The CNN Republican Debate

I, as a common man in most people’s eyes, will now share my impressions of the latest republican Presidential debate. I would suggest that these views reflect the general public’s reaction far more than anything you will hear or read in most media circles.

My first impression was, there is a strong conservative core of accomplished individuals in the republican party (main stage or not), so why does the party continue to marginalize the conservative cause? Yes, several of the eleven honored the conservative cause in word only, but that in itself makes it clear where the hearts and the minds of the party, of the people of this nation in general, rest. Yet I am under no allusion that the republican party’s supposed movers and shakers, firmly rooted in the establishment where government is served rather than the people, are and will work to undermine the conservative cause.

My second impression was as strong as the first. To bring an end to the national sin of abortion in the United States will require a woman President; and it will be that much easier if it is the first woman President. Yes, Carly Fiorina struck hard and decisive and has been duly respected for it. She has not waivered in her convictions or the facts in any manner, even now as the mainstream media falsely attacks her credibility. Equally, she showed herself exceptionally knowledgeable. As far as her looks, no one can claim that that is how she got where she is, though she is far from unattractive. (I had to go there for a comprehensive evaluation. The reality is; looks matter.) As President her authority would be untainted.

My third impression was that Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee did well; they impressed superficially. If you fell for their conservative line, I have a bridge here in Milwaukee I would like to sell you. And if I sell it before you get here, don’t worry, I’ll sell it again to you.

My forth impression was one of shock; shock that anyone would consider honoring the Iran deal on any grounds. That exchange didn’t pay off for Scott Walker, though he held the correct view, and the people’s stand on the deal, that it should be ripped up. The exchange actually paid off for Ted Cruz and exposed the false conservatives among the bunch.

My not completely unexpected conclusion from the CNN Debate was that Donald Trump is far from a doomsday candidate.

Yes, Donald Trump did use democrat talking points to attack Scott Walker; talking points that are false. The supposed massive deficit in Wisconsin that Donald Trump made reference to was based on projections taking two slumping economic quarters in Wisconsin as the basis to project revenues for the two year cycle Wisconsin budgets consist of; Wisconsin collects a sales, income and gas tax. They were not typical quarters and skewed true projections. Scott Walker cut taxes, created the largest rainy day fund in Wisconsin’s history (Wisconsin’s constitution requires a balanced budget, a fact ignored by Scott Walker’s democrat predecessor), and artfully dealt with all shortfalls.

Why Scott Walker and the republican party never made light of this baseless attack until it was too late still baffles me. A secondary impression I received from the debate was that Scott Walker was intentionally sidelined in not only in this debate but in news coverage since the previous debate.

But back to Donald Trump, everyone’s favorite topic. Donald Trump clearly had command of the issues surrounding the Fourteenth Amendment. This was his first solidly Presidential stance and it impressed. He still lacks concrete specifics on immigration though in fairness the actions required to secure the border are self-evident and no mystery to anyone.

My fifth impression, equal to the last two, was that Donald Trump’s success represents the people’s disgust with the media; a disgust that may be even greater than their disgust for establishment politicians. Unlike John Kasich who takes PC to the point that makes one want to vomit, Donald Trump speaks forcefully without any regard to the media, mainstream or otherwise.

While many worry that Donald Trump is a liberal, most understand that no matter what one’s politics, as a nation of law that adheres to the Constitution, this nation cannot be corrupted. The people understand that there would be no criminals in office and infesting our government institutions, that there would be no violations of the Constitution and our courts, if the media was intellectual honest and moral.

Why is Donald Trump so popular amongst the people? Why will I, without hesitation. vote for Donald Trump if he wins the nomination? Because Donald Trump can, and I believe will do what politicians promise but then never follow through on. Examples of such actions would be; significantly reducing the number of government programs that overlap in the services they supply and firing government workers for poor, inappropriate and even illegal activity at work; workers protected by their union if not their supervisors.

Politicians fail to follow through on such actions in fear of being attacked by the democrats, and in turn by the might of the media, for even making the suggestion. Donald Trump will not care. He will shout down the media for being stupid and even immoral and say, “You’re fired!” In whatever Donald Trump wants to do there will be no stopping him and I believe first and foremost he wants to make the United States great again, better than it has ever been. He will do what it takes to make that happen. He comes from a world that rewards results not intentions or adherence to an ideology.

Donald Trump will appeal Obamacare, freeing the citizens from a tyrannical dictate. (I refuse to pay my Obamacare tax) This in itself will stimulate the economy.

One thing that I hope Donald Trump would be willing to take up is the prosecution of any and all in government for breaking the law. This includes those from the highest seats of government. This is required to re-establish the rule of law. Donald Trump was the first and possibly the only candidate to state that it looks like Hillary Clinton broke the law and has disregarded her as his opposition. No candidate has made any statement in regards to prosecuting the rampant illegality playing out before the people of this nation, whether in regards to e-mails, the IRS, or even the Justice and State Departments.

I have written previously that if a conservative does not win the Presidency in the next Presidential election this nation will have been lost, only possible to re-establish as a nation of the free through extreme action by the States. I have to alter that view. If Donald Trump becomes our next President, at worst this nation will be in a holding pattern. At best our economy will boom and with a conservative legislature take a few steps in the right direction.

Still, conservative executive leadership and reforms will be required in the future to save this nation and, in turn, protect and foster a better world for all.

Round One Goes To The Establishment

I was attempting to organize my thoughts on the CNN debate in writing, but couldn’t. Then I heard that Scott Walker was dropping out of the Presidential race. I was disappointed and grew frustrated over the news. Many have written about Scott Walker’s campaign troubles. Let me give you my common man reaction.

Scott Walker took the high road, as he has often done in his life. But why did he have too? Why, in order to get down to a smaller field to powerfully convey a hopeful conservative message was one of the most hopeful and proven conservatives, and now Rick Perry, forced out of the race?

In my review of the CNN debate I was about to suggest the very same tactic; that the field be reduced significantly. Since the public is truly leaning to the conservative message and conservative and/or private sector candidates, and rejecting any reeking of establishment, would it not be natural for the party to edge out other candidates low in the polls, “not a chance in the world candidates”, such as Jim Gilmore, Lindsey Graham, Mike Huckabee, Chris Christie, the conservative but all too PC John Kasich and George Pataki rather than Scott Walker? Who will be forced out next before any establishment candidates begin to drop out, Bobby Jindal?

Scott Walker protects his standing for future Presidential runs by not facing possible embarrassment when the caucuses and primaries begin. How far will the “not a chance in the world candidates” go and why? It wont be to enhance their future Presidential potential.

Why are so many “not a chance in the world candidates” crowding the field? This is the question. A question even greater than; What is Donald Trump up to? The future of the party, the desires of the people, are being subverted by the old school establishment.

Where is the Presidential campaign money coming from, or better yet where is it going and not going and why? Money was the reason Scott Walker was forced out so early; the bottom line. Forget all the he says she says of typical campaign drama, the message came from the donors.

When George W. Bush ran for office, as I understood it, most of his campaign donations were $20 and less. I received fundraising letters from Scott Walker but our finances are so tight I was putting off making a donation. Every news report I have observed on campaign fund raising in this current Presidential race I heard or read nothing so far about any grassroots support as far as I recall.

What has become of our country when the common man has become so economically oppressed (healthcare, education ever exploding utility bills, lower wages and rising taxes) that only wealthy individuals can make a difference? Such individuals want to support winners, and winners and losers are designated via polls.

When the campaigns begin earlier and earlier, the media decides how much coverage any particular candidate receives as advertising is not economically feasible The media carries out many of the polls. Does the common man have any true say in the process. Though Scott Walker disappeared in the polls, where was he among the citizens top two or three choices for President?

Scott Walker will succeed. He will stay in the office of governor. He will not take a cabinet position because it will hurt his future prospects for the Presidency. Scott Walker will not leave public service to seek out a higher income. That is how I read Scott Walker.

Doctor Ben Carson

Dr. Ben Carson would be my choice for President after Scott Walker.

Perhaps I am wrong. Maybe he should be my first choice. Dr. Ben Carson is a man of strong faith and belief in family. He is a man of outstanding accomplishment and ability. Our founding fathers were such men and they wrote a constitution in a way that men of similar character and stature could lead this nation. If we believe God had a hand in establishing this nation and has a purpose for this nation should it not be men such as Dr. Ben Carson we should seek to be our President?

Dr. Ben Carson Believes in a flat tax, per God’s command for a tithe; the same for the rich as for the poor.

What deeply impressed me however is Dr. Ben Carson’s plan for healthcare. He believes in Health Saving Accounts; the funds completely transferrable between family members, or as he put it, making every family their own insurance company. This belief in the family, the belief in the goodness of man and in the open market is unequaled in the world of politics.

Dr. Ben Carson’s Health Savings Account plan is a market driven plan; a plan where people pay their own bills and have a financial interest in finding the best value. Dr. Ben Carson speaks from a position of unchallengeable authority when he says this will make healthcare more affordable for all. He has a lifetime of experience in how it all works.

Healthcare costs are already an unbearable burden to our economy. The Carson Healthcare Plan frees the people of this nation from unwanted government intrusion. It frees the people of this nation from an insurance industry that has become nothing more than prepaid medical. Pre-paid medical can only lead to a single payer system.

Like Scott Walker, Dr. Ben Carson is not unsusceptible to the influences of his profession. One should be concerned over the research he participated in that included work with fetal tissue.

The obvious interest and research Dr. Ben Carson has shown in the field of national defense tells me he is absolutely committed to his quest for the Presidency. He has mastered ever field of endeavor he has pursued in his life. I believe him deadly serious.

The politics of race play against Dr. Ben Carson. If the black population centers of this nation supported Dr. Ben Carson his numbers would surpass Donald Trump’s. Unfortunately successful black men are not considered black; Clarence Thomas being just one of many examples of outstanding Americans, free of heart and mind, denied the advantages of their heritage because of the values they hold.

I believe the full weight of the devastation the Obama administration has wrought upon this country has yet to be felt. The reality of the politics of race is… that without Dr. Ben Carson as President, bringing prosperity back to this nation and freeing us from the slavery of Obamacare, this nation will never elect another black President for at least fifty years.

Scott Walker and the Conservative Governors

Scott Walker, Rick Perry and Bobby Jindal are the conservative candidates for the Republican Presidential nomination from the field of governors. I do not consider establishment candidates conservative.

With a failed campaign to his name Rick Perry has no chance. His time has passed.

Bobby Jindal has been out of the news cycle for some time. This has most likely been by intent as he is a strong conservative; the media keeping him from the publics eye. Of course I write simply from my limited understanding as a common man. (but how much are my opinions and those of so many other of my fellow citizens more relevant than those of the so called political advisor class)

Scott Walker is my current candidate of choice. He is behind in the polls but if all the Donald Trump supporters would read Scott Walker’s book “Unintimidated: A Governor’s Story and a Nation’s Challenge” I believe Scott Walker would be leading.

Listening to Scott Walker you would hardly recognize him as a man that took it toe to toe with the left; facing not only the baseless personal attacks so common from their kind, but threats of violence and even death towards him and his family.

Scott Walker and the conservative base in Wisconsin faced years of groundless investigations, investigations declared groundless by more than one court. He was found blameless under unprecedented scrutiny.

Even now the prosecutors refuse to obey the courts and destroy the mountains of illegal procured documents they have gathered throughout the years of that secret (but not secret when leaks were intended to damage Scott Walker) John Doe investigation.

Scott Walker survived it all. Scott Walker does not back down. He does not give up. More importantly he never expresses angry, hold a grudge or disrespect any other, no matter how opposed to him or how contrary their views may be.

These qualities of Scott Walker speak to his goodness, his moral fortitude and faith in God and in his fellow man. It also explains why the media cannot help but attack him. They fear such people and are compelled to lash out against them. It may be out of the weakness of their beliefs and history of failure that bring the left to fear and attack Scott Walker, their shortcomings so easily exposed before a truly competent executive;  an executive who wont play the game falsely known as compromise. Or it may be something more spiritual and dark. It may be that the forces of evil go apoplectic before the pure of heart that expose the falsehoods evil puts forth as truth; an evil that drives professional demonstrators to attack with such irrational venom and the media to attempt to destroy with baseless suppositions.

Scott Walker is a good man, a conservative politician and a master administrator. He is a ‘bureaucracy whisperer’. He brings practical reform, efficiency and savings to government. His opposition consists of the screeches of parasites, ticks and fleas and worms, that have infested government; the unions, particular public sector unions, along with various other community organizer and political action groups that live off the public teat.

In the past FOX Debate Scott Walker was asked about “Black Lives Matter” and the shooting of minorities by police. He took the safe path. In fact he was far too cautious in the debate and lost ground for it. People don’t want just fire and conviction, they want to see fire and conviction. They want the idiocy that is passing for intelligence and the lies passed off as the truth slapped down.

What was happening here in Wisconsin when Scott Walker was asked about police shootings of minorities? The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors were proposing $500,000 for a memorial to Dante Hamilton; a man shot dead as he was violently assaulting a police officer with the officer’s own baton. Scott Walker should have taken on this topic, stood up for police and law and order. Some may say he did. But what he really needed to do was smack down the victim mentality that would allow anyone to think that this mentally disturbed man deserved a memorial for his actions. Actions that lead to his death and destroyed the career of a competent police officer for the sake of political expediency.

Scott Walker should have denounced this memorial and challenged Black Lives Matter” to admit that all lives matter. Another law enforcement officer was assassinated this past weekend. Such things, and the way they are happening, never happened before. They certainly never happened with such frequency.

The memorial is being designed to stand in Red Arrow Park; a park dedicated to one of the most outstanding divisions that this nation has ever put together; The 32nd Infantry. Made up from citizens of Wisconsin and Michigan, in that stalemate of The First World War they advanced at every occasion. There was a time that when your State motto was “Forward” it actual meant something to those under its flag. They were highly respected in the Second World War also.

The biggest problem Scott Walker has is that despite all he is, he is still a politician. He is mislabeled “establishment” by some but he is still a politician. Yes, he advanced a ground breaking conservative agenda; most notably “Act 10”.. However, when the Wisconsin Legislature took the conservative cause even further, Scott Walker didn’t immediately jump on the band wagon. He waited. If he said anything it was that the issue wasn’t part of his agenda. When the cause didn’t fade, when the public and their representatives didn’t wilt away on an issue such as “prevailing wage” he came out and said he would sign the bill if it came to his desk.

When the new owners of the Milwaukee Bucks and the NBA said they would move the Bucks to a different market if a new arena wasn’t built, Scott Walker didn’t hesitate to work out a deal to provided State funding. This despite the fact that no sports franchise has ever received state funding for sports facilities. A new arena in San Francisco was built completely without the use of tax dollars.

Okay, if the Bucks leave the loss in income tax revenue from the athletes would be greater than what the State is putting out. However a purely conservative perspective would be that the precedent should not be set, that a state should pay for sports facilities. Many citizens oppose any tax moneys, municipality money included, being spent on behalf of any lucrative sport enterprises.

The Arena issue would have been turned powerfully against Scott Walker if State funding had become the cause of the Milwaukee Bucks moving to a different market. I believe Scott Walker understood this. He truly is a master politician. It would have been impossible to explain to the public that, “States just don’t fund Municipal Sports Facilities. It’s not a State issue.” I believe similar traps may have been set centered on the issue of a new casino in Kenosha Wisconsin. Once Scott Walker made his decision it was too dangerous to his political career to reverse it no matter how loudly his supporters screamed.

Scott Walker loves politics. He left college to pursue his passion of public service and has proven himself a master administrator. He is very approachable. He is everything a politician should be in the ideal sense of the word, in as far as politicians are needed. Scott Walker is not an establishment candidate.

What some may consider a weakness, which I do not, is that Scott Walker has not been on the national political scene for long. I believe he will master all the issues placed before him, but it will take time. Scott Walker, if elected President, will bring drastic positive change for this nation by simply completely reversing what Obama has done; particularly Obamacare. In some areas he will succeed immediately in drastic and beneficial reforms; every state has has to deal with the EPA. But I believe it will be his second term, after he has established a comfort zone, learned all the ropes, when he will truly shine. Scott Walker has the potential, the character and values and ability, to make this country better than it has ever been.

Marco Rubio and the Senators

I am not a fan of Senators running for President. Governors are commonly accepted as the preferred standard for the highest executive office in the land. Still Senators are not uncommon as President and their names are not soon forgotten when they are.

For a Senator to be elected President is the equivalent of a sub 500 average baseball team beginning a run in September and making it all the way to the World Series and winning. Absolutely possible, but we are in awe when it happens.

Lindsay Graham hasn’t made it out of the blocks and as an establishment candidate does not stand a chance.

Ted Cruz and Rand Paul are the true conservative, even tea party candidates. I am afraid that Donald Trump is hurting Rand Paul more than anyone else though he wouldn’t be my first choice.

I could enthusiastically vote for Ted Cruz for President. He has the best chance among the Senators running for the Republican nomination. When I claim best chance I am speaking from a personal common man opinion of what I believe the general public wants, what they believe this government needs, in contrast to what the establishment and media believe we want. So why not focus your commentary on Ted Cruz? There will be time if he wins the nomination.

Rick Santorum  is a conservative within the establishment. No longer holding office he will not advance.

Marco Rubio’s run for President may be easy to predict and the most fascinating. Marco Rubio is intelligent, educated, and well qualified for the office of President by anyone’s standards. He has powerful conservative convictions for which he should be admired. But he has several problems.

First he not only looks younger than all the other candidates, he sounds younger. This will keep people from voting for him. It doesn’t matter that he is the youngest; perception is reality

Second. in line with the first, he presents a naiveté which most would claim is not representative of his true abilities or convictions. But it is. He is far more entrenched in the establishment then he even realizes. He can talk a good conservative American Story, but watch as the primaries progress. As the establishment types drop out who will they endorse? Who will they assign their tiny blocks of delegates too? This should be instructive into how, if not establishment himself, rooted in the establishment Marco Rubio truly is.

The third problem Marco Rubio has is his demographic. The public is coalescing around the trend of completely rejecting anything and everything establishment. It is the establishment bowing to so called political professionals (in that they get paid for their advice) and the media that has determined that Marco Rubio’s Latino background would be extremely valuable, necessary to win the Presidential election.

This is why I have already predicted that Marco Rubio will be the running mate for anyone who wins the nomination. It will be a nod from the Presidential candidate, who I am certain will be a conservative, to the establishment and their cult of political analysts, to say, “Hey, I understand. You can trust me.”

I do not believe any private sector candidates are running for or would except a Vice Presidential position. They don’t want to sit around doing nothing for eight years. I believe Ted Cruz and Rand Paul are too strong headed to accept the position.

Not a problem for Marco Rubio, is the all important Florida that everyone agrees, rightly or wrongly, must be won to win the Presidency. Marco Rubio is from Florida. He needs only a respectable number of delegates, most likely those won early and others bestowed, to take to the convention and claim the spot of VP on the ballot.

John Kasich of Ohio is his only competition, only because he is from Ohio and under the slightest of chances that Jeb Bush actually wins the nomination. Nothing would say establishment stronger, stand for government over all, than a Bush-Kasich ticket.

As the democrat party disintegrates before our eyes, kept alive in the hearts and minds of the low information voter only by a corrupt media, what has been labeled ‘the establishment’ is the greatest threat to this nation. Something Marco Rubio will hopefully come to understand over the next nine years.