August 18, 2023

Not long ago Democrats were generally patriotic Americans who just wanted different things than we wanted, but who would generally do the right thing.  I am not sure this is still true.

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I worked nine years in a mine in a small town in Idaho, and almost all the men with whom I worked were Democrats.  We often disagreed on many philosophical points, but they were all solid family men, who worked hard, and took good care of their families.

I have concluded that these were the real Democrats, and that they have been lost in the common narrative.  Today, some Democrat leaders have gone out of their way to make America weaker, not stronger.

Most of the things Democrats support today make little sense to anyone.  Even groups of Democrat economists support programs that are obviously not good.

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We are told that some Democrats support abortion right up to the time of delivery, and some even support killing the child after he is born.  This was not true for traditional Democrats.

A child is conceived and then daily becomes more complex and grows.  There is no change that takes place until birth.  Sure, there are milestones that are noted by those who study the unborn, and those milestones are important, such as when there is a detectable heartbeat.  However, most things happen gradually and there is no clear minute that any of that can be said to have happened: Up until birth.  That is the only clear change: Birth. 

Our Constitution at both Amendment V and XIV protects the life and liberty of every American person.  A person is a human being.  And, a person does not become a person at birth.  Personal DNA proves that a person is a person at conception; nothing changes.

Most abortion supporters admit that a born human is a person, but not the unborn.  Those who deliver babies by caesarian delivery know that a baby looks no different one minute before delivery as he does one minute after birth.  This is a life issue and we must see that abortion is just an excuse for poor judgment on the part of the mother and father. 

Another issue is border security.  Leaving our border wide open and encouraging foreigners to simply cross the river and settle in America is counterproductive.  These are not all just people seeking a better life.  Some are, but many are bringing in drugs, or are child molesters or other kinds of criminals.  If a country has no control of its borders, it is not a country.  And consider the numbers of people who die daily from the use of illegal drugs that are brought into the country through our open borders.

The Mexican government complained to the U.S. about Texas’s efforts at the Rio Grande to stop the flow of illegal immigrants, which the Mexicans said were unsafe.  If they really wanted to solve the problem they could stop the migrants on their side of the border, or better yet stop them at their southern border.