Listening, today, to the FOX NEWS discussion of why the Republican candidates seem to be obsessing on the Ronald Reagan legacy, and frequently referencing his name in their campaign speeches, I was struck by the thought of why is this such a difficult concept for the media pundits to understand? Are they really so blind that they can't see that America is fed up with the status quo establishment Republicans, pretending to be Conservatives, while really being moderate Liberals; "conservative" only by comparison to the most dedicated Socialists in the Democratic party? They are compromisers, especially the Congressmen, who have spent years trying to finesse deals with the Liberal Democrats, that have bent far too much in favor of the Liberal positions, just so they could claim they got "the best deal they could get", rather than fight for an issue that the people really felt comfortable with. This kind of cowardly politics has run it's course and people are fed up with it! American politics has been split in two, almost like being cut with a two-edged sword, like the gospel is referred to in the Bible. I'm not suggesting that there has been anywhere near enough of a Christian revival in this country to effect the over-all politics of the people, in a positive sense. But perhaps there has been enough revival for the Righteous in the Lord to let their politicians know that they expect a bit more representative government, than just the deceptive rhetoric that gets someone elected, so they can govern according to their own biases.
The "wisdom" of Donald Trump is being able to recognize this fact, and to manipulate this angst to his advantage by implying a willingness to be the kind of President that Ronald Reagan was (whether he is sincere, or not, I can't safely tell, yet). But his practice of promising results that people want, without specifics as to how he plans to accomplish them, will only carry him so far. Sooner, or later he'll have to come up with some details, and they will need to stand up to expert scrutiny, or his candidacy will swoon faster than it took off, in the beginning.
Bernie Sanders is trying to do the same, from the Socialist side. He has caught on to the popular angst, he has just misjudged (I hope) the collective gullibility of the American voting populace, believing they are foolish enough to believe that all he has to do is pay everybody all the money they want out of the endless resources of the Federal Treasury, and there will be plenty left over afterward! Are we stupid enough to believe that??? I hope not, but frankly I'm not sure! There seems to be a lot of mindless Liberalism floating around on Main Street, U.S.A.!
It's possible that God is planning a sort of "reverse psychology" revival, for us, by letting us have the lunatics run the asylum, until even the most die-hard Socialists are ready to concede that it doesn't work. Unfortunately, we'll probably have to undergo a hyper-inflationary depression that will make the one that Germany went through in the late 1920's look like a picnic. That one brought Adolph Hitler to power. Perhaps this one will be used by the Antichrist to come to power, by cancelling the worthless hyper-inflated currencies, worldwide, and creating a gold-backed computer currency in their place, that will require a chip to be place (hypodermically under the skin of the customer's hand (see Revelation 13)!!! Guess how that turns out!!!
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