Quo Vadis, Atticus?

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Ed

The whither this Atticus goes this election year, is to refuse to vote for Trump or Biden or any other Democrat.  The path of life-long learning and living brought me to this crossroads and marks my way forward.  I appreciate Trump beating HRH Hillary I and the achievements of his administration whether or not he actually made any of them happen.  He demonstrated he has no political center except self-aggrandizement.  He has no moral compass and limited intellect.  He is without wisdom.  His super-narcissism should be a case study for psychiatry.  He has no character to trust in. 

Here is where I’m heading.

I’m 73 years old and a life-long, since age 8, student of history, especially American history, and politics.  I earned several first class degrees in the Social Sciences and taught “Sosh” at West Point. I’ve got 30 years in the trenches of local politics as an elected Republican Party official and activist.  Through it all, I’ve gotten a number of things wrong.  Really wrong. 

For decades, I listened to Rush Limbaugh as the voice of reason.  He saw opportunity when I feared catastrophe.  I wish he was still here. I’d love it if Rush could grade my analysis which leads me to where I am about the 2024 election.

This is my perspective.

In 1992, I couldn’t sleep all night when Bill Clinton was elected.  I couldn’t believe the America my father and I served as professional Army officers would reject the only President who’s resume was perfect for POTUS and elect a draft-dodger of dubious morals. 

Then, in 1994 after the Dems overplayed their hand with Hillary’s healthcare, Newt Gingerich won the House.  The FDR Coalition finally finished its course.

In 2000, I was alarmed that a buffoonish, privileged Al Gore was going to cheat his way into the White House.  9-11 changed the course of the Bush presidency.  To my dismay, he proved worthwhile only for his temporary tax cuts, some judges, and a few aspects of his pursuit of Islamist Totalitarianism.

In 2008, I was amazed at the mass hysteria propelling Barry Soetoro into the Presidency.  Then, again, the Dems overplayed their hand with Obamacare.  The Tea Party replaced some Establishment Republicans with elected officials who actually had a backbone.  Seeing the Republican gains across America, I was okay.

In 2016, I thought it was the election of 1933 in Germany.  A criminal was about to be elected HRH Hillary I.  I thought Cruz was the greatest conservative to oppose her and govern magnificently.  I thought Trump would lose 52-48 across the Nation.  His election surprised me and thrilled me.

Trump prevailed in the primaries, because no one appeared to be the fighter he was against the Democrats.  He got 4m more primary votes than Cruz because of The People’s frustration and disgust with the status quo.  He looked to be the biggest brawler for the average American.

Throughout Trump’s first term I saw how the Establishment Republicans betrayed him and how incompetent Trump was at governance.  I was appalled that he couldn’t figure out how to stop the cheat that was coming with mail-in ballots.  He was clueless.  He failed after the first “15 days” when data showed that Covid was 3 times more deadly than seasonal flu and not the Black Death – mainly to old people and no threat to younger people.  He promoted a vaccine which is proving to be more deadly than the disease to the young people who took it.

In 2024, Americans have witnessed government make everything worse under tottering Biden.  But only half the country actually recognizes what they see.  Also, Covid response at all levels of government showed the tyrannical potential of elected officials, if we allow them to do as they please.  The Democrats were the worst. 

Furthermore, the Democrats have openly proposed measures to make them the ruling party for decades at a minimum and to conduct the certain destruction of our Constitutional Republic, our economy, defense, and freedoms.  That should make this election a simple binary choice of Republican – sane, commonsense vs Democrat – Cultural Marxist, Totalitarians. 

Except if Trump is the Republican candidate, it won’t be sane and commonsense leadership.   It will be carnival barking, reality TV, con man grifting with the cult of personality serving Trump’s super narcissism and Trump alone.

So, here is where it gets complicated.

Some Trump voters are in a cult. They are Trump-blinded.

More Trump voters are Conservatives who have been betrayed by the Establishment Republicans since Ronald Reagan left office.  They are hated as “deplorables.”  They see the Cultural Marxists succeeding in the “long march” through America’s institutions to rule them as the Human Secularist Totalitarians they are – which is kissing cousins of Socialists, Communists, National Socialists, and Environmental Zealots.

Additionally, these Trump voters pay the taxes for the growing dependent class living on the government plantation, fight the pointless wars, lose their jobs to overseas production, and get none of the riches the elites of Crony Capitalism enjoy.

Trump is the only one other than Newt Gingrich who has really stood up for them since 1988. 

They see the absurdity of the Ministry of Truth media and have affection for their favorites in Con media.  They see the corruption of the Deep State in the phony Russia scandal.  They witness no respect for the Rule of Law and our Constitution in two trumped up impeachments.  They see the lawfare against Trump.  They see two standards of justice for J6 and Antifa/BLM. 

They can be loyal to a fault.  They can be blindly loyal.  These voters are the Trump-minded who love what Ron DeSantis does in Florida, but can’t come over right away to support him in 2024 for POTUS. 

These voters give Populism a good name, because they are fundamentally Conservatives and Christians with no champion until they got Trump.

These voters see the Illegal Immigrant invasion for what it is – an invasion.  They will pay for it, not the elites.  Their families will suffer the consequences of the criminal elements among the Illegal Aliens, not the elites.

They know they are the fixed “oppressors” with White privilege in the disgusting racism of DEI and CRT.  Their family members will be pushed aside by DEI-mandated acceptances to colleges and promotions in the workforce. 

When they seek justice, they are called bigots, -phobes, racists, White supremacist and White Nationalists.   

All of this, certainly, should point to voting for Trump in November, right?

No.  Trump derangement syndrome drives Democrats and the denizens of Coastal and urban enclaves with Democrat worldviews to the polls.  Trump’s behavior and lies drive away the swing voters needed to win at this point in the Great U.S. Culture War.

Trump led Republicans to lose and underperform in elections in 2018, 2020, and 2022.  If he wins in 2024, he is going to lose the House.  Lose more in 2026, then everything in 2028.  Sets the stage for Dems to control the vital 2030 Census.

If Trump loses the election, the Republicans should still get the Senate.  Maybe not if he is terrible enough. 

When the Trump-minded voters see what an abject failure he is and when they feel what awfulness the Democrats do in two more years, Republicans can win the House and Senate in 2026.

They can win because there is a transformative majority of American voters bigger than FDR’s coalition from the Middle Class of wage earners, small business owners, and professionals that isn’t ideologically Conservative.  They are simply sane and pragmatic.  They love what DeSantis does in Florida.

Then, if DeSantis can bring in enough swing voters to overcome the illegal aliens voting in swing states in 2028, it is Ronald Reagan 2.0++ time.  Which sets the stage for able governance to keep the illegal aliens from distorting the 2030 census to put the Democrats back into power for at least a decade. 

What can go wrong?  Let’s say whoever replaces Biden on the ticket in 2024 goes too far too fast like Clinton and Obama.  The governors of the Free States are the first line of defense.  The courts, until SCOTUS is packed, is the second line. We, the People are the ultimate backstop.

Separating the cult of personality from Populism returns Populism to Movement Conservatism and Constitutional limits.  It’s going to take crushing defeats to get the Trump-minded Republican voters to re-assess the golden calf of the Trump-blinded Republicans. 

Since I’m 73, I may not live to see all of this play out.  I can imagine alternative futures based on history past – which was my day job as an Army futurist – that are as horrific as the Bolshevik generational nightmare in Russia or the awful excesses of a Spanish Civil War experience here.  I hope my children and grandchildren don’t suffer such fates.

I know the experiences of my family from the start of this country.  They fought the Indians and at least two wars here on their home soil.  I know the consequences of losing a war.  It would be far worse to lose to the Human Secularist Totalitarians now than it was to the rapacious Yankees.  I know my People survived.  We can again, if we don’t die when China nukes us or Biowars us worse.

My only regret is than I’m not 40 years younger to be in the fight for another 40 years.  Until we win this fight.  When Americans do the Great Restoration of our Constitutional Federal Republic and American Civilization.

I voted for the lesser of two evils twice with Trump.  I’m not doing it again. He will shame his voters and betray them as easily as he does his multiple marriage vows.  Trump is about Trump.  Nothing else.  He will set up disastrous Democrat victories by destroying the Republican Party as the only bulwark against the Commie Dems.

I’m voting DeSantis for President in the Virginia primary.  I’m writing him in if he isn’t the candidate in the general election.

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ― Winston S. Churchill     

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