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Why John Valley? Partly because the media presents all the news as if they were the Anchors calling the plays of a football game. Who's up? Who's down, who made a mistake, who is the hero of the game? Whose fault it is, and on and on and on. Everything in the news seems to be a competition of winners and losers...which changes day to day.
But there is something else, most conservatives believe u cant cheat an honest man, meaning that such a person knows that nothing is free and everything has a cost. If a govt can give you everything, then they can take everything away as well. A half truth is a whole lie. I dont trust anyone anymore. Sadly I worry abt my favorite Commissioners. So far so good, but... they r only human. Will A.I. decide we dont deserve to live. I'd say its debatable. However, I did note that the soccer fans think the USA is wonderful. Its a bright spot in my day.
Why distrust Dems? They believe "the ends justify the means!" It shows a lack of integrity.

Commented: Sunday, June 28th, 2026 @ 7:31 pm By: RoadKill

JV, Why is it that some want to give Obama and the Democrats a pass for mangling our health care system with Obamacare, centralized and controlled by an unaccountable bureaucracy? If some younger folks don't grasp what happened, it is probable that is because Obamacare is all they have known and they do not remember when medical care was cheaper before Obamacare was imposed on us by the federal government.

Obamacare is an example of classic fascist economic doctrine, called the corporate state. While businesses were left in private ownership, they were subject to rigid government control.

One of the problems with trying to get out from under Obamacare is that all of its regulations and compliance with them has been a huge factor in the consolidation of medical services. Instead of independent physicians offices and partnerships, hospitals have bought up most medical practices and they are now conglomerates. Insurance companies no longer give us the options in coverage that we once had. It will be hard to put the genie back in the bottle.

Australia's version of Obamacare, which they call Medicare, created the same consolidation of the medical field into conglomerates. This was imposed by a Labour government, and when the Liberal / National coalition came back inot power, they campaigned on ending the program, but found that the consolidation of healthcare made it virtually impossible.

Romneycare stunk as much as Obamacare, which shows that RINOs and Democrats are often on the same philosophical wavelength. I also blame RINO Mitch McConnell for blocking efforts early on to try to undo Obamacare. Mitch McConnell might as well be a closet Democrat.

Commented: Sunday, June 28th, 2026 @ 9:31 pm By: Concerned Taxpayer

All countries have some legal process to immigrate legally, where applicants are properly vetted. When someone chooses to defy those laws and just sneak in, they deserve to be arrested and deported. That is true in any country. It is called the Rule of Law Every country's immigration laws need to be respected and strictly enforced.

Commented: Sunday, June 28th, 2026 @ 12:37 pm By: borderhawk

CT,
Right here in Washington, one of my prescription medications cost more when I use my insurance, than when I dont. $10 more! WHY?

Commented: Saturday, June 27th, 2026 @ 10:55 am By: Befuddled

The medical insurance problem is a creature of Obamacare, which is the fault of the Democrats, but health care costs, and consequently health insurance rates have gone up because of the unpaid medical care given to illegal aliens. That is again a Democrat-caused problem. Gas prices are already coming down.

Commented: Saturday, June 27th, 2026 @ 9:05 am By: Concerned Taxpayer

JV, that plan of organization covers the internal operating procedures of the party, not its positions on the issues. That would be in the platform.

The hiccup in party support has mainly involved the consequences of the Iran war, but that seems to now be in the rear view mirror. Polling on the resolution of the war has been significantly positive for Trump and Republicans.

Aside from the temporary financial consequences of the war, polling indicates that the GOP message hits what the public wants on key issues. Immigration is a huge issue, and the GOP is in tune with the solid majority there, while the Democrats play to a radical minority. The issues the Democrats push from climate alarmism to putting men into womens sports and in womens bathrooms and locker rooms, the public is with the GOP and /or it is a low priority issue with the public.

What is telling is that the populist and nationalist brand of conservatism is riding high throughout the developed world. That philosophy includes 1) pride in national identity, 2) opposition to globalism, 3) opposition to mass migration, and 4) opposition to the climate scam. This could be described as MAGA for other countries, and polls show parties advocating it leading in the polls in countries such as Australlia, the UK, France, and Germany. The demographics for the supporters of those parties is also telling, being the younger voters much more than the older ones.

Commented: Friday, June 26th, 2026 @ 5:19 pm By: John Steed

The GOP is in late stage damage control, as things ain't got like this overnight, and they're concerned about the numbers being shown to them.

They're distancing themselves from the ULTRA-MAGA detachment BUT they can't bring themselves to fully stand with the age demographic that's holding the wall; it would cost them a seat at the Country Club and a couple of Kerr Drug paper bags of monopoly money.

Trump doesn't have the Gen X-Y support he had in '16 and '20. Those numbers are showing now and it's the dinosaur standing in the middle of the room. If there were a Conservative "NASCAR-Burt Reynolds" Democrat party before a "Patriot" party, the GOP would be packing up and going down to the Motel 6.

THIS is what they're sanitizing FOR, it's only a matter of time and sight of the chessboard.

Commented: Friday, June 26th, 2026 @ 11:15 am By: John Valley

The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas recently issued a report that illegal immigration was a major factor in the rise of both house sales prices and rental rates. It seems like deporting those here illegally is the strongest thing we could do to bring housing prices down for Americans.

Commented: Friday, June 26th, 2026 @ 8:17 am By: John Steed

This is just one of the many cases where these politically corrupt Obama and Biden judges are doing the political bidding of the Democrat Party to try to stop efforts to give us free and fair elections for the midterms. It is a judicial political pogrom against fair elections.

Another recent case was a Democrat political judge protecting widespread miel-in voting. Even the Commission on fair elections headed by Jimmy Carter declared that mail-in voting was the most prone to fraud. After watching the recent circus in California referred to as an election, this is a major problem.

Politically corrupt Democrat judges are protecting elections fraud.

Commented: Thursday, June 25th, 2026 @ 4:42 pm By: Conservative Voter

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Commented: Thursday, June 25th, 2026 @ 2:14 pm By: Stan Deatherage

The experienced powerplayers always make sure that no matter how many new ppl join an organization, the secret committee will always hold the power.
Many years ago a call went out for volunteers to come together to promote good things for the schools & students. After the introduction, they asked for volunteers to go sit at the table that best suited their personal goals. We did that. Shortly after a young woman with one of the elite surnames of the town came and sat with us, saying her name, and that she would be our chairman. I said "Hold on, dont we vote for our chairman?" She looked stunned and stated she was assigned to this position and knew nothing more. Sooo she was a puppet too. We had our meeting, but I didnt come back.
It appears this is the way the local GOP Party functions as well. Its full of "useful idiots" on the one hand and "powerbrokers" on the other. One then has to wonder, WHO are the local "powerbrokers" working for... those who are bosses above them?

Commented: Thursday, June 25th, 2026 @ 11:14 am By: Washingtonian