Why do I charge politicians with such a diabolical charge?  One of the reasons is the complete lack of civility, common sense, and understanding of our Republican form of government.

Over the past few days and weeks, I have found it perplexing to listen to, watch, and experience the lack of civility and common sense, and the complete failure to comprehend the American Republic by many.  I am not claiming I know it all or much at all.  

Our American Republic, which was fought for and established by the Founders and Framers, is incredibly valuable, often vulnerable, and complex in many ways.  Today’s academia, many jurists, most politicians, and many citizens in today’s American Society seem to have little grasp of the ingenious system designed, desired, and established by the Patriots of the American Revolution and the Framers of the American Constitution and System of Government. 

Many today, even some who usually are on the Constitutional and Conservative side of the political issues, believe that the American Constitution should be interpreted according to the current ideological precepts rather than the Original Intent.   The Framers understood the inherent danger in that concept. 

In the document’s wording and the framers’ extensive writing, they sought to warn and encourage the following generations to adhere to the Original Intent strictly.  Viewing the American Constitution in any other light strips that document of its authority and power and endangers our Constitutional Republic’s existence. 

There are many today who believe that America is a Democracy, and IT IS NOT!   We are a Representative Democracy or a Republic, not a Pure Greek direct democracy where the majority rules.   The Founders and Framers’ clarion call was to avoid pure democracy at all costs and detailed the perils extensively in their writings.  They placed safeguards in the Constitution and Bill of Rights, which embodied the intent of the Declaration of Independence.   They sought to provide us with a framework and system of government that would weather changing whims within any group or groups, political, social, or economic. 

Their labors were nothing short of miraculous and amazing, and our American Republic has weathered some incredible storms over the past 240-plus years.    We can weather more IF, which is the Key IF, and preserve the Constitution and interpret it through the grid of Original Intent. 

The Constitution is not a living document continually evolving to adapt to any generation’s morals, modes, mores, or whims.  It provides a means for Limited Government and places far more power in the hands of the individual States than within the Central Government.  That was the intent, but we have allowed politicians and bureaucrats to modify and codify it to the point that we have created a political monster known as the federal government. 

The ever-increasing rhetoric, diatribe, and call for intensified harassment and even violence, mainly by those on the Left, are destroying all hope of Civility and sending Common Sense packing.   It matters not if you are on the Left or the Right; you have no right to engage in violence or the authority to censor anyone’s Freedom of Speech. 

• Everyone has certain inalienable rights that are given by God, not government. 
• Everyone has the right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.  
• Everyone has the right to Freedom of Speech and the Right of Self-Defense. 
• Everyone has the right to maintain, keep, and protect their Personal Property.  EVERYONE! 

Just because you or I do not like a candidate or ideology does not mean we have the right to seek the silencing of those voices.  That is one of the things that makes our American System so great: we allow differences of opinion and open debate. 

However, when the debate, even heated disagreement, turns into violence of calls for “getting in their faces,” “bringing a gun to a knife fight,” or “overt harassment,” we have crossed the line.  Maxine Waters and others on the Left crossed that line frequently.  The attempt to argue that this began with Donald J. Trump is somewhat ludicrous. I remember Michelle and Barack Obama calling for stepped-up protests and even aggression, so it is not new, but something that needs to stop. 

Civility is a prize plum worth striving for.   Even our Framers and Founders had heated debates and intense disagreements as to our system of government.  Still, they kept civility intact, for the most part, enabling them to reach a workable agreement. 

When the debate descends into HATE and ANGER boils over, all hope of compromise or concrete solutions vanish.  Some say, “I don’t hate Trump; I am oblivious to him,” and yet incessantly attack him and those who are supporting him; I argue they are not oblivious to him at all. 

I did not like the policies of Barack Obama and highlighted where I thought he was wrong frequently, but for the sake of our American Republic, I did not want anything to happen to him, such as being called for against Donald Trump.  I believe and believed that Barack Obama did not have the best interest of America at heart and that he was being true to his stated position that “if the political winds turned sour, he would side with the Muslims.” 

In many of his policies and edicts, he demonstrated that America was, in his mind, an evil empire needing correction and/or punishment for her sins, which he deemed were many.  On the other hand, I believe that Donald Trump has America’s best interests at heart.  He may be misguided in some of his actions, over the top in some of his Twitter responses, and take wrong actions from time to time, but in his heart, America is first. 

The mid-term elections of 2026 are critical.  If anyone allows their dislike for the President to prevent them from defeating the Leftist Progressive Toxic Liberal Agenda, we will endanger, if not open the door to the destruction of our American Republic. 

The Supreme Court is vital for preserving our Republic and the Constitution as it was written and intended.  Things like Border Security, the Supreme Court, our Inalienable Rights, keeping our Tax Breaks, strengthening our National Security and Military, and enabling our Economy to keep moving in an upward direction all hang in the balance. 

I do not suggest that anyone violate their convictions and principles.  Still, I suggest that keeping America Safe and Free is vital to our continued enjoyment of our Freedoms and Liberties.  I do not always find that life affords me what I want, but presents me with choices that require me to decide and take action that provides the best hope of achieving our desired objective.  

Socialism is on the rise in the Democratic Party, and Socialism would be a disaster in America.  Obamacare was an experiment in Socialism, and the Open Borders demands, as well as the many Entitlement and so-called protected classes of people’s needs, are driving our Republic to the precipice of the Abyss. 

I will fight against that with every breath and ounce of energy.  I will try to maintain Civility, use Common Sense and Reason, and stand firmly on the Side of the American Republic as is detailed in the Constitution and Bill of Rights.  My position is, without apology, for Faith, Family, and Freedom!

God bless you, and God bless America!