TheWiseOldFart

I remember Republicans. As a 78-year-old lifelong Independent voter, I was offered a choice when I went to the polls. I admit that most of the time the Democratic candidate received my vote. The policies of most Republicans were too regressive, and my beliefs are more progressive. Change is always necessary, but sometimes change moves an entire nation in the wrong direction. Sadly, the once Grand Old Party took its final breath on the morning of January 20, 2017. It is an undeniable fact that between 2017 and 2021, the backwards policies of the Trump administration destroyed many of the accomplishments made over the previous 60-70 years. Hate crimes rose by 800 percent as Blacks, Hispanics, non-Christians, the LGBTQ community, and women in general were verbally and physically assaulted as your president continued to use rhetoric focused on fear, anger, and hatred. He encouraged violence in his name and his supporters eagerly responded. Domestic terrorism became the greatest threat to t...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart For some reason, Republicans worship a fetus, even when it appears to be nothing more than a polliwog. At the same, time they display their disdain for the woman who is pregnant with that miniscule biological growth developing in her uterus. This is their reasoning for the biased Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v Wade The important question is “how has the repeal of Roe v Wade affected women across America?” Red states continue to pass legislation preventing legal abortions, all too often when the situation involves rape or incest. The most stringent laws have been passed by the regressive state of Texas. IF YOU ARE A WOMAN IN TEXAS, YOU ACCEPT THE FACT THAT YOU ARE A THIRD-CLASS CITIZEN In 2021 the Republican-dominated state legislature banned medical care for women who legally chose to eliminate an unwanted pregnancy. From 2019 through 2022, “the rate of maternal mortality cases in Texas rose by 56%, compared with just 11% nationwide during ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Jacky Rosen has worked for Nevada. She has reached across party lines to improve the lives of all residents of the Silver State. Her challenger is a Trump lacky, Sam Brown. Like his Fuhrer, he is nothing but a con man who will tell lies constantly and pander to specific groups to win votes. His ads are lies. He is vehemently opposed to any and all abortions. He is from a billionaire family, and will not serve working class Nevadans, and their struggle for affordable housing. Brown continues with his attempts to create the illusion that he is from a small town and a middle class American. This is far from the truth. In 2022, he attempted to unseat Nevada’s other Senator, Catherine Cortez-Masto. He failed, but during the campaign made the following fallacious claims. “I wasn’t born into power. I’m from small-town America,” he said in the 2022 ad. To hear Brown talk, he comes from the most humble of backgrounds. His was a “sort of working-class family,” he told rad...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Trump has finally become a Republican politician. He had already adopted several of their tactics, including lying constantly until their voters accept lies as facts, baseless conspiracy theories, and priority number one; hiding their crimes and corruption from the voting public. However, he recently added the final right-wing trick: flipflopping. After the current politicized Supreme Court wrongfully overturned a legitimate Court’s decision 49 years in the past, which offered protection for a woman’s right to make decisions about her personal mental and physical health known as Roe v Wade, on June 24, 2022, Trump rushed to the television cameras. “I was proudly the person responsible for the ending of … Roe v. Wade.” Donald John Trump His braggadocio was founded on his ability, in collusion with Moscow Mitch McConnell, to stack the Supreme Court of the United States in favor of the extremist right-wing politicians who support replacing democracy with a fascist ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Anyone who refuses to believe that the American people are engaged in a Second Civil War in 2024 is not paying attention. Donald Trump’s fascist party, once known as the “Republican Party,” is actively attempting to overthrow the parts of our Constitution which protects human rights and our freedoms while loyal and patriotic Americans are attempting to save the nation of our Founding Fathers. THE FIRST BATTLE INVOLVES PROTECTING THE FIRST LINE OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Our Founding Fathers packed up and left England after King George III declared the Anglican Church the one true religion of the British Empire. This is why every American is guaranteed the right to practice the religion of their choice or none at all. In the 1970’s, a group of extremist Christian leaders formed what is literally a lobby with the intention becoming involved in the governance...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart   Let’s take a look at something which I find extremely confusing. I understand t hat hardcore Republican voters are in decline: many of them are around my age. I am an original baby boomer. But this fact adds to my consternation.   Donald Trump lost the vote of America’s women in 2016 and 2020. I am fully aware that the right-wing began a war on women in 1981 with the inauguration of Ronald Reagan , but why are they escalating that war in the 21 st century?   I don’t believe that Reagan was a misogynist. What I do know is that he was a religious zealot, an extremist, and his faith surpassed the rights of women regardless of their relationships to him or his constituents.   MOSCOW MITCH LEARNED THAT DREAMS CAN COME TRUE   Nearly two years ago a major goal of the old, white men on the right side of the aisle became a reality. After a 4 9-year fight, the law protecting a woman’s right to decide the future of her own mental and ...