Saturday, January 20, 2024

D.L. Gardner: The Final Point is all That Matters

Americans are living in days of speculation as we begin the 2024 election year. In-between elections conspiracy theories proliferate like bunnies; you know, like the Trump-Russia hoax, or the Wuhan Lab virus. Much of the truth about those two theories has come out in the public domain, but just not in the media. To quote Hillary Clinton commenting about the four men who died defending Americans in Benghazi September 11, 2012, “what difference at this point does it make?”

As we enter the caucus/primary season, speculation multiplies across the political spectrum with Democrats and the establishment wanting neither President Biden nor anyone in his orbit, or former President Trump for that matter. The other end of that spectrum is anchored by former President Trump. “What difference at this point does it make?” It’s the middle of January. Ten more months to go.

The speculation on the long left side of the seesaw bounces around a replacement for President Biden. Gavin Newsome? Michelle Obama? Anybody else? Anyone who can beat Trump without too much election interference! 2020 was a lot closer than the media reported.

Of course, former President Trump is the one holding the right side of the seesaw firmly on the ground. Ron Desantis and Nikki Haley are playing their roles as contenders, and both are ready to take the lead if, and it’s a big IF, Trump is convicted of even one of the convoluted charges against him courtesy of the Democrats and establishment.

What else is going on? Wars and conflicts around the world distract Americans sometimes. But, for the most part, “What difference at this point does it make?”

Numbers of immigrants pouring across our southern border illegally from nearly every nation on earth continue on to meteoric heights. For example, since Oct. 1, 2022, US Customs and Border Protection reports encountering 39,575 Chinese citizens at the southern border. How many encounters has CBP had with citizens of nations allied with Iran? How many terrorists have come into America, where are they, and what are they doing?

How about those sanctuary cities whose populations of new immigrants are siphoning off goods and services from actual taxpaying citizens? Will these citizens continue to support the party and president who have big hearts for immigrants? Really?  “What difference at this point does it make?”

Otherwise prices for gasoline, groceries and other staples have slowed from skyrocketing to the new normal. Nothing to brag about. The Consumer Price Index rose 17.1% during Biden’s first 32 months in the White House. The lower CPI rates have not lowered the actual prices. Wages have gone up, but not as much as prices.

What does this mean for most of us? We’ll keep on with our usual activities, going to work, taking the kids to school, and afterschool activities. Television networks are bringing back their regular prime time shows so we can catch up with our favorite characters. Church and civic organizations are beginning to get back to normal. Maybe we can even give up some Facebook time to read a few good books.

The rest of the world will do whatever it wants to do without regard for the rest of us. Speculators will keep on speculating. “What difference does it make?” The final point is all that matters.
 
Daniel L. Gardner is a columnist who lives in Starkville, MS. You may contact him at PJandMe2@gmail.com.


 
 

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

The facts are that the stock market and employment and oil and gas production and GDP are all at highest levels in the past decade.

Trump lawyers got to help select the juries in his trials and argue the facts, but still he was convicted of raping E. Jean Carroll as well as defaming her. He's still defaming her and being sued again for it.

He paid hush money to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal (do remember Melanie was pregnant for one of those).

It was proven in court that his company inflated property values to borrow money from banks. Only one bank (foreign) said they didn't care.

He had to pardon people he appointed to his administration and advisors so they could get out of prison after conviction.

He doesn't deny taking highly classified documents, not a few inadvertently left while President,but box loads when he was no longer President. Good Lord people, he stored some in bathrooms in a place that you can go if you paid $200000! Foreign people from countries that are fans of the U.S. were among those who did.

His supporters trashed our Capitol with millions in damages (our tax dollars needed for repairs) and were convicted by juries who were shown EVIDENCE. And, he did nothing. He blamed the person who had no authority to do call out the National Guard because he believes you are too lazy and stupid to bother with facts.

And, Ben Carson thinks he's our "David"??? Has anyone seen him IN a church other than for a funeral? He never even has said his serial adultery was wrong or that he was wrong about anything ever! He's the first President in my lifetime that didn't go to church to worship while in office.

And, as I write this, he has blamed Nikki Haley for Jan. 6th in a campaign speech.

And, he's posting all hours of the night? Sound like " sundowning" which is a symptom of dementia!



Anonymous said...


Leave it to Daniel to take Ms. Clinton words and twist them in some rant. Here is how it actually went.

The, “What difference does it make?” quote comes from testimony during a 2013 Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing when Republican senator Ron Johnson pressed Ms Clinton to answer a question about the cause of the attack. Mr Johnson, continuously asked Ms Clinton whether or not she should have called people who were evacuated from the 11 September 2012 attack to determine whether it had been orchestrated or stemmed from a protest outside the embassy.

Ms Clinton, growing more frustrated with the senator’s line of questioning, gave a stern response.

“With all due respect, the fact is we had four dead Americans,” she said. “Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided that they’d they go kill some Americans? What difference at this point does it make?”

Anonymous said...

Hey DL , did you miss the records being set on Wall Street or the bi-partisan immigration bill that the Senate is proposing ?

Anonymous said...

Kingfish too scared to approve a comment about false flag psyops by the deep state. Now the truth bombs are dropping about the deep state planting bombs at the DNC headquarters on Jan 6 same actors, same story. Someone forgot to destroy this evidence with all the other evidence they have destroyed that the deep state actors and the democrats turned a peace protest into an insurrection for their own political gain.

Anonymous said...

Republicans don’t want to govern all they want is Chaos.

“It’s a loss for the American people to join hands with Democrats to form a governing coalition,” said Virginia Rep. Bob Good, the newly elected chairman of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus, after last week’s vote to keep government running.

I am sure there is more to it than that but like DL, who cares about the facts.

Anonymous said...

I don’t care for Trump, but I hope he wins just so people lose their minds and I can laugh at their made up misery. The right will have their messiah and the left will have their cash machine. You know they want him to win, think how many more books will be written, movie stars leaving the country again, MeToo, BLM, material for comedy shows, talk shows, late night talk shows, and the media will be having a made up daily meltdown about Orange Man Bad/Orange Messiah.

Anonymous said...

“Read”? “Books”? Like, with covers on them and pages we have to turn? Get real, old man. This is America, and we don’t need no stinkin’ books.

Anonymous said...

Kingfish , will always censor fanatics !

Fani Willis said...

I'm glad we liberals are perfect, not like those no account conservatives.

Anonymous said...

What ever happened to "statesmanship", or am I just living in a dream world. It has been eons since this country has been ruled by "honorable men" - and your definition of "honorable men" is as valid as mine. However when most all votes are along party lines, there is no such thing as "honorable men". We are being ruled by the highest bidder.

Anonymous said...

During Trump’s presidency The economy lost 2.9 million jobs. The unemployment rate increased by 1.6 percentage points to 6.3%. The international trade deficit Trump promised to reduce went up. The U.S. trade deficit in goods and services in 2020 was the highest since 2008 and increased 40.5% from 2016.
The number of people lacking health insurance rose by 3 million.
The federal debt held by the public went up, from $14.4 trillion to $21.6 trillion.
Home prices rose 27.5%.
Illegal immigration increased.


Anonymous said...

You can google any of these facts of Daniel. Pretty soon you will be able to google “ The Lies of Daniel L. Gardner”, it’s easy book to write.

Anonymous said...

It's not just broken records that skip. I expect DL takes immense pride in his defective record skipping endlessly on. Not because it is so profound that it needs repeating, just profoundly unimaginative.

Anonymous said...

8:00 Sounds like bullshit to me. It is definitely untrue for the first three years of Trump's presidency.

Anonymous said...

Just by reading the posts it is very easy to see where people get their news. Why don't people just look at the cost of gas the next time they gas up. Why not take a look at the cost of groceries the next time you go to the store? When you get home turn on any local news and see what countries think of the U.S. and what countries are trying to kill us?

Anonymous said...

10:26 these are undisputed facts. We all know the real reason you support this failure. We all know he tried to disrupt the peaceful transition of power . He stored classified documents in a toilet . There were several worthy candidates for the. Republican nomination but you will get what you want. Many Independents and intelligent Republicans will either vote for Biden or stay home. Trump is going to jail.

Anonymous said...

Whoever this writer is, he conveniently left out the name of one person in the upcoming presidential contest mix.

It ain't Bill, but the name is Clinton.

Say it with me...LANDSLIDE. That's just how damned stupid we are.

Anonymous said...

Why do I get the idea that most of the posts on this thread were written by the same person?

Anonymous said...

January 22, 2024 at 11:22 AM, one mind, one body, many personalities.


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