Will facts or emotions rule in 2020

 If you don't like Trump that's OK, but how about an objective look at what he has accomplished.

Economy growth at record levels is unquestioned

Funding the military at realistic levels and building up resources

Inner city help with economic zones and school choice for parents

More jobs, lowest unemployment in history, including minorities

Cutting burdensome regulations to allow growth and reduced times for construction

Built the wall

Middle East peace chances greatly  increased

Support for Israel, moving embassy

Religious liberty protected

The most pro life president

Not afraid to meet with dictators, fact - no N Korean tests since the meeting

Trade increased and  favorable to the US

Law and Order is a priority for second term

There is more on the list, but will citizens listen, and think about their families and what the future holds if we change administrations in the middle of all the positive results.   There should not be a question of who to vote for if one is objective and sees past emotional dislike to focus on results.

I may  not like his tweets, but I love the results over the past four years.

He has my vote!

The Limits On Power

The pandemic has introduced a new threat to our democracy; state governors overstepping their authority by the limiting of constitutional freedoms of citizens.   The constitution assures us of freedoms: to worship, assemble, and free speech.  The state legislatures have the power to make laws and assign penalties, but only if they are constitutional.   Governors do not make laws and cannot take our freedoms away by edicts and orders.   The check on runaway authority of the executive of a state is the legislature with their oversight.   It is  time, in many states, for the legislatures to step up on behalf of their citizens.

The Pandemic Threat

The Challenge in 2020 - Pandemic in America

The Corona Virus (Covid 19) has changed the lives of all Americans; the initial estimates of massive deaths has introduced fear  among the American people.   The medical comunity is divided on the size of the threat and the best way to defeat it.  Our country and the states have taken an aggressive approach to the virus, closed schools, businesses, and ordered people to stay  home.   This has, at least in the short term, destroyed our economy and made the economic threat equal to the medical threat for most people.
Most experts agree that the Covid 19 virus is more deadly than the normal Flu due to it being very contagious.   However the death rate is similaar to the Flu in the high years, aad it is important to remember that there is no vaccine.  The other factor is the threat to the  young does not seem to be servere from the data available; so there is a case for not shutting down schools and daycares.   There are other examples of the extreme actions having negative impact on the populaton.  I believe.the threat was over sold and has dragged our political leaders into taking extreme action, and now they are finding it hard to examine the information that is available to all of us and reconsider their actions.  If you take the positive test results (percentage of total tests) and apply it to the total population of a particular area, the percentage of infection is quite low.   Coming up with a therapy to treat the virus will be a positive step, and then ultimately a vaccine.   However, for now I believe the data supports the importance of opening up the country as quickly as possible with reasonable safeguards.

Put America First

America is a divided country, we have reached an extreme in anger, hate, and a total lack of civility.  Our leaders in Washington are part of the problem, they are not  putting the country first,  their hate of our president guides their words and deeds.   It is hard for us to see through the fog of biased media to make a good decision in the upcoming election.  I believe we must strive to be objective and grade the president on accomplishments not whether we like his style.   God has used imperfect people to accomplish great things throughout history.   If we put America first and look at current conditions we will re elect our president in 2020.