Right in the centre - And the winner is...
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- Published on Thursday, October 31, 2024
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
I have been asked many times recently, “Who will win the U.S. presidential election?”
My answer is simple, “I don’t know.”
What I do know is that if Donald Trump is elected, it will be because people are sick of the stands taken by the Democrats who are shamelessly backed by the majority of the media and the entertainment industry.
That stand, if you can actually call it a stand or platform, is contrary to what the majority of people believe. I call the Democratic stand “the accepted narrative”.
Many people are sick and tired of being told what they have to think, what they have to believe, what they have to say, what they can and can’t say.
Most people know that the so-called Woke Movement is mostly nonsense and some of it is just destructive to individuals and to society. Even left-leaning commentators like comedian Bill Maher have turned on the Democrats saying the “woke” movement is largely nonsense. I think the breaking point for Maher came when the woke promoters said the U.S. is worse off than even before. He quickly shot down that theory by comparing today to the U.S. slavery days, the 1950s segregation days, the levels of education compared to past eras, the average life expectancy and the level of prosperity compared to many decades ago. Yes, there is a lot of progress that needs to be made, but to say the Americans are worse off than ever before is just plain silly. If the U.S is such a bad place, then why are people willing to risk dying to get into the country.
The left wing, or the Democrats, could easily lose a very winnable election because they are so out of touch with the beliefs, desires and needs of the average citizen.
In addition to all the things listed above about the “accepted narrative” the Democrats are out of touch on the issue of abortion. Abortion is inevitable in some circumstances. I have studied, pondered, spoken about and actually grieved over this topic. The bottom line was accurately summed up by former Democratic U.S. president Bill Clinton who said that abortion should be safe, legal and rare. Most people especially believe in that last part, rare. Today’s Democrats are going out of their minds about abortion being necessary or a right, almost something to be sought after. They call themselves “Pro-choice” but they conveniently ignore the fact that abortion results in the death of a baby and that baby does not have a choice. And when babies are little more than young children, those same Democrats are promoting how it’s necessary for those children to access gender surgery.
If the Democrats lose the upcoming election it will be due to them having lost their way. They have strayed away from common sense, from their faith principles and from reality.
But what about Trump? People will say he’s an idiot and a huckster. Well, he’s smart enough to find a way to appeal to a large number of voters. He is aware that a successful politician has to be in sync with the voters. He knows the U.S citizens got tired of wars pretty fast in the 20th century. They were late into WWl and WWII. They got whipped pretty badly in Vietnam, Korea, Iraq and Afghanistan. Trump knows that and he, along with many others believe it’s better to threaten war than it is to go to war. Wyatt Earp was successful not just because he was good gunfighter but because his enemies believed he was a good gunfighter. He survived some battles and died of old age, peacefully at his home.
It will be interesting to see if the U.S. voters accept a verbal gunslinger, who is a bit of a con artist, or a person who doesn’t really know how out of touch their words put them versus the majority of citizens.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this column are the writer’s personal views and are not to be taken as being the view of the newspaper staff.
