Question 1): Have we reached the point where state government leaders in Lansing will succumb to public demand and pass, for political purposes, some type of pause in the state’s 52.4 cents gas tax?
Answer 1): As recently as early this past week, it looked like this would never happen. Republican House Speaker Matt Hall and Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks, a Democrat, had already made strong statements that took this issue off the table. Hard to believe Gov. Gretchen Whitmer would support any such action. Even as a lame duck, she doesn’t want the story being that she not only left Michigan with a budget deficit — she made it worse, and she wouldn’t have come close to “fix(ing) the damned roads.” But then the pressure got to incumbent state legislators seeking re-election in the face of sky-high prices at the pump, so Senate majority Democrats said they might put something up for a vote on Thursday. Ultimately, they didn’t and kicked the can into this coming week. They’re scheduled to meet on Tuesday, with Whitmer saying “other solutions” would be pursued and declining to commit to signing any legislation that might reach her desk (which she’ll try to prevent at all costs). Best guess: Cooler heads will prevail and lawmakers will try to run out the clock on taking votes on a rollback that, if it passed, would cost hundreds of millions of dollars and reek havoc with state finances.
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Question 2): Is there any political risk for Republican candidates and incumbents who opt to push back against President Donald Trump?
Answer 2): Sure, but there’s a much bigger political risk in not doing it. They’re damned if they do, damned if they don’t. Some 25% to 35% of the Republican base are loyal to Trump, and no GOP candidate can afford to alienate those voters. So, no, we shouldn’t expect many Republicans to suddenly announce that they’re parting company with Trump. However, there is risk in continuing to support a President who has lost virtually every independent and moderate voter, reflected in his record-low approval rating. We’re more likely to see some selective separation — disagree with Trump on the Iran war, gas prices, tariffs, or whatever else becomes unpopular, while continuing to embrace him when it works with the Republican base. Republican U.S. Senate nominee Mike ROGERS is already showing us what that looks like.
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Question 3): What are the most effective social wedge issues Republicans can use to lure conservative voters to the polls this cycle?
Answer 3): Transgender and Islamophobia. It’s all about race-baiting and code signaling that, in the case of Abdul El-Sayed, he’s ‘not one of us,’ as we’ve seen in the often irresponsible charges that tie him to terrorists and sympathizers of the 9/11 attacks. GOP strategists realize that, in this political environment, that could be effective. Toss in the Democratic socialist bogyman, i.e., that all Democrats are communists and Marxists, maybe even terrorist sympathizers. That’s being used against El-Sayed as well as 7th CD Democratic nominee Will LAWRENCE. We’re not seeing it click for a broader audience, but it could bring out more conservative-leaning voters who might otherwise stay home on Election Day. For younger voters — those people age 18 to 35 who do not have the same mindset against Democratic socialists — it may have no impact at all.
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Question 4): If you’re Abdul El-Sayed and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jocelyn Benson, who could come in for you in the closing days of the campaign and give your campaign a noticeable boost?
Answer 4): Barack Obama. Great name ID. He’s beloved by Democrats and respected by Independents. Great at delivering a message. No one will energize Detroit voters the way Obama can, although Abdul El-Sayed hoped Kamala Harris could help him that way when she appeared with him in Motown last week. That said, with $5-a-gallon gas and other “affordability” atrocities, the El-Sayed and Benson campaigns may not need any outside help to win based on the current political climate.
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Question 5): If you’re Mike Rogers or Republican gubernatorial nominee John James, who could come in for you in the closing days before Nov. 3 and give your campaign a noticeable boost?
Answer 5): Some wit has suggested Jesus Christ, but we can’t be sure which side he’d be on.
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There are a lot of things that can be said about the GOP attacks on transgender women. Sadly, the worst aspect is that they are promoting a “solution” to a problem that doesn’t exist. The NCAA doesn’t allow transgender women to compete. Same with the Olympics.
In Michigan, there are maybe a dozen transgender women among the 300,000 or so kids competing in MHSAA sports. (When I hear people speaking out against transgender girls, I ask them if they can name even one who is competing. They can’t. It’s the Loch Ness monster syndrome – “I’ve never seen it, but I believe it’s there.)
In reality, there are far more girls competing on boys’ teams including football, basketball and wrestling than there are transgender girls on girls’ teams. The MHSAA gets 1 or 2 applications per year from transgender girls wantiwing to compete.
I readily agree with the concerns over locker room/bathroom issues. There are two easy responses that don’t require a statewide hate-the-kids campaign. MSU’s dorms have unisex facilities that include the high-tech innovation called for locks. Seems to work just fine. The same is true for sports officials: somehow, officiating crews with both men and women coexist with no problems.
The drive to treat a tiny minority as second-class citizens is pathetic, a sign of desperation in a campaign cycle where Republicans can’t possibly win if they focus on issues that actually impact all of us.
“……a campaign cycle where Republicans can’t possibly win if they focus on issues that actually impact all of us.”
BINGO!
Gasoline prices are impacting elections nationally and internationally.
In Texas, a virtually unknown Democrat state representative – Gino Hinojosa – is pulling ahead of incumbent GOP Governor Greg Abbott in recent NYTimes polling for a seat Abbott has usually won by double digits over his Democratic opponent. The Dems in Texas have consistently had polling leads in the current U.S. Senate race where Ken Paxton is running as a Republican. The Texas Democratic Party had a goal of turning Texas blue by 2032 – but they underestimated themselves.
In Ohio, the GOP is in a statistical dead heat in the governor’s race in a state that usually easily elects a Republican governor.
In Israel, gasoline tax relief went into effect today – after prices had soared to over $10 per gallon – in order to lower pump prices to $9.65 per gallon. The ruling Likud-led coalition in the Knesset is expected to lose power in the upcoming elections later this month as they are woefully behind in polling. 93% of Israel’s citizens in polling had initially supported the IDF’s Operation Roaring Lion attacks on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure – and 92% now opine the military operation had failed.
Operation Epic Fury likewise has been a profound failure for the Trump administration – and it has caused the greatest increase in gasoline prices in the history of America.
Unless gasoline prices drop near to the $2.49 per gallon levels seen in February of this year before the attacks on Iran occurred – the GOP will suffer a disaster electorally in November – losing both houses of Congress and almost all seats in Michigan statewide elections.
Trump MUST act to end the Iran war immediately.
I have a common sense opinion about gender dysphoria. If you have a dick, you ain’t a chick.
Jesus being Jewish, he would have no choice but to vote Republican due to the Democratic embrace of antisemitism. Then again, how could such a principled man embrace our sitting president who has no principles other than family enrichment. When push comes to shove, my hunch is that Jesus will join the millions of us who are disgusted at the choices we have been given and will simply sit this one out……..
I believe the “wit” you referenced in the last question is actually “De Witt”.
Nice article, Bill.
QUESTION 1: Well, let’s see. The gas tax is what helps fund our road system (such as it is), do we have enough money in the coffers to keep up our road and highway expenditures without the tax? Ah, no. A short tax holiday is activity masquerading as accomplishment. Would it be politically popular? For a moment, yes, but it will do nothing to help elect or re-elect the “we must cut taxes” crowd that is advocating it. But overall you’re conclusion is correct. It will make a bad situation worse and compelling either a Governor Benson or Governor James to deal with the significant deficit expected for next year, and it is not the sort of legacy a politician who still sees a political future for herself will, or should, do.
QUESTION 2: There is an old adage that “you gotta dance with the one that brung ya”. When you don’t, most voters are smart enough to realize that a particular politician who doesn’t is a fraud. But try they will, probably too late for any of them to do that successfully. And they will be told to do so by GOP consultants whose loyalty may rest with the one who pays them. Listening to the TV ads that appear on the TV and YouTube, especially for GOP candidates, I am reminded of the headline of a June 11, 2022 story written by National Review’s Michael Brendan Dougherty on GOP consultants: “REPUBLICAN CONSULTANTS: DUMB AND EVIL”. He particularly disliked one consultant, a Mac Stipanovich who once toiled for Florida Governor Bob Martinez, but decided to become a Democrat. The problem rests with the GOP and its internal conflict over whether they are “establishment” (Bush- Romney) or populist (Trump) Republicans. If they were good at their jobs, their ads would be quoting that notorious rightwing hack (tongue planted firmly in cheek) Mickey Kaus of The Kaus Files who has reported the following about poverty: Kaus’s View on Poverty Data
• Record Low: Official poverty reached a historic low of 10.2% in 2025.
• Income Rise: Real median household income hit a record $87,460.
• Media Critique: Kaus criticized a New York Times headline (“Poverty Rate Was Stable Before Trump’s Safety Net Cuts Gained Force”) as misleading.
• Relative Measure Focus: He noted media preference for supplemental poverty metrics over the traditional official rate.
• Political Reaction: Kaus expressed surprise that the White House did not heavily promote the historic economic milestone.
Or about the hike in manufacturing employment despite the efforts of some businesses hoping to make more money from China and other places than hiring Americans. The key point is the political reaction. Yes, Trump and Bessent have not been shouting this from the rooftop, but the useless GOP consultants have not either. A good chunk of Trumponomics is working, the rest remains a work in progress. But given the quality of the ads they are generating, GOP consultants seem either unaware of this or incapable of doing this.
QUESTION 3: The transgender issue is generally a winner in polling data. It’s easy to understand, especially for someone who did not sleep through sex education classes or 9th grade biology: XX does not equal XY. Keeping boys out of girls sports is easy to understand, and the fact that Democrats are not shouting the Party’s general position on this from the rooftops is proof they know the Party is on the wrong side of the issue. Whether any reporter or debate moderator will ask the question is another matter. Part of the socialist and communist stuff comes from the usual suspects. Bill is right that many younger voters – especially those who went into debt to get a college degree that basically qualifies them to be a barista or grocery clerk – aren’t repelled by Marxism or Communism, and given their woke education, probably think that the folks they believe to be today’s Kulaks and counter revolutionaries should be dealt with harshly. Hell, recent poll done by The Rasmussen Reports/Our Republic survey (reported by Charlie McCarthy of Newsmax on 9/30/26) found: “NEARLY TWO IN 10 LIKELY U.S. VOTERS SAY THEY WOULD SUPPORT DESTROYING ISRAEL AND CREATING A PRO-PALESTINIAN STATE IN EXCHANGE FOR AN END TO THE IRAN WAR AND LOW OIL AND GAS PRICES, RASMUSSEN REPORTS FOUND.
THE RASMUSSEN REPORTS/OUR REPUBLIC SURVEY FOUND 19% WOULD SUPPORT “COMPLETELY DISMANTLING THE NATION OF ISRAEL AND REPLACING IT WITH A NEW PALESTINIAN-LED NATION” UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS, WHILE 58% OPPOSED THE PROPOSAL AND 22% WERE UNSURE.” Mr. McCarthy showed us who some of the Kulaks would be. The polling results are bipartisan as “TWENTY-FOUR PERCENT OF DEMOCRATS SUPPORTED THE PROPOSAL, COMPARED WITH 16% OF REPUBLICANS AND 17% OF VOTERS UNAFFILIATED WITH EITHER MAJOR PARTY.
OPPOSITION STOOD AT 72% AMONG REPUBLICANS, 42% AMONG DEMOCRATS AND 61% AMONG UNAFFILIATED VOTERS.
THE SHARPEST DIVIDE, HOWEVER, WAS GENERATIONAL.
RASMUSSEN REPORTED 46% OF VOTERS AGES 18-24 AND 60% OF THOSE AGES 25-29 SUPPORTED DISMANTLING ISRAEL UNDER THE HYPOTHETICAL SCENARIO.”
Some will resist, but yeah, Bill is right. Unfortunately.
QUESTION 4: Spot on right.
QUESTION 5: Well, I’m pretty sure that He has more important things to do than get involved in Michigan politics, but I suspect there are precincts in this state where even His endorsement would not carry weight.
I am a conservative Republican and have attended our state convention in 2016 where MIGOP delegates foolishly adopted a pro-Israel plank with very little discussion
I believe that the State of Israel should be dissolved and replaced with a single democratic binational state from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. The U.S. has propped up militarily a failed Jewish state for decades and continues to pay for its folly. Voters are wisely voting out AIPAC-owned legislators from Congress. Haley Stevens and Shri Thanedar have been made examples of.
Tucker Carlson, Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Green are conservatives that have correctly enunciated reasons why U.S. support of Israel needs to cease.
In early 1975, Democrats in Congress permitted the Republic of Vietnam to collapse by blocking a GOP-led bill for military aid. By May of 1975 the U.S. ally was defeated. The Republic of Vietnam was a corrupt regime that stopped needed land reforms.
Americans are waking up and asking why they are paying 5.00 per gallon in gasoline prices. They wisely see the Israeli government as the culprit.
Americans emerged a wiser nation after the Indochina quagmire – they need to support the establishment of a single democratic contiguous Palestinian state to replace the State of Israel.
Respectfully, Leanne, I dissent.
Israel is not “a failed Jewish state”. Technically, it is not a “Jewish” state in that Judaism is not, by statute, the state religion. It is democratic state with vibrant politics that is prosperous and well off financially. Its Arab citizens have more rights than Arabs have in most Arab countries. The US has supplied military aid like we have done for many countries, but I would not say that means we have propped it up militarily. We do not have troops fighting their wars, providing air or naval cover for their forces. Our military footprint is much smaller than it is in Europe or Asia.
History shows us that when Israel was established in 1948, her neighbors sought to exterminate Israel. And in the Six-Day War. And the Yom Kippur War. Their attitudes have not changed. The results of October 7th are proof of that. As are the homicide (their intent is not their suicide but the murder of others) bombers of the past few decades. Those actions have been supported by a vast majority of Palestinians. The idea that they will change their minds, attitudes and behaviors so we don’t have to suffer with gas at $5 per gallon in a conflict with a Shia state actively trying to start a world war to bring back the hidden imam (Iran is run by twelvers) is not a serious thought.
What, pray tell, would we call this binational state? Palestine? The name Palestine comes from the Roman corruption of the word Philistine (they did not have an “F” in the alphabet), who were most likely Greek immigrants (settler culture to modern college grads) who settled in Canaan during the Iron Age. After the Romans crushed the Jews in the first century AD, they decided to rename the place. The name stuck.
You mention a “single democratic binational state from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea”. Well, it would be the first democratic state in the Middle East NOT called Israel. Does anyone seriously think that the Arabs will somehow turn themselves into Ben Franklin, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson or John Adams? If so, one might expect that we would have seen such a democracy by now by these folks in the countries they already live in. I’m not holding my breath. Personally, that idea will not work because history shows us what their response has been to the presence of Jews in the Middle East. The Jews there were “dhimmi”, basically second-class citizens (on a good day) who were assessed extra taxes and the like. Mark Twain showed us this Middle East in his book “Innocents Abroad”. His description of the Holy Land showed a land that was poor, miserable, and poorly run. And he was hardly a Zionist. The situation started to change a bit with the influx of more Jewish immigrants in the 19th and early 20th centuries when Jews fled discrimination in mostly Europe. And their Arab neighbors’ response was less than friendly with this. Apparently, Philistines are ok as “settlers” but not Jews.
But let’s assume we give this a try. Binational states have an exceptionally bad track record. In the 1990s, we saw what happened in Rwanda between the Hutus and Tutsis where we saw the damage the Hutus could do with some machine guns, small arms, an occasional rocket launcher and technicals (the ubiquitous Toyota pick-ups). It did not turn out particularly well for the Tutsis where in a span of 100 days some 500,000 – 620,00 were murdered by their “co-nationals”. That was a genocide. Most binational states are not that bloody, but the Balkan states have had their fair share of bloodshed. Maybe they will get lucky and turn out to be Belgium. Or Canada?
Let’s look at Belgium. It is said that Belgium was created so that Germany and France would have a place to fight their wars. All joking aside, Belgium’s Flemish and Walloon populations do not like each other; their political parties – regardless of ideology – are based on the language they speak; and they have as little to do with one another as possible. The presence of NATO in Belgium has probably done more to keep the peace there as anything, but somehow I do not suspect you want the US to play a similar role in the Middle East.
As for Canada, who gets to be the Quebecois? Canada is five areas masquerading as a country (Prof Ian Lee of Carleton University in Ontario). Their equalization payments – designed to help the poorer provinces with money from the wealthier ones – are basically bribes paid to Quebec (they receive well more than half of those payments) so they do not secede. They threaten to leave every time they don’t get their way. The Parti Quebecois (the provincial secessionist party) claims that Quebec is owed the western three quarters of Labrador (and the Churchill Falls for hydroelectric power) over a court dispute they lost in an English court when Labrador and Newfoundland were NOT part of Canada. But in all fairness, the PQ (the likely winners of the upcoming provincial election in Quebec) have said that with enough money given to Quebec, they might drop their claim. For now. Does anyone think that this scenario will play out in the Middle East?
You are right that the Democratic Congress cut off all aid and even prohibited the Republic of Vietnam from even BUYING materiel from the US. All their guns, artillery, and vehicles became almost useless overnight. Kind of hard to defend yourself when your weapons won’t work. Yes, the South Vietnamese government was corrupt, but it was replaced by an authoritarian dictatorship with the resultant flood of boat people leaving, murder, “re-education” camps and all the other fun and enjoyable things communist dictatorships are known for. I am neither a card-carrying Republican nor Democrat, but what was done to the South Vietnamese by a Democratic Congress would not be something I would be proud of if I were a card-carrying Democrat. But to equate South Vietnam with Israel is simply wrong.
As for Tucker Carlson, Rep. Thomas Massie and former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, usually the less said the better. But let’s take them in alphabetical order. And as it is the Sabbath, I will be as kind as I can be. Tucker Carlson has changed over the years. I think the late Canadian writer, George Jonas, best described folks like Tucker in his October 27, 2003 column for The National Post with the headline “PRAGMATIC ANTI-SEMITES. I suggest everyone should read it. Let me quote the last two paragraphs in my usual style (all caps, I am not shouting): “PRAGMATIC ANTI-SEMITISM CAN ALSO BE DESCRIBED AS DEMOGRAPHIC REALISM. MUSLIM VOTERS OUTNUMBER JEWISH VOTERS IN CANADA. DITTO FOR THE WORLD. AS DR. MAHATHIR (then Malaysian Prime Minister) HELPFULLY POINTED OUT, THERE ARE MORE THAN A BILLION MUSLIMS AND ONLY A FEW MILLION JEWS.
SO CANADA IS NOT GOVERNED BY A BUNCH OF ANTI-SEMITES, ONLY A BUNCH OF DEMOGRAPHIC REALISTS. THIS ISN’T THE BIG PROBLEM. THE BIG PROBLEM IS THAT DEMOGRAPHIC REALISM HOLDS SWAY IN MOST OTHER COUNTRIES AS WELL. ONLY THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING CIVILIZATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, BRITAIN AND AUSTRALIA RESIST IT – OR, TO BE PRECISE, ONLY GEORGE W. BUSH’S, TONY BLAIR’S AND JOHN HOWARD’S ADMINISTRATIONS DO. TALK ABOUT A THIN RED LINE. THREE MEN AREN’T MUCH TO STAND BETWEEN A DEATH CULT AND THE NEXT HOLOCAUST. THAT, IN THE END, IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM.” And neither of those three are in power.
Ms Greene, a former cross fit model turned Congresswoman, is probably more famous as the Jewish Space Laser lady. She is fond of conspiracy theories and is one of many who seem to think release of the entire Epstein files will be some sort of Rosetta stone to identify corruption in the world. Release of the entire file would be interesting and salacious reading, though collateral damage (like identifying the folks used in the line-up of Epstein) may cause more trouble than intended.
Rep. Massie has had a love-hate relationship with Trump that turned fully hateful sometime in 2020. In 2020, he beat his Trump backed opponent in the primary by a 4:1 margin. That dropped to 3:1 in 2022 and 2024 before he lost to a Trump backed challenger by a 5:4 margin. The people finally tired of his schtick. He is one of many who share Ms Greene’s position on the Epstein files and he, along with Rep. Khanna, was responsible for releasing the names of the guys used in the line-up that involved Epstein. Oops. He also tends to be in the so-called libertarian wing of the GOP which, I feel, are best described as libertine nihilists, especially in economics where they seem to know the price of almost everything but the cost of almost nothing. Reagan’s greatest mistake was letting them out of the academic basement in the 1980s.
You conclude that the American people “NEED TO SUPPORT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SINGLE DEMOCRATIC CONTIGUOUS PALESTINIAN STATE TO REPLACE THE STATE OF ISRAEL.” As I have shown above, we know how this will end. One or the other will have to leave the area, the Jews or the Palestinians. British Labour Party MP Naz Shah suggested the Jews be deported to the US. That comment got her suspended for a while from the Labour Party, but she has represented the constituency of Bradford West since 2015. On the other hand, the Palestinians could be deported. If so, may I suggest China. China has plenty of cities with lots of housing and no people in them. Their demographics are awful and they have been supportive of the Palestinian cause. I can see it now, a special economic zone, maybe like Hong Kong. A fantasy, I know, but an equally just outcome compared to MP Shah’s suggestion.
“I am a conservative Republican and have attended our state convention in 2016 where MIGOP delegates foolishly adopted a pro-Israel plank with very little discussion “
Sorry, I can’t put this as cerebraly and as eruditely as Mr. Sullivan does . . .
1) And just what is it about your Bush-family-like globalist tendencies that makes you think you are conservative? Please point to one thing in your thinking that doesn’t align with the social/globalist plank? Week after week you praise the prowess of El-Sayed and rail against Kristina Karamo.
2) If you ever read your Bible, you wouldn’t have to ridicule the GOP plank to support Israel. Let one third of your ethnic family be wiped out and have half the world thereafter castigate you just for living. I’ll wager you wouldn’t spout your blatant anti-Jewishness then. The Palestinians were given their own test state in 2005 (it’s called Gaza even today). They did nothing but wage war and throw it away. Wipe out the Jewish state and you’ve committed genocide. Wipe out the Palestinians and you’ve still got millions and millions of Palestinians with plenty of opportunity to straighten up and fly right with an outside chance of their own country. Don’t hold your breath.
“Tucker Carlson, Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Green are conservatives that have correctly enunciated reasons why U.S. support of Israel needs to cease. “
1) Carlson, Massie, MSG, Karl Rove and John Cornyn are Bush family (B/CMMRC) anti-Jewish globalist acolytes. PM Ariel Sharon took you up on your “wiser nation” thinking in 2005. If you think Israel will ever come close to doing anything close to that again then you might just call yourself Leanne [Bush]. You’ll need to genocide them . . . but of course, that is exactly what you are calling for . . . sheeesh.
2) If you’d look, you’d find Israel is not a failed state. They are the only shining city on a hill surrounded by an ocean of failed tyrannical states.
3) Why are you trying (like the Bush family) to co-opt the national GOP starting with the rag-tag B/CMMRC gang? Wrong thinking. Just so you can jump out of the big Democrat lake into the small GOP pond? Does it mean that much to you being the leader of a failed group just so you can be leader of something? In the other immortal words of James Carville, “. . . go start your own political party”.
You’ve blamed time and again the Dem tri-fecta on the MIGOP electing Kristina Karamo. Well, I grew up in an age where Republican campaign headquarters were systematically fire-bombed out of the city of Detroit and the MIGOP, and the legacy media, didn’t say a word. In a knee-jerk reaction they nominated Willaim Lucas. Michigan voters took it for the appeasement it was. He was a good man but before his time. Can you imagine what the MIGOP is going to look like after this election cycle and your misguided direction gives the Democrats a quint-fecta? But no, I guess you can’t as long as you can use Trump as your political cover. I can always delude myself that you are using reverse psychology and trying to get the republicans out to vote. I just don’t perceive that to be your goal.
Your wrong-headed thinking is exactly why Michigan politics is, well, Michigan politics. We’re apparently destined to always be a catch phrase and side bar to the nation. Thanks . . . not
I am an unabashed supporter of Donald Trump and his Board of Peace.
Some observations:
(A) The Board of Peace plan for Gaza has been promoted by the U.S. State Department;
(B) Hamas has not only accepted that plan but encouraged the U.S.to enforce it against Israel;
(C) Hamas has agreed to disarm and relinquish power to an independent Gaza authority tasked with re-establishing peace and security in Gaza;
(D) Israel has rejected the plan and refuses to leave Gaza and openly violates the cease-fire negotiated by the Trump administration that had resulted in the release of Israeli hostages;
(E) Israel’s rejection of the Board of Peace plan is a slap in the face to President Trump and his State Department – while prolonging the Gaza conflict indefinitely and leading Trump to avoid Netanyahu during his UN visit;
(F) Israeli government intransigence and ensuing gridlock will likely cause the Likud coalition to lose the scheduled Oct. 27th Knesset elections – and Hamas has been waiting for this development they perceive as positive;
(G) the Iran War was induced by the government of Israel and has been largely unsuccessful in attaining its goals of regime change in Iran and disabling its uranium enrichment efforts – but have likely contributed to regime change in Israel.
Americans are looking forward to a new incoming government in Israel after October 27th. – and so will President Donald Trump.
1) I’ll take your word for it that you are, “an unabashed supporter of Donald Trump and his Board of Peace.”
Even though without ever meeting you, I hope you don’t mind, I just kinda doubt it deep down, ya know?
2) “(C) Hamas has agreed to disarm and relinquish power to an independent Gaza authority tasked with re-establishing peace and security in Gaza;”
Yes . . . yes, they did sign. But no . . . no, the SIGNED deadline to relinquish their arms came and went, and true to their lying form, voila, they didn’t disarm and informed the world they never would. Doveryay, no proveryay: Trust but verify, ya know? The intransigence belongs with the Palestinians.
3) “(G) the Iran War was induced by the government of Israel . . .”.
Totally unsubstantiated. The Iran war was induced by the Iranian negotiators boasting to the American negotiators they would have 450 Kgs of bomb grade (90%) Uranium within 2 weeks and subsequently demonstrated their missiles could reach London. So, is England and every major European country along the way at fault for not pitching in to bomb Iran’s nuclear site? Perhaps. Surely more than Israel who wasn’t involved in the negotiations.
There are none so blind as those who will not see.
I agree with my friends Leanne and Walt Sorg
Who in their right mind would have brought in Jack Smith to testify before the US Senate and give closing statement. NUTS/-my wife thinks that SNL could do a whole program on the Jack Smith hearing.
If you want to see what is wrong with the MIGOP, I suggest you take a long look in the mirror. You’ll find a fawning Bush-ite globalist (bought cheaply) who would rather jump in bed with Caesar’s globalist elites than let the MIGOP straighten up and fly right. You are like the big rich family who moves to a small town, begins bank-rolling the local little church, just so you can have your gospel preached to you the way you and your ilk like it. Michigan politics would be so much better if you’d just take your Massie, MSG, Tucker Carlson, Karl Rove and John Cornyn’s and beat it over to the Democrats where you belong. One of these political parties needs to be non-globalist or else nothing is going to be healthy for America. But of course, you don’t care . . . it’s not in your Cannon.
As a “life long” Democrat ,I cannot support the D.S.A. Candidates Who have hijacked the Party of JFK ,and are now complicit at present, with the ideology of the world wide enemy of Humanity ,Iranian Leadership. Iran has openly proclaimed its goal of defeating President Trump’s foreign policy and via influencing the mid term Elections, limit His power domestically through the remaining two years of His term. NTD News has revealed the connection many of these D.S.A. Candidates have, monetarily ,despite denials, to the wealthy antisemite syndicate George Soros family. The major Agenda ,also openly revealed, is to deconstruct the Constitutional Republic as created by the Founders.