{"id":1416,"date":"2024-01-31T16:46:13","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T21:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/conservativeproletariat.com\/?p=1416"},"modified":"2024-01-31T16:46:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T21:46:13","slug":"blowhards-and-deplorables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conservativeproletariat.com\/?p=1416","title":{"rendered":"Blowhards and Deplorables"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>by Reid Fitzsimons<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During much of the Presidential primary season in 2016 I was out of the country in a fairly remote area with little access to news. Upon my return in May, while on a layover at the Atlanta airport and their endless broadcasts of CNN, I learned that Trump has sewn up the Republican nomination. I admit I felt a little queasy the news: I didn\u2019t really know that much about Trump and never watched that show with the tag-line \u201cYou\u2019re Fired!,\u201d but I had heard plenty from the establishment news media that he was somehow dangerous and clearly not their guy. In general the other Republican candidates fit the desired mold of being \u201creasonable,\u201d willing to \u201ccross the aisle\u201d and work with Democrats. I did know Trump was a blowhard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/obamatrump.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/obamatrump.jpg?resize=583%2C389&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1418\" width=\"583\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/obamatrump.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/obamatrump.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/obamatrump.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/obamatrump.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/obamatrump.jpg?resize=960%2C640&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/obamatrump.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/obamatrump.jpg?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/obamatrump.jpg?w=1875&amp;ssl=1 1875w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Donald Trump and Barack Obama post-election Nov. 2016<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the summer Trump was officially nominated, as was Hillary Clinton (HRC) for the Democrats. The latter, who is a true sociopath, made it easier to vote for Trump despite my severe reservations. Perhaps due to increasing age and cynicism I avoided watching the conventions and speeches, but shortly before the election I was in a cheap motel room in Pensacola, FL, turned on the TV and found Trump at some campaign rally. I girded myself to listen to his shtick, fully expecting him to rant with spittle flying and bark like a seal, this being largely how he was portrayed by the establishment press. What I found instead was a pretty typical political speech with the usual promises of prosperity, jobs, strong military, etc. Part of his rhetoric involved \u201cmake America great again (MAGA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/trumphrc-debate-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" data-id=\"1420\"  src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/trumphrc-debate-1.jpg?resize=625%2C352&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/trumphrc-debate-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/trumphrc-debate-1.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/trumphrc-debate-1.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/trumphrc-debate-1.jpg?resize=960%2C540&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/trumphrc-debate-1.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hillary-ClintonConcession-Speech.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"328\" data-id=\"1421\"  src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hillary-ClintonConcession-Speech.jpg?resize=625%2C328&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hillary-ClintonConcession-Speech.jpg?resize=1024%2C538&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hillary-ClintonConcession-Speech.jpg?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hillary-ClintonConcession-Speech.jpg?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hillary-ClintonConcession-Speech.jpg?resize=960%2C504&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Hillary-ClintonConcession-Speech.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><em>Left: Trump\/Clinton debate Fall 2016, Right: Hillary Clinton with spouse in background, concession speech<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<p>He was certainly not the first to use such a slogan, including Democrat predecessors, but it resonated with many at the time owing to the incumbent President, Barack Obama. Obama, who often described his actions and decisions as \u201cunprecedented,\u201d had a truly unprecedented view of America for a President: he loathed it and loathed those who didn\u2019t share in his loathing of America. These were the unsophisticated blue collar class, people who didn\u2019t attend Ivy League universities and, to quote him from 2008, people who \u201c...cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Obama defined arrogance and elitism. He didn\u2019t engage and respect people, he lectured them. The Constitution was not a sacred document that established a democratic republic that provided checks and balances between the organs of government, and especially protected the minority from the whims of an often fickle majority, but a hindrance to his power. Hence, we heard his truly worrisome words from 2014 \"I've got a pen and I've got a phone\u2026,\u201d a declaration that if Congress didn\u2019t give him what he wanted, he would simply decree it. To him America and the Constitution were a cruel accident of history that allowed peons who didn\u2019t attend elite private universities to do things like hold and express contrary opinions and, Heaven forbid, vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/quote-i-ve-got-a-pen-and-i-ve-got-a-phone-and-i-can-use-that-pen-to-sign-executive-orders-barack-obama.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"294\" data-id=\"1424\"  src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/quote-i-ve-got-a-pen-and-i-ve-got-a-phone-and-i-can-use-that-pen-to-sign-executive-orders-barack-obama.jpg?resize=625%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/quote-i-ve-got-a-pen-and-i-ve-got-a-phone-and-i-can-use-that-pen-to-sign-executive-orders-barack-obama.jpg?w=850&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/quote-i-ve-got-a-pen-and-i-ve-got-a-phone-and-i-can-use-that-pen-to-sign-executive-orders-barack-obama.jpg?resize=300%2C141&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/quote-i-ve-got-a-pen-and-i-ve-got-a-phone-and-i-can-use-that-pen-to-sign-executive-orders-barack-obama.jpg?resize=768%2C361&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/obama-legacy-pen-phone-457843145-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/obama-legacy-pen-phone-457843145-1.jpg?resize=625%2C447&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/obama-legacy-pen-phone-457843145-1.jpg?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/obama-legacy-pen-phone-457843145-1.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Obama was a creature and beneficiary of the privileged establishment and after eight years enough of the \u201cclingers\u201d had enough of his pomposity and, as we know, Trump won the 2016 election. It was fascinating to see the great intellects with their exquisite educations somehow not realize that insulting the electorate- the deplorables according to HRC- is not always an effective campaign strategy. Trump, loud-mouthed blowhard that he was (and is) appealed to people who felt the establishment, the entrenched bureaucracy and cultural powers at large, disregarded the interests of the country and the people solely to further their own wealth, power, and status. Trump was an anti-establishment populist who didn\u2019t detest America and, while he brutally attacked specific enemies real or perceived, he didn\u2019t mock and disdain huge swathes of Americans. He invoked an almost Reaganesque view of America, not an embarrassment that required perpetual apologies be given to despots and oligarchs around the world as propagated by Obama, but a country of greatness that accomplished great things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the rarefied air of the elite-controlled establishment, there are \u201ccertain things we do, and things we don\u2019t do,\u201d all part of a well-choreographed political and diplomatic dance, and woe unto those who don\u2019t go along. The United Nations tap dance is an example. For decades the US was a major contributor to the UN Relief and Works Agency (for Palestinian refugees, the UNRWA). Much of this money was used to fund the government of the Gaza Strip, i.e. Hamas, which is committed to the destruction of Israel. The UN knows it was providing its name as a cover for Hamas, the US knows the UN is providing cover for Hamas, and the UN knows the US is pretending to support UN \u201crelief\u201d when everyone knows it benefits Hamas. Yes, Hamas periodically killed Jews, but that\u2019s the price everyone was willing to pay for polite global diplomacy...that is until <em>President <\/em>Trump directed the US stop contributing to the UNRWA in 2018. To say this was an affront to the established world order is to trivialize the reaction: Trump was deemed a pariah, a monster. Not surprisingly, Biden restored funding soon after he took office. Moving on, in Oct. 2023 Hamas attacked Israel and slaughtered well over 1,000 Jews, and it was discovered that the UNRWA was complicit in the barbarism of Hamas. So here is a news headline from Jan, 2024: \u201cMore countries cut funding to UN agency after staffers accused of participating in Oct. 7 Hamas attack.\u201d To be shocked by this would be analogous to being surprised the German government in the 1930\u2019s to 1945 was one in the same as the Nazi party, but the global aristocracy believes what it wants, regardless of reality (see linked articles below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/unrwa.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"474\" height=\"237\" data-id=\"1430\"  src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/unrwa.jpeg?resize=474%2C237&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/unrwa.jpeg?w=474&amp;ssl=1 474w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/unrwa.jpeg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption><br><br><strong>A review by the Wall Street Journal revealed 23% of UNRWA male employees have ties to Hamas; of 12,000 UNRWA employees in Gaza, 1,200 have ties to Hamas or the Palestinian Islamic Jihad;<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hamasUN.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"639\" data-id=\"1431\"  src=\"https:\/\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hamasUN-1024x639.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hamasUN-1024x639.webp 1024w, https:\/\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hamasUN-300x187.webp 300w, https:\/\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hamasUN-768x479.webp 768w, https:\/\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hamasUN-1536x958.webp 1536w, https:\/\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hamasUN-960x599.webp 960w, https:\/\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hamasUN.webp 2000w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hamasUN.webp?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hamasUN.webp?w=1875&amp;ssl=1 1875w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><br><br><strong>about 40% of UNRWA employees have close relatives who also have official ties to Hamas and other militant groups; and 12 employees (7 school teachers) had direct links to the massacres of the Jews on Oct. 7<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump won the 2016 election, and so began the slow and relentless de facto coup\/insurrection that he and the country endured throughout his term. We tend to think of coups and insurrections being led from people on the margins: the disgruntled colonel that has the loyalty of a handful of Army units or a demagogue who can incite enough supporters to make trouble. Generally there is some kind of plan, however ill-conceived, which traditionally involved forcibly taking control of some radio stations and street violence by people who were provided arms by the malefactors. In this case, however, it came from within and originated at the top of the entrenched bureaucracy and their allies, aka The Swamp: the highest levels of the Federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies, the Democrat party elite, the powers of academia, the establishment media, tech mega-corporations, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Certainly there was plenty of denial and street riots and violence protesting Trump\u2019s election, but the real players acted behind the scenes, not to do anything noble like defend integrity and democracy, but to protect the status quo that <em>made<\/em> them players. Hence we had the patently false \u201cRussia collusion\u201d narrative 24\/7, the infamous FBI \u201cinsurance policy,\u201d the Democrat political operatives who claimed they had \u201cproof\u201d of Trump\u2019s malfeasance but were never willing to reveal it under oath, the hearings and investigations that yielded at worst incidental charges against peripheral actors, the ludicrous impeachment(s), the falsely obtained FISA warrants, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/russia-collusion-cartoon.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"426\" data-id=\"1441\"  src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/russia-collusion-cartoon.jpg?resize=625%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/russia-collusion-cartoon.jpg?w=625&amp;ssl=1 625w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/russia-collusion-cartoon.jpg?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Years of \"Russian collusion\" accusations and investigations against Trump yielded nothing, much to the disappointment of the Democrat portion of \"The Swamp\"<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/adam-schiff-sandwich-cartoon.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"429\" data-id=\"1440\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/adam-schiff-sandwich-cartoon.jpg?resize=600%2C429&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/adam-schiff-sandwich-cartoon.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/adam-schiff-sandwich-cartoon.jpg?resize=300%2C215&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) was one of the most enthusiastic accusers of Trump and, reminiscent of the witch hunts of Joe McCarthy in the 1950s, repeatedly claimed he had \"clear evidence of collusion,\" but somehow never actually produced it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This continued throughout Trump\u2019s entire term and perhaps the pinnacle of this coup from the top was the pre-2020 election Hunter Biden laptop lie: it had already been established that the infamous laptop was indeed Biden, Junior\u2019s, full of debauchery, drug crimes and, most importantly, evidence of Daddy Biden\u2019s corruption. It nevertheless was suppressed by \"The Swamp\u201d for fear it would help Trump be reelected. In fact, 51 intelligence \u201cexperts\u201d signed a letter saying the laptop had all the earmarks of \u201cRussian (dis)information,\" an outright and knowing act of deception against the American people. This could be argued as being the greatest election fraud conspiracy in American history, but what the heck, the insurrection from above worked, Biden, Senior was elected, and there were lots of corrupt, privileged, and powerful people patting themselves on the back and saying, \u201cWell done, old boy.\u201d They had convinced the electorate to <em>\u201cTrust us, go ahead and sign the contract, no need to bother reading it first.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hunterbiden-naked-with-girl.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1445\"  src=\"https:\/\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hunterbiden-naked-with-girl-1024x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hunterbiden-naked-with-girl.webp 1024w, https:\/\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hunterbiden-naked-with-girl-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hunterbiden-naked-with-girl-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hunterbiden-naked-with-girl-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hunterbiden-naked-with-girl-960x960.webp 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>One of a number of photos and emails found on the 1st Son's laptop, including documentation highly suggestive of corruption involving Hunter Biden's father, i.e. now Pres. Joe Biden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hunterbiden-laptop-51.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"338\" data-id=\"1446\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hunterbiden-laptop-51.jpg?resize=625%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hunterbiden-laptop-51.jpg?resize=1024%2C554&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hunterbiden-laptop-51.jpg?resize=300%2C162&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hunterbiden-laptop-51.jpg?resize=768%2C415&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hunterbiden-laptop-51.jpg?resize=960%2C519&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/conservativeproletariat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hunterbiden-laptop-51.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The infamous laptop was already established to be real when some of the most powerful and influential members of \"The Swamp\" declared it to be \"Russian disinformation\" and suppressed reporting of the story prior to the 2020 election <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ultimately Trump wasn\u2019t really reviled for his policies or because he could be a pompous jackass (Obama <em>defined<\/em> that term and was beloved of the establishment). He was reviled because he was an outsider who threatened the entitlements of the elite establishment class, people who cling to the system that offers them perpetual power and wealth. Trump achieved something truly remarkable: in being relentlessly attacked by the opposition of the privileged, he actually became a sympathetic figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of Obama\u2019s refrains was \u201cI got your back.\u201d Even though it was a meaningless soundbite, I thought the last thing I wanted or needed was a spoiled and arrogant man-child to \u201chave my back.\u201d In a way, the upcoming election is between those who put their hopes and faith in faceless bureaucrats and party apparatchiks, and those who have faith and confidence in themselves. Between people whose values and desires in life consist of convenience, streaming TV, the latest Iphone with 5G networks, being told what to think, and frappuccinos, and those who value independence of thought, personal freedom and responsibility, understand the concept of inherent rights, and respect them for all. It\u2019s certainly possible the former will prevail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A while ago a gentleman from Kenya asked if I wanted Trump to be the Republican candidate for President again, and I answered definitely not, but I wouldn\u2019t hesitate to vote for him if he was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Links to articles about Hamas\/UNRWA ties, and at the bottom an article excoriating Trump for cutting off UNRWA funding in 2018:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/world\/more-countries-cut-funding-to-un-agency-after-staffers-accused-of-participating-in-oct-7-hamas-attack\/ar-BB1hlVVx\">https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/world\/more-countries-cut-funding-to-un-agency-after-staffers-accused-of-participating-in-oct-7-hamas-attack\/ar-BB1hlVVx<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13024807\/UN-Palestinian-teachers-EXPOSED-Hamas-loving-jihadis-Congress-Telegram-holy-warriors-left-Israelis-dead-hell-Oct-7.html\">https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13024807\/UN-Palestinian-teachers-EXPOSED-Hamas-loving-jihadis-Congress-Telegram-holy-warriors-left-Israelis-dead-hell-Oct-7.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-brookings wp-block-embed-brookings\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\"><figure class=\"video-container\"><blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"4uEZ9n7gXp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/articles\/in-one-move-trump-eliminated-us-funding-for-unrwa-and-the-us-role-as-mideast-peacemaker\/\">In one move, Trump eliminated US funding for UNRWA and the US role as Mideast peacemaker<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;In one move, Trump eliminated US funding for UNRWA and the US role as Mideast peacemaker&#8221; &#8212; Brookings\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/articles\/in-one-move-trump-eliminated-us-funding-for-unrwa-and-the-us-role-as-mideast-peacemaker\/embed\/#?secret=37CgiCJxls#?secret=4uEZ9n7gXp\" data-secret=\"4uEZ9n7gXp\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Reid Fitzsimons During much of the Presidential primary season in 2016 I was out of the country in a fairly remote area with little access to news. 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