Commentary
After publishing yesterday’s edition on the subject of President Biden’s heated rhetoric with a downright dirty personal attack on former President Trump in Detroit, I was encouraged to hear similar commentary in the media.
I noted that even the left-leaning New York Times reported the reversal in Biden’s messaging since he began his election campaign. Some say it was in desperation.
Yes, Trump often refers to Biden as being “crooked,” and “the worst president in history,” but that isn’t viciousness. That’s typical political talk.
Wondering how I can effect change in my small way, I think about things I have written about some people on the left, even RINOs. While I often quote someone else, I’ve been known to go on attack.
A friend of mine suggests that we need to stop thinking Republican vs Democrats, and respect that we are all Americans with different points of view. Utopia.
That’s not going to happen. Politics is politics. The two-party systems is here to stay. Bringing civility to campaigning is possible, but a major challenge.
Need I remind you of recent attempts that have failed?
In 2008, Barack Obama proclaimed that “there is no red America and no blue America,” but by 2010, while running for reelection, his strategy was noted as “a harbinger of more polarizing and divisive politics as we move forward toward the presidential election,” according to a Democrat pollster.
In President Biden’s inaugural address in January 2021, he said “This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge and unity is the path forward … let us listen to one another … show respect for one another … and, I will be a president for all Americans.
Where was that unity when he also spoke of “a rise in political extremism, white supremacy, and domestic terrorism?”
And more recently, “Donald Trump is a threat to this nation.”
Finally, does it really matter what Trump said at his 2017 inaugural?
“We, the citizens of America, are now joined in a great national effort to rebuild our country and to restore its promise to all our people.
“Together we will determine the course of America and the world for years to come.”
Because for two years, Washington’s Deep State resisted his candidacy, and seventy Democrats of the U. S. House of Representatives boycotted his inaugural address ceremony.
And that was just the beginning of a concentrated effort, first to impeach him, then to use the intelligence community to rescue Biden in 2020.
In fear that he might be elected in 2024, a massive weaponization of the judicial system was conceived to keep him off the campaign trail and in courts fighting weak cases. And Biden insisted that Trump was a threat to democracy.
So Where do We Go from Here?
Trump’s suggestion for the next debate, if there is one, that he and Biden sit at a table and calmly discuss their views on a list of topics without a moderator sounds good, but it’s not going to happen.
The shooting could drastically change the way the two candidates campaign between now and November 5. There will be no Trump rallies, at least outdoors.
The rhetoric? We’ll see.
An Optimistic Look
The Republican’s 2024 Platform is a good start. Dedicated to the forgotten men and women of America, “America First: A Return to Common Sense,” is focused on being a nation based on truth, justice, and common sense. The easy-to-read document can be found on the Internet at https://presidency.ucsab.edu/.
As the Republican National Convention gets underway tomorrow, this platform will be highlighted and voted upon by the delegates.
May God continue to bless the United States of America
