Former Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz
recently withdrew his name from consideration to be President-elect Donald
Trump’s attorney general, noting that his “confirmation was unfairly becoming a
distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition.” And so it
begins. In essence, The Swamp already took Round 1, without firing a proverbial
shot. Sometimes it appears that you can’t drain The Swamp, The Swamp drains
you. In large part because so many RINOs dwell there…and like the swamp level
just as it is. “Hell no, we won’t go… we’ll all protect the status quo.” Conservatives
can only hope Gaetz isn’t just the first of many dominos to fall. (Yes, I am
aware that many believe Gaetz was simply being used as a sacrificial cow to
attract attention—and derision—away from Trump and his other nominees.)
A few of Trump’s cabinet
appointees may seem unqualified and unorthodox to many, even unnerving
to some. But outsiders are exactly what we need to reboot the country and drain
the festering Swamp. It is time for a change, a fresh start. We need to let the
sun in, to illuminate the dark and dingy recesses of the Capital City. It is
time for merit to supersede skin color and sexual orientation again. Or do we secretly
want to keep the status quo, believing it has served us so well in recent
years? If the results of the recent election are indicative, the answer is a
resounding “no!” Indeed, we are sick and tired of the insulation, the
isolation, the closed-mindedness and closed-society mindset of, as P.J.
O’Rourke called it/them, our ‘Parliament of Whores.’ We are sick and tired of
the intellectual incest and the outright disdain the elites have for those
outside of the Washington, D.C.-New York City beltway. It is (past) time for
fresh air to be ushered in-- and a new vision, based on timeless principles, to
take hold. It is time to dispense with the stifling wokeness that demeans us
all and enervates our military.
No longer should our intelligence
agencies be able to target American citizens, patriots, Republicans, and
Christians with impunity. Rather, they should once again be tasked with protecting
all of us, liberals and progressives included, from real threats,
internal or external.
Those who allegedly “serve” us,
must stop the millions of unvetted illegals from pouring across our borders.
Our borders, like those of any self-respecting nation, must be secured. Legal,
merit-based immigration, of the type that helped make us the most successful
nation in history, must once again be the standard. The coming days and weeks
will reveal whether we will continue with a sequestered ruling elite that no
longer believes we deserve the freedoms the founders bequeathed us, or if the incoming
administration will prevail over The Deep State and fully recognize our
God-given rights and liberties.
No doubt, it will be a rocky road
ahead for Trump’s prospective cabinet and other appointees/nominees. It may appear
to be a figurative bloodbath at times. The far left of the Democrat Party is
unreachable. This leaves any remaining sane Democrats, Independents, and RINOs
to decide if they will help the country truly move forward by acknowledging the
will of the majority and joining with Trump supporters to approve his nominees.
As someone once said, this is not a time for summer soldiers and sunshine patriots.
It is time for bold action. It is time to rescue our republic. Soon we will
know who is truly with us, and who is not, who truly desires to make America
great again, and who is only concerned with their own power.
We threw some of the bums out, but
others are still there, hoping to control us in perpetuity. Many-- if not most--
of us want a rebirth, a return to the values and courage of 1776. Sadly, too
many are still fighting to keep us trapped in Orwell’s ‘1984.’
At this critical moment, with confirmation
battles ahead-- and the Trump administration about to take the nation’s helm, a
little Longfellow seems appropriate:
Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State!
Sail on, O UNION, strong and great!
Humanity with all its fears,
With all the hopes of future years,
Is hanging breathless on thy fate!
Godspeed.
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