Freedom, prosperity, hope vs. control, despair, hopelessness. If you paid any attention to the two conventions, that contrast should be perfectly clear to you.
How do you see America? If it is a beacon of hope, a place of freedom and prosperity, a place where every person has the right to choose how to lead their life, can work for what they value and hope for, then you are a Republican.
If you see America as inherently evil, a place where you have no hope unless you turn over to the government all your freedom and all your ability to choose what your life will be. If you believe it is those in power who should have the right to control you, then you are a Democrat.
You might be thinking that both sides promise us a better America. Perhaps. But go beyond the promises.
Let’s start with who it is that keeps promises. Donald J. Trump has kept every campaign promise he has made. This very well may be a first. It is certainly a first in my lifetime. And it is certainly in contrast to the record of Joe Biden. For over 40 years he has made promises to a variety of groups – farmers, small businesses, minorities, school children, etc. – promises to improve some aspect of their lives, and then has turned around and taken actions that do just the opposite; actions that are far more likely to help him and his family rather than those to whom he made promises.
As the VP candidate, in conjunction with Mr. Obama, Biden promised us hope and change, but all that administration did was pour fuel on every spark of discontent that they could find as they created divisiveness and despair. This was not unintentional.
Trump does not have the silver tongue of career politicians, but what he does have is the inclination to simply tell it like it is. No sweet talk, no fancy words that say nothing. He tweets. Sometimes those tweets are hard to take, but they are honest and real. And when he tells us he is going to do something, he does it.
His actions are not divided by victim-hood or other identity groups. All of his actions are for all of the American people. You may not agree with his policies, but his policies, unlike those of the Democrats, are not divisive. Indeed, the Democrat policies, like those of socialists before them, are intended to divide us and make us ripe for the destruction of America as we know it that the Democrats seem to be seeking.
These are not the Democrats of old. Once upon a time both Democrats and Republicans loved America. They may have had different ideas of how to improve it, but with their common goal they were able to work together. Perhaps old Joe was once one of them, but he is no longer or if he is he has lost his control to the progressive Left.
Today’s Democrats do not love America. They believe that America and its ideals are fundamentally flawed. Their goal is not to improve America but to completely dismantle it – tear it down and start over. But if you listen carefully you will learn the sort of place that they will build instead. One in which they, not you will control your life. They will decide what you can say, what health care you will receive, how much you can make, what God, if any, you can worship, what medicines you must or cannot put into your body, what you must read, what you must learn and where you must learn it, and how much of what you earned you must give to others who may have done nothing to deserve it. They will dismantle the concept of citizenship and country as they open borders and provide benefits that once belonged only to citizens to every person in the country.
The Democrats don’t come out and say these things directly. To listen to them, if they are elected we will all be sitting happily singing Kumbaya while everyone’s life is one of bliss. But look beneath the pretty words, ask how that hoped for idyllic vision will be achieved. It is not so pretty and it looks a heck of a lot like the failed socialist dreams that have caused enormous suffering around the globe.
Let’s take a minute to look at our Constitutional freedoms. We know that the Democrats would delete the Second Amendment in a second if they could and will erode it in every way possible until it is effectively non-existent. (For example, my city’s Democrat mayor has declared all city parks and civic plaza to be “school zones”, hence banning all guns from these places. Overreaches such as this will become more and more common until there will be no guns permitted.)
But what about the First Amendment. We have already lost much of its guaranteed freedoms to the Democrat agenda and its “cancel culture.” Those who speak words that they do not approve of are assaulted verbally on social media and in person, are sometimes assaulted physically (witness the actions of the Left outside the President’s speech last night in DC. Look at the videos – it was not a “peaceful protest” but a violent mob that not only attacked police, but also those who had attended the speech. Sen. Rand Paul, his wife, and others with him were clearly in fear for their very lives). People more and more frequently lose their jobs if they make a statement of which the Left does not approve.
These attacks have already silenced many who keep their mouths shut rather than face the Left mob. But it is not just speech. It is the other topics of the First Amendment as well. Religion is under attack, especially Christianity whose views on family, marriage, etc. do not comport with those of the Left. The free press of the First Amendment is long gone; it is little more than a propaganda machine for the Left. Those seeking facts will not find them in the media; rather they will find the Left’s narrative. And peaceable assembly has likewise lost all meaning. Violent riots, if they support the Left and its causes, are labeled as peaceful protests, whereas a peaceful right-leaning protest will be silenced by the Left.
This is just the beginning. The Left is stirring up trouble, but it is not good trouble. It is a pull out all the stops effort to keep President Trump from being re-elected. And if the Democrats are elected they will be chomping at the bit to begin their total dismantling of America and they clearly have no hesitation to use violence to do so (and let’s not forget that good socialists believe that the overturn of the current regime should always be violent).
Back to the conventions. The Democrat convention was nothing more than 4 days of hate directed at Trump and his supporters, with the occasional assurance that the Democrats would take care of us (read that as they would take our freedoms and they, not we, would control us).
The Republican convention, rather than a dystopian nightmare, presented a positive and hopeful picture of America. Each night's theme portrayed a different and upbeat aspect of America. Land of Promise moved us by showing us the great promise that America has always held for the rest of the world and how the promise continues as we work to ever move the country forward to meet all of its aspirations – something that cannot be done without its core freedoms.
The second night showed us the Land of Opportunity. Individually perhaps not exciting stories, but these were not the speeches of career politicians. These were the stores of common people – of real Americans. The third night was labeled the Land of Heroes. But these were not for the most part famous names – rather, they were again the everyday heroes. These are the true Americans, the heroes that the freedoms of this country allow each and everyone of us to be.
The fourth night, the Land of Greatness, was indeed a celebration of this great land. It also laid out the stark contrasts between the Democrats/Mr. Biden and the Republicans/President Trump. But it wasn’t just in the people speaking at the conventions that we heard such contrasts. We heard them on the streets and read them on social media.
During the Democrat convention, Republicans did take to airways to respond to points made by the Democrats. This is expected. But the Democrats, in full Leftest form, did more than that. They took to social media to make hateful attacks on every Republican speaker. These were not attacks on the substance of speeches, they were personal, ugly lies turned into hateful attack. A tweet after Melania Trump’s speech ridiculed her for being an illegal alien (not true, she is a citizen) and being unable to speak English (because of her native accent). Black speakers were essentially called nothing more than tokens (because if you listen to Democrats, Blacks cannot think for themselves), other speakers were told they sold out or were using their personal and moving stories for political gain. Even the sweet story of President Trump’s 3-year-old grandson making a Lego White House for him was met with hate and ridicule. It was labeled a lie, even though prior photos in the White House show the child with his grandfather and the Lego structure as well as the structure’s later resting place among other memorabilia in the oval office.
And, we have the demonstrations. Outside the White House lawn where Trump gave his speech accepting the nomination, the Left did everything it could to disrupt the speech. But that was not enough. Afterwards they terrorized those leaving. I certainly did not see such violent behavior or even such attempts to silence the Democrats during their convention.
Actions speak louder than words, but in this case we have both actions and words to guide us. The Democrats words paint a world of hate and anger, an America that is evil and must be completely remade into something that we would not recognize. The words superficially may sound pretty, but when one examines what is really being said it is not pretty at all. Their actions show us the tactics that they will use to subdue and control us and to build the world that provides them the power that they seek – a power to completely control our lives. If that is the America that you want then vote for the Democrats.
If you want the imperfect America that gives you the freedom
to be who you are, the freedom to improve both your life and the lives of
others, the freedom to work for equality of opportunity for all, then listen to
the words of the Republicans and look at the actual accomplishments of
President Trump. Those words and those
actions do far more to create the idyllic world that the Democrats tout than
anything than the Democrats have ever said or done.
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