The first Republican debate of the New Year is now part of history.What hath been wrought?
There were now only seven on the main stage,seven of the Conservative Republican Elite,seven of the finest Republican Candidates to ever meet on one battlefield, in this,the Arena of Ideas. They are seven masters of their craft. Seven conservative political experts.Seven experienced and battle honed gladiators vying for the title,Commander in Chief, in this, their chosen arena of conflict. They are, in every respect, the time tested and unchallenged Masters of what Rudyard Kipling called, "The Great Game".
The brazen blare of battle trumpets sounded,on this Fox Business Channel battlefield, as Senator Ted Cruz unleashed his opening battle cry declaration, regarding our Naval personnel being forced to their knees at gun point by the Iranian Military."No member of the American military ,will ever be forced to their knees at gunpoint,if I an elected President!", Cruz declared.
This said,the battle was well and truly joined.The Republican combatants , at the urging of debate moderators Neil Cavuto and Maria Bartiromo, finally clashed , swords feinting , moving,probing for weakness,..seven men with political reflexes as fast as a puma's,as charged as a tiger's.The first blood was drawn,as front runners Cruz and Trump 's swords met,.and.found mortal flesh,..almost in unison.
Trump pushed the birther issue,Cruz countered swiftly with a solid constitutional reality,..anyone born of an American citizen,..is an American citizen at birth,..end of story.Trump fired back, accusing Cruz of mocking fellow New Yorkers by declaring that Trump was unfit to be the Republican nominee , because he had "New York values".
Trump pressed his advantage , reminding Cruz of the New York values that won the day in the wake of 911,and the New York values William Buckley Jr.,icon of the conservative movement, whop was indeed at one time a resident of the Big Apple. Cruz seemed visibly shaken, by this barrage,then, gathering himself, countered back yet again, unleashing his Master's Chess Move,..by revealing to Trump that the phrase,"New York Values",was actually coined by Donald Trump himself,in 1999,during a televised interview with Tim Russert. Checkmate, indeed,..to Cruz, in what would turn out to be the finest exchange of the evening.
The battles continued,..
Rubio attacked Christie on his past support of gun restrictions, Amnesty,and the Federal Government and imposed , leftist school curriculum known as Common Core. Christie countered with Rubio's support of the Democrat,"Gang of Eight" Amnesty Bill, led by Senators Pelosi ,Reid, and Schumer,..and seeming unwillingness to actually do his job as a Republican Senator,by simply showing up to cast votes.
Political Stalemate had been achieved here,with no clear cut winner in this exchange.Both Christie and Rubio have similar weaknesses,and both have the foreign policy experience, and basic conservative values that would make either a President to be reckoned with.
Governor John Kasich ,rather than wasting precious political energy attacking his opponents, instead, once again, simply put forth his considerable record of fiscal conservatism,both as a Governor and as a Republican Congressman,during the Age of Clinton, and Newt Gingrich,that resulted in balanced budgets , booming economies, elimination of deficits,..all the result of low taxes and regulations that are the foundation of Kasich 's fiscal conservatism. His weaknesses?An annoying reluctance to pursue entitlement reform on the grounds of his misapplied Judeo-Christian morality. Kasich's glaring Achilles heel has always been a failure to understand that the Christian spirit of charity that he embraces,must be imposed by the free will of individuals, not by the forced will of State and Federal Governments.
Dr. Ben Carson, once again displayed his Ghandi-like serenity, and his down to earth,common sense conservative values , choosing to ,once again, deflect all attacks and challenges with humor , while emphasizing the wisdom of his innovative , ingenious Fair Tax plan, a plan echoed by the equally brilliant Flat Tax Plan, endorsed and carefully explained,by Ted Cruz,..and his vastly underrated foreign policy acumen.Remember, it was Carson who came up with the concept of Syrian Refugee safe zones",.. by having the foresight and common sense, to actually go to Syria, and talk to the refugees , to see what solution they wanted. Carson is a pure, grassroots conservative, in the mold of Cruz, and although lacking in any real political experience , like fellow outsider Trump, nevertheless possesses the character , sound judgement,and belief in conservative values that would make him a fine President indeed.
In fact, they all would make far better Presidents,than any proposed Democrat Candidates , beyond a shadow of a doubt, because despite their differences , and, at times,vicious attacks on each other, they all believe in the same basic conservative values and principles , that are the Rock , upon which ,America was built.
They all believe in tax and regulation cuts across the board ,trade reform and energy independence,including the newly Republican resurrected oil exports , that will certainly be a boon to the American economy. They all believe in limited government ,balancing the budget, cutting the deficit, and eliminating wasteful government spending, both on a State, and Federal level.
They all believe in the complete repeal of the destructive tax scam known as Obamacare, and the repeal of the entire Obama Agenda , for that matter.
They all believe in a strong military ,and an aggressive war on Islamic terror,fought , not to contain , but to win, by destroying the enemy.They all believe in making sure that our Nation's veterans , who sacrificed everything to protect our freedom,are now, in turn,protected, loved,and cared for, by a grateful nation.
They all believe in protecting our 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms,because they all know that is the one right that makes all other rights,..possible.
They all believe in the Judeo-Christian values that are the foundation of our constitution, nation, and civilization  itself.
They all believe in our system of self-government,..a system where free man live, work, and worship as they please,as our Creator intended,..a system where the individual citizen rules himself,a system where We the People , are the only government,with no King, Queen, Dictator, or Despot,..bending us ,..to their will,..the Greatest System of Self Government,..yet devised by man.
Yes , the Republican Candidates for the Presidency are all united in conservative beliefs,all united in the Republican values that freed the slaves, created and passed the Civil Rights Act,..and protected the rights of all men,regardless of race, creed, or color,..to keep and bear arms , in defense of their hard won freedom.
But, what of the seventh man on that Republican Debate Stage?What of Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida?
History will record that, this night,this debate, was the finest moment for Jeb Bush, the heir presumptive to the Bush Throne and Dynasty.
Form midway through this clash of conservative gods, this throng of battle,..above the malestrom of political conflict,..came a voice ,..not shrill,unsure,..accusatory,..angry,..or confrontational , as it had been in past debates,..but a voice of calm, cool,strategically timed reason. Bush called a momentary halt to this clash of champions, to remind all on that stage,..
Who the real enemy is,..
What the real mission is,..
And, the real purpose behind these battles ,..in this,..the Arena of Ideas.
Jeb Bush truly , had a moment of political clarity, and reminded his comrades in arms of the real battle to be fought, the real prize,..to be won.
And,..to fight this battle,..to win this prize,..to achieve this glory,..
They must be united , as one,in victory,..
Or they will surely be divided , as many,..in defeat.
Yes,..former Florida Governor Jeb Bush,..the man who once turned and attacked his political protege,Rubio,..in an ill-advised political strategem,..
And called Donald Trump a jerk,out of sheer frustration,..
Now turned reasoned peacemaker and political philosopher,reminding his comrades, in mid -conflict,..that every single one of them,..believes in the basic Republican principles that make America Great, and every single one of them would make far better Presidents than any Democrat pretender.
And, most importantly, he reminded them that, no matter who amongst them ,would win this Republican battle,..
They must, in the end,..all unite ,and support that winner ,..In order to win the crown and preserve the glory that is America.
Indeed,..whoever wins the Republican nomination,must have, not only the unwaivering support of his fellow candidates, but also the unwaivering support of the Republican voters as well.
This is the key,..the one, true key,..to victory,..the one true key,..to restoring America,..
The one true key,..to stopping the Democrat Agenda completely , and permanently .
You see, there's a reason why the Democrat Party has controlled the majority of State and Federal governments since America's founding ,..
They do not attack their own,..
They do not split their vote,..
They do not focus on individual personalities , or stay home for elections , if their particular candidate isn't nominated.
No, the Democrats are focused on one thing,..alone,..
Electing Democrats ,..to every office ,..on every level of government,...
And nothing sways them from that focus. For they know, the more Democrat victories they achieve,..on a State and Federal level,....the more they can secure their power , their wealth,..their socialist agenda,..all to one end,..to remake America,..into their own image.
Not Hillary victory.
Not Biden victory.
Not Sanders victory.
Democrat Party victory,..is always their goal,..nothing more,...nothing less,..
In truth,..that is the reason for open borders ,that is the reason for welcoming sleeper cell Syrian refugees,..that is the reason for the release of terror criminals from Gitmo Bay,..that is the reason for the release of convicted felons , from Federal prisons,..across the country,..by the thousands.
That is the reason for promoting the fiction of a racist, divided America.
That is the reason for promoting the fiction of an anti-woman America.
That is the reason for the Occupy Wall Street movement, the Black Lives Matter movement,..and the reason behind the demonizing of our men and women in uniform.
That is the reason for the embracing of illegal immigrants ,..and the tax scam Obamacare that serves the dual purpose of registering illegals as Democrat voters and bilking even more tax dollars from the free market.
That is the reason for the downsizing of our military that votes 90% Republican.
That is the reason why voter I.D. is called racist and condemned by the Democrats. After all, a voting poll that actually checks I.D., is a voting poll that prevents illegal immigrant, Democrat supporting votes,from being cast.
That is the reason for the anti-gun agenda , and gun free zones.
The NRA is comprised mostly of Republican voters .Therefore, they must be disarmed and silenced.
An ultimate, unbeatable, overwhelming in numbers,..Democrat voting base,..a base dependent on tax payer funded entitlements to survive.
A base that must vote Democrat,....to survive.
A base that , thanks to open borders , Syrian refugees, and freed convicts,..will never again lose an election , to the Republican Party.
A base that will indeed secure the ruling Democrat elite's power base,..for all eternity.
That,.....is the Democrat Party's goal,..that they never ,never,never, never,..waiver from.
Never have,..never will,..
Defeat Republicans at all costs,..is all they concentrate on,..all they care about.
And,..that is why , for the bulk of America's  200+ years of existence,..Democrats have controlled this nation's destiny.
This,...must end.
And,..of all those candidates,..on that stage ,..in this ,..the first debate of the New Year,..
It was Jeb Bush ,...
And Bush alone,.....
Who was compelled to make sure that everyone on that stage ,..understood this.
A House divided against itself,..cannot stand.
The Time has come for this Party of division,of political factions that fail to unite in purpose,..
The Party that pits so-called conservatives against so-called moderates.
The Party that pits Tea Party against Establishment.
The Party that pits Grass Roots Movements,..against traditional conservative.
The Party that now pits mindless , third world , zombie- like Trump supporters against all other members of the Republican Party.
Enough of this nonsense.
This is a recipie for losing,..and it must end now,..
If the Democrat Party and their destructive agenda , are to be stopped,once and for all.
Republicans are winning, and have been,.since the landslide 2010 Midterm Victory.
Republican Victory is here,..now.
All we have to do,..is reach out and take it.
The victories continued into 2014, when the Republicans took back the Senate, and control of most State governments as well, in the biggest majority win,..since the days of the Hoover Administration.
A Republican House, and a Republican Senate,..
All that remains is the Presidency,..for complete victory.
We the People must focus like a laser on the prize. We the People must focus on only one thing,..the only thing that matters,..now.
The Next President,..must be a Republican President,..no matter what.
Three things in life are certain,..Death, Taxes,..and one of the Republican candidates running for President,..will get the nomination.
Whoever that nominee is;..must receive 1000% support from the Republican voting base.
No more sitting home for elections.Republicans sitting home defeated McCain- Palin. Republican voters sitting home defeated Romney-Ryan. Republican voters sitting home has nearly resulted in America's destruction at the hands of the Democrat Party.
And, tragically,..Republican voters sitting home has resulted in the beheading, burning, and crucifixtion, of thousands of Christians, Jews, Yazidis, and Kurdish refugees,..at the hands of ISIS.
Republican voters sitting home resulted in the deaths of four American Heroes,..at a lonely Embassy in Benghazi,..that a newly re-elected Democrat President and his Administration,..refused to protect on the Anniversary of 911,..in the year 2012.
No more.
Simple reality check;..
Both McCain and Romney would have prevented everything that has happened during the Obama Presidency. Both McCain and Romney would have stopped the growth of Al Queda,. the creation of ISIS,..and the birth of a nuclear armed Iran, now made 100 billion richer.
Remember,..it was John McCain who was the architect of the surge that won the war in Iraq, and decimated the forces of Al Queda.
And, make no mistake,..Both McCain and Romney would have secured the Benghazi Embassy, on the Anniversary of 911, and on every other day as well.
And, the grim reality is, if either McCain or Romney had been elected President,.the Benghazi Heroes,...Ambassador Chris Stevens,..Glenn Dougherty,..Sean Smith,..and Tyrone Woods,..would still be alive, and able to spend Christmas with their families , for many years to come.
To be blunt,..if you support Trump,..and you sit home on election night, because he didn't get the nomination,.
If you support Cruz,..and you sit home on election night,..because he didn't get the nomination,..
If you support Rubio,..and you sit home on election night,..because he didn't get the nomination,..
Then you are accessories to the murder of those four American heroes,..who died in Benghazi,..because Hillary Clinton and the Obama Administration,..ignored their pleas for help.
If you sit home and let Hillary Clinton , or any other Democrat,..win the Presidency,..because your choice for Republican President,..didn't get the nomination,..then you are as responsible as Hillary is,..for the deaths of those four men,..because,..in the end,..like Hillary,and like Obama,..
You stood down, and did nothing to gain justice for the Benghazi families , or to help your fellow Americans,..in their gravest time of need.
As a young man,growing up in Hong Kong, China,..Bruce Lee dreamed of taking his martial arts skills to America, and use them to become a star. But , he knew before this could happen,he had to somehow resolve what he called the "classical mess"that the Martial Arts community had made of his art form. Bruce saw too many styles, too many techniques,..too much wasted , ineffective movements and methods that, may have looked stylish,..but were basically useless in the nuts and bolts reality of practical , workable, self defense. To counter this, Bruce then set out to eliminate the classical mess his culture had made of the Martial Arts,..and replaced ineffective theory , style, and fanciful technique , with clean , efficient,practical , effective fighting methods that actually worked in real life situations. Gone was the mysticism and mumbo jumbo of the Shaolin tradition, discarded were the thousands of  techniques that looked good in exhibitions,but simply did not work against someone who could throw just one good solid right hook to the jaw.
Bruce Lee's new system , the system that he would teach in his martial arts schools across America,..would be called,"Jeet Kune Do"or,.."Way of the Stopping Fist".
It used, no way,..as a way.
No method,..as a method,..
Straight , clean punches, solid, straight , practical kicks, and leg sweeps,..trapping and countering blows, instead of energy wasting , evasive blocking techniques,..
No unnecessary movement.No unneeded techniques.Just simple, direct straight effective fighting techniques that actually worked as self defense. Simple, compact, direct.
Jeet Kune Do
It made Bruce Lee, a star.
Time for the Republican Party to find their own Tao,..their own way,..their own political version of Jeet Kune Do. Time to eliminate all the Party factions that do not work,..
Time to eliminate all infighting between meaningless Party offshoots that only split the Republican voting base, and in the end,
Do not work.
No more "Independent" voters.
No more 'Traditional" Conservatives.
No more "Grassroots Conservatives.
No more Tea Party Patriots.
No more Tea Party Alliance.
No more Establishment Republicans.
No more Neo-Conservatives.
 no more.
Just, one, simple, direct, effective Republican  Party that believes in the simple , practical, political techniques and policies, that make our nation work.
Tax and regulation cuts for all Americans are the only things that grow the economy .The only thing that works.
A strong military is the only thing that can secure our nation from our enemies, defend our allies,..and end the threat of Islamic terrorism.
Strong support for our 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms, is the only thing that protects and defends our individual freedom from the threat of tyrannical governments , and makes all other rights possible.
Judeo-Christian values are the only values that work to create a free and prosperous society, because they are the values of truth and freedom.
Energy independence is the only thing that works to create an economically secure and militarily  strong America that rejects the oil supplies of our nation's enemies.
Simple, direct, and effective policies that keep our nation the number one superpower on earth, and the greatest system of self-government yet devised by man.
And, the simple, direct, and effective method to achieve this?
Elect every single Republican running, for every single office , on state and federal levels.
There it is, pure and simple.
History proves that, despite all their flaws, only Republicans believe in those basic principles.
History also proves that,..Democrats don't, simple as that.
Democrats do not cut taxes or regulations ever.
Democrats do not support the military, or our vets,  ever.
Democrats do not support our 2nd Amendment rights, ever.
Democrats do not support Judeo-Christian values, ever.
Democrats do not support energy independence through domestic oil production, ever.
Simple, Direct, nuts and bolts reality.
Jeet Kune Do.
Democrat principles do not work.
Republican principles do.
A Three Party political system, does not work.
A Two Party system, does.
No more, no less.
You elect members of the Democrat Party, the nation loses, and the world suffers as well.
You elect Members of the Republican Party , the nation wins and the world is more peaceful, more prosperous, more secure.
Simple direct, effective.
Don't need Tea Parties.
Don't need Conservatism.
Don't need Grassroots Movements.
Don't need Establishment Republicans.
Don't need Neo-Cons.
Like Bruce Lee, We the People must eliminate the "classical mess" as Bruce called it, that time and history has shown, do not work,..and simply lose elections. Jeet Kune Do. Do what works.
Whoever wins the Republican nomination, show up at the polls en masse, and just vote for a straight Republican ticket.
Every election, without fail,now, and until the end of time.
Remember every single time in History when Republicans controlled all three branches of the Federal Government, the nation prospered.
Time to replace the style of losing,
With the substance of winning.
We know which Party works,..history proves it. So just elect those who represent that Party.The Republican Party.Or, just accept defeat, and the responsibility for America's defeat as well,..
At the hands of a Party that let four American Heroes , four men with families that loved them,..
Die in Benghazi,..just to insure Obama re-election victory.
We the People, We the Republic, must stop fighting against the Republican tide,..and , like a surfer,..ride that tide ,..to victory.
Flow with the ocean,..
Become the ocean,..
And form to the shape of the shore,...