The next four years

by Jerry Esmay, Stevensville

This has been an interesting but frustrating time for me for the past two weeks. An assassination attempt on former President Trump, the Republican National Convention, President Biden dropping out of the Presidential race, and yesterday, the Israeli Prime Minister’s address to our Congress.

The assassination attempt left me with many questions concerning the adequate planning and execution of security for the former President. Two weeks later, many of the questions remain. One thing clear to me is why “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” is BS as the Director of the Secret Service was totally unworthy of that job. As a Christian I do believe God influenced the outcome of that assassination attempt.

I was very positively impressed with the Republican National Convention. I like JD Vance who former President Trump picked for his Vice President. He has a powerful story of how one can still become successful in America when faced with adverse conditions. The theme of the convention was overall positive – even though we have a lot of problems in our country, they can be overcome.

President Biden dropping out of the Presidential race did not surprise me. The behind-the-scene political manipulations were sickening, though. The Democrat czars turned on him to where he had no choice (a political coup). The same party elites then decided that Kamala Harris had to be picked to replace him without any input from the millions of voters who selected Biden through the primary election process. If you haven’t been following the current Vice President, Kamala Harris, let me add a couple of observations. She has earned the title of the “laughing hyena” resulting from her nervous response in tight situations. Her speeches are referred to as “word salads” since she cannot give a talk without a prompter. She has zero accomplishments as Vice President to include not doing anything to fix the southern border invasion even though she was placed in charge by Biden. But, the worst thing about her, in my opinion, is that she is a member of the radical left who believe in defunding the police, critical race theory, etc.

The Israeli Prime Minister’s address to Congress was one of the most powerful speeches I have heard in my lifetime. His discussion of why our two countries must remain powerful allies to counter the Iranian threat was spot on. His discussion of the conduct of their military operations against the Hamas terrorists shows how minimizing civilian casualties has remained a top priority. Referring to the demonstrators supporting the Palestine civilians, he called them “useful idiots for Iran.” That is, they fail to recognize that the Hamas terrorists hide among the civilians, use schools and hospitals to fire their rockets from, and steal the food donations that have been allowed to enter the country. I was personally shamed by the boycotting of this speech by many Democratic members of Congress including Vice President Harris. Oh, the demonstrators desecrated buildings and burnt American flags while the Prime Minister was speaking. 

Your decision to vote should be, in my opinion, based upon the question – Are you better off today than you were four years ago?