[TheRealThing]

1. I am a traditional conservative and proud to be one. Most of the people who have shaped my political philosophy such as Milton Friedman, Ronald Reagan, and Thomas Jefferson, died long ago.

Trump is a populist who is constantly seeking the spotlight and doing and saying whatever will put him in front of a camera or microphone. Any conservative should find some of Trump's behavior objectionable. Anybody who doesn't is perhaps not quite as conservative as they claim to be.

2. Most Democrats and so-called independents are not too bright. That is why most of them became Democrats and independents. Of course any investigation spearheaded by dimwits like Maxine Waters, Elijah Cummings, and Adam Schiff is going to seem stupid to any moderately intelligent person who has cracked open an old American history book, but this is a party that manages to get people like Hank Johnson re-elected after he expressed genuine concern that Guam might tip over if we station additional troops on the island.

Regardless of whether the hearings seem stupid to us, if Trump is forced to comply with subpoenas for information that predates his presidency, the media will have a field day with the information. Endless hearings on Trump's sometimes questionable business dealings will not help Trump's image. IMO, the framers of the Constitution never intended for Congress to be able to scrutinize a president's entire life before his election, but there are plenty of liberal federal judges who will disagree.

3. Democrats never ran anyone worse than Hillary Clinton in the history of this country. Dukakis, McGovern, and Mondale were all bad candidates, but none of them were crooks under criminal investigation when they ran for the presidency. Certainly, Democrats are capable of fielding another criminal in 2020, but it is unlikely that they will do worse than Hillary.

As far as no Republican being able to touch Trump - two years is a long time. Trump's early declaration that he planned to run in 2020 will certainly make it difficult for a good candidate to enter the race, but it would not be unprecedented. My fear is that Trump will play Let's Make a Deal with Pelosi to avoid an unwarranted impeachment. That's exactly what Bill Clinton did to win re-election and avoid a Senate conviction following his impeachment, thanks to Dick Morris.

Also, in 2020, Trump will not be able to rely on hundreds of millions of dollars worth of free media coverage by Fox News. Rupert Murdock's children are much more liberal than the old man and the network is not likely to tolerate Trump supporters turning their shows into free campaign ads the way that Eric Boling, Sean Hannity, and Jeannine Pirro did in 2016.

Maybe not, but they were certainly able to keep George W behind the 8 ball. And BTW and no offense intended, blaming Trump for the actions of swamp creatures the like of Paul Ryan, while ignoring the strangle hold Dems have on the free press, and considering the fact that RINO's want to go throw up every time a Dem even threatens them with the race card, is a bit convenient to make that argument. Don't you think?

FOX sold out to Disney, did they not? You are right to point that out because IMHO, watching any kind of news and expecting to get any appreciable portion of the truth from here on out will be extremely unlikely. Disney execs are very liberal, and they're not going to just sit around on their hands and let FOX anchors have their way with programming OR content. It's over.

But I'll tell you something, though meaningful free speech is about over, I still believe we conservatives should go down fighting. And whether you accept what I am about to say or not, won't change it's validity. President Trump has and is trying his best, to preserve the traditional conservative values of this land. And to my knowledge 'the fight' for same, as far as government is concerned, has dwindled down to being fought by him and a few gracious souls of the Freedom Caucus. But Trump's been met with fierce resistance. And because I love what this nation once was, I respect his efforts to that end as much or more than any President since Ronald Reagan. Trump is a hero in my book, as he has been willing to take on the insanity of political correctness, (secular humanism) and in it's place offer the legitimacy of days gone by and a return to honoring the God of this universe. That's no small thing in the face of nearly universal rejection of same by his peers in the federal government. To that end his has been one voice amid the thousands whom serve the people.

That said. MR Trump has his glaring failings as do every last one of us. So too did men like Roosevelt, Kennedy, Nixon, and Clinton. I do not believe for one second that MR Trump deserves any notable distinctions in the annals of Presidential misbehavior. Nor would or could the actions of this President change the minds or the hearts of legislators whom openly admit their willingness to die on the twin hills of abortion and gay rights. Turning our backs on Godly principles is the real problem, and as such is the shame and downfall of our republic. My fear, is that the fabric of America is irretrievably broken. My hope had been and is, that there was enough respect remaining for rightful morality left in the hearts of the people of this land, so as to allow us at least some further time in the calmer waters of the outer vortex. This isn't Trump's fault, and it's frankly got little to do with Republicans versus Democrats. It is the fault of the godless people of this society. Hence the reference to my down the drain analogy.

Freedom was born in the hearts of our founders and as is so clearly evidenced in their writings, they handed off control of this country for which they had sacrificed so much, with heavy hearts. Why? IMHO it was because they knew so well the sinful nature of all men. And they knew self governance apart from moral integrity and faith in God is impossible.

“America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville


Being good is the responsibility of those comprising a government of, by and for the people.