Posted on 01/26/2019 6:02:33 PM PST by Captain Peter Blood
I have deliberately tried not to read the articles and comments of the last couple of days since President Trump’s announcement on the deal to end the government shutdown.
The reason being was the kind of negative comments and wailing that the President had caved and no longer deserved our support. I flatly reject that argument.
None of can truly know the immense pressure the President was under to find a way to end this imbroglio. I, like many, had hoped that the President could tough it out and get the Border Wall Funding that is needed. The truth is the President went further than any one before him on Principle, but at some point it became an issue of diminishing returns politically, and the Democrats refused to bargain in good faith.
The real truth is that President Trump is one man who has been battling not only the Democrats, but his own party that have refused to stand with him, not only on the Border issue but many others as well. What could we the voters who put President Trump in office really expect?
President Trump in two short years has accomplished more than any of us could have realistically expected given the circumstances. A man who was not a professional politician and had come up through the ranks to become President, but one who was a independent outsider that by a fluke won and beat all the professionals, and badly at that.
We have to take note and realize that both political parties are corrupt, in fact they are beyond the Pale kind of corrupt and one man cannot take them on and win without unqualified support. We the voters that put Mr. Trump in office in many ways have failed him, and failed him miserably.
When exactly was the last time that people took to the streets to really protest anything or marched on Washington D.C. to demand any change? There were certainly many protests and such during the Vietnam War as well as Civil Rights Demonstrations in the 1960’s and early 1970’s.
The one time though that I can recall from history that people actually went to Washington D.C. for a real protest was during the early 1930’s. It was during the Depression and it was the Bonus March where veterans of W.W. I came to get the monies they were promised for fighting in W.W. I. Over 43,000 people came and tent cities sprang up all over Washington.
The Army was called out to disperse them, they were under the command of then Chief of Staff Douglas MacArthur , tear gas and guns were used, people died ,and it was a shameful period in out history.
My point in bringing this up is this, at what point do we as Americans, finally decide we have had enough of the corrupt parties in D.C. and finally march on the city and demand our Government do what we elected them to do????
Recently we have seen those in France, The Yellow Vests, do exactly that. The people there were finally pushed to the braking point tax wise and were able to cause a General Strike and for the most part were able to force the Government to it’s knees and they aren’t finished yet as they have been emboldened to press on and try to get other reforms.
The question arises when do we in this country do the same, what is the tripping point here? Will people ever get motivated to come out of their little cocoons, put down their cell phones, get away from the video games, etc. and etc. to demand that government be accountable to them and have our elected officials do what we elect them to do or we will just go along, silently assent and acquiesce?
Because if we aren’t going to so what is necessary to demand our Politicians be accountable then how can we hold President Trump responsible?
President Trump isn’t perfect and we knew that when we elected him, but we also knew he wasn’t a Boy Scout either, he was a New York Street Fighter and that was what was needed. Like or not Donald Trump is the only game in town for us, The Deploreables. If what the Democrats propose and want doesn’t scare you then I don’t know what to tell you.
I will continue to support the President through thick and thin as there is no other alternative for the future of our country and Constitution.
Maybe we won’t get the Border Wall, but it won’t be for lack of trying. President Trump has put it all on the line for us because I think he loves his country, we need to find more ways to support the President.
My dream would be 10 Million of us march on Washington D.C. and demand what we know is right and the politicians be Damned.
The question is what will it take to make us do that?
I think we have failed the President in the kind of support he needed to get things done.
We have not been forcefull or vocal enough be heard.
I do not advocate violence, I advocate anything we can do to bring our concerns more to the forefront and pressure our politicians to do what have elected them to do.
The Republican party had Congress for the first two years of Trump’s admin & didn’t build the Wall. Why would the DemonRats do what GOP traitors wouldn’t do?
I feel terrible. I will never forgive myself, and I don’t expect God to forgive me, either.
It’s not over. Trump always has the option to appropriate funds from where he sees fit.
He’s giving the Democrats an opportunity to either bargain or reveal themselves as unwilling to bargain.
They also had Paul Rhino blocking for them.
Some of the members of Congress may have had an “R” by their name, but they sure as hell were not republican followers...
You people keep voting for it.
So what do you want me to say?
Any of the 16 [15 Republicans + Hillary] 2016 contenders would have continued the Obama ‘new normal’, had they won.
Imagine being 2 years into a Hillary presidency — then, count your blessings that Trump won.
And the Republican Party would not support Trump either, Ryan and McConnell certainly did not want that border wall funding.
This is a reality check for us, we have to move forward the best way we can.
We’re not the ones with veto power. Trump is. Could he have held up the tax cuts over the border wall by threatening a veto? Yes. Did he? No. Remember - the globalist wing of the GOP needs immigration restrictionists to get their agenda through.
And yet, when he had majorities in both chambers, he failed to make the wall his #1 priority. The result of Trump failing immigration patriots? He may not be re-nominated, let alone re-elected. This is why he’s flailing around with this theatrical shutdown, which will achieve nothing, because the Democrats don’t have persuadable Congressmen in the house. Whereas, for two years after his election in 2016, Trump could have at least threatened to primary any recalcitrant GOP House members the way he forced Corker and Flake out of their seats. But he never did.
I’m a results-oriented person. I judge people by their results, not by their explanations or excuses. By that measure, Trump has fallen flat on his face re immigration. He has put immigration restriction last on his list of priorities. And that will haunt him in 2020 with the voters who believed his promise to put it first.
Trump worked his ass off to win a very tough election. The stakes couldn’t have been higher, as Hillary would have killed what is left of our Republic. Trump is as good as we will ever get. These losses and the assault on him, his friends and family must be highly demoralizing. He needs a show of support from his base.
I agree.
Spot on. The Uniparty promised us a wall 32 YEARS AGO. It’s ludicrous to blame POTUS for this mess.
I agree, people keep voting for the same idiots and we need other alternatives. California is what we may become if we don’t watch it. Total Democrat Control and at some point the state is going to bust wide open.
I don’t know why people are surrendering already. Game ain’t over.
Bump
I don’t know why people are surrendering already. Game ain’t over.
They are just regular folks being subjected to professional gaslighting by the Never Trumpers, MSM and self interested chattering class types.
I’ve been saying that same thing for a while now.
Trump has been an army of one. We have this quaint idea that all we need to do is get off our asses every couple of years to go vote and then go back to sleep. And we leave the people that we elect to deal with the wolves and hyenas of the opposition all on their own.
Meanwhile the left is full of activists constantly holding their politicians feet to the fire and destroying anyone on the right, and they do that whether they win or lose an election.
We have to realize that winning an election is not enough, that that’s just the start.
We need to revive the spirit of the Tea Party.
I will not bail on POTUS Trump.
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