By Jim Dickson
If Donald Trump is elected to a second term, democracy as we know it will be over! I know that to be true because I heard it from “The Big Guy” himself, and I am pretty sure that the President of the United States would not lie to me.
Just to reinforce the truth of that statement, I have heard the same thing from some of the members of the other party as well. Before we go any further with this I think that it’s important to clear something up. The United States is not and has never been a democracy. So for all of those politicians on both sides of the aisle who either cut class or slept through American History…….we are a Representative Constitutional Republic.
I know that is a mouthful and I am nit picking, but at least they could refer to the nation as a republic. That’s just as easy to say as democracy. I am sorry but it irks me every time I hear someone who should know better tell us that we are a democracy. OK, enough of that, on to the danger that we face from a Donald Trump dictatorship that the Dems are so fearful of, or the inevitable loss of freedom and a communist take over if Joe Biden is re-elected that some Republicans are talking about to anyone who will listen, maybe including me.
It’s pretty well known that Trump is a divisive force that people either love or hate, and has taken the art of prevarication to a new level. And Mr. Biden is a worn out old political war horse that deserves to be put out to pasture. I believe that if either one of them is re-elected the country is in for some big problems that could be avoided if we chose someone who is competent and experienced, a person that people can trust to actually bring the country back together. Even if that doesn’t happen the United States will survive because of the incredible wisdom of the men who gave us the Constitution. That beautiful document has withstood far worse than either of those two men can dish out.
It’s looking less and less like we are going to see a white knight ride to our rescue and save the nation the agony of a re-match between Presidents Trump and Biden, but hope springs eternal and we still have time for something positive to happen. I don’t believe that either of those men want to see the downfall of the nation. I think that they both consider themselves to be patriots.
However, even if the worst happens and we end up with one or the other in the White House, I am sure that the country will not only survive but continue to prosper and grow. We have two things going for us that will make that happen – our constitutional form of government and the will and strength of the American people. Those two things have pulled the nation through a bloody civil war, a great depression, two world wars and too many inept and corrupt politicians to count.
It’s true that the world is becoming a more dangerous place and we have many powerful enemies around the world. It seems that history tends to repeat itself and for some reason the world turns upside down every hundred years or so. I am sad to say that that time may be coming again, but America is strong, and populated with people who love it, and will do whatever is necessary to preserve it.
The best thing that we the people can do, is if those white knights show up to save us, and it still might happen, work for them and vote for them. In short, the sky is not falling, don’t believe those who are running around willy-nilly telling you that it is.
Born, raised and educated in the Southwest, Jim Dickson served in the U.S. Navy Reserve in Vietnam before a 35-year business career. Retired to St. Helena Island, Dickson and his wife are fiscally conservative, socially moderate and active in Republican politics, though they may not always agree with Republicans. Having lived around the country and traveled around the world, Dickson believes that the United States truly is the land of opportunity.
