Our Nation has been through a number of recessions since its inception. Some were quite long and severe, and some were short and mild. The traditional definition of a recession is when the Nation’s economy shrinks in two consecutive months, although the current government leadership seems determined to define it differently, hiding the truth behind deflection and word salads. The general citizen recognizes a recession when it takes more of your money to buy the same item, and when prices rise faster than incomes. Without much doubt or argument, most would agree that our Nation is in the throes of a recession that is deepening and looks to be around for more than a few troubling months.
The picture above is of James Carville. He was a strategist in Bill Clinton’s successful 1992 presidential campaign against the incumbent President George HW Bush during the 1990-1992 recession. Mr. Carville was the one who made famous the statement, “It’s the economy, stupid!” President Bush had ordered an invasion of Panama to topple the notorious General Manuel Noriega in 1989, and in 1990-1991 Iran’s invasion of Kuwait precipitated President Bush’s decision to decimate the Iraq’s army in the Persian Gulf War. Following these costly war efforts, our Nation began to fall into a recession. It was during this time that President Bush also uttered those infamous words, “Read My Lips. No New Taxes”. He had to back-track on his pledge, and taxes were raised. His credibility was compromised. The Nation’s citizens were facing higher prices and taxes, both having a very negative impact on the Nation’s economy and the lives of average Americans. It was during the runup to the 1992 Presidential election that James Carville uttered those now famous words, “It’s the economy, stupid!” The inclusion of Ross Perot into the presidential election fray allowed Bill Clinton to become President with only 43% of the Nation’s vote. Bush had garnered 37%, and the conservative Perot garnered 19%, splitting the Republican vote and basically handing the election to Clinton.
We believe it is once again time to resurrect those once famous words, “It’s the economy, stupid!” The top 1% of our Nation’s citizens, those with the highest incomes and least impacted by the ravages of a growing inflation, have been immunized against its effects. However, we believe the overwhelming majority within this Nation are being negatively impacted by the effects of our Nation’s current inflation. As mid-term voting this November is now less than two months away, it is time to declare loudly and persistently, “It’s the economy, stupid!” If you do not like the direction being set by those currently in control of our National government, then you need to vote to effect a change in the direction of our Nation. If you treasure your FREEDOM and LIBERTY, only you through your vote can make that change a reality.
If the word’s, “It’s the economy, stupid!” isn’t enough to motivate you to vote for change, we would like to add a few new words that should also become infamous. We will list a few of them now:
“It’s the invasion at our southern border, stupid!”
“It’s the cancel culture, stupid!”
“It’s the rising energy prices, stupid!”
“It’s the rising food prices, stupid!”
“It’s the rising rent and mortgage prices, stupid!”
“It’s the Covid mandates, stupid!”
“It’s the excessive executive orders, stupid!”
“It’s the war on fossil fuels, stupid!”
“It’s money spent on the Russia-Ukraine war, stupid!”
“It’s the Afghanistan retreat, stupid!”
“It’s the Hunter Biden laptop, stupid!”
“It’s the China threat, stupid!”
“It’s the opioid epidemic, stupid!”
“It’s the two-tier judicial system, stupid!”
“It’s the panic over global warming, stupid!”
“It’s the biased media, stupid!”
“It’s the sexualization of our school children, stupid!”
“It’s the excessive government spending, stupid!”
“It’s the feckless and spineless RINOs, stupid!”
“It’s the attack on religion and morality, stupid!”
“It’s the poor GOP leadership in the Senate, stupid!”
“It’s the diminishing retirement funds, stupid!”
“It’s the timidity of the GOP representatives, stupid!”
“It’s the woke corporations bowing to ESG, stupid!”
“It’s the attacks on our Second Amendment, stupid!”
“It’s the on-going push to kill the unborn, stupid!”
“It’s the denial of the President’s dementia, stupid!”
“It’s the blah blah blah . . . . , stupid!” Quite frankly, we are tired of listing all the potential words that should become infamous, but we will leave your imagination couched in reality to finish our partial list. What is definitely worth shouting loudly is the need for you to do all within your power to help save our FREEDOM and LIBERTY. If not for you, then do it for those who will follow you in life within this great Nation of ours. Only then when you pass from this life will you be able to face those who proceeded you in death, many who gave their very lives to give you what you have been privileged to enjoyed, and then with honor declare “I did all that I could.”