by Clayton Tramel
If you were to ask those who know me best what I’m passionate about, animal welfare would be near the top of the list. It means a lot to me. Always has, but even more so after welcoming an underfed 80lb stray beast into my home and my life for a wonderful 5 year stretch. That was Marty. He was immaculate.
A few years after Marty passed away I had a friend seek my council on her own senior pup. She was wrestling with many options on the declining health of a dog who as usual, was less of a pet and more of a member of the family. As she talked about the animals poor health and never ending list of treatments that seemed of no use, I brought up to her that the last great gesture of love we give to our animals is the ability to end their suffering.
She immediately broke into tears.
“I’ve been wanting so badly for someone to tell me that. I just didn’t know if it was okay. I needed to hear it.”
You clicked on this article. You know what it’s about. I want to go ahead and spoil the rest for some of you, and clarify that I am not recommending that you put down Donald Trump. Lord knows two idiots have tried already and if they can’t do it I doubt you and your veterinarian can either.
But thinking about this story again, it made me think about the position some of you might find yourself in with regards to the 2024 Presidential Election. Some of you are wrestling with what you (rightly) consider your duty to vote, but your inability to vote for a man that, for a multitude of reasons, you just cant check the box for. Well this next statement is for you, and you especially if you live in North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada or Arizona. You swingers listen up:
It’s okay if you don’t vote for Donald Trump….
(deep breath)
As long as you don’t vote for Kamala Harris.
Voting for one candidate with no regard to the consequences of empowering their politics just to spite the candidate that you don’t like for non policy reasons would put you in a category of people that I consider the most dangerous in this 2024 election. It’s going to be so tight that they may be the deciding demographic. I’ll say it again: voting for her just because you don’t like him personally would be an incredibly dangerous act against your country.
Man that sounds over dramatic. Truthfully, it’s not dramatic enough.
Former President Donald Trump in the Oval Office during his tenure as the 45th President of the United States
I jump straight to the conclusion that your inability to vote for Trump is based on something personal, not on something policy. Why? Because the man Governed well, and we were better off with his policies than we have been with Biden/Harris. Inflation? Trump left office at 1.4%. A year and a half later it had risen to 9.1%. His last month in office the average price of a gallon of gas was $2.38. In 2024 it had DROPPED to $3.62. Under Trump, Mortgage Rates hit a historic low of 2.65%. In May of this year they were 7.11%. The Democrats catering to the Green New Deal zealots is the main culprit for everybit of this runaway inflation (more on that another time). President Trump was the first President in decades to have no new wars start under his watch. Illegal immigration encounters at our Southern Border were at a fraction of what they have been the last 3 years.
For me? I cant wait to vote for the man a third time. I think he’s exactly what we need right now. I don’t elect a President to be a Mascot for the Country while other operatives silently pull strings behind the curtain as they have done with President Biden.
I don’t need my President to be a role model for me. I have real people in my life that serve that purpose. I just need someone who makes smart common sense decisions that will keep my family and I safe and secure and in a position to prosper…and common sense and Democrats are two ships passing in the night.
Is Trump a perfect candidate? Was the 9th season of Family Matters as good as the first one? Trust me, though I’ve tried, I cant defend everything the man does. I would prefer if my President doesn’t tweet out a message calling a pornographic actress a horseface. It would make my life as a red hat wearing man much easier. But I’ll take that over a blank slate, flip-floping prop that wants to drive our country into socialism. Heck, tweet all the porn stars you want if it keeps us away from losing our freedom.
The truth is most people don’t really want to have Washington DC involved with their everyday life. All the more reason to vote Republican. They want to support their families and have a couple days off a week. This is why Democrats are able to poison the well of so many without them knowing. Most don’t understand that corporate media and the Democratic party are two arms in the same coat. I wouldn’t want to vote for a man who said that Neo Nazi’s and White Supremacists were ‘very fine people’ either, but the fact that in the same press conference they reference, I saw him say the exact opposite is why I know not to continue to trust the media/Democratic party who continuously cry wolf.
The campaign strategy of Vice President Kamala Harris has largely been to focus on false narratives of Donald Trump, as opposed to real solutions should she win the Presidency.
There’s a reason that Democrats in the last three elections have campaigned less on what they’re about, and more about sullying your opinion on what their opponent is about. Republicans are trying to get you to vote for someone: Democrats are trying to get you to vote against someone. Some have caught on to that fact. Some have not.
So if you are one of the ones who have not, I say again: it is okay and somewhat understandable if you cant pull the lever for Donald Trump. Just don’t vote for Kamala Harris. Don’t put us one step closer to socialism just because you bought into what you’ve been sold against Trump. I’m not asking for you to like him: I’m just begging you not to spite him with your vote.