By Thomas G. Fitzgerald
Memorial Day 2024 has come and gone. Each year we set aside this day in May to remember and honor all those in our military who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country, losing their lives fighting America’s wars around the world so those at home are free. We celebrate Armed Forces Day in order to honor those in our military who maintain our freedom today and on Veterans Day we honor our former service members who maintained our freedom in the past. To me, if we really care, if we truly value the sacrifice of all those who served in our military so we can be free, then we should not lose our country, or all their efforts will have been for nothing!
I am a Navy veteran; served with the Mobile Riverine Force in 1968/69. Using small boats, we worked with the Army’s 9Th Infantry Division running search and destroy missions throughout the narrow rivers, streams and jungles of the Mekong Delta in South Vietnam. Our Navy had nearly nine hundred capitol ships during this time. It kept the sea lanes open around the world, played a major role in our country being able to maintain world peace and was a source of genuine pride to all that served. Today our Navy has well under 300 ships. Even with technology factored in, our Navy is overworked, under trained and less than half the size it needs to be in order to do the same job it did in the 1960’s. If America does not quickly increase the size of our Navy, it will become more target than deterrent. Being a former “River Rat”, I assure you it is not fun being a target! If we want our military to maintain our freedom so many in elected office today cavalierly take for granted, we owe the men and women of today’s armed forces nothing less than a military so strong an aggressor would not want to pick a fight with America.
Henry Kissinger began the process which would open the door for the US to trade with China in the early 1970’s. In the coming years America abandoned the policy of “Containment of Communist China”. Fast forward to today and we see the complete folly of these actions. America freely allowed the transfer of massive amounts of American technology and jobs to Communist China, a country with five times the population of America. We allowed China to gain manufacturing expertise and technology in mere decades American industry has taken over two centuries of hard work to learn. Both political parties and an unknowing population allowed American corporations to gut out our ability to maintain what made America the “Arsenal of Democracy” during World War Two. We did this simply so that American corporations could make a short term fast buck using China’s cheap labor. The real price of that cheap labor has now come back to haunt us. China used money earned from this massive infusion of industry and technology to build an enormous modern aggressive military designed solely to fight America.
For the first time in history Communist China has a larger Navy than America!
Here at home we see the brave officers of our police departments risk their lives each day patrolling American cities trying their best to protect our citizens from chaos portrayed as criminals, while the criminals they stop are shown by a misguided, woke, DEI trained, incompetent news media as saints!
Our beautiful country is a mess and sadly most problems America faces today are self-caused!
We are being played by internal and external forces that try to pit one American against the other. We need to stand back and think about this. Canned Heat’s song “Lets Work Together” said it best for today’s America; “Together we stand, divided we fall”!
The Democrat Party is an empty shell of what it once was and is no longer a friend of labor, or America. Balanced Democrats like Joe Manchin are in the minority. Their party has lost the ability to promote positive reasons, or better ideas to win elections and now rely on third world propaganda ads to demonize their opponents and bogus lawsuits to win elections. The Republican Party offers the only chance our country has to move our country forward and continue common sense changes former President Trump implemented. Looking past the noise and focusing on the actual policies and decisions he made such as; having secure secure borders, a strong military, sensible trade laws and realizing we could reduce the price of energy buy using our abundant natural resources in order to become both energy independent and a major energy exporter; he did a great deal of good as President! He also realized the importance of gaining the vote of middle class blue collar union and non union workers in order for the Republican Party to win elections! Like the song said, they are “Standard Americans”, the rock our country was built on. Many Republican Representatives noticed the need to welcome all blue collar workers into their party for these very same reasons. Representative Jim Banks from Indiana sent Kevin McCarthy a memo stating “President Trump gave the Republican Party a gift of support of working class voters that should not be wasted”. He realized this is the only large group of voters left which would allow the Republican Party to consistently win elections and secure a future for America.
The absolute lack of any competence, the utter disdain of all American values and morals shown by Democrats who run President Biden has made it imperative Republicans win the white house back in 2024. It looks like former President Trump will win this election. He recently mentioned the importance of picking the “right” vice president. This would set the stage for Republican’s to secure not only the next four years but more importantly, a run of the next three presidential elections. Four more years will not be enough to repair the massive damage caused to our country.
If we want a future that resembles our past, I would ask the Republican Party leaders to do something that will be quite hard but not impossible. (Our military has done the “impossible” during World War Two, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan to name a few). I firmly believe the only way to move America forward is for the Republican Party to take a “Time Out” from trying to eliminate unions and put America ahead of Party. Work with all “like thinking Americans” in order to rebuild America.
Earlier this month the UAW said they had not decided who to ask their members to vote for but a week later felt no other choice but to back Biden. The Teamsters just announced a donation of forty five thousand dollars to the Trump campaign. I feel if given a chance, most unions would rather ask their members, their family’s and friends to vote Republican, for Trump! The Democrat Party gives blue collar workers lip service for their vote, then they are gone. Why not ask UAW workers, Teamsters, police and fire unions, all union workers, all blue collar middle class workers for their vote in order to be able to rebuild our country. With this large group of voters working with Republicans toward the same goal we will have the best chance to very slowly and quietly repair the damage to our country.
Our nations middle class blue collar workers have helped make America unique in the world. They work hard and want their children to have a better life than they had. They are our nations veterans and care about what is happening to America. Actually, they are far more similar to the average Republican than you realize. With the possibility of over nine million illegal aliens being primed to vote “Democrat” it is extremely important to gain the support of this large group of blue collar voters and do it today!
I have heard It said the Republican Party is an open tent for all American’s to join. There are millions and millions of middle class blue collar voters who have been abandoned by the Democrat Party. They are looking for a new party to join. I urge your Party to take a time out, “put America first” and offer these voters a chance to vote for and with the Republican Party. With their help, you will be able to win elections with an undeniable massive number of votes. With their vote you will eliminate years of barely won elections that have plagued our country and the never ending arguments of who won!
The Democrat Party has been taken over by what may be best described as anti Americans. With the help and votes of this large group of blue collar middle class voters you will cause positive change within the Democrat Party. They will be forced to dump the Marxist anti American, DEI spewing wing of their party if they want to win future elections. To me, America has never been in a more dangerous time in our history, even worse than December 7, 1941. This may be the defining moment in our nations history where the majority of “like thinking Americans” must work together, no matter political party, race, creed, or color If we want to have a country to pass on to another generation of American’s.
My parents came from what we now call the “Greatest Generation”. As they aged, they passed down their “owners manual”, our constitution to my generation. Their generation grew up in a country that soon would become the “Arsenal of Democracy”. This combined with their strong religious and moral beliefs helped them win Word War Two and allowed them to leave our country and world a better place than when they came into it. My generations children may need to refer to this “owners manual” as a compass to help guide them through the terrible storm our country faces today if we hope to have an America to leave for the another generation. I find it hard to sit around and watch what is happening to our country and not try to help in someway fix it. My best hope is that this letter will become a catalyst for positive change within the Republican Party. The new forms of communication we have today claim to make it easier it faster to be able to communicate with people but I have found they have actually made it much harder to talk to to people. You know, Spam box, delete!
In conclusion:
I believe Americans are best defined not by what they do when everything runs smoothly but rather when everything hits the fan and goes south, like we see every day now in the news. If the Republican Party would take a “time out” from standard Party line regarding unions, put America first over Party this November, they will gain millions of blue collar middle class votes and reelect former President Trump. There is still time to talk to these Americans and ask them for their help and vote. This in no ordinary election. This large group of voters will help your party win the election with a grand slam home run win so large it can not be denied. America wins with the best of all possible options to allow for a better future. Through out our nations history, when faced with disaster, war, or economic problems, we have always shown a “can do spirit”, worked together to fix what ever the problem is and then go on. Today is no different. I feel that most people causing our problems today simply do not understand, or have a clue how lucky they are to have been born Americans, I really hope to have an opportunity to talk to someone about this idea, to explain it in person so that it doesn’t simply end up ignored. You know, Spam box, Delete! I am just an old nearly worn out Navy veteran. I do not want to be thanked for my service, or an honor flight, I just hope to have a chance to talk to someone about this idea. Our Country is very special. Too good to lose.
By Thomas G. Fitzgerald
