GOOD V. EVIL, THE BATTLE LINES HAVE BEEN DRAWN

By Ken Simmons

This is not a 30-second sound bite, so sit back, relax, and join us in our effort to make sense of what has become “The Inmates Are Running the Asylum” current administration in Washington.

America is at a crossroads and the direction of this great nation will soon be determined. If there is not a course correction this ship may run aground.

Therefore, let’s take a look at the options and examine the stark contrasts between the choices from which we must soon choose, choices we will make on or before November 5.

There are those who will say that I’m given to exaggeration, even hyperbole, but I declare to the contrary, especially since the choices are just that extreme, just that radically different. As the title suggests, the choices are nothing short of giving voters a choice between good and evil.

Although Donald Trump will not likely be mentioned among the names of Pope John Paul II, Mother Theresa, or Billy Graham, but, if there remain any honest historians he should wind up being listed among the four best of American presidents. Here is my list of the four greatest -- George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, and Donald Trump. Let’s examine why this writer contends this is so regarding Trump.

He managed to provide our nation with the lowest inflation in memory, the strongest economy in our 248-year history, and having given us the lowest unemployment for minorities ever, including record-low unemployment for women. Additionally, during his term in office, we had a strong military presence around the globe, for which our allies respected us, and our enemies feared us.

To top it off, he donated his salary to charities during his four-year term in office, contrary to other presidents who went into office with just average wealth, but who left having established extravagant wealth. One only needs to take a look at the mansions that the Obamas and the Bidens have acquired since leaving office.

It’s no secret that Trump’s enemies hate him almost as much as his followers love him. To this writer, this love-hate relationship with voters is a conundrum. How else does one explain this love-hate relationship with the voters. This is not too dissimilar with the hatred many have of the Jews. They don't know why they hate the Jews, they just know they hate them. The same holds true with Donald Trump.

In addition, Donald Trump is credited with the establishment of the Abraham Accord, an unprecedented alliance between Israel and many of its Muslim neighbors. He was also able to move the Capitol of Israel from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem, as well as our American Embassy to Jerusalem, something that virtually every president before him had vowed to do, but failed to accomplish.

It makes one wonder if they hate him because of the $2.23 a gallon of gasoline during his four-year-term, or if it was because of the secure border he gave us. Possibly it was the very fact we had a strong military that the left hated him since the left tends to downplay the need for military strength. The only thing that seems to make sense is that those on the far left hate him for no other reason than because his name is not Donald J. Trump (D). (If you missed it, the {D} represents “Democrat.”)

Since then, all of his accomplishments have been intentionally overturned, with the attitude being, "If Trump did it, it must be a bad thing". Inflation is now out of control, at one point reaching a high of 9.1%, the highest in more than 40 years, and since he left office food prices are now 20% higher overall.

Many American families find themselves having to choose between buying gasoline or buying food. Our southern border is virtually non-existent, with somewhere between 11 and 18 million illegal aliens having invaded our country since the Biden-Harris Administration was sworn in. Our enemies no longer fear us, and we have lost a great deal of respect from our allies.

And, to top it off, we experienced the humiliating withdrawal from Afghanistan when the Biden-Harris Administration turned tail and ran, rather than handling our withdrawal in an orderly fashion, as was the plan Donald Trump had laid out. Adding to that humiliation, the Taliban was seen rubbing our figurative noses in the $85 billion in high-tech military equipment we left behind, parading it through the streets of Kabul. We now find much of that equipment being sold to other nations, many of whom are not our friends.

The average American is totally unaware that 69% of Democrats are actually atheists. This means that their decisions are not swayed by any moral convictions or any fear that they will someday have to answer to God for their actions, because they don’t believe that God even exists. (NOTE: It bears mentioning that only 17% of Republicans claim to be atheists.)

Therefore, if you don’t eventually have to justify your actions before God, what’s the difference? Since there are no moral constraints, your decisions might be decided by nothing more than putting a wet finger in the air to see which way the winds are blowing.

This is not to suggest that everyone who checks the box “Democrat.” is evil, any more than to claim that every Republican is good. But, according to the statistics, those Democrats who have faith in God are but a very small minority. And, faith in God has been our moral compass since before our Founding Fathers created this great nation 248 years ago.

Back to politics, and some of the tactics that have been witnessed and confirmed by numerous sworn affidavits, tactics that this writer considers outrageous, yet mostly ignored. Among those tactics is the dumping of stacks of ballots in largely Republican precincts, and this has happened all too frequently.

Another devious tactic that has been utilized in very negative ways is with mail-in ballots, and in several states, these ballots are mailed to every household, the result being that there is little or no vetting of those who use mail-in ballots. When we had in-person voting there was an observer who could verify that person's eligibility to vote. It is this writer’s hope that we can one day return to voting beginning and ending on voting day, with the votes being tallied by the end of that day.

But the most outrageous of all has been the push to allow the 18-20 million people who have entered the U.S. illegally, the “right” to vote without being American citizens. This policy is currently being vigorously pushed by Kamala Harris in her run for the White House in 2024.

This is exactly why the Biden-Harris Administration has given free cellphones, free transportation, free hotel accommodations, free rental homes, and free pre-loaded debit cards, with $1,400 to $2,400 per month that have been pre-loaded into the cards, all at the expense of the American taxpayer. I can’t help but wonder how many Americans are happy with these policies. But then, no one knocked on your door and asked your permission to give away millions to illegal immigrants. Oh, well.

The corrupt practice of buying votes is not a new tactic, but it has now been taken to a whole new level, in much the same way as they have done with the forgiving of student loans, in defiance of two rulings by the Supreme Court. Of course, those who followed the rules and faithfully paid off their student loans are feeling cheated, and rightfully so.

Sadly, this administration has treated illegal aliens far better than it does our military veterans. However, if you stop to think about it, the answers shouldn't surprise you. One obvious reason for lavishing this largesse upon the illegals, and snubbing our veterans, is that if the illegals are allowed to vote they will be beholden to their Democrat benefactors by voting Democrat, but since military veterans tend to vote overwhelmingly Republican, they are deliberately forgotten, snubbed.

Not to be neglected is the subject of America’s relationship with Iran. Donald Trump had Iran on the ropes, on the verge of bankruptcy and financial ruin. They were unable to stir up trouble around the world because they didn't have the money to do so.

The Biden-Harris Administration determined that policy needed undoing, so they released in excess of $90 Billion dollars that Donald Trump had frozen, which had previously curbed their finances for global mischief. However, the result of that idiotic move of “Stupid Is As Stupid Does” diplomacy by the Biden-Harris Administration, has enabled Iran to fund terrorism around the globe, and Israel in particular is suffering the consequences of that idiotic move. Worst of all, Iran is but a few blinks of an eye from achieving nuclear capability, and they’re thanking the Biden-Harris Administration for their generosity and assistance in those endeavors. It should be noted that Iran has vowed that when they obtain nuclear weapons, Israel will be in their crosshairs, followed by the U.S.

This same type of “Pat them on the back and hope they’ll play nice,” diplomacy began under the Obama Administration, but had been virtually shut down under Donald Trump. It was once again jump-started by Biden and Harris. If Donald Trump is able to return to the White House in 2025 one can only hope it’s not too late to put a stop to this insanity. It is also this writer’s considered opinion that a return of Mike Pompeo to Secretary of State can’t be a moment too soon, as he was the best in the long list of Secretaries of State.

Next, this brings us to the subject of abortion. If you find yourself as one of the *69 Percenters in the Democrat Party, you will probably have no qualms about late-term abortion, and that’s because you have no fear of having to answer to God for your actions.

Although the following occurs in late-term abortions only on rare occasions, it still happens all too often. If a child survives an abortion the baby is sometimes killed after birth, and in any other culture, this would be called infanticide, or worse, murder. As crass as it seems, it has been reported that babies who survived an abortion have actually been left unattended and denied care and nourishment.

Worse yet, if the child is still alive after being withheld nourishment, the OBGYN physician jams scissors into the baby’s skull to make certain the child is indeed, dead. After all, if the intention was for the baby to die, what difference does it make if it happens during the pregnancy, or after birth?

Thus, the title of this piece -- The choice between good and evil. The battle lines have been drawn.

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*According to the Pew Research Center, 69% of Democrats have declared themselves to be atheists, and 17% of Republicans have declared atheism as their choice.