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  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The Truth Lives Here If Trump and Putin rig another election, America will lose and our nation’s future is in serious jeopardy. However, if the election is just and fair, and most voters realize that Trump’s tactics filled with lies, his horrific record between 2017 and 2021, and his billionaire supporter loses his bid to buy votes, our country will have its first woman president, and America will move proudly forward into the 21 st century. Kamala Harris in 2024. Op-ed by James Turnage

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The Truth Lives Here The facts are undeniable, and the truth is irrefutable. In 1981, Ronald Reagan adopted a fiscal policy he called “supply side economics,” but is known as “trickle down economics” by most Americans. It was a major failure. The quality of life for working Americans stagnated or declined. Unemployment rose. The national debt rose to one-trillion dollars by the end of Reagan’s second term in 1989. His Republican successors, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump used the same policies, the worst being Trump who added an estimated eight trillion dollars to the national debt in just four years. In each situation, our nation’s economy was saved by a Democrat: Bill Clinton in 1992, Barack Obama in 2008, and Joe Biden in 2000. This is reality, not a fallacious television ad. Op-ed by James Turnage  

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The Truth Lives Here January 6, 2021 was the darkest day in American history. What happened on that day and what did not happen in the days following the failed coup offered irrefutable truth that our nation’s government is corrupt, irresponsible, and incompetent. Trump is America’s biggest traitor but remains a free man seeking the presidency. This one event and it’s affect on our nation and its future made it far worse than December7, 1941, or September 11, 2001. Tomorrow, November 5, 2024, will either be the new ‘darkest day in our nation’s history,’ or a new beginning with hope on the horizon. Trump is not a Democrat, a Republican, or an American. He is an opportunist whose loyalty is to Vladimir Putin, not the people of our nation. Don’t be fooled. Save democracy and prevent a fascist regime. Op-ed by James Turnage  

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The Truth Lives Here Trump claims his ear was “nicked by a bullet” after a sniper’s assassination attempt. I continue to have one question: “where is the high velocity bullet?” After it supposedly caused his ear to bleed, it had to have come to rest somewhere behind him. That area was filled with a wall of people. Where is the potentially lethal bullet? Could he have used an old professional stunt with a hidden razor blade? Op-ed by James Turnage  

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The Truth Lives Here In 1992, Bill Clinton won both the popular vote and the Electoral College. Since that day, 32 years ago, no Republican has won the popular vote with the exception of George W. Bush after his reelection bid in 2004. If the Electoral College did not exist, no Republican would have resided in the White House since January 20, 1993. Kamala Harris will undoubtedly win the popular vote on Tuesday, so the question becomes, “will the states void the will of the people again?” The bottom line is that Republicans cannot win if the Electoral College did not exist Every vote should count. Op-ed by James Turnage  

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The Truth Lives Here Trump has many deserved nicknames. Old ones include the “orange buffoon.” “Trumpenstein,” and “Putin’s Puppet.” However, he has earned more over the last four years, including “world’s biggest whiner,” the “Coronavirus Killer,” “world’s biggest liar,” “leader of America’s white supremacist movement,” “traitor,” “fascist,” “convicted criminal,” and “sexual predator.” Guess what, and you won’t believe it: this obese old man is running for president on Tuesday. Op-ed by James Turnage

The Truth Lives Here Please, please vote and tell the old, obese, orange buffoon to go home and remain in his millionaires and billionaires play room, Mar-a-Lago. He is too old and faces mental and physical challenges which prevent him from being anyone's president.  Change is an overused word, but this time it is very real and mandatory if our nation is to survive Op-ed by James Turnage

The Truth Lives Here If the American people abandon their values, morals, and principles for a second time on November 5 th , this will be the headline on every newspaper and the front page of every blog on the day after around the world.. “America Elects a Convicted Felon, a Confirmed Sexual Predator, and a Fascist.” How proud our Founding Fathers would be. Op-ed by James Turnage  

The Truth Lives Here They obviously thought it would be funny, but it became another embarrassing moment for Trump’s “people.” After President Biden called a wannabe comedian, performing for Trump at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night, “garbage,” some of his supporters began wearing black garbage bags. Once again, these ignorant yahoos got it wrong. If they wanted to show support for the worst candidate in history, they should have worn something related to the term he uses for his “people” in private: Basement Dwellers. Maybe cement shoes would have been more appropriate. Op-ed by James Turnage Source: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/1/2281618/-Not-beating-the-weird-allegations-MAGA-is-dressing-up-as-garbage?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_8&pm_medium=web    

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Check the facts: the economy is the best it has been since Clinton. Biden and Harris have rpaired all the damage caused by Trump between 2017 and 2021. Trump Remains a liar: nothing has changed. Op-ed by James Turnage

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart In about 18 months Trump will be an Octogenarian; and he shows it every day. He rambles on and on at his hate rallies, mumbles words frequently, and has difficulty keeping his balance when walking. The issue this time is garbage. During a recent six-hour hate rally at Madison Square Graden, a paid, self-proclaimed comedian called Puerto Rico “an island of floating garbage.” For some unknown reason, President Biden appeared to refer to Trump’s supporters as “garbage.” At a Wisconsin event on Wednesday, Trump rented a garbage Truck in response to the President’s remark. Recorded video revealed an elderly man doing something he shouldn’t. [A seven-second clip was shared on X by Matt McDermott, a pollster who works on a range of progressive causes as senior vice president of Whitman Insight Strategies. It shows Trump reach toward, and appearing to miss, the garbage truck door before briefly looking unsure on his footing. [McDermott captioned the video: &qu

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Late night talk show host, Jimmy Kimmel, spent 19 minutes offering factual information to Trump supporters. He offered multiple reasons why they cannot trust the very old, very obese buffoon. Unfortunately for the popular host, Trump supporters choose to be ignorant and reject facts. A true Trump supporter spends hours each day watching the right-wing propaganda machine, calling itself “Fox News.” It has never been about the news and definitely not about facts. A loyal Trump supporter will never read or watch any information source which refuses to praise the con man. When confronted with the truth, their response is universal: “I don’t believe that.” The truth frightens them. If Trump can use a 24-hour television network to support his lies, Jimmy Kimmel and other talk show hosts are justified in finding ways to make their viewers laugh about Trump’s moronic and fallacious words and actions. Trump would like everything his way. However, this is a fantasy. Trump

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart In 2020 Trump and Moscow Mitch McConnell finished their efforts to stack the Supreme Court in favor of the radical extremists on the right side of the aisle. With a margin of 6-3, these biased five men and one woman continue to attack the Constitution and allow Trump and his cronies to move our nation closer to fascism. No one will forget one of the darkest days in American history when the current illegitimate Court overturned a woman’s right to make decisions about her own mental and physical health. On June 24, 2022, these traitors to our nation put an end to 50 years of progress for women’s rights and overturned Roe v Wade. Their latest attack is focused on the First Amendment. Right-wing politicians in Virginia were given the right to “purge certain voters from the state’s list of registered voters if they believe they are not legally able to vote.” If you live in Virginia, and have a name which appears to be Latino or Black, beware. Something must be done

If he Talks Like a Fascist and Acts Like a Fascist, He’s a Fascist Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Adolf Hitler was given control of Germany in 1933. He and his Nazi Party were fascists who literally brainwashed an entire nation into believing that they would revive Germany’s economy and lead their nation to a new level of “greatness.” They sacrificed their freedoms and surrendered their basic human rights to a demagogue. All rational thoughts disappeared as Hitler’s propaganda machine convinced an entire country that everything he said was fact and that his orders must be obeyed. Sound familiar? Last Sunday Trump held another hate rally, this time in Madison Square Garden. The event featured six hours of crude and racist rhetoric, and has been compared to a rally supporting Hitler’s fascist beliefs in 1939. Trump’s “people” are denying the undeniable: Trump is a Nazi and would stablish a fascist regime if he is elected. Men who were members of his White House staff between 2017 and 2021 confi

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart If any of the old adages are true, one stands above all others: “Money is the root of all evil.” Therefore, I make a logical allegation: the United States is an evil country. It has morphed from a capitalistic nation to a plutocracy. The super-rich can have any physical possession their desire. However, most are without morals, social responsibility, and principles. This is the only reason why most of our nation’s 801 billionaires support another disastrous Trump presidency. Trump has openly promised these greedy men and women additional tax breaks if the world crumbles and he wins the Electoral College next week. Two of the most egregious are Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk. When Trump gave permanent tax breaks to major corporations in 2018, Amazon, one of the most profitable corporations in the world, paid zero dollars in taxes the following year. The owner? Jeff Bezos. The staffs at both the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times expressed their intent to endorse

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Our elections are alone in the world in the fact that they seem to last forever. No other developed nation has such a lengthy campaign season. The longest period of time in any developed nation is three months. Something we all hate are the endless number of political ads on television. Let me preface this story by stating a fact: television ads should not be allowed. What they tell us cannot be accepted as fact, and should not be relevant in decisions related to voting. Okay, now the rest. The FCC has powers and laws which can prevent content on television which is lascivious, promotes violence and criminal activity, and claims that are baseless and in direct opposition to the facts. My question is, why don’t they do something about this travesty? I know the answer and it’s always the same: money. Network television is estimated to receive $12.32 billion in additional income during the campaign season. Combine this amount with the expected amount spent by candi

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Over the last nine years, anyone who follows politics and political figures knows that if Trump or his cronies said it, it was a lie. Desperate to win the 2024 election, Trump’s television ads have become more vicious, composed of more outrageous lies than ever before, and if you know the facts are so fallacious they are almost hilarious. I believed that his biggest lie would always be his baseless claims that he won the 2020 election. However, with election day just one week away, his whoppers have reached a level never attained by great imaginations like Walt Disney or Stephen Kiing. Over the last nine years, every plan for our nation’s future in the fascist manifesto, “Project 2025,” originated at one of Trump’s hate rallies. His supporters simply compiled his beliefs into a 922-page document designed to destroy the country I have cherished for 78 years. Trump told one of his biggest lies when he claimed that he knows nothing about it. Last Sund

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart It is no secret that I believe the Electoral College is in direct opposition to the spirit and intent of the Constitution. The EC allows the states to choose our presidents. As long as it exists millions of American voters have no voice in who will lead our nation for the next four years. Here's why that makes a difference, and why Republicans are desperate to keep the EC. If the popular vote, the vote of the American people, decided the outcome of the election, not a single right-wing politician would have occupied the White House since 1993: that’s 31 years. Since 1993 there have been two Republican presidents: George W. Bush and Donald Trump. In 2000 Al Gore won the popular vote. The Supreme Court stopped the Florida recount and declared Bush the winner. In 2016, Hillary Clinton received three million more votes than Trump. However, a total of less than 80,000 votes in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin gave Trump a very slim victory in the E

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart This past weekend Trump and Kamala Harris held two large rallies. They shared one commonality: both were in states they are unlikely to win. That’s where the similarity ends. Trump was in Madison Square Garden, located in New York City. New York generally despises the old man. More than 19,000 people attended the event which some people referred to as a reenactment of a 1939 rally in support of Adolf Hitler. It has recently been confirmed that Trump is a Neo-Nazi with plans to re-make America into a fascist regime with himself as its Fuhrer. There were plenty of attacks on real Americans. Racism was the dominate theme. Joining Trump on stage were members of his family, including trophy wife, Melania, and brainless sons, Donald Jr. and Eric. Several discredited “celebrities” took the stage, including Rudy Giuliani, and Elon Musk. It was a victory for all citizens who hate their country and would shred the Constitution. Kamala Harris was in Texas. Her crowd was es