Monday, December 2, 2024

 JOE BIDEN'S LEGACY

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Joe Biden pardons his son Hunter Biden despite his alleged criminal activities. It is alleged that Hunter often traveled with his father on Air Force One on foreign trips to make deals, which creates suspicion that Joe Biden himself may have been involved in some of these deals. The pardon raises suspicion that it doesn't smell right.

Joe Biden's legacy is in tatters not just because of the pardon, but because of his conduct in the Ukraine war. He never even once made efforts to end the war, in fact, he inflamed the war resulting in massive loss of human life and injuries.

'The Economist magazine estimates 60,000 to 100,000 Ukrainians (not sure if just soldiers or civilian casualties included)  have lost their lives and nearly 400,000 have suffered injuries.

President Biden and his hawkish Democrats and the Establishment have sunk almost $175 billion of American taxpayers' money into this conflict when so many Americans could not pay their mortgages or have two square meals a day. This war is nothing but a bonanza for the defense industry, which appears to drive the U.S. Government.

The Gaza war and its disastrous consequences of loss of human life (mostly women and Children) and destruction of property is another failure of the Biden Administration. In fact, Biden is complicit and as criminally involved in the Gaza war as the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. Biden kept shipping lethal bombs to Israel throughout the conflict, which Israel used to drop on innocent Palestinians. The promise of a ceasefire was nothing but a hoax as no serious effort was made to achieve a ceasefire and you don't get a ceasefire when you keep shipping bombs to one side.

The U.S. economy has been at its worst during Biden's 4 years, high inflation, highest interest rates in over 40 years, mortgage defaults, high food costs etc. have made the lives of many million Americans miserable during his Presidency.

Biden's refusal to step down as a Presidential candidate in 2024 despite suspicions that his mental faculties may not all be intact has inflicted a massive blow to the Democratic party. His late withdrawal meant, no credible candidate could step forward in his place as the remaining time to the election was too short to run a successful campaign. Kamala Harris was a choice by default and was a poor candidate. Initially, she made some impact and even raised a lot of money but her lack of experience and clarity on issues was exposed each passing day resulting in Donald Trump's substantial victory and also the Republicans winning the Senate and House majorities.

In reality, Joe Biden has gifted all this to Trump. Had he stepped down six months earlier, some credible Democratic candidates could have stepped forward and the end result may have been different.

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

 DONALD J TRUMP IS THE 47TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA


TRUMP MADE THE OBAMAS, THE CLINTONS & THE CHEYNES IRRELEVANT IN THIS ELECTION.


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President Trump has done it again and defeated not only Kamala Harris but also the American Establishment. They tried to indict him, and hold him on ridiculous and trumped-up charges, the Democratic Prosecutors and Judges showed complete partiality and made several attempts to keep him out of the race. Had it not been for the U.S. Supreme Court's intervention Trump's name may not have been on the ballot in many States.

Apart from winning the usual red (pro-Republican states), he also won almost all of the swing states, which Real Clear Politics had him ahead all along despite several polls showing Harris in the lead. At this time (2 AM EST) Trump's electoral college vote stands at 277 and once all the votes are counted he is likely to end around 300.

It was a sign of desperation when Kamala Harris and other Democrats started calling him a Nazi, a Hitler, a danger to democracy. Joe Biden even called Republican voters 'Trash', which may have re-energized the Republicans and brought them out who were otherwise not thinking of voting. Kamal Harris had a tough job, especially with the last four years of Biden-Harris regime where inflation rose to the highest levels, food prices rose substantially and mortgage rates rose so high that many Americans could not meet their mortgage payments. So, with that record Harris stood no chance. In addition, President Biden's dithering on Ghaza ceasefire and continuous supply of bombs to Israel to keep killing Ghazans (more than 47,000 dead so far, mostly women and children) disgusted many Americans Muslim & non-Muslim alike.

Another major shift that has taken place in American politics is that the usual stars like The Obamas, The Clintons, The Cheynes, and many more who held sway in American politics became irrelevant and redundant in this election. The American electorate did not listen to them nor followed their preaching. In view of this election result, it would be appropriate for all these pundits to vanish from the political scene and go work for their charities. I don't know if people will even buy their books anymore.

President Trump seems to have brought a Senate majority with him. There is also a chance of a clean sweep, as Republicans could retain a majority in the House of Representatives.

It is good to know that Trump has some smart people like Elon Musk and others with him, hopefully, they will help move the economy in a positive direction and quickly.


Monday, October 21, 2024

DONALD TRUMP PRESIDENT AGAIN? 

TRUMP NOW LEADING IN ALL SEVEN BATTLEGROUND STATES BY A NARROW MARGIN


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Real Clear Politics predicts that Donald Trump is NOW leading in all seven battleground states. This is an average of various polls. If this turns out to be correct on November 5, Donald Trump will be the next occupant of the White House. There are however other polls which show Harris leading in 4 of these seven states, what is true will only be out on November 5.

Top Battlegrounds – RCP Average
RCP AVERAGEDATE
TRUMP (R)
HARRIS (D)
SPREAD
Top Battlegrounds10/2048.447.4
Trump+1.0
ArizonaOctober 20th49.047.4
Trump+1.6
NevadaOctober 20th47.746.9
Trump+0.8
WisconsinOctober 20th48.047.8
Trump+0.2
MichiganOctober 20th48.847.6
Trump+1.2
PennsylvaniaOctober 20th47.947.1
Trump+0.8
North CarolinaOctober 20th48.447.9
Trump+0.5
GeorgiaOctober 20th48.847.0
Trump+1.8