If the Ole Seagull had a $1 every time he has heard someone say, “I’m not going to vote for Trump” or “I’m not going to vote for Harris” “because I don’t like them,” he’d be a rich man. Some will follow that comment up with the reason for that conclusion, and some will not. Some “trust” one over one reason or another and others vote for a party, Republican or Democrat.
An Ole Seagull lives his life by the KISS method, “Keep It Simple Sir.” What that tells him about both of the candidates for President in 2024 is that they are both lying to his face and that the only hope he has is to vote on the issues that he believes will impact our country the most and pray that the candidate espousing how they will handle those issues will do what they say.
“But Seagull there are so many issues, how do you boil it down?” “Using the KISS method, he sorts the issues into those he knows something about and those he knows little about or nothing about. Then he concentrates on those, or what, most important to him. In this case it boils down to National Security and Illegal Immigration. He will vote for the candidate that he believes is most likely to stop illegal and other undocumented aliens entering our country, virtually uncontrolled and monitored AND not to repeat the humiliation of our withdrawal from Afghanistan.”
“How about other issues such as abortion, transgenders, inflation, etc.” “Those issues will be moot if our country’s not secure.” “Are you saying that you don’t believe our country is secure?” “Absolutely! On the morning of September 11, 2001, thousands went to work in the two towers of the World Trade Center, believing that American was secure. That day, they, and we as a Nation, discovered that we weren’t as secure as we thought. Nineteen attackers hit, killing thousands and directly impacting our Nation as no military power has ever done.”
That attack took years of planning to get people in place and in a position to attack. Look at the timing and planning the Israelis put into the pager and cell phone attack against Hamas. Can any reasonable person believe that similar attackers, terrorists, are not infiltrating across our borders planning and positioning for future attacks? That’s a rhetorical question.
In an Ole Seagull’s mind, the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 has had far-reaching consequences beyond that country’s borders. It has encouraged several world powers, including Russia, North Korea and terrorist groups such as “Hamas” to pursue more aggressive policies and ambitions. For what it matters, among other things but for the humiliating manner in which we evacuated Afghanistan, the Ole Seagull believes that Russia would not have invaded Ukraine, there would have been no October 17 “Hamas Terrorist Attack, and North Korean Troops wouldn’t be in Ukraine helping the Russian invasion.
Although the Ole Seagull’s issues relate to security, such as stopping illegal and other undocumented aliens from entering our country and not repeating the humiliation of our withdrawal from Afghanistan, yours might be different. The important thing is to decide what issues matter most to you and to vote for the candidate most likely to address those issues effectively.
We get the kind of government we deserve, which depends on voting. Please vote on November 5, 2024, because it will determine the type of government that may very well decide the future of the American dream!
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