The Democrats are vulnerable, but are the Republicans ready to take over? – Public Opinion

Dwight Weidman| Columnist

The Democrats, from Sleepy Joe Biden on down to the lowest level, have reached a level of incompetence, failure and outright lunacy that is unprecedented in our nations history. The even bigger problem for them is that they think they are doing great. If the Democrats' governing philosophy can be summed up in one word, it is nihilism, which is: the doctrine that nothing actually exists or that existence or values are meaningless, or a relentless negativity or cynicism suggesting an absence of values or beliefs, or a political belief or action that advocates or commits violence or terrorism without discernible constructive goals. All these things describe the Democrat thought process that has been put into place by the Biden administration and whoever is pulling their strings.

Republicans tend to go to sleep when things are going well, as they did during the Trump administration and its time of prosperity, as evidenced by full employment, booming financial markets and stable prices. Most stayed asleep during the COVID-19 Kabuki play that was used by the Democrats to monkey with our election process to allow no excuse mail-in voting, unmonitored ballot drop boxes and massive ballot harvesting. In places like Pennsylvania, none of these monkeyshines would have been possible without the connivence of local Republican legislators, most of whom are now self-righteously protesting the very election changes for which they voted.

We are told that Joe Bidens disastrous running of the country has set the Democrat party up for massive congressional losses this November. His popularity numbers are hovering around 40% on a good day, with his handling of individual issues from the economy to crime getting even lower marks. The only issue Biden approaches 50% on is his handling of COVID-19, which is no longer an issue of importance to anyone with a life. In Pennsylvania, new Republican registrations outnumber new Democrat registrations by a four-to-one margin. Yep, the voters are done with Joe Biden and the Democrats and are ready for a change. The only question that remains is whether the Republican Party is ready to take the reins, and due to the makeup of that party, thats not an easy question to answer.

Most Republican voters are smart people. Im not talking about the small but noisy group of Facebook Freedom Fighters to whom everything is reduced to some weird conspiracy theory, but the real conservative Republicans who arent caught up in some cult of personality or who arent waiting for someone to tell them how to think. The smart, savvy, educated Republican voter knows that policy is more important than personality and is looking for someone whose policies will make America better. They know that their lives are much worse under Biden: runaway inflation, product shortages, uncontrolled illegal immigration, rising crime rates, especially in Democrat-controlled cities, a weakened America on the international scene and the attempted brainwashing of our children in the public schools. They also can see the looming scandals about to envelop the Bidens; scandals that have gotten so bad that even the mainstream media can no longer cover them up.

To accommodate these conservative Republican voters who make up the core of the party, the party establishment needs to clean up its act and adopt common sense and values. Republicans need to reject the Liz Cheney/Adam Kinzinger/Dan Crenshaw Trump-hating faction as well as the small group on the other extreme that embraces kooky cults such as white nationalism, QAnon, and other hateful ideologies. Most of all, the party, especially at the local level, needs to be a good steward of the resources contributed by the rank and file and not waste money on things like parties, open bar events, and needless expenditures designed to promote the ambitions of internal factions. Above all, they need to be scrupulously honest in every action they take. Only then, will we have a party that is worthy of its supporters.

Republicans have a historic opportunity in November, but they need to be a party of action and one that will remedy the disastrous policies of Joe Biden, not only with legislation, but also investigation and prosecution of wrongdoing on the left. First, however, the party must clean up its own act, and do it now.

Dwight Weidman is a resident of Greene Township and is a graduate of Shepherd University. He is retired from the United States Department of Defense, where his career included assignments In Europe, Asia and Central America. He has been in leadership roles for the Republican Party in two states, most recently serving two terms as chairman of the Franklin County Republican Party. Involved in web publishing since 1996, he is the publisher of The Franklin County Journal. He has been an amateur radio operator since 1988, getting his first license in Germany, and is a past volunteer with both Navy and Army MARS, Military Auxiliary Radio Service, and is also a certified firearms instructor.

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The Democrats are vulnerable, but are the Republicans ready to take over? - Public Opinion