Americans Are Voting Republican to Save their Country

Sixty-two percent of Americans believe the Senate will return to the Republicans on Tuesday, diminishing any hopes the Democrats had of holding onto the Senate, never mind a miraculous retaking of the House, according to a new Rasmussen Reports survey released on Friday. The 62% result in the survey of 1,000 adults conducted on Wednesday and Thursday was well up from the 54% who felt the GOP would win the upper chamber in early July and from the 44% in early January. Texas Senator Ted Cruz has predicted an "historic election night" -- and, predictably, Democrats are questioning the credibility of the polls that forecast the Republican success. And, there is another poll result to support what America thinks : a new poll shows Senator McConnell taking a solid 5-point lead in Kentucky. ~~~~~ Why are Americans turning to the GOP to lead in Washington? It has a lot to do with their lack of confidence in President Obama to do anything useful domestically or around the world. And they are convinced that Obama is not telling them the truth about anything he is actually doing or why he is doing it. After Benghazi, the IRS scandal, the Fast and Furious gun debacle, Obamacare's "if you like it, you can keep it" lies about doctors and healthcare plans - it's no wonder Americans are leery of Obama and the Democratic Senate majority that supports and protects him. Every "likely voter" poll shows America's fear for its economic future and the chances for finding and keeping a good, or even a decent fulltime, job. ~~~~~ There is also the recent Department of Homeland Security purchase order request for enough paper to print 34 million green cards -- after Obama promised to take the illegal immigrant matter into his own hands by executive order right after Tuesday's election. How did the White House handle this? By laughing at a reporter who asked about an order for a “surge” of immigration IDs of up to 9 million in one year. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said the move is no confirmation President Obama will issue a major executive amnesty after the election.“I think those who are trying to read into those specific orders about what the President may decide are a little too cleverly trying to divine what the President’s ultimate conclusion might be,” he said, laughing. ~~~~~ There's also the matter of rising taxes under Obama and his Democrat Senate. The top personal income tax bracket has gone from 35% to 43.4%. Capital gains tax rose from 15% to 23.8%. The dividend tax is up from 15% to 23.8%. And a new 3.8% Obamacare surtax on investment and earned income has been initiated. The estate tax has gone from 0% in 2010 to 40% now for those over the threshhold, which includes many fulltime family farmers. All stifling job growth.~~~~~ We also have the Ebola crisis. Obama and his CDC director began by ignoring it. Then they fumbled the guideline and protective gear balls when the virus appeared in Dallas after an infected man entered the US. This led to two Ebola cases among Dallas healthcare workers, two of whom ignored self-monitoring obligations to stay at home. So did a seasoned NBC doctor-journalist. Rather than imposing mandatory 21-day quarantines and ceasing to grant visas for Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, President Obama has pushed back against "overly restrictive measures," including proposals for travel bans or isolation measures adopted by some states. Obama said two days ago : "Yes, we are likely to see a possible case elsewhere outside of these countries, and that's true whether or not we adopt a travel ban, whether or not you adopt a quarantine. We have to keep in mind that if we're discouraging our health care workers, who are prepared to make these sacrifices, from traveling to these places in need, then we're not doing our job in terms of looking after our own public health and safety." Obama is also is fond of saying that "you can't catch Ebola on a bus." This comment is aleady being debated in the medical community, where there is growing concern that if a person infected with Ebola sneezes or coughs, the virus becomes airborne and can contaminate anyone within 3 feet - how long the airborne virus remains alive and active is not yet clear, although a study with infected pigs done several years ago showed the airborne virus contaminating monkeys who were beyond reach of the pigs' infected bodily fluids and were contaminated by the pigs' airborne virus. Kaci Hickox's quarantine in Maine - and in New Jersey upon her arrival back in the US - led humanitarian groups, including the White House and many scientists, to warn that automatically quarantining medical workers could discourage volunteers from going to West Africa. Here, we should remember that the CDC is an executive branch agency, subject to the President's directives. But, Hickox has been getting negative reactions from many of her own health care colleagues, who say that quarantine is the logical precaution for those returning from a high-risk area, while others are more critical, accusing her of giving nurses everywhere a bad name. Obama's refusal to lay down conservative national guidelines in the face of the deadly virus has forced Governors Chris Christie and Paul LePage to act, as Christie said "to protect [the] safety and health of our citizens.” The Governors of Illinois and Florida followed New York and New Jersey with stronger mandates to monitor returning airline passengers who have been in contact with Ebola patients in West African nations. Dr. Bruce Beutler, 2011 Nobel Prize Laureate in Medicine for his work on immunity, says the point of quarantine is to make sure they [Ebola viruses] are not carried elsewhere....For some reason, there’s an imperative to maintain open borders no matter what - to err on the side of total individual freedom rather than on the side of public health,” he said, adding, “If you really want to isolate a disease, then you have to isolate the people who carry it.” ~~~~~ And while Obama and his merry band of White House gurus - and an Ebola czar who has simply vaporized - continue to double down on personal freedom for a tiny minority no matter what the cost to the rest of America, who was it who actually had the foresight to see the dangers of Ebola and do something to neutralize them? President George W. Bush. "Project BioShield” became law on July 21, 2004. The $5.6 billion effort provided “new tools to improve medical countermeasures protecting Americans against a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear attack,” according to White House historic records. The Ebola virus was among those threats. President Bush had originally proposed the initiative in his 2003 State of the Union address. And the often-vilified Vice President Dick Cheney championed the law. “Cheney feared assaults by bioterrorists could be far more devastating than what happened that day [9/11], and he became an advocate for the appropriation of billions of dollars to stop deadly pathogens. Congress agreed,” says Bloomberg reporter Shannon Pettypiece. “At least seven drugs now being tested - including some used to treat Ebola victims in the US - grew from biodefense measures first approved after September 11.” Slate correspondent Filipa Ioannou says : “Yes, we have Dick Cheney to thank for Ebola drugs.” ~~~~~ Dear readers, with Ebola we see clearly the difference between Republicans and Democrats. While Obama and the Democrat Party believe Americans are sheep to be fed with social subsidies to keep them quiet about their gradual loss of freedom, Republicans know that Americans are a very special set of human beings who love America for its freedoms, personal liberties and unique chance to succeed, and who understand that these freedoms come at a price -- individual responsibility. Not the selfishness of a nurse who sees her bike rides as more important than the health of her fellow citizens. Americans know when it's time to look out for others - as in demanding Ebola quarantines. And they know when it's time to protect their constitutional liberties - as in halting the loss of liberties under Obama and his Democratic Senate. And that's why, after all the analyses, Americans from Colorado to Kansas to Louisiana to Arkansas to Kentucky to Georgia to West Virginia to North Carolina to New Hampshire are voting Republican Red on Tuesday. Don't listen to Democrat political pitchmen. They don't have a clue what America really is all about. Vote Republican. It is a vote for America, that "shining city on the hill."