PURELY POLITICAL DREAMS
Hopeful that our reveries of a free future don't become dystopian nightmares
All We Can Do Is Dream
I had a dream.
But that was a long time ago and far, far away.
Way back in the misty year of 2021 I had a dream that West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin and Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema would “hold firm and refuse to vote for” what ended up cynically being called The Inflation Reduction Act, which was/is in fact a mega-spending bonanza, but both aforementioned Democrat senators folded like the proverbial threadbare suits they are, wrinkles, faulty zippers, second-rate threads and all.
Hello Inflation!
I dreamt too that Joe Manchin, even though he’d been in politics for forty-odd years, would “see the light and switch parties” before the 2022 election. I had high hopes because I knew that even though he’d been a politician for most of his adult life, he did manage his family’s carpet store before going into politics, but, no, he’s still a Democrat and voted along the party line, as he always did and always does when pressed.
I dreamt that the 2022 election would “flip the House of Representatives,” and that dream came true, sort of. Luckily, the slim margin attained has been something of a blessing, as the small “America First” caucus has been handed way more power than they otherwise may have possessed. My dream featured a Senate with 54 Republican Senators, and you know how that turned out.
I still dream that this already too-long national nightmare called the Biden Administration will be over and that Mr. Biden will wake up (or someone will wake him up) and he’ll ask himself what the heck he’s doing in the White House, or the person who woke him up will ask him that, and he won’t have a ready answer.
That dream included the hope that then President Biden would realize he has no right being called “Mr. President,” and announces that he’ll give an address to the nation, admitting that he and his co-conspirators – The New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, most of the entertainment industry, the national teachers unions, government workers at all levels, the CIA, FBI, NSA, social media and Silicon Valley sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Apple and Google, and all the rest of what is now admittedly a very deep state of “intelligence” gatherers – racked up those 81 million votes by trickery, subterfuge, and deception, and that former President Trump actually won the election.
I dreamt that Mr. Biden (and his running mate, the incompetent Ms. Harris), would resign, and that Mr. Biden would hand the keys of the White House over to his predecessor and skulk back to his ill-gotten Delaware mansions in disgrace.
It didn’t happen.
It ain’t gonna happen.
I also dreamt that President Trump wouldn’t run for re-election and that Florida governor Ron DeSantis would win the 2024 election and would be named President of the United States. With over 85 million votes, he’d have enough votes to swamp even the most crooked collection of ballot harvesters and mail-in marauders in any of the so-called ‘swing’ states.”
But Mr. Trump is running, so we’ll have to wait to see how that turns out. In any case, If Mr. Trump wins the nomination, he should ask Mr. DeSantis to be his running mate. Trump is owed at least two years in power, after which he could resign victorious and allow Mr. DeSantis to finish his term and go on to two more successful terms.
I dreamt that either South Dakota governor Kristi Noem, the slimmed-down former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, or even Democrat-turned Republican Tulsi Gabbard would be named Vice President. That remains my dream, though other names have joined that group, including Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, and Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, both of whom would also make fine running mates.
I now dream that former President Trump, if he decides to withdraw from the campaign would be named one of three things: Ambassador to the United Nations (putting the entire world on notice that the U.S. is serious again), U.S. Secretary of State (ditto), and or Secretary of Defense (big time ditto). That would be fun, as the Left would develop a severe case of shingles or hives in response, which would be pleasurable to witness.
Of course, Trump could run for governor of Florida and win decisively.
The Dream Team
My long ago dream of the makeup of 2024’s White House Cabinet is intact. The newly elected President DeSantis’s choices feature Texas Senator Ted Cruz as Secretary of Energy and that one of the top priorities of the administration will be to make the U.S. energy independent, as we had become during the Trump administration.
I dreamt that when energy independence is achieved (the putative mission of the Department of Energy since its formation during the Carter years), Secretary Cruz leads the effort to dismantle his now unnecessary $30-billion-dollar-plus Department. Secretary Cruz will then be appointed an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court at the next availability.
I now dream that among President DeSantis’s presidential and/or Cabinet picks will be current Texas Governor Greg Abbott (Border Security), Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick (ICE); Candace Owens as Press Secretary; Betsy DeVos back as Secretary of Education, there to dismantle that unnecessary and duplicitous department; Sarah Palin as Secretary of State; Chief of Staff, Jared Kushner; Secretary of Labor Mike (“Dirty Jobs”) Rowe; Secretary of Treasury, Maria Bartiromo; Secretary of Defense: Lt. Colonel Stu Scheller (he’s out of the headlines now, but look him up); Attorney General: Alan Dershowitz; Secretary of Interior: Ryan Zinke; Secretary of Transportation: Elon Musk; Homeland Security: Tom Homan (former acting ICE director).
When I wake up at two o’clock in the morning (sometimes), I comfort myself with the imaginary results of the now near future (candidate Trump has recently announced an aggressive push to harvest as many early and mail-in votes as possible) and the pleasantness of those hopes and dreams sends me back into a peaceful revery.
If those dreams don’t come true, however, all I ask is that someone please wake me when the nightmare is over.
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Jim
A good list that I approve except for Sarah Palin and Jared Kushner. If Trump is elected with Mr. Kushner in the Cabinet , nepotism will resurfaced to the delight of the New York Times and CNN. Kushner carries too much baggage with the deals he brokered with Saudi Arabia and the wealth accumulated during the Trump ' s presidency. The money acquired could be legit but the country is exhausted and does not need more scandals and investigations into the Trump circle.
As for Sarah Palin as Secretary of State, she rubs me the wrong way. I find her too aggressive and if Donald Trump is elected, I don' t think we need two of the same in office. She turned off many women when she opposed abortions even in cases of rape and incest . She could not even help John Mac Cain and thanks to this disastrous pair we got stuck with a Barack Obama for 8 years and the rest is history with the inept Joe Biden ! On the positive side, thanks to the latter, we get some enlightened essays from Jim Buckley. Unlike trigger happy Palin, I like the polar bears to stay as an endangered species .. Also, National Geographic and the eco-socialists need the animals floating on a piece of detached ice to push their global warming agenda and the end of the earth as we know it ( regrettably 8 years from now according to such authority as Greta Thunberg who is responsible for turning thousands of kids into depression)
As for the Dream Team, besides the wonderful Candace Owens, I would add Tim Scott of South Carolina. We sure could find some positions as advisors for many distinguished people of color such as Shelby Steele , Thomas Sowell, Professor Glenn Loury, and to drive the left crazier, how about Professor Carol Swain ? I am all for Republican Latina women to be part of the administration. Any ideas ?
Re: the last part of your article, I have tried to rally some Republicans friends, acquaintances, neighbors but although they show interest, I gathered they are afraid to express their opinions. Many are intimidated by their Democrat/Liberals children and grand children and indicated they stay away from politics for fear of provoking them. Several mentioned that even the mere mention of Trump' s name sends the "kids" into a rage.
I tried.
Maybe Marie Osmond has the right idea ?
Hi Jim,
Your Dreams are my dreams! I’m afraid that we are “Custer against the Indians”. The biggest problem with Conservatives, as I see it, we are too “nice”. It’s time to put on the gloves!
Dana