Can we conservatives agree to reject the reasoning of children – that if you don’t get exactly what you want to the extent you want at the time you want it, you’ll take your ball and go home and end up with nothing? I’m tired of conservatives, or at least alleged conservatives, who reason like this.
Some people are loudly announcing – because the announcement of their moral awesomeness is the point – not to support Donald Trump over Planned Parenthood poster girl Kamala Harris because he is somehow insufficiently pro-life. This is unbelievably dumb. Here’s a fun fact. You’re never going to find a politician who is exactly the same as you on all the issues that are very important to you. Donald Trump is never going to match you 100% in everything important to you. But he will match you about 90%, maybe 95%, of the time, while Late Term Kamala will match you 0% of the time. The hallmark of adulthood is the ability to make choices, often between suboptimal options. Do that.
This kind of posturing is stupid, politically and otherwise. Donald Trump is, objectively, the most pro-life president we’ve ever had. He managed to get rid of Roe v. Wade through his Supreme Court justices. That was a massive achievement. Now, what were we promising when we said we would get rid of Roe? We were promising we would allow individual states to make their own abortion decisions because that wasn’t something the federal government should do. The Supreme Court adopted that reasoning. That’s what Dobbs says. Various states have subsequently made various decisions about abortion. In some states, this barbaric practice is essentially banned. In others, it’s open season on fetuses. Is it exactly what we want here? No. Is it better than it was? Hell yes.
And we have the opportunity to make things even better if we don’t screw it up by shooting ourselves in the foot with gratuitous, ridiculous, moral posturing that inevitably leads to defeat. But some of the pro-life people, who would rather be pure than successful, are dumping on Trump because Trump is doing exactly what he said he would do. He’s allowing states to make this decision. I’m not sure why anyone thinks it’s a great idea to promise the American people “A,” and when the American people trust you enough to give you “A,” decide, “No, we’re actually going to give you ‘B,’ which is something very different.” I have a lot of trouble being lectured about morality by people who want to make me a liar and think that’s OK.
I would like to end abortion. Do you know how we can end abortion? We can convince most Americans to also want to end abortion. But right now, most Americans don’t want a complete abortion ban. That’s not where they’re at. And why is that? Because we haven’t convinced them yet.
Democracy is hard work. We can’t dictate. We have to convince people of things. And yes, that includes convincing them that things that we oppose really, really deeply, like killing babies, are bad. It’s sad enough our society has a mindset that makes killing babies an option. It’s even sadder when we somehow can’t be troubled to go out and make the case to our fellow citizens that it’s bad to kill babies. Instead, some pro-life folks want to wave some magic wand and impose a fantasy law that’s never going to get passed, and that is blatantly unconstitutional. It is not happening.
Donald Trump has acknowledged this reality, the reality that a critical mass of Americans is not with us yet and that the Constitution says every state can make its own decisions. Trump is acting reasonably by trying to achieve a lasting pro-life result over time instead of demanding an instant result that cannot happen and would not last. Both procedurally and substantively, the federal government cannot impose a ban on abortions. That would never pass Congress, and even if it did, it would violate Dobbs. Once again, as we’ve been staying for the last century, this is not a decision for the federal government because abortion doesn’t appear in the Constitution, and it has to be decided at the state level. This means that some states are going to make terrible decisions. That’s how federalism works.
If you want to eliminate abortion, and I do, there is no shortcut. You have to change peoples’ minds. You have to go make the case that life is better than death. And it will not happen overnight. For some reason, people don’t want to sully their hands making the argument to people about why abortion is bad. And they haven’t made it, at least not well enough to enough people. Normally sensible states, when an abortion amendment appears on their ballot, have chosen much looser abortion rules than we would prefer. Is it because these people in red states are bad people? No, it’s because we haven’t done the job of convincing them. And, insanely, incrementalism has gotten a bad name. The options voters get are no abortions ever or abortions for everybody all the time, and the government will pay for them. Neither is what the vast majority of Americans want. And when given the choice, even in red states, they go for Option B.
The only way we can win is by convincing people to embrace life. We can’t force them to do it. If we try, as we have seen, we get a reaction that ends up creating more abortions.
And nothing is dumber than saying, “I’m not voting for Donald Trump because he’s insufficiently anti-abortion despite having overturned Roe v. Wade!” It’s hard to understand the depth of this dumbness when his opponent would legalize killing kids on the way out of the birth canal. Until Jesus gets on the ballot, you will never have the chance to vote for someone perfect. Being an adult means accepting reality and making choices. You have to choose between the lesser of two evils, though I’m not convinced Trump is evil. Choosing is what adults do. Mick Jagger was right – you can’t always get what you want, but if you try real hard, as we saw with Dobbs getting overturned, sometimes you get what you need.
On Wednesday, Aug. 28, the channel unveiled a first look at their 2024 lineup of Christmas movies, which includes new festive films starring Candace Cameron Bure, Mario Lopez, Danica McKellar and Cameron Mathison. Beginning Oct. 17, Great American Family will kick off its fourth year of Great American Christmas with 24/7 holiday movies airing through December.
The event culminates on Jan. 1 with the 138th Tournament of Roses Parade, broadcast live from Pasadena, Calif.
In between, the channel will air at least 16 new Christmas films featuring royal holiday antics, seasonal weddings and even a magical maple syrup farm. Previous Great American Family favorites starring Chad Michael Murray, Jennie Garth and Daniel Lissing will also debut on the channel's companion streaming service Pure Flix.
"Great American Christmas has quickly become a highly valued holiday tradition," said Bill Abbott, President & CEO of Great American Media in a statement. "Our early success is owed to our incredible family of talent and a commitment to storytelling that embodies the true spirit of Christmas — the holiday as it’s meant to be celebrated. Stories about love, faith, hope, and joy set us apart from others simply making movies in holiday settings."
See the channel and Pure Flix's holiday lineups — including the official descriptions — below. Premiere dates for Great American Family's Christmas slate will be announced at a later time.
Mitchell Bourke (left) and Rhiannon Fish in A Christmas Castle Proposal.
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A Christmas Castle Proposal, starring Rhiannon Fish and Mitchell Bourke: Olivia, a commoner, travels with Prince Alexander to his family's magical palace, Torovia so their families can spend a first Christmas together. The couple's plans for a enchanted Christmas are threatened by comedic mishaps caused by cultural differences between the families.
Christmas in Scotland, starring Jill Winternitz and Dominic Watters: A New York installation designer helps a small Scottish community create a dazzling light display to win "Best Christmas Village" festival. The designer is forced to work with a wealthy heir who doesn't like Christmas, though feelings may change if the pair succeeds in creating joy for the community.
A Vintage Christmas, starring Merritt Patterson and Christopher Russell: A dedicated preservationist battles a developer’s ambitions to tear down a historic post office with ties to her family. The choice of old versus new threatens to divide the small town unless there is a solution for the greater good of all concerned.
Brittany Underwood (left) and Jonathan Stoddard in A Royal Christmas Ballet.
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The Fabric of Christmas, starring Ferelith Young and Harmon Walsh: Firefighter Liam and quilting teacher, Amy, come together to make the perfect quilt for Liam’s sister’s Christmas wedding. Two headstrong people discover the importance of putting personal differences aside to create what is most important at Christmas.
A Royal Christmas Ballet, starring Brittany Underwood and Jonathan Stoddard: A retired ballerina is pressed into service working with a visiting team of royal ambassadors to put on the season’s performance of “The Nutcracker” and finds herself center stage in an unexpected Christmas romance.
A Christmas Less Traveled, starring Candace Cameron Bure and Eric Johnson: A local business owner finds an audio cassette in the player of her recently departed dad’s classic red truck. The message instructs Desi to go on a holiday road trip down memory lane where she meets a man who needs her help and who offers help in return.
A Little Women's Christmas, starring Trevor Donovan, Jen Lilley, Jillian Murray, Laura Osnes, Julia Reilly, Jesse Hutch, and Gladys Knight: A modern retelling of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel.
Get Him Back for Christmas, starring Alexa PenaVega and Carlos PenaVega. Special appearance by the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Mario Lopez, Victoria Jackson, and Natasha Bure: Bella made it big in music. Jack stayed behind in his hometown working at The Salvation Army to help his family after his dad passes. Bella returns home after a heartbreaking split with her chart-topping singing partner and asks Jack to write the perfect song to get her boyfriend back. Carlos PenaVega wrote and performs an original song, “Get Him Back for Christmas” performed for the film at AT&T Stadium.
Oliver Rice (left) and Danica McKellar in A Cinderella Christmas Ball.
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A Cinderella Christmas Ball, starring Danica McKellar and Oliver Rice: With only the Internet, a plane ticket and a lifelong determination to find her birth family Chelsea travels to royal hamlet, Havenshire, at Christmas. Along the way, Chelsea sneaks into a castle, teaches a stubborn Prince how to dance, and looks to be in the perfect place when the bells toll Christmas Eve.
Wreathmaker Christmas, starring Kristin Wollett and Casey Elliott: A wreathmaker slips on ice and injures her arm which puts her holiday wreath deliveries in jeopardy until a selfless neighbor steps up to keep her business afloat.
Home Sweet Christmas, starring Candace Cameron Bure and Cameron Mathison: Two former childhood friends reunite after a beloved family members passes, leaving the future of his magical maple sugar farm in their hands.
Candace Cameron Bure (left) and Cameron Mathison.
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Once Upon a Christmas Wish, starring Mario Lopez and Courtney Lopez: A local mayor discovers his childhood Christmas wishes are coming true. With his childhood friend, the pair can inspire residents to showcase the town’s warmth and values while pushing back a major developer’s desire to take the community in a different direction.
Sleigh Bells and Sugar Plums, starring Jill Wagner and Jesse Hutch: A historian seeks inspiration for her next project in her family’s hometown of Aurora, which is famous for experiencing the Northern Lights. While there, she bonds with a local tour guide who shows her the town’s Christmas traditions and witnesses a harbinger of miracles to come.
A Shelter and Season's Greetings, starring Ash Tsai and Eric Guillmette: Caleb is injured in the Army and recovers through help from shelter therapy dogs. As a sign of thanks, Caleb returns home to help Amber run the local shelter and, in the process, discovers his feelings for Amber go beyond gratitude.
Erin Agostino (left) and Harmon Walsh in Christmas by Candlelight.
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Christmas by Candlelight, starring Erin Agostino and Harmon Walsh: Juliet pitches Christmas candles to her boss to earn a promotion and enlists the help of a candle store owner (Tom) who refuses at first but reluctantly agrees when he realizes the money will help make his daughter's Christmas wish come true.
Coupled Up for Christmas, starring Sara Canning and Marcus Rosner: Two heartbroken strangers pretend to be dating others to win the affection of their true soulmates.
Merritt Patterson (left) and Christopher Russell in A Vintage Christmas.
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Pureflix Premieres:
A Paris Christmas Waltz, starring Jen Lilley and Matthew Morrison: A novice dancer, Emma encounters professional dancer Leo whose love for competitive dance is diminishing until a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity presents itself for the dancer and his beloved choreographer to take Emma’s dancing to next level.
A Hot Cocoa Christmas, starring Susie Abromeit and Torrance Coombs: The modern-day reimagining of William Shakespeare’s beloved classic "Much Ado About Nothing" set at Christmas.
12 Games of Christmas, starring Felisha Cooper and Johnny Ramey: A group of friends are magically transported inside a Christmas-themed board game during a holiday party. They must play through all levels to return home just in time for Christmas.
Christmas Time Is Here, starring Rukiya Bernard and Dewshane Williams: Nia hopes to save her father’s beloved inn and is initially excited to meet Julian who she believes will help her only to discover Julian’s first thought was to change the legacy property.
A Kindhearted Christmas, starring Jennie Garth and Cameron Mathison: A small business owner gets inspired to donate to the town anonymously which has everyone in the community following suit all while a local reporter tries to find out who the secret Santa is.
Christmas in Maple Hills, starring Emily Alatalo, Bukola Ayoka, Ayinde Blake: A charismatic veterinarian needs to track down the enigmatic owner of her family’s land to preserve its legacy.
Casey Elliott (left) and Kristin Wollett in Wreathmaker Christmas.
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Angel Falls Christmas, starring Chad Michael Murray and Jessica Lowndes: A devoted doctor with little time for Christmas works a miracle for her patient and finds acceptance and love in the unlikeliest of places.
Royally Wrapped for Christmas, starring Jen Lilley and Brendan Fehr: The director of an international charity is called to the Kingdom of Valdonia by its royal family where she grows ever closer to a prince.
Catering Christmas, starring Merritt Patterson and Daniel Lissing: A struggling catering business lands the Christmas event of the year but will have to cater to the whims of the town’s top socialite.
Christmas at the Drive-In, starring Danica McKellar and Neal Bledsoe: A property lawyer works to prove her local drive-in is an institution and cannot be closed and then meets the proposed seller, who happens to be the heir to the property.
Dominic Watters (left) and Jill Winternitz in Christmas in Scotland.
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Christmas by Candlelight, starring Erin Agostino and Harmon Walsh: Juliet pitches Christmas candles to her boss to earn a promotion and enlists the help of a candle store owner who refuses at first but reluctantly agrees when he realizes the money will help make his daughter's Christmas wish come true.
A Christmas Less Traveled, starring Candace Cameron Bure and Eric Johnson: A local business owner finds an audio cassette in the player of her recently departed dad’s classic red truck. The message instructs Desi to go on a holiday road trip down memory lane where she meets a man who needs her help and who offers help in return.
The Fabric of Christmas, starring Ferelith Young and Harmon Walsh: Firefighter Liam and quilting teacher, Amy, come together to make the perfect quilt for Liam’s sister’s Christmas wedding. Two headstrong people discover the importance of putting personal differences aside to create what is most important at Christmas.
A Christmas Miracle for Daisy, starring Jill Wagner and Nick Bateman: An interior designer scores a landmark property remodel before discovering the new owner is someone special from her past life who is now parent to an adopted daughter.
Christmas in Scotland, starring Jill Winternitz and Dominic Watters: A New York installation designer helps a small Scottish community create a dazzling light display to win "Best Christmas Village" festival. The designer is forced to work with a wealthy heir who doesn't like Christmas, though feelings may change if the pair succeeds in creating joy for the community.
Courtney (left) and Mario Lopez in Once Upon a Christmas Wish.
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A Christmas Star, starring Sara Canning and Daniel Lissing: An astronomer predicts a new meteor shower will appear above a town and needs to convince locals not to light an annual tree to see the phenomenon.
Coupled Up for Christmas, starring Sara Canning and Marcus Rosner: Two heartbroken strangers pretend to be dating others to win the affection of their true soulmates.
I’m Glad It's Christmas, starring Jessica Lowndes, Paul Green, and Gladys Knight: A salesclerk dreaming of an opportunity on Broadway encounters a jingle writer also in need of a professional miracle. Little do the pair realize, an angel of a business owner has divine plans for everyone this Christmas.
Aways remember for all the talk of Our Democracy™, they oppose Trump because he aims to undo the swamp, restore accountability, and transfer power back to the American people.
Bearing my cross like the good book counsels us to do, I watched most of the Democratic National Convention last week. Reflecting the party as a whole, it was a mélange of mixed messages.
Back in 2020, the party’s leaders intervened during the primary in order to stop a Bernie Sanders’ victory. Right before Super Tuesday, they rallied around Joe Biden, the excuse being that he could win because he was a likable moderate from Pennsylvania.
Close to the working man and filled with empathy, this invented campaign persona bore little resemblance to Biden or his presidency. It was a classic “bait and switch.” Once in office, he quickly revealed that he was not really up to the task, and he turned the keys over to the highly ideological and cunning bureaucrats running the federal agencies.
He also opened up the gates of federal spending, continuing COVID stimulus payments long after they ceased to be necessary. This all contributed greatly to persistent inflation.
Are These Good Times or Bad?
One problem with the entire narrative of the DNC is that the Democrats can’t decide if we’re in trouble or if things are hunky dory. Sometimes they say the economy is great and that we are all too dumb to notice, but they also say that the middle class is being destroyed and they’re going to help people pursue the American Dream. Kamala has a list of things she is going to do on “day one” to help the middle class, but she does not have a good explanation for why they have not been done already.
Because of the inherent contradictions in their account of the recent past—particularly the meaning of Biden’s term—they have retreated into schlock. In speaker after speaker at the DNC, a gauzy sentimentalism ruled the day. Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, and Tim Walz all talked about “civility” and “joy” and “family” and “how far the country has come.” Who can argue with that?
Barack Obama said he wants to “return to an America where we work together and look out for each other,” seemingly oblivious to his role in destroying national unity by cheering on Black Lives Matter extremists beginning in 2014. Michelle Obama spoke about how “all children, all people have value. That anyone can succeed [in America] if given the opportunity.” Tim Walz added his own glittering generalities, expressing his “commitment to the common good, an understanding that we’re all in this together, and the belief that a single person can make a real difference for their neighbors.”
These sentimental remarks were sometimes interspersed with radicalism, but the radicalism was always accompanied by a big smile. Michelle Obama claimed that “no one has a monopoly on what it means to be an American,” meaning, I suppose, that whoever swims across the Rio Grande or overstays a visa can decide for himself. Tim Walz said, “I believe in the Second Amendment, but I also believe our first responsibility is to keep our kids safe.” In plain English, he is coming for the AR-15. What does the Second Amendment even mean to people like this?
The rhetoric was empty and banal all around, but I’ll concede most of the speakers delivered their remarks well, particularly the Obamas, in notable contrast to the last four garbled years under Biden and the impending rhetorical catastrophe whenever Kamala is untethered from a teleprompter.
Democrats’ Policies; Disunity and Incivility
Multiple speakers emphasized the fraying bonds of community that once buffered partisan excess. But these remarks had a deceptive quality. It is as though Democrats want to paper over the radical changes that the left has inflicted on our public morality and recast the conservative rear-guard opposition as revolutionary.
They changed laws on marriage, added unassimilable aliens from Somalia and Afghanistan to previously safe neighborhoods, conducted social engineering via school bussing, foisted soft-on-crime policies in cities, attacked our basic understanding of who is male and female, and sent a huge portion of our industrial base to China. Responding to COVID, they stopped people from going to church and school, set up snitch lines to enforce restrictions, and made people get vaccines under threat of losing their jobs and pensions while making exceptions for the Antifa and Black Lives Matter fanatics to riot for George Floyd.
Then, after a year of left-wing violence in cities like Seattle, Portland, and Minneapolis, they threw the book at grandma for peaceful civil disobedience on January 6 and followed up with a military occupation of Washington, D.C.
When Bill Clinton led his party to power as a New Democrat in 1992, substantive policy changes were at the heart of his campaign, particularly in the primary. He was no Mondale or Dukakis; rather, he was for the death penalty, critical of the welfare system, embraced free trade, and supported a strong military. Similarly, Trump loosened up his party’s orthodoxy on free trade and foreign policy and emphasized new issues like immigration. He redefined the GOP’s center and moved it closer to the country’s.
By contrast, the latest display is all about the packaging. The Democrats are selling a narrative, a story. But their policies are as radical as ever, including child sex changes, price controls, defunding the police, reparations, and open borders.
Regardless of which side you’re on, it is a fiction to pretend we’re all “basically for the same things” or “have more in common than not.” I saw a freak show in the DNC, and I do not want what these people want. But I also noticed they were clever enough to recast their freakishness and cultural radicalism as the natural evolution of mundane beliefs rooted in the American tradition.
“Let’s Be Nice” Plus “Trump is Evil Incarnate”
Alongside all these appeals to unity, community, and other nice-sounding things, there was a lot of venom for Trump and his supporters. For them, he is the apotheosis of evil: divisive, dishonest, racist, sexist, selfish, venal, a draft dodger, greedy, and all the rest.
They painted him as a would-be dictator without really reconciling this account with the mostly normal way he governed. One state senator from Michigan said he would unleash the FBI and DOJ on his political opponents—as if Barack Obama did not do exactly that against Trump. Since supporters identify so closely with Trump—similar to the way Democrats did with Obama but not with Biden—there is a risk this backfires and is felt by many as a divisive, personal attack along the lines of Hillary’s “basket of deplorables.”
Other than projecting a faux enthusiasm for the previously unremarkable Kamala Harris, it does not seem much at this convention will inspire or move those in the middle. A policy agenda was hard to divine amid the many snide remarks about Trump, and the emotional tone seems likely to alienate men and only appeal to the most committed true believers.
In other words, the speakers demonstrated little understanding of why Trump appealed to people as a disruptor of a corrupt system under which they were not rewarded.
Trump’s policies, particularly on trade and immigration, actually helped the middle class. His critics have implied that Trump is uncaring and selfish, but he is literally risking his life, his freedom, and his wealth by pursuing the presidency. This is the only reason he is now subject to multiple bogus criminal and civil proceedings, as well as a nearly successful assassination attempt.
This kind of determination and coolness under pressure naturally commands respect.
Kamala’s Performative Normalcy
Kamala matched the tone of the rest of the convention. In her delivery, she did better than I had previously seen. She appeared confident and comfortable, and her trademark vocal fry was absent. She spoke lovingly of her parents, her middle-class upbringing by a single mother after her parents’ divorce, and of her great love of America and its opportunities.
She left some things out, though. I noticed she did not mention that half of her childhood was spent in Montreal, Canada. Also, she did not once use the words “black” or “African” or “HCBU” or “Howard” to describe herself or tell her story. She painted herself as a cosmopolitan all-American girl, not as the champion of a particular American racial group. This was smart.
Moving to her career, she touted her days as a tough prosecutor, vindicating the rights of regular people and children. But she mostly failed to identify any significant accomplishments as senator or vice president. Her discussions of policy were all vague in the extreme; she would “be a president for all Americans” and “chart a new way forward.”
Her attacks on Trump were typical of other speakers and filled with falsehoods, such as, “When politicians in his own party begged him to call off the mob and send help, he did the opposite. He fanned the flames.” No, he told people not to be violent.
She tried to paint him as selfish and out for himself, which is impossible to reconcile with the great risk and personal cost the presidency and this race have cost him.
She had little intelligent to say about inflation, which is on voters’ minds. She also tried to recast herself as a patriotic protector of the border, even though it has been a sieve letting in unvetted trash from the third world for the entirety of Biden’s presidency.
She showed herself to be a complete establishment hack on the issues that matter: inflation, crime, trade, immigration, and foreign policy. She praised NATO and made it clear she wants our country to continue to be entangled with the rest of the world, a global empire masquerading as “leadership” for others in an “enduring struggle between democracy and tyranny.” For Kamala and the D.C. establishment, the Cold War never ended, Iraq and Afghanistan were success stories, and prolonging the war against Gaza and Ukraine is somehow leadership. We are never told how this benefits Americans.
I do not expect the convention changed much. It did show who the Democrats are and who Kamala wants to be. Like Biden, she will be a defender of the establishment and of business-as-usual. Her demographics will be different, but the policies will be the same. She would serve as a figurehead for the Deep State and the unelected bureaucrats who really run the country.
We should always remember for all the talk of Our Democracy™ and norms, they oppose Trump so vociferously because he aims to undo this arrangement, restore accountability, and transfer that power back to the American people.
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