How I wish I could be there for that conversation between Michael and Frailer. I haven't listened to the podcast yet....heck, just trying to keep a job these days is two full time jobs,...but I will this weekend when I have time. Obviously there were things said.
I liked Walker out of the gate but he imploded and then I was a Cruz/Carson fan and they provided some fodder for the media to blow out of proportion. I'm so damn mad at the Republicans using us in the past I could spit. Read some of my posts. I think our great nation has stumbled and is falling. Can we catch ourselves? Regardless of your beliefs which are your own, I think only by the grace of an Almighty God.
Who I guess I'm mad at is myself and people like me. We put our faith in a system and concentrated on ourselves and families while all the time we knew it wasn't working...our own narcissism. Not that it's bad to work and have faith in others, but political service is sacrifice done properly and we, as a nation haven't sacrificed. We let slick talking pols have their way without properly working to challenge them. Oh, there is plenty of blame to go around...letting 18 year olds vote, Reagan granting amnesty, free trade that benefits businesses more than people...things like that our leaders allowed to be perpetrated on us to benefit someone or some group unjustly.
Well, here we are. I've 3 sons and I'm leaving them a nation about to go under with less opportunity than my father provided and it's directly part my fault. I don't feel inclined to "pile on" by staying home. Why (despite the petulant Trump who I agree has personality that has never grown up) is it I prefer Trump over the last few candidates from 1992 that the Republicans have offered? Because I believe he is ideally positioned to fix, with the people's help, some of what's wrong with America which would be by exposing clueless, narcissist, self absorbed politicians who "pile on" to our demise.
To be certain the man at the top, i.e. the President, cannot fix it all. I'm hoping for a reprieve by electing Trump. This must be fixed from the bottom up. We need to work on a local level to cause the political machines that promotes the white teeth and perfect smiles over reality to collapse. Local success is what turned the tide and carried the day for concealed carry...it most certainly did not occur from the top down. So, that's our opportunity...for us to fix it ourselves while a President forestalls demise.
I wish we were not here in our national history. I'll listen to the podcast and maybe I'll get upset too. But one thing is for certain, this election, unlike previous elections, really is for all the beans. We heard that was the line up in the past and to a degree it was. I recognize this election differently though. This time it really is for all the beans and it's truth does not lie upon some political machine's propaganda versus another political machine's propaganda scaring us to get us to the polls.
If we truly hate the political establishment, the machine, who promulgated bad choices, and worked in concert with Democrats to weaken our nation in so many ways, then we must support someone who can destabilize the machine. Cruz and Carson were a threat to the establishment but we have only Trump. Only Trump left to change things. Will he? Well, he's our only chance today.
Trump may be on a populist wave...but remember it was populism...people supporting an ideal or movement, that brought about huge changes in international politics in the last century. Why would anyone in their right mind support communism? Well, maybe it was better than then what they had but mostly because they were lied to in a way they liked. Sort of like how we've been treated by both parties...lied to in a way we liked.
Regardless, populism pushed the needle for the communists. Right now we need it to push the needle for us. So what does that mean?
How I wish I could hear that conversation. I hope, next year, that the NRA convention is not on a war footing and that I can attend. Maybe...just maybe...instead of losing 4 weeks vacation another year I can take a week. Just my rambling at 4 AM when I should be getting ready for work.