Political Pistachio
By Douglas V. Gibbs
The 2024 Election is upon us, and while some people are conflicted between red and blue political colors, or they are thoroughly convinced that Kamala Harris is a communist or Donald Trump is a fascist, for me it comes down to the original principles set up by the Founding Fathers, a moral standard, and a little bit of common sense. In short, while I have my political preferences, among my main keys when looking at the issues is whether or not the federal government is authorized to even handle the issue and what was originally meant when the Framers wrote our founding documents.
Originally, we thought the presidential election would be between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, but the Democratic Party nominee changed when it became apparent that Biden’s mental decline had reached a point that even convinced the Democrats that he was not fit for service. So, to “preserve democracy,” the Democrats undemocratically removed Biden, and inserted Vice President Kamala Harris.
The Democrats are running Kamala Harris with their usual talking points, including words and phrases like change, hope, and a new way forward. Except, having been a part of the Biden Administration for the last three and a half years, Kamala represents more of the same. It brings to mind Ronald Reagan’s slogan, “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?” During the Biden presidency, Harris served as a willing accomplice. Her ideas from her 2020 run for President are will documented from her pledges and debates, and if anything she leans even further left than Joe Biden. I remember when banning certain guns came up as a question in a debate, way back then, and Biden tread carefully saying, “There’s something called the Second Amendment,” and Kamala laughed at his remark. Now, however, she has recognized that Americans don’t necessarily go for such extremism; so, she’s been sounding like a flip-flopper, realizing her old, well-documented, extreme progressive leftist positions may not be good for her campaign.
Both Trump and Harris have been making their rounds, and past experience and current language makes it clear where each candidate stands regarding the issues. The problem is, the media has been doing all they can to hide Kamala’s true agenda while they claim Trump’s agenda is one of retaliation, xenophobia, favoritism toward the wealthy, international chaos, and that he is an enemy to the Left’s precious social justice objective.
Based on past records, speeches, advertisements, interviews and debate transcripts we will examine the following issues, and where each candidate stands on each issue and whether or not that stance under examination survives constitutional scrutiny.
Policy, apparently, is not something the Democrats wish to talk about, much. They’d rather claim Trump’s a fascist, even though based on the basic definition of fascism the Democrats are closer to fascism than Trump ever was.
Abortion:
Democrat Kamala Harris: The Democratic Party has a long history of standing behind the idea that abortion is a constitutional right tied in some phantom way to a right to privacy, and in recent years they have pushed that there should be absolutely no legal limits to abortion. The Democrats championed 1973’s Roe v. Wade ruling and have railed against the 2021 Dobbs v. Jackson decision which invalidated the 1973 abortion ruling, sending the issue of abortion back to the States. Kamala Harris is calling for federal legislation to guarantee abortion be legal in all States, and has argued that the States that are limiting abortion injure women’s access to their constitutional reproductive right, causing a deep pain. Therefore, she is willing to use unconstitutional powers of the federal government to force all of the states to abandon any anti-abortion laws. She has argued that limiting a person’s ability to have an abortion at any stage of their pregnancy leads to injury or the death of pregnant women, and that if elected President Trump would sign a national abortion ban into law, and do what he could to remove abortion medication (abortion pill/Plan B pill) off the market. She also claims that Trump would use his justice department to prosecute women for having abortions, and that he would create a federal agency to monitor pregnancies.
Republican Donald Trump: During his presidency, Trump was the most pro-life President in the history of this country. He was the first (and only) President to attend the annual March for Life event. When Dobbs v. Jackson was decided, he verbalized that it was possible because of his Supreme Court nominations. In line with the Dobbs Ruling, he has indicated that the issue of abortion should be left to the States. He has also said that he would not sign a national abortion ban into law and that the federal government under his watch would not limit access to abortion medications. He told Time Magazine that prosecutorial actions regarding abortion, as with legislation, must be a decision of the States, individually. As for monitoring pregnancies, that is something the Democrats have gleaned from their misinterpretation of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, an agenda that Trump has repeatedly indicated he has not read, and does not associate himself with — not necessarily because he agrees or disagrees with it, but because he wants his positions to be purely his and for people to understand he’s not following some agenda written up by people other than himself or his team. Despite accusations to the contrary, and criticisms by the pro-life movement, Trump has also indicated that he plans to make in-vitro fertilization a “free” treatment for women in the United States.
U.S. Constitution: The Enumeration Doctrine, which is a concept from the Constitution that basically says that the federal government does not possess a power unless it is expressly authorized by the Constitution by being enumerated in either the original seven articles or in a subsequent amendment, dictates that any federal involvement in the issue is unconstitutional. As per the Tenth Amendment, because abortion or legislation regarding any medical treatment or care is not listed in the Constitution as being authorized to the federal government, and there is no language in the Constitution that prohibits the States from making any legislation regarding the abortion issue, the issue belongs to the States and only state legislatures may legislate, prosecute, or administer any government activities regarding the abortion issue. The federal government, including federal courts, have no authority to be concerned with abortion in any way, shape, or form. Therefore, Harris’s call for federal legislation regarding abortion is unconstitutional. Harris’s determination to take away the efforts by state laws to regulate the issue is unconstitutional. Trump’s call to use federal power to make in-vitro fertilization treatment free for women is also unconstitutional. The federal government has no authority whatsoever regarding the issue. And, if the fact that unborn babies are “persons” is ever codified by law, judicial opinion, or constitutional amendment, then abortion would be illegal across the country because it would violate clauses in Amendment V. and Amendment XIV. which disallows government from depriving any person of life, liberty, or property without due process.
Environmental Issues:
Democrat Kamala Harris: In the name of saving the environment the Democrats have historically been against domestic drilling for oil. Over the years their political position on the issue has sacrificed American energy independence, and has morphed into a full-blown hatred for fossil fuels, and a determination to stop anything that would enable domestic production, including the method of fracking. Climate Change hysteria has led them to demand, in order to save the planet, that everything must go electric. In line with her party, Kamala Harris has consistently called for the banning of fracking domestically. However, during the 2024 campaign, realizing that position alienated some of the voters she needs to win, she has indicated during the 2024 campaign that she is against expanding fracking, but not banning the practice. She continues to oppose off-shore drilling. As Senator, Harris was a sponsor of the Green New Deal which calls for the United States to move away from all fossil-fuel-influence-energy by federal mandate. As candidate for President she has moderated her view regarding energy, but still supports leftwing policies designed to tackle Climate Change. Her support for the Inflation Reduction Act carries with it support for a federal financial push toward electric cars and “clean energy” projects. She has also been party to the creation of the National Climate Corps, a program designed to carry out much of Biden’s climate agenda that has enlisted over 20,000 young people. Harris shares the Democratic Party’s goal of cutting gas emissions in half by 2030.
Republican Donald Trump: Domestic drilling has been a constant policy by Trump who does not recognize the argument that “man-made Climate Change” is the global danger it is advertised as, nor that the human component is the only legitimate factor. Trump has indicated he believes renewable energy methods, especially wind power, is riddled with many flaws, and that if the United States is to be an energy leader in the world, and if energy prices for Americans is to come down, the way to do it is for America to become energy independent and to unleash all of America’s domestic oil capabilities. Trump has also indicated that everything is connected to energy, so bringing down energy costs is a sure-fire way to reduce cost of production, prices, and battle inflation. Trump’s plan includes increasing oil drilling on public lands, offering tax breaks to energy producers (oil, gas, and coal), creating more natural gas pipelines, building more power plants (including nuclear), and eliminating federal incentives and mandates pushing people to switch to electric cars. His position regarding electric cars has been that in a free market the decision belongs to the consumer, not government. Trump has also pledged to again abandon the Paris climate agreement, and eliminate all of Biden’s energy mandates that includes subsidies for renewable energy, regulations against fossil fuel producers, and laws targeting products deemed energy-inefficient by the Democrats (lightbulbs, stoves, dishwashers, etc.)
U.S. Constitution: Constitutionally there are no expressly enumerated powers authorizing the federal government to be involved in energy issues, nor environmental issues. While the federal government does have a say regarding activities on public land that is either owned or controlled by the federal government, any regulations regarding access to energy products or strategies on private land is strictly none of the federal government’s business. As for Climate Change, the argument that human activities have a large effect on global temperatures remain in the realm of theory. History reveals that global temperatures have risen and dropped a number of times long before human industry emerged. Those who oppose the man-made climate change argument surmise that the phenomenon is the result of natural factors, including sunspot activity, solar flare activity, and other natural influencers.
Democracy and the Rule of Law:
Democrat Kamala Harris: Harris and the Democrats have argued that Trump and the Republican Party are dangerous to American Democracy, and that Trump’s willingness to conduct himself in criminal ways, including paying hush money, committing fraudulent business practices, engaging in sexual abuse, and inciting insurrection in his alleged attempt to overthrow the 2020 election makes him an enemy to democracy and the rule of law, and it makes him an unstable, dangerous fascist. A Trump presidency, according to the democrats, would result in a loss of freedoms, and the rise of an authoritarian dictatorship akin to the rise of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany. Trump will go after his enemies, and pardon the insurrectionists who attempted to overthrow the government and the election on January 6, 2021. Instead, Kamala supports Biden’s call for hunting down and imprisoning everyone involved with January 6.
Republican Donald Trump: Trump has maintained that corruption and fraud fills the election process, and that it is the duty of the federal government and the States to take action to quell it. He supports Voter ID laws (as do most Americans), and taking action to clean voter rolls when it comes to the presence of non-citizens on those rolls. He has argued that he did not incite insurrection on January 6, 2021, but that he had been calling for his supporters to protest peacefully; and that January 6 political prisoners need to be released and the Biden Administration’s minions need to be investigated regarding those arrests, indictments, and convictions. He has argued that the swamp still needs to be drained, and that once in office the “enemy within” will be rooted out as a result of his overhauls of various federal agencies. He has also indicated that any federal official or those involved in unscrupulous behavior will be found out and will be brought to justice for their illegal behavior and activities deemed connected to enemies of the United States.
U.S. Constitution: The United States was not established as a democracy, but as a Republic, so any attacks against mechanisms designed to preserve the republican form of government (checks and balances, Electoral College, Filibuster and Cloture, and the independence of the judiciary) are not only illegal, but should be prosecuted either through impeachment or through the criminal courts (or both). As for the legal attacks against Trump for his “insurrectionist” activities as President, as President of the United States the job of the Executive is to execute the laws of the United States, and that includes election laws. If election laws are not being carried out properly, or are being violated, the President has direct responsibility to call out such issues and take action to resolve them. The Democrats have falsely accused Trump of inciting violence on January 6, and evidence reveals it was a set-up and that undercover federal agents were embedded in the crowds at The Capitol on January 6. Therefore, Trump is not guilty of trying to overthrow an election, or to commit insurrection; he is guilty of trying to do his job of President at the time. Also, Article I, Section 3 of the United States Constitution states the President may only be charged in a criminal court with actions that occurred during his presidency if he has first been impeached by the House of Representatives and convicted by the Senate regarding those same charges. Otherwise, the President has immunity regarding those issues. If there are those who have broken the law, especially those who use government to fund their illegal activities, the President’s Department of Justice has every authority to legally go after those people, prosecute them, and if they are found guilty to jail those persons as punishment. The President may also pardon anyone found guilty of a federal crime, except in cases of impeachment, as per Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution, regardless of what the courts or the opposition political party says about it, or how they’ve labeled those persons.
Federal Bureaucracy:
Democrat Kamala Harris: While the Democrats will argue that any Republican President that operates without receiving permission from Congress first is an authoritarian dictator, Democratic Presidents, including Joe Biden and Barack Obama, have routinely used executive orders to work around Congress when the legislature does not play ball with them; an unconstitutional action since executive orders hold no legislative authority as per Article I, Section 1 which grants all legislative powers to Congress. In 2024, Kamala Harris’s campaign is arguing that Trump’s plans are in line with the Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025,” which they argue is an authoritarian manifesto designed to remake the federal government, upend the hiring and firing of federal workers, and increase the power of the President to authoritarian levels. Trump’s plans, according to the Democrats, is to fire the bureaucracy, and take full control by packing the bureaucracy with allies. Therefore, the Democrats have taken action to make it more difficult to fire federal staffers, which includes banning the option to reclassify federal employees as political appointees or other at-will employees which would make it easier by law to let them go.
Republican Donald Trump: Project 25 is a 922 page set of recommended policies by the Heritage Foundation (the book is 887 pages). While the press has been stating that Trump has been trying to distance himself from the think tank policy recommendations document, the truth is that Trump has simply said that he has not read it, nor was he a part of putting it together. From a conservative point of view the recommendations are fairly good but much of it might be problematic when it comes to the constitution, and some are outside the ability of the federal government to implement or enforce. Most of the policies listed have been exaggerated or misdefined by the Democrats and their media allies, or maligned because they are an obvious departure from the plans that the Progressive Left has for this country. Trump has, however, indicated that the federal bureaucracy is crawling with anti-American agents he defines as the “deep state,” and it is his goal to “dismantle the deep state,” meaning that he wishes to remove those “rogue bureaucrats.” He includes in that group those who “weaponized the FBI and DOJ to target conservatives, Christians, and their political enemies.” Trump has pledged to also target particular departments, such as the Education Department, and curtail independent activities by certain regulatory agencies in the hopes of cutting government waste, government spending, and red tape. He has also indicated that he plans to eliminate ten federal regulations for every new one imposed.
U.S. Constitution: The Hamiltonian Federalist Party used the bureaucracy to attempt to increase federal influence domestically, and usurp the Constitution when able. Thomas Jefferson, after he took office in 1801, fired half of the federal bureaucracy. One of the results of his actions was a weakening of the big government Federalist Party that the political organization never recovered from. By the 1820s, the Hamiltonians as a political party had faded into the memory of history. Through various judicial strategies, however, the Hamiltonians embedded themselves within the judiciary, dominating federal activity through judicial fiat by way of judicial review; a game they played skillfully until President Trump was able to tip the balance with his nominations to the inferior federal court system, and the United States Supreme Court. The bureaucracy has, primarily for the last hundred years, used regulatory activities to usurp the Constitution and operate as a legislative body. It’s overhaul would be very constitutional, especially since most of the federal departments exist unconstitutionally in the first place (including the Department of Education), and according to Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution the execution of federal laws domestically is supposed to be through the constitutional state militias. The federal government has no constitutional authority to maintain federal law enforcement agencies. There has been no need for it because the federal government also has almost zero domestic powers.
Border Security and Immigration:
Democrat Kamala Harris: During the Biden Administration, with Kamala Harris playing a supporting role, the border has been wide open, and Trump’s executive orders that supported existing federal legislation were reversed immediately by Joseph Biden which has led to the greatest number of illegal aliens entering the country in America’s history, with a large majority of the illegal aliens coming from countries other than Mexico – and those released back onto the streets of America by Ice under Biden leadership were largely criminals. Harris claims that a better law, a bipartisan compromise that would resolve the problem, was killed by the GOP at Donald Trump’s request because he knew it would serve as a solution and then Trump would not have the immigration issue to use as a campaign argument – the Democrats actually killed it because the GOP was unwilling to give them what they wanted. If elected, Harris has promised to bring the bill back, and sign it, with all of the Democrat Party wishlist items included. She also has explained during her 2024 campaign that she, as a prosecutor, understands the issues Americans face regarding the border and that while serving as California’s attorney general she went after drug cartels and Latin American gangs.
Republican Donald Trump: During Trump’s presidency the entrance into the country by illegal aliens had reached a low when compared to the previous decades. Trump campaigned on building a border wall to assist with border security, of which Kamala Harris at the time called a Medieval Vanity Project. Trump not only has vowed to secure the border, and execute existing immigration laws on the books, but to deport the illegal aliens let into the country by Biden and and Kamala Harris through a massive deportation program. He has also called for the death penalty for any migrant who is convicted of the murder of a U.S. Citizen. Trump also states he plans to revive and expand travel restrictions from countries considered enemies of the United States, and to toughen screening of immigrants coming into the country in order to ensure that dangerous criminals are not allowed into the country. Associated Press has reported that Trump also plans to put an end to the concept of “birthright citizenship” as it is applied to children whose parents are both in the country illegally.
U.S. Constitution: Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution grants to Congress the authority to make laws “prohibiting” migration into the United States. Article I, Section 8 grants Congress the power to make laws regarding the naturalization process. Article 4, Section 4 authorizes the federal government to protect each of the States from invasion. Amendment Fourteen defines citizenship. The bipartisan law that Kamala Harris claims would provide a solution focuses on the “asylum” argument when it comes to migrants seeking entry into the United States. The law would not solve the problem, nor require more stringent vetting to weed out the criminal element, but would essentially use asylum judges to rubber stamp entry which would not change the flow and who is coming in, but would look like on paper that a vetting process is involved eliminating the conservative argument that the migrants entered the country illegally. As mention with the above constitutional provisions, the federal government has the authority to make laws prohibiting certain persons from entering the country for any reason, pass immigration law with any protocols they seem fit, secure the border and call up the militia (in this case, National Guard) to secure that border, and deport people if they violate those immigration laws. The States, however, do hold concurrent powers in the sense of being able to apprehend and detain illegal aliens, but from there they would need to be in contact with federal agencies for the purpose of transferring those persons to federal custody and ultimately so that the federal government can, if they choose to, deport the individuals. This is why sanctuary state laws, which violate Article VI. of the Constitution (State laws contrary to federal laws on issues authorized to the federal government), which disallow local enforcement from communicating with federal agencies regarding any arrests of person who may be illegal migrants.
Foreign Affairs and Conflicts:
Democrat Kamala Harris: Two wars began to rage during the presidency of Joe Biden. Harris, while claiming Israel has a right to defend itself, has also been vocal in defense of civilians in Gaza. When it comes to Islam, we must ask: are there really any civilians? Are not all inhabitants in a Muslim environment potentially a military operative? Harris has supported Biden’s proposal of calling for a cease-fire deal, but has stated that a condition must be that all hostages held by Hamas be released. Harris has also endorsed a two-state solution, which would grant sovereignty to a Palestinian State. Harris has shown no differing positions from Biden regarding Ukraine. Biden has sent tens of billions of dollars in military and other aid to Ukraine, including a $61 billion gift that was a part of a $95 billion war aid measure that included money for Israel, Palestine, and Taiwan as well. Biden also secretly sent weapons shipments to Ukraine, which included long-range ballistic missiles. A part of the legislation also included a provision targeting TikTok’s China-based owners, ByteDance, giving the company a nine month window to sell the company to a non-Chinese buyer, or face losing U.S. access.
Republican Donald Trump: Expressing full support for Israel, and their work to “destroy” Hamas, Trump’s only concern has been that Israel is not working as fast as he believes they ought to. Trump’s attitude is that they should do what they need to do, finish Hamas off, and be done with it. He has called Hamas a terrorist organization, and has stated that pro-Palestinian protests in the United States is uncalled for and should be dealt with swiftly and decisively. Trump has indicated he supports revoking the student visas of foreign students who espouse antisemitic or anti-American views, and deport supporters of Hamas. Regarding Ukraine, Trump believes that Ukraine’s survival is important to the United States, but is not convinced Ukraine’s leadership is as honest as Biden’s administration believes. Trump, as with NATO, also believes European countries, if they believe Ukraine’s survival is so critical, should participate in Ukraine’s defense more than they are. Trump has also indicated that if he had been President for the last four years, neither of these conflicts would have erupted. He’s right, because Biden’s policies have skyrocketed oil prices, which has increased the funds available to Russia and Iran — those oil funds, in addition to other packages, gifts, and the lifting of sanctions, have set the world up for the current showdowns we are seeing in those two arenas of war.
U.S. Constitution: George Washington commented that the best way to keep the peace is to be ready for war. It was his way of saying, “Peace through strength,” a slogan that slammed into popularity during the Reagan Years. Washington also warned about foreign entanglements, indicating that if the United States was to meddle in foreign conflicts it needed to only be when American interests were directly affected. Israel has been our chief ally in the Middle East since its inception in 1948. Islam has not been shy about its anti-American sentiments. Hamas is a terrorist organization, and from their point of view there is no separation between civilians and military. As our chief ally, and a country we have many treaties and shared interests with, it is our duty to stand behind Israel, and work with Israel when it comes to eliminating Muslim terror threats. Washington’s warning about foreign entanglements comes to mind when it comes to Ukraine. The Ukrainian government is among the most corrupt in the world, and Russia seems to be wanting to reach back into history and bring back together the old Soviet Union. The conflict between the two goes back thousands of years. The Founding Fathers, primarily based on the debates of the Virginia Ratifying Convention, believed that it was dangerous to enter into treaties that created international polities like NATO and the United Nations. From their point of view, such agreements opens the door for unwanted foreign influence on domestic affairs, as well as an unnecessary drain on American resources.
Social Issues:
Democrat Kamala Harris: Social Justice, and using government resources in the name of giving certain groups a little help towards reaching equity, is seen by Harris and the Democrats as an evolutionary step in the right direction. From Harris’s point of view the attitudes of bygone days when it comes to racism remain in place, and “love is love” requires as much government assistance in the effort to stop any discrimination against any lifestyle as possible. Through education the Democrats believe sexism, racism, and any discrimination against sexual orientation or gender identity will be a thing of the past. The attitude suggests, but is not said directly, that includes opposing parental rights, and doing nothing to interfere with transgender athletes.
Republican Donald Trump: The Trump camp has basically signaled that Trump disagrees with the notion that racism is rampant, and he believes transgenders who are men who believe they are women have not place in women’s sports. On the latter issue Trump has indicated he will ask for legislation clarifying the distinction between men and women, and he promises to defeat the gender ideology. A part of the effort to battle against transgender medical procedures will be to pull federal money from any entity that participates in the “chemical or physical mutilation of minor youth.” Trump also vows that the federal government under his guidance will take punitive steps against any doctor or hospital, or public school teacher or official who “suggests to a child that they could be trapped in the wrong body.” He would also support a ban of transgender persons from the military, and use federal legislation to prohibit hormonal or surgical treatments for minors.
U.S. Constitution: British Law developed from Saxon Law. The Saxons considered h0mosexuality as one of four unforgivable crimes. British sodomy laws echoed that sentiment. Constitutionally, the federal government has no authority to be concerned with these types of domestic issues. When it comes to our natural rights, the Constitution calls for a hands-off approach by the federal government. The First Amendment begins, as a matter of fact, with the words, “Congress shall make no law.” Our rights are to be left alone by government. The federal government has no authority to “take sides” when it comes to any social issue. The States and the culture need to work those things out, themselves. Any federal law or action regarding social issues like racism, marriage, or sexual persuasion are strictly unconstitutional.
Taxation and Tariffs:
Democrat Kamala Harris: While claiming they will reduce taxes for the middle class, Democrats have a history of raising taxes across the board. Harris’s campaign is calling for raising the corporate tax rate, and target the rich every avenue they can pull off. Meanwhile, she has hammered Trump over tariffs, claiming that tariffs are a large part of the blame for inflation and that Trump’s economic plans would devastate the economy.
Republican Donald Trump: In 2017 Trump headed a tax overhaul that reduced taxes across the board. Trump is calling for a new list of tax cuts, including eliminating taxes for tips, eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits, and eliminating taxes on overtime pay. He has also pledged to make interest on car loans tax-deductible as is mortgage interest…but only for cars built in the United States. He has also called for cutting the corporate tax rate to 15% (for companies who produce their products in the United States) and repeal all tax increases signed into law during the Biden presidency. He’s also calling for an expansion on tariffs, and for Congress to pass legislation to provide the President with reciprocal tariff authority against countries who impose tariffs against America. Trump also vows to cut federal spending, sicking Elon Musk on the gargantuan task.
United States Constitution: The 16th Amendment established the foundation for direct taxation through our modern-day income tax leviathan. Prior to 1913 when the amendment was ratified the federal budget was primarily funded by the States paying an income tax based on population, and tariffs. History shows that reducing taxes typically increases revenue due to the fact that the reduction encourages growth in the private sector. That, combined with a reduction in federal influences on the free market, launches economic booms. Tariffs are a valuable tool, but like anything, works best when used in moderation. Tariffs also encourage domestic production, and for foreign competitors to seek opening factories or production centers inside the United States. Cutting federal spending is the key. As a side note, in 2007 a friend of mine, Tim Kerlin, and myself through an intense study determined that 85% of federal spending is unconstitutional…I am sure the number is higher today. Inflation’s primary causes? A large deficit, and government influence in the free market. The best ways to reduce inflation includes a reduction in taxes, a reasonable use of tariffs, a reduction in federal spending, and a reduction in governmental regulations against the free market – that’s how President Thomas Jefferson did it during his presidency, and those moves launched America into an age known as The Era of Good Feelings.
By Douglas V. Gibbs
I am a firm believer that Donald J. Trump will win the 2024 Election by a landslide greater than every past presidential election save for George Washington’s. However, in the minds of the Democratic Party, a Trump win is unacceptable. They have gone after him because he stands against them, and they can’t control him. They have attacked his character, his supporters, impeached him, raided his home in Florida, gone after him legally with lawsuits, accused him of being an insurrectionist, accused him of being a fascist, and they have taken shots at him. There is no limit to what they are willing to do. They cheated to steal 2020 and they will do what they can to steal 2024. Last time, they shut everything down for four hours. We went to bed believing Trump was going to win, and woke up to the surprise of a Biden win. However, the same trick won’t work this time. So, for months I have been saying on my radio programs I expect a worldwide cyber-attack on Election Day.
Then, I saw this:
Background: “AFCEA [Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association International] Atlanta [Chapter] Homeland Security Conference on Critical Infrastructure, November 6-7, 2024, with a large scale cybersecurity exercise on November 5, 2024” (link in footnote)
—On Nov. 5, ELECTION DAY, there will be a special cybersecurity exercise at the Conference.
Get this. The exercise is described as a large-scale interactive event, with participants from federal, state, county, city government agencies, academia, and industry.
The exercise will simulate a cyber-attack on “critical infrastructure.”
That’s right. It’s a so-called “Jack Voltaic”-type exercise, which was developed to test responses to attacks on large infrastructures.
QUITE odd to schedule the exercise on Election Day.
QUITE odd to run an exercise simulating a cyber-attack on critical infrastructure ON ELECTION DAY, especially since electronic voting across the nation IS a piece of critical infrastructure.
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IF bad actors were looking to mess with electronic voting, this exercise would create a reasonable cover and method.
If the actors wanted to rig electronic voting and needed an excuse to explain “anomalies” in the vote count, or to explain a sudden shut-down of key voting precincts, the cyber-exercise would provide those explanations.
“Well, you see, there was a temporary glitch owing to the fact that, parallel to Election Day voting, Homeland Security was running a crucial but unrelated cyber-exercise, and ‘wires were crossed,’ so to speak…”
“Nothing to see here, the problem was fixed, and the exercise proceeded, as did the vote count. Occasionally, these things happen. Homeland Security assures us that voting was not impeded…”
“Of course, some people are spreading rumors and conspiracy theories about ‘altered vote counts’. These accusations are entirely unfounded. The Homeland Security exercise had nothing to do with the vote count…”
One wonders…
The other thing being juggled is the threat of violence. Of course none of us are surprised that violence is being predicted — the lefties are potentially violent individuals. The 2016 Summer of Love was a great example of what they are capable of, as is various other riotous responses to their hatred of Trump ever since.
Word is that some states are preparing for “potential election unrest.” In Washington D.C. cops are on 12 hour shifts, and “police chiefs across the United States are making unprecedented plans for Election Day and the weeks that follow.”
We have to remember that the lefties are thoroughly convinced that Trump is a modern-day Hitler, right down to the argument by Hillary Clinton that his Madison Square Garden Rally was a re-enactment of a Nazi rally in 1939. The believe that, as Kamala Harris put it, “Trump is out for unchecked power…he is unhinged, unstable, and given a second term, there would be no one to stop him for pursuing his worst impulses.”
Of course, Trump is not an authoritarian — if anything, the Democrats are projecting. Their policies scream governmental control…
The thing that has always got me was that they claim Trump is all these things, yet in the four years of his first term he never acted upon any of those alleged impulses. Wouldn’t a dictator, given the chance, grab that kind of power the moment they are able?
When the topic of election violence arises, again the lefties run in the wrong direction in terms of accusations. They want you to believe that MAGA gangs are roaming the streets committing the crimewave that seems to be haunting America’s cities. Their short memories are convinced that if violence comes as a result of a Trump victory, it’ll be Trump supporters doing it … and worse, they’ll also be violent if Trump loses — never mind the trauma a Trump win would cause inside the brains of those poor Democrat voters.
Well, I am expecting violence, especially if the torch is handed over to Trump, but as we have seen in recent history (and even further back during previous decades) if there is to be any violence, it won’t be from folks wearing red MAGA hats. The Democrats have historically cornered the market on election violence.
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By Douglas V. Gibbs
Over half of American Voters believes political officials in the United States are involved in stealing the vote. The leftist Democrats have tried to stop Trump with their ridiculous schemes of lawfare, and they worked like heck to rig the debate by giving Kamala the questions ahead of time — fortunately, she’s so stupid, and unwilling to let any cats out of any bags by actually answering questions, that it was not a big deal. The Democrats doing what they could to keep Trump off the ballot in some States is still fresh in our memory…
- Colorado Removes Trump from 2024 Ballot
- GOP Responds to Colorado 2024 Ballot Decision Regarding Trump
- China Approves of Trump Removal from Colorado 2024 Ballot
- GOP Bill Seeks to Upend Anti-Trump Ballot Schemes
They even tried to kill the man — TWICE — after trying to deny him Secret Service protection. And to be truthful, there have been many plots to assassinate Trump. One might get to the point of believing that they are grooming assassins to go after Trump.
The Democrats are utilizing taxpayer money for their schemes, much of which is tied into Biden’s efforts through his ominous Executive Order 14019. Election interference is pretty much government policy when it comes to the lefties. Motor-Voter laws have been a long-time part of the schemes. They illegally sent political mailings to Medicare recipients. They have been manipulating news headlines, they have been skewing the polls (of which Kamala Harris has all but publicly admitted are fake), they have a history of censoring online election speech they don’t agree with (and brag about it), they have been using platforms like Google to skew the vote through their schemes of manipulating and suppressing information, they have been making sure Democrats dominate the poll worker population, making sure Soros trained election officials are in place, and they are even launching organizations to defend their steal should it be questioned. The FBI, of course, is still sticking to the debunked Russia Russia Russia narrative. In the end, they know that they can swing elections with just a few illegally manipulated votes.
Cases of voter fraud are still popping up. It’s so bad that the Republican National Committee actually felt it necessary to launch an election integrity initiative to combat the problem. Fortunately, according to Trump, the cheaters are being exposed and caught.
Drama emerged regarding Virginia’s decision to remove admitted non-citizens from their voter rolls. The Democrats need illegals on the rolls either so that they can vote, or so the ballots can be used in other fraudulent manners, so the Biden Administration sued Virginia for doing so. The local state courts sided with the democrats, but then it worked its way to the U.S. Supreme Court where the High Court refused to do the bidding of the Democrats. The whole thing not only reminded us of the cheating nature of the Democrats, but how they are willing to do anything in plain view to do what it takes to stop any opposition from taking away their political power. To make things more interesting, Biden’s Department of Justice has gone after a number of States and even towns trying to keep their beloved non-citizens on the voter rolls, and over 25 states have gotten involved in the whole “we-need-to-remove-non-citizens-from-voter-rolls” game. While the Democrats claim that illegal aliens voting in our election is a minor problem that does not ultimately influence our elections (never mind that the government is putting out materials showing non-citizens how they can vote), a recent study says otherwise; indicating:
- 2 to 5 million non-citizens are illegally registered to vote in the United States.
- 1.0 to 2.7 million of them will illegally vote in the 2024 presidential and congressional elections unless better anti-fraud measures are implemented.
The media has also been complicit in working to steal the election, lying about the Electronic Registration Information Center voter roll maintenance system’s work to inflate the voter rolls with Democrat Party voters.
An NPR/PBS/Marist poll reveals that 58% of Americans are worried about voter fraud in this upcoming 2024 Election, showing that 86% of Republicans believe that an attempt to steal the election is in play. Of registered Independents, 55% agree that fraud is in play. Only 33% of Democrats say illegal voting could impact the election — but that’s a much larger number than those willing to admit such over the 2020 Election.
In Arizona a “glitch” was blamed when nearly 100,000 non-citizen voters wound up on the voter rolls. Arizona’s Democrat Secretary of State Adrian Fontes was ordered by the Superior Court of Arizona to release the list of up to 218,000 registered voters who did not provide proof of citizenship as required by law. Secretary Fontes must release the list by Monday. Fontes previously claimed a computer glitch allowed more than 200,000 people in Arizona to register without proof of citizenship so America First Legal sued him. Arizona judges, however, prior to that case, didn’t allow Arizona to remove dead people from the voter rolls.
I have trouble believing that Arizona’s illegal aliens on the voter roll problem is the result of a glitch. Arizona was the home of massive voter fraud in 2020, and it is again. This time, however, opponents of voter fraud is on top of things and are ready to expose it when the rigging of elections tries to pull into the game.
In Michigan, according to the Republican National Committee, thousands of duplicate ballots have been flooding the election — 164,568 excess ballots to be exact. Michigan’s election officials said it’s only a glitch (here we go again with glitches), and it will be corrected. Nearly 300,000 people are double-registered nationally. A couple years ago Michigan’s secretary of state even refused to purge the dead from their voter rolls. Governor Whitmer has also changed the law to make it harder to investigate election fraud.
These glitches sure are popping up a lot. I thought technology was here to help us in elections. Perhaps hand-counting works better after all…
In South Carolina another glitch attacked, this one affecting 17,000 voter registrations for 17-year-olds who would be 18 by the time of election day.
In Pennsylvania, Democrat Party operatives have been posing as election officials to “intimidate voters and interfere” with the casting of ballots. The Trump-Vance Campaign was all over it, and has called on the Department of Justice to “fully investigate and hold these left-wing activists accountable.” This follows the exposure of a voter suppression scheme in Pennsylvania which used text messages to tell some voters that they had already voted, or that they weren’t registered. In Bucks County, ranked fourth in population among Pennsylvania counties, the county just north of Philadelphia, a video emerged of ballots being ripped up. The county’s Board of Elections says the video is inauthentic, and Biden’s federal agencies claims the video is Russian Misinformation. In Lancaster County over 2,500 fraudulent voter registrations are being investigated. In 2022’s election in Philadelphia one man was charged with stealing ballots. In Washington County the election officials were slammed by a judge for not advising voters when their ballots were rejected. A federal judge has dismissed Pennsylvania Republicans’ lawsuit regarding overseas ballot verification, stating that granting their request for an injunction could affect thousands of voters before the 2024 elections.
In Kentucky a voting machine was filmed refusing to allow the voter to choose Trump as President. In Colorado, voter machine passwords were leaked, and Secretary of State Jena Griswold had no reasonable answer for that particular debacle. Colorado has also had to deal with the discovery of fraudulently filled-out ballots flooding their election offices.
Evidence reveals that the smartmatic machines being problematic is nothing new.
In Texas, the State’s Attorney General, Ken Paxton, has opened a criminal investigation of the Dominion Voting Machines.
Evidence has revealed that the federal government does have internet access to voting machines at the precinct level.
In Florida’s Miami-Dade County Elections Department an election worker has been fired after containers of completed ballots were found abandoned on the highway — the excuse was that they fell out of the van while being transported.
In Oregon and Washington a number of drop boxes have gone up in flames. 475 ballots were retrieved, and it is believed the voter information can be pulled from the damaged ballots. The remainder of the burned ballots are lost.
In Ohio 155,000 Unqualified Voters were identified and removed from the voter rolls by that State’s Republican Secretary of State.
In Wisconsin the voter rolls have been revealed to posses 350,000 errors.
In Rhode Island laws have been passed to make it easier to cheat.
In California during the 2022 Election over 10 million ballots were not counted.
In Connecticut ballot harvesting and election fraud goes all the way back to the primaries.
In North Carolina they have been restricting election observers from seeing what is really going on during the counting process. Dinesh D’Souza’s film 2,000 mules, and testimony from observers in California to me, has shown that the problem is countrywide.
In New Jersey the Democrats have been charged with election fraud.
In Maryland election irregularities have been challenged.
In Nevada clerks have refused to look into challenges regarding voter rolls.
In Georgia a judge has blocked hand-counting ballots.
Oh, and don’t forget about Iran hacking the Trump Campaign and handing over the materials they stole to the Democrats — which the Biden/Harris campaign at the time said nothing of. An investigation was launched, but we never heard anything else about it.
Democrats hate Trump and anyone who supports him so much, that when Nick Bosa of the San Francisco 49ers NFL team dared to pop up on camera with a Make America Great Again hat on, California Democrat Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas called for the team ownership to “trade him away.” The hatred also popped up in Virginia when famous dress-maker Andre Soriano (known for the Trump Dress worn by Joy Villa at the Grammy’s in 2017) was ordered to remove his Trump signs and Trump dresses from his store windows by local government after a Democrat complained. Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel has been urging Trump Voters to “vote late,” a move that one group is calling election interference.
Then, there’s the latest war of words. Trump has been accused of misogynistic speech regarding women (that’s nothing new) of which Byron Donalds gave a great explanation regarding calling for CNN to play the whole clip for context. Kamala put out an ad trying to capitalize on what she claimed was disparaging remarks about women by Trump, creating her own moment of insulting conservative women. Then again, with her Nazi and Hitler remarks, Kamala has been pretty good at damaging her own campaign. Mark Cuban was happy to reveal what the left really thinks about women (spurring a flurry of responses), after his idiotic garbage remark in response to Biden’s garbage remark — the latter, of which, Trump took and turned it into a winner for his own campaign when he showed up in a garbage truck at a rally. When they changed the transcript of what Biden said about Trump’s supporters being garbage, the White House stenographer hammered them for the change — prompting a correction. Liz Cheney and the leftist media claims Trump has called for the former Republican to be put before a firing squad — of course it was taken out of context. Trump was saying that “war hawks” like Cheney are so quick to put our boys out there on battlefields. How about she go out there and face the enemy’s guns? Reminds me of the other false claims they still peddle, like the debunked “very fine people on both sides” remark, and the claim that Trump said he would terminate the Constitution — which also was a false misrepresentation of what Trump said.
Trump sitting down with Joe Rogan definitely was a plus for the Trump camp, probably reaching and changing the minds of a lot of voters still riding the fence. J.D. Vance did a great job when interviewed by Rogan, as well. Trump’s emergence in the polls, even as twisted as they are, as the front-runner has the Democrats going out of their minds. They’ve even legally gone after Mike Lindell for daring to send out election surveys in order to stop Kamala’s slide.
Trump says that when he’s in office those who broke the law with the cheating will be prosecuted.
That’s if he can survive the avalanche of fake ballots, and the calls by the Democrats that his election win for the presidency is illegitimate. One thing is for sure; if Trump is able to maneuver through the minefield we call election season and get into the White House, the censorship regime will be targeted and dismantled. A plus for Trump in this election, and for the GOP in future elections, is the fact that the younger voters are now beginning to identify as conservative — Trump has not only risen in popularity among racial and ethnic groups that tend to identify as Democratic, he also looks to have attracted the youth vote. The problem is, as we go into the final days before election day, a lot of “ifs” still remain in place. If Trump wins, the country will get back on track. If they pull off the cheat, it could very well be the last election where we felt like we had a chance. Either way, the lefties will be going out of their minds, likely setting fire to the cities like they did during the Summer of Love in 2020.
— Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
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By Douglas V. Gibbs
Typically, when it comes to federal elections, endorsements don’t make or break a candidate’s chances when it comes to the voters. Endorsements are a big deal when it comes to local elections, but in bigger elections most voters pretty much know who they are voting for from the start. This is especially true in presidential elections. Last minute changes of minds or determining who to vote for based on endorsements just don’t exist when it comes to voting for President. Lefties vote for Democrats, and conservatives vote for Republicans, and those in the middle still lean one way or the other. Most of the time its about willingness to vote for one’s party’s candidate. If a Republican doesn’t like their GOP candidate, in another words, there is no danger they will suddenly bolt to the Democratic Party, and the same tends to be true on the other side. However, if a member of a party doesn’t like their candidate, they may simply refuse to vote at all, which not only takes away a vote for that candidate, but also the candidates down-ballot. So, the key is not necessarily flipping voters as much as it is getting one’s base to vote in the first place. Bad candidates push voters away, and lose elections as a result.
That all said, Donald Trump has been testing the tendency I just described. More so than ever before (even more so than in Reagan’s election), Democrats are abandoning their party and are switching sides. So, the “people don’t ever bolt to the other side” narrative is not necessarily as true as it usually is in this election.
Here’s a few examples of people rejecting the progressives and moving to the GOP:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/10/young-woman-who-served-as-georgia-delegate-2020/
Kamala Harris is suffering from the idea that if a Democrat doesn’t like their candidate, they just don’t vote. Enthusiasm simply does not exist among the Democrats when it comes to Kamala. They know she’s an extremist, and a loser — which brings us back to endorsements. While endorsements may not convince people to vote for certain candidates, a lack of certain endorsements might have the opposite effect. The Washington Post, a very leftist publication, and the Los Angeles Times on the Left Coast have both refused to endorse Kamala. Giving their endorsements might not have been the thing that tipped voters over in favor of Kamala, but NOT giving their endorsement might be just the evidence some voters have been waiting for to decide Kamala is not worth voting for in the first place.
In the end, it simply draws from an old axiom: Sometimes what is important is not what is said, but what is not said.
— Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
By Douglas V. Gibbs
Donald J. Trump has been labeled as a fascist. Calling Republicans the purveyors of fascism is nothing new. Democratic governor of California Pat Brown, a communist (by the way), in 1964 remarked regarding Barry Goldwater’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention that it “had the stench of fascism. All we needed to hear was Heil Hitler.” The Washington Examiner, in reporting this historical fact, comments, “It should be noted that Goldwater served as a pilot in the military during WWII. Brown didn’t have any military service at all.”
In the age of Trump, the Democrats have been calling Trump a fascist since he first appeared on the political stage. A group calling themselves Antifa, reminiscent of the anti-Nazi group in Germany of the same name, emerged to protest against Trump swearing that it was their goal to stop fascism in America before it could establish its footing under the fascist leadership of Donald Trump. It is important to note that Antifa in America shares a key characteristic with the Antifa of Nazi Germany – they are communists.
My whole life I’ve been hearing how Nazism and fascism are far-right ideologies. That assumption, however, is in error. Fascism does not possess the characteristics of a “rightwing” ideology, nor is it the opposite of communism as advertised.
Fascism first arose in Italy. Its name comes from the Italian word fascismo, which was derived from fascio (“fasces, bundle, group”) + -ismo (“-ism”). Benito Mussolini first adopted fascism in early twentieth century Italy with his fasci di combattimento (“fight clubs”). The word originally comes from the Latin word, fasces, which was a bundle of axes and rods carried before the magistrates of the ancient Roman Republic. The bundling theory of fascism is that a bundle of sticks is stronger when bundled together, rather than separated from each other. What Mussolini meant by that was that like socialism/communism, which controls the means of production through government ownership and control, with fascism the means of production must also be controlled by a strong, centralized government. The league of fascists considered that kind of bundling a sign of strength – strength through unity. However, fascists believed that communism was a failed ideology, so their form of socialism would not eliminate the private sector as communism did, but instead bundle it with the government, essentially establishing an illusion that a capitalist free market still exists, but through heavy regulation controlling the means of production – a concept that makes fascism a different type of socialism. Adolf Hitler adopted Mussolini’s ideology of fascism, and formed the NAZI Political Party. Hitler also recognized that fascism was a form of socialism, though he and his Nazis swore they hated communism and were the opposite of the ideology that had taken root in Russia, which led to the establishment of the Soviet Union.
Which brings us to the term Nazi…
Nazi originated as a clipping of the German term “Nationalsozialist” (English: National Socialist). Nazi is a term that was used to identify members of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP). The abbreviation “Nazi” emerged in the 1920s as a derogatory term used by political opponents of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party. The term “Nazi” was generally used during World War II by German exiles and opponents of the Hitler regime. The Nazis didn’t call themselves Nazis at all, but since the end of World War II the term has become synonymous with the ideology and regime of Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist German Workers’ Party. Newer groups who consider themselves a new version of the ideology have adopted the Nazi term. They are often called, “Neo-Nazis.”
Today’s Democrats have abandoned the part of the definition of fascism that connects it to socialism – largely because progressivism is socialism, and they don’t wish to remotely connect themselves to fascism if they can help it. Most people don’t know the details of World War II, anymore, nor do they know enough about history to realize that Nazism is remotely related to socialism. All most people know is that Adolf Hitler is likely the most hated dictatorial leader in the history of the world. Democrats, armed with the knowledge that Hitler is the most hated dictator in history, have used that fact to their advantage over and over again.
Fascism was the ideology of Hitler, therefore from the point of view of the Democrats anyone who needs to be characterized as being as dangerous as Hitler to their system of government must be a fascist. They began using the comparison of their opposition to Hitler way back during the 1960s, and along the way, after dropping the connection of fascism to socialism, and convincing the world that fascism is actually the opposite of socialism which would make it extreme right-wing, the Democrats in America and the communist globalists around the world redefined fascism to fit the needs of their narrative.
I read a NewsBreak/Raw Story article on October 25, 2024, which reported that when Tricia McLaughlin, a Republican strategist, tried to defend President Donald Trump against charges of being a fascist while she was being interviewed by CNN host Sara Sidner, she did so by “falsely claiming that fascism is a left-wing socialist political ideology.” The article goes on to claim that fascism is a right-wing political ideology 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.”
Additionally, the article continues, “when Nazis took power in the 1930s, socialists and communists were among the first people whom they targeted for political persecution.”
“Fascism is rooted in socialism!” said McLaughlin. “So we’ve got to get the definition correct because Donald Trump by no means is a socialist.”
“Fascism certainly isn’t socialism either,” Sidner shot back.
Democratic strategist Matt Bennett also issued a fact check of his own, saying, “Socialism and fascism are very very different. Fascism is right-wing authoritarianism.”
While the Democrats are correct that the German Nazis and fascists of Italy pushed national identity as a leading characteristic of their agenda, so does patriotism. Love of country does not make someone automatically a fascist. Placing race above the individual, a Democrat nod to Hitler’s “master race” political theory, does not necessarily automatically make one a fascist, either. That part of the game of the Democrats is an attempt to tie into their fascist accusation that Trump is a racist and a white supremacist, an accusation that emerged partly due to Trump’s immigration policy. His stance against illegal aliens is considered xenophobic by the Democrats, and if he has a fear of foreigners in his country, they have reasoned, it must mean that Trump is a racist. If he is a racist, then he must be a white supremacist because those people are racists, too. And if he is a white supremacist, then that must mean he wants white people to be the master race; which then must make him a fascist. It’s all a stretch, especially considering the diverse make-up of the people around Trump and MAGA Republicans, but the facts don’t matter when someone is trying to do whatever they can to protect their narrative, and deflect people away from what the Democrats are really up to.
The NewsBreak/Raw Story’s additional claims that fascism is associated with a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictator, and that it is characterized by severe economic and social regimentation and by forcible suppression of opposition are also true, but those things are not necessarily the definition of fascism, but instead they are the characteristics of fascism under Hitler’s Nazi Germany.
Which brings us back to the true definition of fascism, of which you cannot find in modern dictionaries or online in today’s world of mass-information. So, being the owner of old books that I am, I began pulling out my collection. I have a number of dictionaries that date all the way back to the early 1800s, but I was looking for something closer to World War II. After going through boxes (After moving to my new home I am building a new office but the space is not complete yet, so my collection is mostly still in boxes at this point) I pulled out an American Heritage Dictionary published in 1945.
The old dictionary defined fascism as being a “system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, and a capitalist economy subject to stringent governmental controls.” That last part was the important part. Fascism, like socialism, seeks to control the means of production, but rather than owning the means of production like socialism/communism would, fascism seeks to control the means of production with severe control over the private sector through heavy regulations.
Let’s stop for a moment and think about which political party in America supports heavy regulation over corporations and industry, and which party believes in small government and reducing governmental regulations against the business sector.
In an article I wrote February 22, 2010 I likened Obamacare to fascism, explaining that, “fascism is an increase of government control over the economic system, and the private sector, and is therefore socialist in nature, making it a left of center ideology…while industries are deceptively convinced they are continuing to be allowed to remain essentially a part of the private sector, the control of the industries by the government are still socialistic in nature through the use of an all-absorbing authoritarianism. Fascism teaches that all actions should be done for the greater good, which is ultimately considered by the ruling party as being for the good of the state. The rights of the individual are rejected, and the freedoms that are associated with a free market are crushed. The policies of the government is of business and government working together under a system of corporatism, which is anything but a free market based on the principles of liberty, and individualism…[a fascist system] uses their authoritarian powers to centralize economic planning, and dictate to the private industry how to run their businesses through wage controls, price controls, and other control mechanisms. Fascist regimes use a ‘scapegoat’ to push their agendas, such as fat cat bankers, obscene profits, or members of the opposition ideology such as is the case with today’s liberalism who does all it can to demonize, and discredit, any member of the conservative belief system, while failing to actually enter in the arena of debate over ideas, and historical examples of failed systems which used liberal philosophies. Fascism eventually leads to rampant cronyism and corruption, as the government suppresses all speculation by banks and stock exchanges, and takes control of the private sector, while suppressing individualism, by confiscating what the government considers unproductive income, and by taxing heavily private wealth.”
In an article I wrote October 11, 2011 I discussed fascism and provided a list of Hitler’s policies. I wrote, “When Leftists compared Bush to Hitler, it was due to Bush’s war policies, and the liberals were not shy about calling Bush the author of genocide, or holding up pictures of Bush at anti-war rallies with a Hitler-style moustache…Taking Hitler’s anti-semitism and war-like ways aside, Hitler’s Nazi Party actually has a great amount in common with today’s liberal Left, and Obama’s agenda. People will tell you that fascism like Nazism is a right wing political position because Hitler said that his politics were anti-communism. Since communism is to the left side of the political spectrum, then if fascism is the opposite as Mussolini and Hitler claimed, then fascism must be a rightwing thing.
“The problem with that line of thinking is that fascism finds its roots in socialism, which is the same as communism and liberalism. So, therefore, fascist regimes like the Nazis are actually leftwing. The idea that Hitler was rightwing is probably the most successful BIG LIE of the 20th Century…Nazism was nothing more nor less than a racist form of Leftism, and to label it as rightwing is to deny reality.
“My conclusion comes partly from understanding the current political spectrum as understood by most minds. The far left is 100% government, and the far right is 0% government. Each political ideology then would fall somewhere in between. Without taking today’s rhetoric into consideration, the Constitution is dead center. It created a central government limited in its authorities.
“Hitler’s political agenda is another peek into the reality that Nazism is leftwing. So, being leftwing like Obama, Hitler’s policies should share a number of positions with the liberal positions of the Obama administration.
Hitler’s policies were, for the most part, as follows:
– Hitler went to great lengths to stress the importance of labor unions.
– He considered the capitalist society as being brutal, greedy, and unjust.
– Hitler greatly admired the strong steps taken by President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal to take large-scale economic decision-making out of private hands and put it into those of government planning agencies.
– Hitler deplored selfish individualism. “Public need before private greed.”
– Required that all fire arms were registered, and then later confiscated all weapons.
– Government sponsored Health Insurance for all.
– Disliked Christianity, and respected the Muslims of his day.
– Hitler proposed that all unearned income, and all income that does not arise from work, be abolished.
– Nationalization of all businesses.
– Eugenics through selective breeding (an idea he took from the American Progressives of the day).
– The Nazis were the first major political party in the Western world to have a thorough going “Green” agenda.
– Abortion up to just weeks before birth, especially in cases of dwarfism or disabilities.
– Leftist education of the children that taught that God is dead, the institutions corrupt, the German people racist, the land ruined, the past evil and the future doomed by global warming.
– Children were taught a culture which romanticises violence and worships sex — telling them there is nothing more to life than the cravings of their bodies.
– Hitler also banned medical experiments on animals.
– Hitler created many national parks, particularly for Germany’s “sacred” forests (increasing the amount of land owned by the government).
– The Nazis warned of the growing extinction of species, the destruction of forests, the genocide of aboriginal peoples, the disruption of the ecosystem and the killing of whales. People were losing their relationship with nature.
– In Mein Kampf Hitler warned of the population bomb (pages 121, 122).
– Chain stores were forbidden to expand or open new branches (Hitler would have hated Wal-Mart).
– In posters and speeches Hitler claimed to be a peace-nik, and that he was fighting for “equality for all.” He campaigned on being anti-war to draw a separation between his agenda, and the policies of the communist party in the Soviet Union.
In short, like the Soviet Union, Nazi German was a leftist tyranny from a political standpoint. The policies are similar in communism, fascism, and liberalism.
“Liberals have told me that Hitler’s treatment of homosexuals was rightwing. However, Nazism’s treatment of homosexuals was a ruse to make them look more pure as a party. In reality, many members of the Nazi Party, including possibly Hitler himself, were homosexuals and bi-sexuals.”
Fascism is left-wing despite its right-wing label, and Trump is not the new Hitler, the Democrats are. CNN, feel free to have me on so I can straighten you ignorant peeps out.
— Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary