BACK TO THE FUTURE

Now is a time to remember 1993. Bill Clinton had just been elected President of the United States. We had replaced a President who was extremely qualified and who had done an excellent job with trailer trash from Arkansas. The House and the Senate were both controlled by Democrats. Most people paying attention were horrified. Then, as now, the MSM had been the propaganda arm of the Democratic Party. Democrats looked like they were in control and Republicans would never win another election. But one man, a congressman from Georgia saw this differently. Where others saw disaster, he saw opportunity. His name was Newt Gingrich, and he wrote the contract with American that resulted in Republicans gaining control of the House and the Senate two years later, in 1994. By January 1995, when that new congress took office, everything changed.

Let me remind people how bad things looked in January 1993. There were 258 Democrats in the House, 176 Republicans and 1 Independent.  In 1993 the Senate had 58 Democrats and 42 Republicans. Democrats had far more control than they have now.  Yet as bad as things were in 1993, two years later, everything changed. In January 1995 there were 204 Democrats in the House, 230 Republicans and 1 Independent. In 1995 the senate had 53 Republicans and 47 Democrats.

Today, in the House there are 222 Democrats and 211 Republicans. In the Senate there are 48 Democrats, 2 Independents and 50 Republicans. Since the “so-called,” Independents vote with the Democrats this is a tie, with VP Kamala Harris holding the tie breaking vote. Democrats are far weaker today than they were in 1993.

Following is an opinion written by Newt Gingrich, on December 21, 2020. This is a reminder to all of us that real leaders, not fooled by the nonsense are still out there. Smart Republicans will pay close attention to what New Gingrich is saying, because he has experience in dealing with an even worse situation and turning it completely around:

Why I will not accept Joe Biden as president – Washington Times

Joe Biden will issue executive orders, most of them idiotic and unconstitutional. They will be truly awful, but also unconstitutional. Most of them will be challenged in court, and like Obama, Biden will lose most of those challenges. Remember, Trump put in 300 new conservative federal judges.

Masses of people are already headed toward our border, toward promises Biden made but cannot possibly keep. This is going to be a serious problem. While Obama talked about open borders, it was Obama who built all those cages. Biden will be lucky if he does not have to start shooting people.

Here are the Executive orders to be issued by Joe Biden today.

*Rejoin the WHO (dominated by China and funded by us).

*Issue a mask mandate requiring face covering and physical distance in all federal buildings and on federal lands. He will ask Americans to wear masks for the next 100 days, everywhere, including indoors at home with family.

*Direct federal agencies to extend eviction and foreclosure moratoriums until at least March 31.

*End restrictions on travel and immigration form some Muslim countries and resume VISA processing.

*Rejoin the Paris Climate accord and restore Obama-era  efforts to combat climate change.

*Revote the permits for the Keystone XL Pipeline

*Revise fuel standards and issue a temporary moratorium on all oil and natural gas leasing in the Artic National Wildlife Reserve.

*Count noncitizens in the U.S. Census.

*Bolster sanctuary cities and DACA

*Require every government agency to conduct a baseline review on whether its policy disadvantage any demographic group.

*Shut down the 1776 commission Trump established to reverse liberals re-writing history.

*Install new protection prohibiting workplace discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.

I don’t need to tell any of you why these executive orders will be a complete disaster. You already know gas prices are going to skyrocket, taxes are going to increase, regulations are going to increase, and it is going to become very expensive to heat or cool your home. The MSM may not notice this, but everyone else will see this every time they fill up their car or pay an energy bill.

The economy will sink faster than the Titanic. Unemployment will soar and the government, already running out of money, will be forced to cut spending while raising taxes. No one will be happy. The biggest migration will not be toward our southern border, but rather people fleeing blue states run by Democrats and heading toward red states run by Republicans.

Oh, by the way, the lockdowns will continue, COVID will get worse and a lot of people are not going to be enthusiastic about being forced to take a vaccine they considered dangerous and unnecessary. Now combine that with Joe Biden being Joe Biden and more than half the people convinced that Democrats stole the election. Nice!

This is 2021 and if you look out your window today, it looks bleak. But, if you look just a farther you can see 2022 on the horizon and it will get here sooner than you can even imagine. We are in for a bumpy ride, but the bumpier it gets the sooner people will do whatever it takes to get back on a better path. California may lead the way because I really think Gavin Newsom is about to be recalled. Hopefully, he will be replaced by someone better than Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Because we live in America, not Venezuela, the future still looks bright, for those willing to see both what is happening now and what is yet to come. As Sarah Palin recently said, I can see 2022 from my window. We all need to look back to the future.

TDM