demands of home heating along with bigger hits on home budgets.

Crime in America

Biden has allowed those on his radical left to foster the defunding of police in their overzealous response to the killing of George Floyd.  We saw large segments of Democrat cities destroyed with protests.  Cities, corporations, the NFL and NBA were intimidated by the Black Lives Matters organization. 

Embarrassingly, huge yellow “BLM” letters painted on a street in our Nation’s Capital were sanctioned, and the letters were painted on floors of NBA courts and in NFL end zones.  Meanwhile, our police were being assaulted.

Space here will not permit me to review the daily stories of crime, from the Christmas parade in Kenosha to the stabbing of an EMT first responder in New York.  Crime has gotten out of hand and the Democrats have no interest in seriously addressing it.  The Republican party does.

Immigration

Biden’s open borders policy as allowed more than 2 million migrants from some 100 countries cross our border, primarily along the Rio Grand River in Texas. They have been permitted to go to cities of their choice with the “promise” that they will meet their court date for asylum consideration. Forget it. Not going to happen.

Meanwhile, the Border Patrol reports that more than a half million migrants are unknowns classified as “gottaways.”  Then there’s the massive quantities of drugs slipping through, undetected.

Biden’s refusal to visit the border reveals his tacit approval of what’s happening on our border.

Former President Trump’s border policy effectively controlled the traffic, according to the border patrol.  The fence was nearing completion when he was defeated in 2020.

Those appear to be the top four issues on the minds of Republican voters.  I think you will note that things are much different than in my “tongue-in-cheek” piece on voting for Democrats.

May God continue to bless the United States of America, especially as voters contemplate their vote over the next 32 days.