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When the economy is humming, and there is peace on earth, people forget the importance of leadership. They even forget that it is leadership that leads to good times. But when times turn difficult, and there is a general malaise in society, people instinctively look to people they trust, true leaders. They need leaders who exhibit integrity, and honesty. The stench of the election process creates a real disincentive that keeps far too many non-political leaders from entering the fray. There is a nasty gauntlet that candidates, especially Republicans, are dragged through when they choose to run for high office. It is an unusual patriot who would choose to put themselves, and their families, through such a nasty ordeal. They are out there.

One of the reasons that Donald Trump was elected in 2016 was that we Americans had just experienced two decades of incompetence, and a lurch toward Socialism. We witnessed an unwarranted war. We saw hard working people’s wages stagnate. Millions of us lost high paying jobs, and millions more gave up looking for work. Cities, and manufacturing plants, were gutted as corporations continued moving jobs overseas. Presidents, and Congress’, enriched themselves with lobbyist’s money as they allowed the corporate exodus to continue. They told us we would have to adjust to what they called the “new normal”. President Obama proclaimed that the jobs that went overseas were never coming back. His policies did nothing to bring them back. The taxes, and regulations, his administration layered on corporations chased them, and their good paying manufacturing jobs, overseas. Globalists on both sides of the aisle seem content to sacrifice our standard of living so as to benefit the rest of the world. Trump’s “America First” agenda resonated with millions of us. Now, after a year of complete incompetence, Americans are again clamoring for leaders who will place us back where we belong. At the front of the line.

What we are witnessing is a complete collapse of those things we have traditionally respected, even admired. Americans are confused, and increasingly angry. Our most venerated institutions are under attack from internal bad actors. The directors of the National Security Agency, the CIA, and multiple leaders within the FBI, have lied under oath, to Congress. The IRS, weaponized by Obama, withheld tax favored designations from multiple conservative groups. The Attorney General of the U.S. has ordered the FBI to surveille parents who dare question the indoctrination of their children. Citizens are stunned by such authoritarian behavior occurring in our country. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Secretary of Defense, are crushing the morale, and dismantling the effectiveness of the greatest fighting force in the world. Our President is lauded for having the most diverse administration in U.S, history. Unfortunately he has appointed a collection of the most inept, unqualified, and subversive, characters imaginable. Hooray for diversity. We watch as criminals rush into stores and steal everything in site. Governors, Mayors, and District Attorneys, coddle criminals who threaten the safety of law abiding citizens. They care more about criminals than they do about victims. Big cities’ crime statistics are through the roof as they defund, or “reimagine”, their police departments. In 2021 we saw the worst arson, looting, assault, and rioting , since the 1960s. The Democratic National Convention was held during the rioting. Not one speaker during the entire convention said a single word condemning the riots. Unvetted foreigners are swamping our southern border. Our government doesn’t know, or apparently care, if they are criminals, or if they have been vaccinated for COVID. The U.S. just set an all-time record for Fentanyl deaths. Most of that poison is coming from China, through our southern border. We continue to kill an alarming number of babies in their mother’s womb. It is not coincidental that all of these things are happening at once. The Progressive Left (PL) sees this as their last best chance to convert our country to Socialism.

Republicans have been handed a once in a lifetime opportunity. In 2022, it will be up to them to have the courage to seize that opportunity. It might be tempting to just say, hey we’re not Dems. Dems. have been so awful that might be enough. I don’t think so. If the Reps. platform is nothing more than we’re not Dems., they will likely snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Again. In 2022, Reps. must put together a cogent platform explaining what they stand for. Most Americans want, and will support candidates who provide the following. They want a commitment to invest more money into police departments. They are demanding that criminals be arrested and sent to jail. They want put an end to the release of prisoners with serious felony convictions. We don’t support no-bail policies for criminals with lengthy rap sheets. The whole idea is to put law abiding citizens, and victims, ahead of criminals. Those who advocate for these policies will be pilloried by Dems. and the media. They will be called racists. No matter. Doing what is right needs little defense. The majority of Americans, of every race, want these changes.

Repubs. must stand up and give voters reasons to vote for them. They must promise to close the southern border and severely punish the Chinese government until they crack down on the producers of Fentanyl. Americans who die of drug overdoses are grieved over as much by their families as the deaths of anyone else. The Republican Party must decide how late in a pregnancy a healthy mother may choose to abort her child. The time frame must be derived from solid doctors and scientists. Whatever the number, Rep. candidates must stick together in presenting the policy, or be ready to defend something different.

Where our schools are involved, they must stand as one in demanding that public schools remain open. They must insist that the decision to wear a mask belongs to the parents. They must pledge to end mask, and vaccination, mandates. Having to show your papers to go out to eat harkens back to a time that no American cares to live in. They must pledge to rid our schools of Critical Race Theory, and the teaching of the 1619 Project. They must pass laws creating more Charter Schools, and schools of choice. The money spent educating our children must follow the child. If mom and dad want their child to go to a private school those funds should help offset the costs of that private school. They must follow the science and declare there are only two sexes. That means that boys must not be allowed in girl’s locker, or shower rooms, and vice versa. It means that boys must not be allowed to participate on girl’s athletic teams, and vice versa. Candidates will have to be strong enough to push aside the slings and arrows cast by the PLs. The Progressive Left, and their media lapdogs, will call the candidates dangerous nationalists. Candidates must have the courage to thank them for that compliment and push forward for the American people. If they are not strong enough we will have to find other candidates.

It is our job to find candidates who will fight for our freedoms. It is also our job to defend those candidates when the PLs, the media, and the obnoxious fringe elements start calling them names. We must also follow those we elect to see that they do what they promised. Some will lie. If they do we must work as hard to replace them as we did to elect them. We are fed up with political rhetoric. We want leaders with a spine.

To use a sports metaphor, the PL is applying a full court press in an attempt to overthrow our freedoms. It is up to us, in the 2022 midterms, to elect those players who are determined, and capable, of breaking that press. We need to find and elect real leaders.