Don’t you hate it when the candidate “on your side” acts as if he’s trying to throw the fight?
I voted for Donald Trump and urged others to do the same in 2016 and 2020, and as soon as early voting opens in my state will vote for him again in 2024.
Not because he’s my ideal candidate, but because he’s the one I find least objectionable.
I vote based on the issue I’m most familiar with. Not a single issue voter, so much as a litmus test voter. For me, that issue is gun owners’ civil rights. None of us has time to gain a deep knowledge of everything a President has to deal with – including the candidates themselves, which is why I want one who’s going to establish a solid think tank for every such issue – but the issue we know is how we judge a candidate’s ability to assess issues and handle them fairly.
Only short months after crushingly defeating President Joe Biden in a debate in which the latter couldn’t hold a coherent policy thought and babbled about his golf game, I see the guy on my side dancing to music on camera for more than half an hour and babbling about a dead golfer’s genitalia. Good Lord…
In the end, I have to put policy over personality. I have to look at what they’ve done, not what they say they’ll do. Ever since he ran for the highest office in 2016, Trump has been reasonably solidly committed to gun owners’ civil rights, and more important, knows how important we gun people are to any victory he hopes to achieve. His opponent has in the past worked to ban possession of handguns, tacitly approved authorities entering homes without warrants to check on whether they’re keeping their guns secure to her satisfaction, and after promising not to take our guns says in virtually the same breath that she would happily order buybacks, which are simply mandatory confiscation of firearms with some degree of financial compensation. She has more flip-flops than a shoe store.
The next President is likely to have the opportunity to replace two or even three of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, likely replacing the two strongest supporters of the Second Amendment on that Court.
Please don’t abstain from voting or waste your vote on an unelectable third party candidate because you don’t care for either mainstream candidate. If the basic human right of self-defense is important to you for yourself, your descendants and everyone you care about, I urge you to vote for Donald Trump, even if you have to grimace and hold your nose as you do so.
I know I’m largely preaching to the choir here, but please, do all in your power to convince everyone you know to do the same.
It’s profoundly important.
Policy is the right way to vote and both candidates have a clear policy record. Guns are a litmus test for me too but I am increasingly concerned that the current regime is going to blunder into a nuclear war.
As am I.
This is what I’ve been telling people, along with pointing out that — as has only happened a few other times in history — we have two candidates who have either held the highest office in the land or been 2nd-in-command to the same. Both have held power for a term, so both have an established policy record in the context of the office for which they’re running; IOW, we don’t have to extrapolate campaign promises.
The best indicator of future behavior, is past behavior. Trump was President for four years and Harris was Vice President (to a feeble-minded and incompetent President) for four years. The safest bet is that whichever of them is elected President, they will continue the trajectory that their previous administrations were on.
The records speak for themselves: Trump, while in power, has been mostly solid on gun owners’ civil rights. He’s mis-stepped a few times, but mostly has been good for us. OTOH, Harris, while in power, has done everything she can to undermine everyone’s civil rights (except those of violent criminals) — and seems to take special delight in persecuting gun owners.
If civil rights are your litmus test, there’s no question which of the two candidates should get your vote.
Mas, it is also important for 2A supporters to vote ASAP ahead of possible ballot complication issues. Everybody needs to act calmly, but expeditiously. Not much extra time left now, if any.
I would add that if you don’t support the perpetual war/military industrial complex mono-party in D.C., vote for Trump. The people calling him a fascist fit the very definition of fascists.
Leftists lie and project. It’s what they do.
“The people calling him a fascist fit the very definition of fascists.”
As used by the democrats, it is simply name-calling ,insults and projection. As you note, people need to understand the actual definition of fascism which is:
Fascism : a populist political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual, that is associated with a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, and that is characterized by severe economic and social regimentation and by forcible suppression of opposition.
Let’s look at this definition with respect to the democrat party and the DNC.
1) A regime that exalts race above the individual. – Check – much of the democrats political philosophy is based upon skin color (anti-white, anti-Semitic, etc.). The democrats continually play the “Race Card” and tarnish their opponents with the vile term of “racist” for not being in lock-step with their agenda.
2) centralized autocratic government – Check- the democrats are all about empowering the “Deep State” and concentrating power in Washington, D.C. at the expense of individual liberty and States Rights.
3) dictatorial leader – Check – we have all seen Joe Biden bypass Congress and attempt to rule by executive fiat.
4) severe economic and social regimentation – Check – the democrats are in-bed with Big Business and the Globalists. They routinely use their control of the media, education, Big Business, Hollywood, and Big Tech to enforce social regimentation and to push people into being “woke” or else suffer the consequences.
5) forcible suppression of opposition – double check – The democrats use lawfare to punish their political opposition. They use their control of the media and Big Tech to suppress the political speech of their opponents. If anyone dares to actually take to the streets and protest, like the January 6th People, they are thrown into prison.
It is exactly as you say. It is the democrats/DNC that actually fits the definition of Fascism. When they call Donald Trump a fascist, they are merely taking a page from the Rules for Radicals, to wit: “Always accuse your opponent of doing the things that you are doing yourself”. It is pure projection.
The “America Last” political philosophy of the democrats, along with their long history of being self-serving, power-hungry chameleons, has totally soured me with regard to the Democratic Party of America. I will never vote for a democrat, again, for as long as I live.
Early voting opened in my State on October 16th. On October 17th, I went to a local early voting location and I voted for the straight Republican ticket. So, I have already acted in this election.
Mark, while poetic, reversing the fascist accusation is an inadequete argument. Trump’s admiration for authoritarian rules is well documented and disturbing.
Mas, your comments sum up my position exactly. The lesser of two evils. In a perfect world Ron DeSantis would have got the nomination but it didn’t happen. I have already sent in my mail in ballot for Trump.
We voted. My kids voted. My Grandchildren voted.
I am not voting for Donald Trump. I am voting for our freedom of speech, assembly, religion, and association without persecution from the government. I am voting for my inalienable God-given human rights as enumerated in our sacred Constitution. I am voting to choose my arms without government approval. I am voting for merit over identity in the marketplace and politics. I am voting to keep males out of female sports, toilets, and locker rooms. I am voting for public safety and appropriate disposition of incorrigibly violent people. I am voting for a credible news media and unbiased reporting and commentary. I am voting to remove foreign invaders who have no right to be in this country, let alone prey on our citizens. I am voting for a smaller, more efficient, and effective government that promotes independence without interference into my personal life. I am voting for the future of my children and grandchildren.
I am not voting for Donald Trump. I am voting for the security and freedom idealized by our Founding Fathers. I am voting for the success of the most powerful, morally centered, and beautiful republic our world has ever known. Donald Trump just happens to be the vehicle to get us there.
The current VP and Democratic candidate is not only bad on 2A, but also on the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Tenth amendments. She has no respect for personal rights whatsoever. You would think that with well over 300 million people in the U.S. we could have found better candidates, but since we did not, our only choice is Trump.
Mas, it’s OK to be a single issue voter on 2A matters, but if you vote for President Trump for that reason alone, you get for free a secure border, drill-baby-drill energy policy, low taxes, fiscally conservative, tough on criminals, strong military, king dollar, America first, pro-police, pro-first amendment, pro-Israel, pro-unborn babies, etc. president. President Trump has a proven, great track record on every one of these issues, while Kamala Harris (a.k.a., “¡Qué mala eres!”) has a track record of miserable failure on every one of these.
I voted for Trump with the hope that things would get worse slower with him in charge than if Kama-lama-ding-dong won.
I fear Trump wont be able to turn things around but getting worse slowly is better than a speed run to destruction.
Yep – Voting for the least objectionable candidate in US elections is exactly what I’ve been doing all my life & I recently turned 79. Pres Trump has his silly moments–just like most people. But, in all the important matters facing our country DJT has a proven track record from his first 4 years in office. His low inflation, low cost energy policies have been the best in decades. His tax cuts, his foreign policy, his approach to terrorists and his approach to our 2nd amendment have all been outstanding. He’s a lot more like Pres Reagan than Pres Carter. So, he gets my vote & I urge everyone to do the same. Thank you.
“Even if you choose to not make a choice, you have made a choice.”
If you’re reading this and think the other candidate is “not going to take your guns”, you should look at both her history and positions. Past actions are the best predictor of future behavior…
I voted last week and agree with your assessment, Mas. Trump is certainly a wild card, always has been, and is far from perfect. But an unpredictable leader will keep opponents off balance, and the results of his first term speak for themselves, at least when viewed factually and objectively. Especially when compared to the results of the last four years.
Mas, gun politics are important, but I think that the US Congress has much more of a role to play the the US President. What do you think of Trump’s includinations towards the constitutuion and the rule of law? I’m with Liz Cheney all the way – I’m a former Reserve Police Officer with the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., so my private views on January 6th are pretty easy to figure out. Living in deep-red Oklahoma, my vote won’t make much difference, but I’ll be voting for the Harris/Walz ticket. And donating to the 2nd Amendment Foundation at the same time. Ján
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Mas, gun politics are important, but I think that the US Congress has much more of a role to play the US President. What do you think of Trump’s inclinations towards the US Constitution and the rule of law? I’m with Liz Cheney all the way – I’m a former Reserve Police Officer with the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., so my private views on January 6th are pretty easy to figure out. Living in deep-red Oklahoma, my vote won’t make much difference, but I’ll be voting for the Harris/Walz ticket. And donating to the 2nd Amendment Foundation at the same time. Ján
Well said, Mas. I completely agree. Harris’ foreign policy skills are non-existent. She is economically illiterate. Her current Second Amendment “stance” is phony (saying she will not take our guns–right up there with Pete Buttigieg’s declarations on the same matter). And, she cannot even field a few softball questions from friendly media. She would be completely overmatched dealing with Xi, Putin, the Ayatollah or Kim.
As a father with a daughter and son-in-law in the Navy, I am doubly concerned about Harris blundering the US into WWIII.
My wife and I have also already voted. I just hope enough Americans can see the important issues clearly enough to keep Harris and her party out of office. The importance of defending the Supreme Court and an originalist interpretation of the Second Amendment is reason enough by itself.
Mark is correct: the Democrats are “projecting” (attributing their own faults to others) when they call Republicans fascists. But then, they have been calling virtually every Republican presidential candidate for the past 60 years a fascist, including Reagan and Romney (the latter whom they currently adore for his anti-Trump position).
I hope your pole barn and other property has recovered from the hurricane.
Best Regards,
A good summary of the term “facist”
https://ornerydragon.com/2024/10/28/lets-talk-fascism/
Very well articulated