MAYBE BULLYING DOES PAY OFF

               

                It appears the nomination for the presidency of the United States on the Republican side is settled. Billionaire Donald Trump seems to have the nomination locked up after excoriating, demeaning, embarrassing and bullying his opponents. They say he broke every rule in securing his nomination but perhaps such effort will prove more rewarding to the American people than one would think.

                Trump’s imaginative and unique method of knocking off the other 16 aspiring candidates for the Republication nomination proved successful in more than one way. Whether you like the man or not or his tactics is a personal decision. But one thing for sure Trump opened to the people what politics is really about and how little voters matter.

A few weeks ago on a national television broadcast it was revealed by one Republican congressman—to the chagrin of many political hacks--that “…The people don’t nominate a candidate the party does!” In addition the American people have been educated that both parties are not federal organizations but only private bodies that can run things anyway they want without public interference.

What turn out to be the practice of both political parties are power, loyalty and money. These things play a more significant role than anyone thought. It is common belief that the voters select who they want to run for office. So much for “fantasy land.” But maybe Trump has upset the political applecart and the American people will finally be heard by the powerful office holders.

How else can anyone explain how old party leaders as Bob Dole who served as Republican Senate Majority Leader and presidential candidate in1996 got the nomination? The answer was: “his service to the party.” What is most astounding is everyone knew from the get go he didn’t have a chance in winning the presidency! And there is Senator John McCain from Arizona who got the party’s nomination in 2008. He lost in a landslide.

Both men are American heroes. Dole lost one arm as a result of combat in World War II and McCain suffered the horrors of a Vietnamese prison of war camp after his airplane was shot down over enemy territory. No one can say either one of these men is not a patriot and a hero. But when it comes to leading the United States a sense of patriotism isn’t enough. What the country is seeking is a statesman and neither party seems able to furnish one.

Public office shouldn’t be held out as a present for allegiance to a party. It is the values of the party that should come under examination and the principles they represent. What the Republican Party is today is exactly what the Democrat Party was 60 years or more ago. The only difference between the two is it is taking the Republicans a little longer to catch up.

For the most part America is made up of conservative thinking people. They don’t want more government intrusion into their lives or more laws restricting their freedom. The idea of “law makers” creating legislation and laws that slowly erode what once was thought as “liberty” has been replaced by “diversity,” tolerance,” “equal rights (especially as it relates to those of homosexual, bi-sexual individuals tendencies), and other instituted laws. Today a person can be arrested merely for their speech if that “speech” seems offensive to someone else.

As a result of all of this there appears to be a growing idea of a “Third Party.” This party, as expressed by some leading politicians as Mitt Romney, hits at the heart strings of many conservatives. These folks say there is no home for them in either party and there is much evidence to support their position.

There is no longer majority rule. Things have manifested to the point where three per cent of the population can ram through laws that endanger the rest of the population. This is particularly true in the area of homosexuality. Years past this activity was labeled as disordered—as it is. But then due to the efforts of liberal therapists and psychologists, the disorder was relabeled as normal behavior! And this isn’t the only thing that has happened to our society since the 1950’s. Any moral law today has been turned 180 degrees. What was once wrong is now right and what is right today is now considered wrong. And the heart of this nonsense revolves in the political world.

Morality has no place in politics as it has been adjudged by those in power. Neither belief that mankind has a responsibility to God who created every living thing—and His most prized creation MAN—is now fashionable. Laws are now enacted where the snuffing out of a human life in the womb is considered nothing more than eliminating a wart. Most recently the use of marijuana has been legalized in the majority of States and you find open shops proclaiming their product available for recreational users without stigma. A stoned population may be the best thing for politicians seeking more control.

                But if one thinks that things are better with the opposite party they have some thinking to do. The Democrats are actually the ones responsible for the mess American finds itself today since they had the power of congress and senate to enact such legislation for so many years. The liberal laws that have been enacted have consistently eroded the values and beliefs of which this nation was founded. When the framers created the Constitution which is supposed to be the guiding light for future generations, it was supposed to be set in stone. But today there is the belief that the Constitution of the United States is nothing but a living document and needs to be interpreted to meet modern thinking.

                And as long as the “good ol’ boy syndrome continues and party hacks decide who they want to run for the country’s highest position, then the votes of the American people has lost all value. But maybe, just maybe, there might be a big surprise come November in the name of Donald Trump.