To Vote, Or, Not To Vote, That 'IS' The Question

[M]

To mis-quote a line from Shakespeare, and then to twist it to my point about this coming election.; 

Whether To vote or Not to Vote, that is the question! Tis it nobler in the mind to make a moot point, have a Pyrrhic Victory, and/or go down in flames, losing everything we hold dear, or, Tis it nobler to bite the bullet and fight against the coming darkness, and by opposing it, to end it? Wouldst thou do what must be done to start restoring the Constitution and the Republic? This question we all have to decide for ourselves! 

 

OK, so I'm not Shakespeare. The point is, either we vote or we lose everything!

 

The most crucial issues in this election, and the most influential in blocking the Elitist Controlled Progressive/Socialists in the Democratic Progressive Caucus, will not lie with the President alone. Remember this, the Progressive Democratic Caucus members hold dual positions in the Democratic Socialist Party and the Democratic Party. They are deliberately masquerading as simply Democrats, and hiding the fact they are card carrying members of the Democratic Socialist Party too. There are some very valid reasons to block either Hillary or Bernie, and tantamount to all of them, is the FACT that the next President will probably be able to nominate THREE Supreme Court Justices and maybe more if the winner serves two terms in the Presidency.

We need to put in place some sort of insurance policy against the potential for damage/disaster to our Republic for these reasons; 

 

The current U.S. Senate has 54 Republicans and 45 Democrats (including one independent Socialist, Bernie Sanders). There are 34 seats up for grabs in 2016, 24 are held by Republicans. Democrats will need to gain 4 or 5 seats to take control.  A total of 469 seats in the U.S. Congress (34 Senate seats and all 435 House seats) are up for election on November 8, 2016, so we don't have much time to unite to block the Progressives from gaining another disastrous "Super Majority" that will in all probability finally destroy the Constitution and with it the Republic.. 

 

 Twenty-six (26) Republicans are retiring from their seats in 2016, and that means we will have to try and replace them with Conservative Leaning Replacements who are Pro-Constitution or as close to that as we can find in the fields of candidates who are running. Hopefully Maintaining or Increasing Republican/Conservative/Constitutionalist Representation in Congress.  We can't do that if qualified voters stay home like they did in 2012. If they do, we face the same upset we had then with Obama, and no clear potential for a majority in the House and Senate. Remember the damage to the Republic the Democrats did, and how they totally ignored the majority of American citizens wishes when they forced through their agendas during the 111th Congress having had a "Super Majority" and how damnably arrogant they were to anyone who questioned their agendas then? Do we want to risk that happening again?

 

This means we must field a strong support at the polls for the most Constitutionally minded and Conservative oriented candidates who are running. We only need to do this within our own local precincts and not for the entire Country. 

First, We must fully Vett the candidates we can personally vote for by using their past voting records, Bills they supported, Bills they originated, and Bills they were against by checking their records at; 

(  https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes  , the US Senate page; http://www.senate.gov/reference/common/faq/how_to_votes.htm  and finally, the Congressional Index page; https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=CRI ) 

Second, We must promote them and go vote for them. 

Third, We must help get other like minded voters to the polls to vote or help those needing it, absentee ballots. 

Fourth, We must keep in contact with our County Clerks and insure they get the ballots to our Military personnel in a timely manner so their votes can be counted.

 

It is my considered opinion that while the President is the most highly visible office, it's the Congress that determines which way the Country will move. Consider this; The President can not spend one cent unless Congress has appropriated the funds for him to spend. The President can not raise or lower taxes, only Congress can do that. While the President can issue executive orders, they only affect Federal institutions and they can be readily overruled and removed by Congress. The President can not originate laws, only Congress can do that. The President can object to a law and veto it, but Congress can override that veto. The President only sets the tone, it's Congress that decides what to do with it!

 

The conclusion to this is simple, we must find out who the most Constitutional and Conservative candidates running for Congress are. Those may not be the perfect choice, and in many instances they will only be marginally better than the ones in office. However would it not be better for the Republic if we removed the worst of the worst from office even if, at this time, we can only replace them with someone even marginally better? That's a beginning step in the right direction. This also holds true for the State Legislatures and even Local Offices.

[jack ludwig]

Congress cannot block Trump's mouth even if all the democrats and republicans got together. All Trump has to do to provoke China into action is to just say the wrong thing one time. There are no second chances if China decides action is necessary.

[kevin kiernan]

Lets see jack..That must mean you will do what ever China wants cause your afraid of what they will do. You think they will attack us for a tariff tax. ...You are loonier than I thought.

[Virginia Foulk]

The Media can step in, but will they> Seems Obama and Clintons have had their words buried many times. Depends on the staff and the media. 

[jack ludwig]

Kevin, I have absolutely no control over what China wants to do or do you. China has no interest to attack us military,  they have the ability to silence America without using a single bullet. China and Russia moved past military might to be the dominate powers more than three decades ago.

Virginia, the media has no interest from a business standpoint as to who wins the general election. They will focus their efforts on keeping the slugfest up for as long as they can to make the most money off the campaign. Money opportunities is what drives the media, the election outcome is way down their list of objectives.

[M]

Jack,

I know that you have said you would vote for Hillary because you believe Trump would be a disaster for the US.

Please go to this link and read through the information and watch the video;

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/hillary-clintons-viral-nigh...

Do you really think a compulsive LIAR like her would be better equipped to deal with other Nations? Especially when they know what her word is worth?

[jack ludwig]

I did what you asked M and I am still convinced Hillary would pose no danger to our security and Trump would certainly be of great concern to me and most world leaders, China and Russia being the ones that matter most. About Hillary's honesty. She is a politician which means I expect her to be dishonest. I can't think of a politician in  my lifetime who is not. She happens to be very bad at weaving her stories then other politicians. I might also add that Hillary has been under some form of investigation for more than 25 years and to date there has never been a serious charge that has been proven. China and Russia are not concerned about the truthfulness of an American president. They have the ability to monitor every move the leader might be considering. What China and Russia cannot do is predict the irrational actions of someone like Trump. As I said China has no interest in going to war with us so they would just render us harmless to keep that from occurring. Unfortunately, that will not be a very pleasant outcome for all Americans. Life ending by war might be a more acceptable way of ending this life.  

[M]

Jack, 

The problem is she would bring Obama's agenda to a conclusion even though we expect her to be dishonest, what she could do as President would far surpass everything that Trump would bring down on us. Maybe there will be an alternate to all of them after the conventions.

The main thing we need to do is to focus a whole hell of a lot more on the Congressional, State, and Local elections. I feel our Nation will be saved or lost on those elections.

Oh yeah, One final reason why I would never vote for Hillary for any reason;

[jack ludwig]

I cannot make myself any clearer on who would be worse than I have already said. Hillary would not be great for our country but at least we would have a country to work its way back to sanity after her time in office. Should Trump become president I don't believe he will have many weeks in office before China or Russia will decide to act. And as I explained when they do there will be no turning back. Neither China or Russia will use any type of military action to completely disarm America. 

As for the lower level elected official races, those outcomes generally follow the how the country votes on the top of the ticket. Without winning the WH is is highly unlikely many of the individual elections will go well for the opposite party.

[charles royer]

[jack ludwig]

Charles, I know what your image means but I haven't a clue who you are directing it to.

[jack ludwig]

M if I choose not to vote for Hillary by my absence only means a vote could go to Trump. I would never want that on my conscience of doing that to my fellow Americans. 

[M]

Jack, 

All i'm saying is that you could, if you want to, vote a split ticket, and vote for the most conservative candidates for the other offices for Congress, State Legislatures, and even Local Offices. Of course you would have to do the work to Vett the other candidates so you could vote from a position of knowledge of how they have represented in the past.