If You Can't Take the Heat.....

Like everyone else in the world, I watched with great anticipation the Republican Primary debates. Donald Trump is the reason why most people tuned in.  He is not the reason why I watched both debates as I would have without him.  He is the reason why I watched with enthusiasm.  While we all have a decision to make concerning the 2016 run for the White House there is no doubt that Donald Trump has made this the most interesting primary race in my lifetime.  

Everyone knew there would be drama. We were all on the edge of our seats. The pundits were talking about it for weeks. What will he say, what will he do, who will he go after?  It was as if they were talking about the next heavyweight-boxing match.  Snacks in hand, phones off, DVR set on record my heart was pounding.  Then -- boom -- right out of the gate Bret Baier asked the candidates to raise their hands if they would not support the person nominated if it was not them, and not run as a third party candidate.  And there it was.  Donald Trump with his hand up.  Bret tried to get him to change his mind reminding him of what he was doing, but Trump said I understand and kept his hand up.

My heart sank, my mind went blank for a minute, I thought to myself, well, that is it; it is over for him and the immediate reactions of the focus group were in agreement with me.  Having had a night to sleep on it and consider the whole thing, I have a different take.  Donald Trump is a businessman.  He has made billions of dollars negotiating deals.  His leverage in this situation as he sees it is the threat to run third party.  He has said in the past that if he was not treated well by the RNC he would do just that.  He did not want to give up his leverage at this stage in the game.  If he gives that up now, he will have given in to the RNC's demands.  This is exactly the kind of negotiating that we need with respect to Iran.  John Kerry did the opposite, gave in too soon and gave the store away.  You negotiate from a position of strength or you lose.  Had Trump not put his hand up he would have been in essence crying uncle.  

The other point about this that I would like to make is he told the truth he said what he honestly felt. He did not lie, he did not waiver he did not look around the room to see what the others would do, he stuck his hand up.  He cannot be bought, he cannot be bribed, he will not go along to get along.  This country has been weak for too long.  We have allowed political correctness to run us into the ground.  I do not know if Trump is the answer, but I do believe that whoever ends up at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. needs to take a few pages from his book.

Reeling from that answer,  I snapped back and watched Megyn Kelly asking Trump about things he has said about women in the past.  Donald Trump has a mouth and he uses it, he has no filter and he is an equal opportunity critic.  He will call a woman or a man and idiot, a pig or anything else that comes to his mind.  Megyn Kelly should know better.  You cannot say you are for equal rights and then say but you had better not say mean things about women.  It is either or, not both and. 

Another example: In mixed double tennis, men do tend to hit softer to women than they do other men.  They will hit a hard serve to the men and softball it to the women.  They do that, until and unless they are losing then their competitiveness kicks in and they hit  just as hard to the woman.   Women who play tennis or any sport with men do not want to be treated differently because they are female.    I find a double standard exists but it is women who are perpetuating it,  not men.   

 Carly Fiorina did well in the debate, of that there is no dispute.  However, I have to wonder is she getting all this attention because she is a woman?  Carly Fiorina had a failed campaign for Senator and was fired as CEO of HP. She was an advisor to John McCain's failed run at the White House.  She has been touted as a great leader and at the same time the worst CEO ever in some circles.  She talks about her "good friend Bibi Netanyahu, but mispronounces his name like everyone else does.  

If Megyn Kelly had been asking the questions of Carly, would she have gone so personal, or would she have given her a break because women need to stick together?  We may yet have a chance to find out if Carly is able to stay in the race.

In the mean time, pay attention to Trump, he will either rise up out of the ashes and take on momentum or sink like a rock to the bottom of a pond.  One thing is certain, it will not be boring.

Trump Keeps Going

I have not seen anything like it in my lifetime.  Donald Trump soars to the top of every poll I have seen.  The pundits keep saying it will not last, the candidates have all written him off.  The Democratic front runner is running against Jeb Bush ignoring Trump altogether.   I get it, he is not a typical politician.  They keep asking the same questions, dumbfounded as to why he is doing so well.  I have gone through the list in my mind thinking, if not Trump for whom would I vote?  Honestly, there isn't anyone I favor over him.

I began to question my own sanity in continuing to pull for someone everyone seems to think will fail.  I have reviewed interviews featuring him in 1988.  He is saying the same things now that he was saying then.  We are being fleeced by China, Japan and Mexico, we need to beef up our Military power.  People say he has changed on the issues, as if that is a bad thing.  It depends on why you change on the issues as to whether it is bad or not.  If a politician suddenly receives donations from someone who does not like their stand on an issue, they find a way to have "changed" their mind.  Situations in life do not stay the same, they change.   Sometimes a prudent position 20 years ago is not prudent now.  

I wanted to get to know more about Donald Trump other than I like that he speaks his mind and pushes back on reporters.  So, I bought his book "Time to Get Tough".  Now, anyone who knows me knows I am not a reader.  Reading is laborious to me.  A long email is tedious.  I am an auditory learner.  I could not put his book down.  It makes a lot of sense.  He doesn't just talk about it, he explains it and gives examples of what he is saying.  It is interesting and informative and well written.  As I was reading it, I felt as though I was seeing into the heart of the man.  I liked him more and more the more I read.  

People say he is egotistical.  He is applying for a job.  Let me ask you, do you downplay your accomplishments when you are applying for a job?  I certainly don't.  If you do, you will probably not get the job.  He believes in himself and he believes in America and he always has.  It is not pride to say who you are, it is pride not to.  In other words, if you are good at something and you say you are not, that is false pride, not humility.  It is fake and useless.  

Some say, oh he is a TV star, it is all an act.  Really?  He has a reality show, of which he is on very little.  Most of the time is spent with the Celebrities on the show.  He has a boardroom scene where he asks questions, discusses the success and failure and fires someone.  He is not an actor playing a part.  There really is very little of him in the show.  And, wait a minute what was Ronald Reagan's profession before he was governor, anyone remember Bedtime for Bonzo?  Since when does being on TV mean you can not run for office?

Then people say he is doing it for publicity, really, The Apprentice and Celebrity Apprentice are two of the top rated shows on TV.  I do not think he needs publicity.  He is also not doing it for the money.  The other candidates will walk away from this having made money.  The other candidates will also have gained some notoriety from this process.  It is not a bad deal for them.  He is not only spending his own money, but he is losing money.  Every minute that he is doing an interview is money he could have made as he says making a deal.  Plus he walked away from a very successful TV show, thus losing that source of income.  So, he is losing money, not making it, spending his own money on the campaign, does not need the publicity, is  getting beaten up by the press.   So, you tell me, how does this benefit Donald Trump?  

I have no idea how he will fare after the debates, but remember this: he does not get into anything with the intention or thought of losing.  I can think of a lot worse things than President Trump.  In my opinion he is the best person for the job.  We need someone who is motivated to make america great again, and Donald Trump is. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEPs17_AkTI

WAKE UP WE THE PEOPLE AND TAKE BACK AMERICA

I watched with great interest Donald Trumps announcement to run for President, glued to the TV.  I have obsessed over every word out of his mouth since.  He is speaking the truth that no one in Washington wants to hear and we the people are cheering.  He is taking on the Media in a way only he can.  He is pressing the press and putting them in their place.  For too long the Press has been part of the problem in this country.  They have been allowed to influence our vote.  They are in the tank as much as politicians are.

My husband loves to quote Proverbs, "The borrower is servant to the lender."   The politicians and the media are all servants to Banks and Lobbyists and special interests.  Some Media outlets are in financial trouble and need loans to keep going, the same is true with Politicians, they can not run for office on the nickels and dimes they get from you and me.  They need money and lots of it, and with that money comes a price.  Vote for this and against this, write in favor of this politician and not this one.  

We the people have been had, we are puppets, we listen to what they say and believe they are speaking the truth.  We have bought into a lie.  We have elected whom the Media has held up to us as the best and brightest and we have been duped.  Not all politicians fall into this category, but most of them  do which is why the good ones can not get anything done.  They are in the minority.

Donald Trump speaks truth as only he can because he is not beholding to anyone.  He does not need anyone's money or support.  He does not couch his words, he says things that make people angry.  But he is speaking a lot of truth and telling it like it is.  

I have said it before but I am repeating it, pay attention to how the other candidates respond to him And get this, Hillary Clinton called the Republicans out for not condemning Trump and did you notice, many of them fell in line - She is calling the shots here? But also consider this, why would she speak out against him if she did not fear him.

People if we do not WAKE UP and TAKE AMERICA BACK, we will suffer 4 or 8 more years of the same failed policies that have us by the throat.  Speak Out, Speak Up and Shout down the media, Shout down the Politicians.  Pay Attention, or you will be singing the blues.

Write Mitch McConnell an email and ask him to answer for his actions, or lack thereof, make him accountable to We the People.  We to Take Back America:

http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/07/25/cruz-mcconnell-blocked-amds-for-kates-law-defund-planned-parenthood/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

Defend the Defenders

I read where at least 3 Governors have issued executive orders for the National Guard to protect military bases in their states. And another article highlighting ordinary citizens with side arms standing in front of a Military office, vowing to defend the military. That sentence on its face sounds like an oxymoron. It isn't, it is a new low for this country.

We the people need to fill in the gap that is left by a government who is leaving the very people sworn to protect us without protection. This is absurd . as Fox contributor Mary Katherine Ham said during Friday’s segment. "These are Marines, everyone of them a rifleman,” “They are trained to protect themselves, and they have volunteered to be our sheepdogs, protect the rest of us, and yet we take the means out of their hands to do that. And that just seems like a sin.”

 We ask them to put their lives on the line to defend our freedom and protect us, and yet they are sitting ducks.  ISIS is putting out the word that they are coming after our Military, they are encouraging their members to act alone in taking out our Military.  The order to allow them to be armed should have been given a long time ago, certainly after the Fort Hood shooting, certainly after the edict from ISIS, but maybe now it will change.  

Unfortunately, it may take a push from we the people.   We need to push for the change.  Our voices need to be heard.   It is time for this regulation to be changed.  It is time for us to step up for our military and contact our Congressmen, and  demand that this regulation be changed.  While that will take some time to be in effect, we need to contact our Governors and ask that they send the National Guard to protect our Military bases.

We are living in a new era, and we need to recognize that and not be silent.  We have a voice, but it can not be heard unless it is expressed.  Find your voice, call your Congressman and Senators, contact your Governor and speak out on this issue.  

Check out these links for yourself.

Congress pushing protection for troops

Governors calling for National Guard

Citizens Protecting Military Office

Killing Babies

Since 1973 it has been legal to kill a baby in the womb.  The womb, a place designed to protect and nurture life.  Life which should be protected, should be special.  Is it any wonder that we have grown so cold?  When did it become ok to kill innocent life?  When life lost its value, when we stopped seeing life, all life as a gift of God and something expendable to be used for our purpose.  Life is a gift freely given to us by God and to procreate and bring other lives into this world is indeed a privilege not to be taken lightly.  It is not as though we can not care and feed these unwanted babies, there are people wanting, willing and waiting to be able to adopt.

Even people who are for killing babies in the womb, were horrified at the actions of Dr. Gosnell of PA.  And now, I hope the world sees how horrifying this video of Planned Parenthood is.  It is not as Megyn Kelly said on her show a matter of whether you think abortion is ok or not .  It is the callous manner in which this is handled.  what happened to first do no harm?  How does that mandate translate to kill them any way you can as long as you can harvest their body parts?  Where is the humanity?  We are horrified at ISIS cutting off people's heads, and yet, are we not guilty of the same?

Glenn Beck, having witnessed an abortion for the first time was sickened by it, and it changed his mind.  I did not have to see and still have not seen an abortion to know how evil it is.  In other cultures we have been horrified to know that they sacrificed babies to gods, or cannibalized them.  How hypocritical to say that a baby once out of the womb is more valuable than one inside the womb.  If the money in abortions dried up, immediately you would see a large drop in the number of them performed.

If puppies were being treated this way there would be a hue and cry and laws against cruelty of animals would be written overnight.  It is time we valued ourselves, everyone of us from the small to the tall as equal.  People abort babies because they are the wrong sex, I ask you, how can you be a good parent to a child whose sister you killed?

Here is the link to the video of Planned Parenthood

Body Parts

Pollsters

Pollsters are very busy these days and the closer the election  the busier they are.  Pay attention to the candidates messaging understanding that how they are responding to key issues is a result of the polling of their party.  If most democrats polled said they favored fuchsia easter eggs, guess who would have fuchsia easter eggs?  And the same for the repubs - I fill out a questionnaire for the GOP at least 4 times a year, I am certain that the other side does as well. I never turn down a chance to answer one of those things and give thoughtful consideration to how I feel and what I think about the issue and how I think changes from Poll to poll because things change.  When you see a politician flip flopping on an issue it very likely is due to the change in the polling data.  

A good pollster will have his or her candidate using talking points that mirror the voters and if the issue is close ie: 50% yea and 45% nay - the candidate will be more grey in their answers.  This is something to keep in mind when listening and trying to determine for whom to vote and why I say it is not what they say as much as it is what they have done or where they stood on the issue before the election was looming.  Check out a person's voting record if they have one, or what they have done in their lives and how they spoke before there was an election looming.  It is VERY  important folks that we GET THIS RIGHT THIS TIME.   

My best advice is to pray and seek wisdom, listen with the Spirit within you.  Be wary of flowery speech.  This is perhaps the most important election of our lives.  Pray, seek, be informed, and VOTE. I can not stress this enough.  We pray and ask God to Bless us but we have to also be informed on the issues pay attention to the candidates,  know something about them beyond what they say about themselves or what is on their website. 

Don't pay too much attention to Social Media, most of what is put up there is done so by the staff, not the candidate themselves, they do not have time to do that.  Don't pay attention to what you see on tv, most media outlets have chosen their candidate and will paint her in a good light and take things out of context for the others.  

This whole Donald Trump thing is a perfect example of exactly that.  I knew exactly what he was saying when he said it, but everyone jumped on the bandwagon of Donald hates Mexicans.  Listen to what is said from the horse's mouth, not how it is reported.  Headlines are written to be sensational and grab your attention.  Headlines sometimes have nothing to do with the body of the article.  

In this day and age, there are a lot of fake websites, facebook pages, twitter accounts made to look like the one for the candidate but are not.  Be wary of information and check sources.  Too many people heard Obama's words, wanted a Black President and did not pay attention to who he is.  In the first election in which I voted I cast my vote for Jimmy Carter.  What a disaster that turned out to be.  I was only 18 and obviously not the only one who fell for his rhetoric.  Learn from the past, and the future will be better.  Repeat past mistakes, and the future will be worse.

Lies and Lies and again Lies

Why, Why Why?

I do not think anything stumps me as much as why anyone with an ounce of integrity would even consider voting for Hillary Rodham Clinton.  I am a conservative, so clearly I disagree with her stands on most things.  I say most, in case there is something with which I find agreement with her, oh wait, I used to, she stated that marriage was between a man and a woman a But, that view has changed for her now, so nope not one thing.

As long as I have been aware of Hillary Rodham Clinton, I have been aware of her dishonesty.  She does not seem to know or care about the truth.  I am not sure whether she has lied for so long that she can not tell the truth or if she has lied so long that she no longer knows what the truth is.  

Do you really want a blatant liar in the White House?  Do you really want someone with such a shady track record of untruths and cover ups protecting you?  One of her jobs  as Sec of State was to provide adequate protection for the Ambassadors, and thus Benghazi.  People are saying that the fact that some entities gave money to her foundation and then received favors from the WH is not proof of quid pro quo, but can anyone give me an example of someone donating a lot of money to the foundation and then NOT receiving their needed favor? 

She was working for Obama who made it very clear that she needed to break ties with Christian what's his name - and she defied him and not only continued to contact him, but paid him while doing so.  What kind of employee does that?  People say she is smart, but seriously, did she not know that there would be an electronic trail to be found?  Did she really think that a copy of the subpoena issued to her would not exist ?  Does she really think that you can only use one email per device?  Does she think that we are that dumb or is she?  

I understand the dilemma the Dems will have in 2016 - to vote for a lying deceiving woman who will bring that womanizing husband into the White House or heaven forbid a Republican President.  I do not care what your beliefs, I would rather have an honest person with a shred of integrity in the White House even if I disagreed with their politics than a lying person I could not trust who wears those ridiculous pants suits.  

If you are voting for her because it is time to have a woman in the White House, that is the wrong reason.  Besides, why would you want the first woman President to be a lying deceiving misanthrope?  I would love to see a female President, but one with a smidgen of class.  I would like to be proud of the first woman President, not embarrassed and ashamed.  There will be a woman in the WH someday, but mark my words, it will not be Hillary Rodham Clinton.  We have had enough of her and her husband, as someone said; it is always something with the Clintons.  

If the press is being roped off by her now, how will it be better if (God please NO) she is elected.  

I can not bear it, someone teleport me to the moon. 
Benghazi