REPUBLICANS, SUPPOSE THEY REALLY DID PUT THE COUNTRY FIRST???

Call me naïve, if you wish, or a dreamer, but just what is it that the Republicans could do that would remove any and all doubt that their primary objective was not the achieving of some level of individual stature or personal glory but was, instead, to make sure that our Republic survives. And what could they do to prove to the party faithful that they aren’t just about politics but are about doing those things that will guarantee that our country remains for future generations. And just what is it that those who stand not a snowball’s chance on Hell of ever becoming president could ever do to bolster support for the one guy who we know can fix what’s broken?

All of which brings me to the most recent round of polling data regarding those Republicans who have either declared themselves to be candidates in 2024 or are rumored to be about to do so. And it was this the Morning Consult’s latest Republican presidential primary tracker poll that showed President Trump maintaining a substantial lead over Gov. Ron DeSantis who has yet to even declare himself to be a candidate. The poll published on Tuesday shows that 56 percent of potential Republican primary voters back Trump for the nomination. He sits 34 points ahead of DeSantis, who has not announced a White House bid, at 22 percent.

DeSantis has gained slightly compared to last week’s poll, which had him and President Trump at 24 percent and 58 percent, respectively. Beyond President Trump and DeSantis, no other candidate commands double-digit support. Seven percent of respondents back Mike Pence, followed by Nikki Haley in fourth place with four percent. Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy is backed by three percent of the respondents, followed by Liz Cheney and Sen. Tim Scott at two percent. Scott, or so we’re told, plan to announce his intentions in the following weeks. And it was former governor Asa Hutchinson who could manage to secure even one percent of support.

Now say what you will about President Trump, but he made good on many of the promises made to us for decades by Republicans who we chose to elect to Congress and who, once safely in office, promptly forgot all of the promises that had been made to get them there. And it’s the same thing that can be said about many of those who have either thrown their hat into the ring regarding 2024 or are discussing doing so. Under President Trump America became energy independent, our border was made secure, our military was made to have no equal and relative peace was brought to the Middle East. And now here we sit in the middle of another Democrat inspired mess!

The United States is our home. We now have far too many uninvited guests here who are essentially eating us out of house and home and pushing for even more ‘free stuff’ on a daily basis. There is now a flood of unwelcome, uninvited guests who are breaking our laws and who are a threat to our citizens. Our enemies are laughing at us, and they see us as weak. We have a military who, instead of ensuring the proper level of readiness and preparedness, is more worried about achieving the proper level of wokeness. And we are now hearing our food and the way of life we have grown used to is going to drastically change and we gave no one permission for any of it.

Now suppose the message that would be sent, especially to those who are so fearful that we’re losing the country, if it was all of those who are very clearly suffering from delusions of grandeur were to unite behind the man who, according to most polling data, is the man that most Republicans want to see as their candidate in 2024, and by a rather wide margin. Think about it, what would such an act do to stymie the many baseless accusations that continue to be directed at the man from both the Democrats and their minions throughout the ‘fake news’ media. It would make a united front and make all of the disinformation against President Trump, moot!

We had a good steward in President Trump and he was pushed out because he put America First. Our home was in order. We know he can do what he says because he did it before. Despite all the negative publicity and ridiculous investigations and impeachments during his first term, President Trump was polling higher in his third year than Joey is today. And higher again in his fourth year. Joey came in at 56 percent approval, had glowing publicity, and now sits at 30 percent. Circumstances are now much different than they were in 2020. America has been made to fall very far in a very short period of time, and farther than most would have thought possible.

As I mentioned earlier, wouldn’t it be nice if it could be those on our side that make the country, and not the party, or individual egos, the top priority here. Our country is being destroyed before our very eyes and we have this petty squabbling going on between the various candidates who have virtually no chance of being the one chosen to try to fix any of it. If only all parties concerned were to choose to put their big boy/big girl pants on and get fully behind President Trump it would do much to get us headed in the right direction. Then once we have the country on an even keel, they could go back to their squabbling. But until then we need to keep our shit together.

And perhaps if the Republicans were to unite behind President Trump it would cause a chain reaction, of a sort, and prompt even more Americans to get behind him. After all the misery that this country will have been subjected to by the end of Joey’s term you would think that most Americans would be willing to do just about anything if it meant, in the end, they were able to salvage what’s left of the country. Love him, or hate him, you cannot argue that President Trump does not love this country. And it is Joey who, very clearly, does not. And so, the time has now come for us all to stand together against the forces of darkness with President Trump leading the charge!

On a more personal note, I have supported President Trump twice in the past, and I will vote for him again, because he’s not a politician. He is an American who understands the sacrifices those who came before us have made so America is a free, safe and prosperous country to live in. I do not want to see that future destroyed for my grandchildren, by a politician. President Trump as a human being and as such is not perfect, no one is. But that said, President Trump is just what we need at this time in our history. I will only vote for President Trump to force a choice between the dumpster fire that is Joey’s America and Trump’s America that is both free and safe.