Christmas Joy to All!

Christmas will arrive in just six days from today, 

and the season is of course in full swing! Your 

joyful Peasant wishes you, my wonderful, fantastic,

beloved readers a most Merry Christmas and a 

deliriously Happy New Year! 

Your beloved Peasant is taking the rest of the week 

off, and the week after that as well. I shall return to

rejoin you on January 5 for another year of poring 

over the political and economic news of the day,

praising the good, pricking the bad, and the ugly ... ?

We'll figure that out as we go. But we shall use this 

present time to recharge our batteries, be with our 

families and friends, and give our love to The One who

made this season possible, who is the Reason for the Season,

whose being among us all those years ago --- 

and ever since then the world has never been the same.

I love you all! Christmas cheer to you!

MEM

Something's Rotten in Nicaragua

Nicaragua is a country with a curious recent history. 

The people of this central American country had  

gotten rid of a brutal dictator, Anastasio Somoza,

and replaced him with Daniel Ortega, a leftist

who schemed for some years to overthrow Somoza.

His reign soon proved to be as dictatorial, if not

in fact more so, than that of the dictator whom he

overthrew. After a protracted effort to rid the nation 

of the Marxist, Ortega was replaced with a democratically- 

elected government and leader, restoring freedom           

and stability for Nicaragua.   

Ah, but how quickly people forget some things, 

including what transpired the last time a certain 

leader headed the national government. After some 

years of their hard-won democracy the Nicaraguans

brought Ortega back to power (!). And things went 

back to the way they were in the 1980s when Ortega 

ruled Nicaragua with an iron fist.    

Of late, Ortega had a bunch of politicians from the

opposition parties arrested and imprisoned. Two of

them, Juan Sebastian Chamorro and Felix Maradiaga,

have each been sentenced to 13 years in prison for 

"conspiracy to undermine national integrity", that is

to say, opposing the government. After a farcical trial

in which the defense lawyers were forbidden to speak 

to the defendants --- their clients! --- and the defendants

were forbidden to speak, period, Chamorro and Maradiaga

have been held in a prison where they are subjected to cruel

and inhumane conditions all the while. Whatever possessed

the Nicaraguan people to return this Marxist monster 

to power? Now they are faced with the task of ousting this

power monger and his rotten regime for the second time.

Santayana was spot on when he said "Those who do not 

learn from the past are condemned to repeat it." The people

of Nicaragua receive a grade of  "F" for they have failed to

learn anything from their recent history regarding trying 

socialism as a political and economic system. They have 

failed their history lesson spectacularly. 

MEM           

The New Look GOP

Oh what fun it is to spoil the narrative of the left-wingers 

and their main political organ the Democrat Party! This time  

around they really took it on the chin re: their boasts about 

their supposed diversity, as compared to the Republicans.

Although the "Red Tsunami" didn't materialize, a tsunami of another

kind had; a tsunami of diversity, stealing a page from the Dem's book.

According to the National Republican Congressional Committee,

28 of the Republican's 435 House nominees for the election are 

black, while 33 are Hispanic. Some of them, including two black

West Point graduates --- John James of Michigan and Wesley Hunt

of Texas --- were favored to win. Many of you, my sharp and with-it 

readers, know that James ran for governor in Michigan and for a 

U.S. Senate seat from that state but had two heartbreakingly close 

defeats. Your prognosticating Peasant thinks that John James will 

be "third time lucky"; I say all this in the tense I have chosen to use 

because I haven't seen the all of the election results from Michigan

at this point in time. The sweetest thing about all this is that the 

Republicans nominated these candidates not because of their 

different skin colors, genders, ethnicities, or any other categories

into which people are relentlessly labelled, filed, indexed, and

cubby-holed by the lefties but because of their solid position-relevant

qualifications, i.e. running for and in some cases holding elected 

office prior: experience in business, the military, education, or other

fields of endeavor in which they picked up knowledge and skills 

which would enable them to serve their districts and states well.

And some of these candidates were elected, too. 

Candidates like these are the Democrats' worst nightmare, especially 

for their campaign strategists. The Dems ceaselessly wail about  

voter suppression disenfranchising minorities via mandatory voter IDs

which are merely to prove that the voter is whom he/she claims to be

and lives where he/she claims to live, and certainly most importantly

that he/she is indeed a citizen. But how, then, did the black turnout 

rate surpass that for whites in 2008 and 2012? In 2018, black, Asian,

and Hispanic turnout were each record-setting for a midterm election.

Coupled with the fact that more minorities are voting Republican these

days, these findings make it rather difficult for the Democrats to brand

the Republicans as racists, calling their party platform "Jim Crow 2.0".

And let's not forget which party begat Jim Crow along with segregation

and similar white supremacy-themed nastiness in the first place.

The Dems' crying "Foul!" about alleged voter suppression? 

Not unlike yelling "Fire!" in a crowded theatre with not even a puff of

smoke to be found.

Also worth noting is that while President Donald Trump lost his bid 

for re-election in 2020, the GOP won some nice consolation prizes such

as small but significant gains among all, as in ALL, racial and ethnic 

minorities, especially blacks and Hispanics. Under the Trump admini-

stration, the poverty rates for these two groups were the lowest on

record. Furthermore, black wages grew faster than white wages. 

During this time period, the Dems and the lamestream media hollered

that President Trump would be disastrous for these groups; they are 

still wiping egg off their faces over that disastrous prediction.

Additionally, blacks don't play the two major parties against each other

nor do Hispanics, making the Democrats and the Republicans 

compete for their votes. This has resulted in the GOP learning how

to win without courting their votes; it isn't because the Republicans 

don't want or don't care about their votes (especially for racist 

reasons) but that the Dems have long ago won over black voters largely 

by default, with the Dems benefitting from these groups' votes without 

working very hard, if at all. So the GOP had written off these votes 

while their opposition had taken them for granted. This has 

caused many black and Hispanic voters to come to the conclusion that 

the Democrats don't bother to listen to them and their concerns, let 

alone work to solve their problems, economic ones certainly among 

them.

But now the Republicans have discovered that they can win the black 

vote with a good-faith effort. And they are connecting with black voters 

in such a way as to astonish and worry the Democrats. Black voters  

need and deserve more and better choices in our elections, and with 

more black Republicans on the ballot, there is the definite prospect of 

more black candidates in future Republican primaries. The GOP is also 

more confident about winning a far greater share of the Hispanic vote.

There were more Hispanic Republican candidates on ballots around 

the country than per usual, thanks to the GOP also connecting better

with Hispanic voters. All of this illustrates that one's vote does not and

should not be dictated by one's skin color, ethnicity, or by any other 

category which people fall under. Such good, liberating news for 

blacks and Hispanics and other groups of Americans; but very bad

news for the Democrats.

MEM 

Would You Have These People Over For Dinner?

Donald Trump has declared his candidacy for the presidency 

just two weeks ago but the former president has shown his

propensity to keep bad company and engage in poor judgement.

Very recently he had thrown a dinner party at his Mar-a-Lago 

estate in which he had invited some friends and acquaintances.

Two of the guests were rapper and one-time Trump supporter 

Kanye West and Nick Fuentes, a young man with dubious 

politics. How dubious? How does the 24-year-old's being a 

white nationalist and a Holocaust denier grab you? Well,

it seemed to escape the former president's attention. 
Moreover, word about West's history of blathering anti-Jewish

conspiracy theories seemed to fail to register with the former

president as well. 

Now as you, my fabulous readers know, your favorite Peasant

has supported Donald Trump for the White House in 2016 and

for re-election in 2020, endorsing him the second time around.

I voted for him in '16 because although I was unsure of what

we'd be getting from Trump, I knew full well what we'd get

from Hillary Clinton and I wanted no part of it or her. I was

aware of Trump's faults, and how some of them could make 

him vulnerable to his enemies. But as his term went on I saw

a leader who cared about our country and us. What he did in

rejuvenating our economy, and so quickly, alone was reason

enough to trust and support him. I admit to the occasional 

wince, as well as the occasional grimace, at some of the things 

he said in speeches and interviews, and he kept company with

some people whom I thought he shouldn't. But he was as good

as gold for us, and the accusations that the Democrats and their

farther-left chums made against him didn't stick. Nor had the 

company he kept caused any harmful publicity. 

As the party invitations went out, the 45th president claimed that West 

had asked to see him, then appeared at the party with Fuentes, whom 

Trump claimed he didn't know or know of. However, afterward  

both men said the ex-president was impressed with Fuentes' political

insight (?!). Sources in attendance for the event may have leaked 

to the press that this was said. Now, I can excuse Trump for not

knowing who Fuentes was, as Fuentes was (until now) not a nationally

known figure on our political scene. Kanye West, however, is another

matter, as everything he says and does is picked up by the media

and is printed, transmitted, and broadcast everywhere, even to

(one supposes) Mar-a-Lago. Therefore, West's antisemetic spewings 

have become known to many. Why not also to the former president?

Others have taken Trump to task, good and hard. David Friedman,

who was ambassador to Israel during the Trump Presidency, was 

prominent among them. As Trump has never shown any example 

of bigotry to anyone while president, or before his presidency,

he is guilty instead of failure to vet visitors, especially for a 

rather formal event. President Trump has claimed the role of

an innocent who was taken advantage of by Kanye West.

Perhaps this is why West no longer supports him and won't be 

voting for him if he is once again the Republican nominee. 

Apparently Trump makes a practice of blaming others for some

of his errors of judgement and actions, as I have gathered from 

similar incidents reported on by non-liberal sources.

President Trump has got to do the following in order to preserve

his credibility as a candidate: one, he must be careful of whom he

associates with, as he will inevitably be seen with these people; 

two, he must vet them before he strikes up any friendships or 

business/political relationships with, and if he discovers anything

unsavory or even the least bit doubtful then he should put 

considerable and permanent distance between himself and them; 

and three, simply denounce the worst of the lot, i.e. what he 

should have done with the Proud Boys and other groups which

have resorted to violence (as on Jan. 6 of 2021). Sooner or later

his teflon shield will wear out, and he will take a tumble in the

estimation of many voters, including those who previously 

and enthusiastically voted twice for the brash businessman.

His chances of being the GOP presidential nominee again will

depend greatly on it. In the meantime I shall say my rosary for 

Donald Trump and for our country, repeatedly!

Also, could someone please pass the Pepto-Bismol? 

MEM