So Much for Bringing America Together

Trump has nominated Representative Matt Gaetz for the position of United States Attorney General, and leftists (and some Republicans) are losing their minds. Not that this is a major change for most leftists. A reader asked what I thought about Gaetz.

I don’t know much about him. I know he’s aggressive. He’s very bold. He infuriates Democrats and lukewarm swamp Republicans. I know he was unsuccessfully accused of having sex with a 17-year-old girl. That’s about it.

The failed accusation should not even enter into the discussion. Anyone can be falsely accused. Joe Biden’s hostile DOJ decided two of the three witnesses who came to them about Gaetz were unreliable, and the DOJ must have concluded there was no other evidence that would support a conviction, because they dropped the case.

Remember, the DOJ prosecuted a woman who “stole” a diary she said was abandoned and had her jailed. A diary. We’re talking about a misdemeanor on the same level as the theft of a Doordash order. If the DOJ had seen any hope of nailing Gaetz on sex charges, he would have been tried. They have a history of targeting conservatives unfairly. I consider Gaetz innocent.

Go to your local police and insist they arrest someone who stole your diary and see what happens. If the impossible happens and there is a response and an arrest, beg the prosecutors to bring the case to court. If that miraculously occurs, push for jail time. The prosecutors won’t ask for it. The judge won’t even consider it. It’s a diary.

That’s because you’re not Ashley Biden, the daughter of a sitting Democrat President who was extremely embarrassed by her diary’s content.

Don’t tell me the Biden DOJ was ever anything close to fair. Consider the J6 cases. And the cop who murdered Ashli Babbitt on camera has never been charged.

Nobody is fair. Nearly every president picks Supreme Court justices, who are supposed to be models of impartiality, yet somehow, they rule pretty consistently in favor of the policies of whoever chose them. If our highest tribunal is biased, and it clearly is and always has been, you can’t tell me other government officials should be expected to be fair. All you can ask is that their bias isn’t so extreme it results in extraordinary injustice that causes major suffering.

Gaetz has been accused of campaign finance violations. Well, so was Newt Gingrich, who hates him, and Gingrich was completely exonerated after being forced out of office as Speaker of the House. Donald Trump has been unjustly convicted of felonies involving campaign funds, and the case will never survive appeal.

I don’t trust charges involving the minutiae of campaign finance law. We let Obama win in 2008 even though he raised funds online without screening out the Chinese. I don’t care if Gaetz broke the law in some insignificant way.

The rage over the sex thing is a bit ridiculous. Leftists call Gaetz a pedophile. Ignoring the fact that there is no reason to think the crime occurred. Even if it had occurred, it would not make Gaetz a pedophile.

Pedophiles are only attracted to kids who haven’t gone through puberty. Pedophilia is a mental illness, probably caused by demons. Being attracted to 17-year-old girls who look grown is totally normal for men, even if we have no desire to have relationships with them. A man who is not physically attracted to good-looking 17-year-old girls has a problem.

Women claim they’re not physically attracted to handsome teenaged boys who look like men, and I suppose some are not, but most are. Women lie constantly about sex and relationships because they are extremely concerned about what people think of them.

In Florida, the age of consent is 18. In Washington, that deep-red state known for militias and Tea Party events, it’s 16. No one says Washingtonians who have sex with 16-year-olds are pedophiles who should be locked up.

Gaetz was accused of a purely technical crime which does not exist in many states, including New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. These states allow men to have sex with girls who are 16 years old.

Leftists pass out condoms to kids in junior high, and they commonly support kids who choose to have sex before they can drive. Things to think about.

It’s a bad idea for a grown man to have sex with a teenaged girl, it may indicate problems with his character, and all fornication is abomination, but it’s not pedophilia, and it’s not always a crime.

Maybe his real crime has been bucking the GOP establishment. He got Kevin McCarthy ousted. If you want powerful officials to act, the best way is to convince them your enemy is their enemy. The police often refuse to arrest people who have clearly committed misdemeanors, because they don’t really care much about our problems, but give a cop the finger, which is legal, and you can expect to be illegally detained, at least. He may hold you until he can find some unrelated crime to pin on you. High-level politicians are no different.

Should we care if the government is fair? I’m starting to wonder. The world is controlled by supernatural forces, and rulers are puppets. How much does it matter what our rulers are like, as long as they’re good for God’s children?

Trump is better for Christians and Israel than Harris would have been, and Gaetz would probably be acceptable, too. If so, he’s fine with me. It seems to me that if people who don’t know God have problems with the government, it’s between the government and them. Secular government is a curse, and people who don’t know God are cursed. We can’t fix it. People who don’t know God and who are therefore cursed are like the poor. They will always be with us.

The pharaoh who promoted Joseph was great for the Jews. Ahasuerus, AKA Xerxes I, was great for the Jews. So were Cyrus and Darius. These were not enlightened rulers. They were not very nice. But they were still helpful.

Maybe I’m wrong. Just pondering.

The news says Gaetz will never be confirmed. Is that true? If so, why did he resign from the House? Ron DeSantis has to replace him with someone. Will Gaetz get his job back if he can’t be confirmed? I saw some indication that DeSantis can fill the spot with someone else temporarily. Maybe Gaetz could get it back.

Someone has suggested that Casey DeSantis, the governor’s wife, could fill in. That could be a smart move, keeping power in the DeSantis family while things play out.

The Gaetz appointment proves one thing: Trump is not playing around. He’s not catering to the weak voices around him, telling him to curry favor with the left. That stuff never works. Bush II tried it and had his behind handed to him repeatedly.

Trump can’t run again, so from a personal standpoint, he has nothing to fear. Vance is in a different position.

Trump has also appointed Tom Homan to run border security, and his sole, unapologetic policy seems to be, “They are leaving.” Trump got an incredible 55% vote from Hispanic men, and Hispanic men have lots of relatives who want to come here illegally, so I think Homan is a sound choice.

My plan is to enjoy the next 4 years and pray for the rapture every day, as I have been doing for a very long time. If I am close to God, he will look after me no matter who rules the secular world.