To use a variation on the theme of Shakespeare’s more elegant version, “A skunk by any other name still stinks.”

“No, no” they say. “We are not in any way, shape, or form supporting Project 2025.” (Link to full version of Project 2025)

“Yeah, yeah J.D. Vance wrote the foreword to a book by the principal author, but so what? Maybe he didn’t read it? Ever think of that? Besides, we have our own agenda called Project 2025 Agenda 47. Completely different. No resemblance. Not the same thing. Not even close. Ours is more betterer. The best agenda in the history of agendas. Read it for yourself it’s spectacular.” (Link to Agenda 47)

To paraphrase the Bard once again, “Methinks they doth protest too much!”

I thought I would just do a brief comparison of some highlights from the published versions of Project 2025 (entitled Mandate for Leadership The Conservative Promise) and 2024 Republican platform known as Agenda 47 (cleverly yet mysteriously entitled 2024 GOP Platform Make America Great Again!)

The comparison, a look at the overall policy proposals and the Border policy just as examples, is at the end of this piece. But a couple of interesting notes.

Abortion is mentioned once in Agenda 47. It is mentioned 198 times in Project 2025 and not in a supportive kind of way.

Voting rights are mentioned once in Agenda 47 (falsely claiming Democrats are letting illegal aliens vote.) There is no mention in Project 2025. Speaks volumes.

“I read your damn book!”

General George S. Patton

Climate Change is not mentioned at all in Agenda 47. It is mentioned sixty times in Project 2025, mostly contradicting the existing science and downplaying the anthropogenic effect.

Both Agenda 47 and Project 2025 call for the elimination of the Department of Education. Now that’s an agenda worth paying attention to.

Let’s face it. Agenda 47 is the Cliff Notes version of Project 2025 with critical aspects strategically left out in the hope nobody is paying attention to the similarities.

There’s a scene in the movie “Patton” starring George C. Scott. It depicts the Battle of El Guettar pitting Patton’s USII Corps against The Desert Fox, General Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel’s Afrika Corps. Granted it’s a movie and isn’t 1oo% accurate, but it is illustrative.

When the German’s fall into Patton’s trap and are decimated by the unexpected tactics by Patton, Patton looks on gleefully over the battlefield and says, “I read your damn book!” Referring to Rommel’s writings on tactics. That aspect is historically accurate.

You can learn a great deal about someone or an organization by reading the things they write.

When you publish a 922 page document you are betting most people won’t read it. When you publish a 16 page platform that mirrors elements within that same 922 page document you are telling the faithful this is just a preview of the real show.

But don’t take my word for it. Read them, I did. They would be comical if they weren’t so deadly serious.

Project 2025	Agenda 47 aka Republican Platform
Policy List: PROMISE #1: RESTORE THE FAMILY AS THE CENTERPIECE OF AMERICAN LIFE AND PROTECT OUR CHILDREN   PROMISE #2: DISMANTLE THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE AND RETURN SELF-GOVERNANCE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.   PROMISE #3: DEFEND OUR NATION’S SOVEREIGNTY, BORDERS, AND BOUNTY AGAINST GLOBAL THREATS.   PROMISE #4 SECURE OUR GOD-GIVEN INDIVIDUAL RIGHT TO ENJOY “THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY.”	Policy List: 1.SEAL THE BORDER, AND STOP THE MIGRANT INVASION 2. CARRY OUT THE LARGEST DEPORTATION OPERATION IN AMERICAN HISTORY 3. END INFLATION, AND MAKE AMERICA AFFORDABLE AGAIN 4. MAKE AMERICA THE DOMINANT ENERGY PRODUCER IN THE WORLD, BY FAR! 5. STOP OUTSOURCING, AND TURN THE UNITED STATES INTO A MANUFACTURING SUPERPOWER 6. LARGE TAX CUTS FOR WORKERS, AND NO TAX ON TIPS! 7. DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION, OUR BILL OF RIGHTS, AND OUR FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, INCLUDING FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF RELIGION, AND THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS 8. PREVENT WORLD WAR THREE, RESTORE PEACE IN EUROPE AND IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND BUILD A GREAT IRON DOME MISSILE DEFENSE SHIELD OVER OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY — ALL MADE IN AMERICA 9. END THE WEAPONIZATION OF GOVERNMENT AGAINST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 10. STOP THE MIGRANT CRIME EPIDEMIC, DEMOLISH THE FOREIGN DRUG CARTELS, CRUSH GANG VIOLENCE, AND LOCK UP VIOLENT OFFENDERS 11. REBUILD OUR CITIES, INCLUDING WASHINGTON DC, MAKING THEM SAFE, CLEAN, AND BEAUTIFUL AGAIN. 12. STRENGTHEN AND MODERNIZE OUR MILITARY, MAKING IT, WITHOUT QUESTION, THE STRONGEST AND MOST POWERFUL IN THE WORLD 13. KEEP THE U.S. DOLLAR AS THE WORLD’S RESERVE CURRENCY 14. FIGHT FOR AND PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE WITH NO CUTS, INCLUDING NO CHANGES TO THE RETIREMENT AGE 15. CANCEL THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE MANDATE AND CUT COSTLY AND BURDENSOME REGULATIONS 16. CUT FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ANY SCHOOL PUSHING CRITICAL RACE THEORY, RADICAL GENDER IDEOLOGY, AND OTHER INAPPROPRIATE RACIAL, SEXUAL, OR POLITICAL CONTENT ON OUR CHILDREN 17. KEEP MEN OUT OF WOMEN’S SPORTS 18. DEPORT PRO-HAMAS RADICALS AND MAKE OUR COLLEGE CAMPUSES SAFE AND PATRIOTIC AGAIN 19. SECURE OUR ELECTIONS, INCLUDING SAME DAY VOTING, VOTER IDENTIFICATION, PAPER BALLOTS, AND PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP 20. UNITE OUR COUNTRY BY BRINGING IT TO NEW AND RECORD LEVELS OF SUCCESS
Border: Title 42 authority in Title 8. Create an authority akin to the Title 42 Public Health authority that has been used during the COVID-19 pandemic to expel illegal aliens across the border immediately when certain non-health conditions are met, such as loss of operational control of the border. Mandatory appropriation for border wall system infrastructure. The monies appropriated would be used to fund the construction of additional border wall systems, technology, and personnel in strategic locations in accordance with the Border Security Improvement Plan (BSIP). l Appropriation for Port of Entry infrastructure. Border security is not addressed solely by systems in between the ports of entry. POEs require technology and physical upgrades as well as an influx of personnel to meet capacity demands and act as the literal gatekeepers for the country. This is the first line of defense against drug and human smuggling operations.	Border: Republicans offer an aggressive plan to stop the open-border policies that have opened the floodgates to a tidal wave of illegal Aliens, deadly drugs, and Migrant Crime. We will end the Invasion at the Southern Border, restore Law and Order,protect American Sovereignty, and deliver a Safe and Prosperous Future for all Americans. 1. Secure the Border Republicans will restore every Border Policy of the Trump administration and halt all releases of Illegal Aliens into the interior. We will complete the Border Wall, shift massive portions of Federal Law Enforcement to Immigration Enforcement, and use advanced technology to monitor and secure the Border. We will use all resources needed to stop the Invasion— including moving thousands of Troops currently stationed overseas to our own Southern Border. We will deploy the U.S. Navy to impose a full Fentanyl Blockade on the waters of our Region—boarding and inspecting ships to look for fentanyl and fentanyl precursors. Before we defend the Borders of Foreign Countries, we must first secure the Border of our Country. 2. Enforce Immigration Laws Republicans will strengthen ICE, increase penalties for illegal entry and overstaying Visas, and reinstate “Remain in Mexico” and other Policies that helped reduce Illegal Immigration by historic lows in President Trump’s first term. We will also invoke the Alien Enemies Act to remove all known or suspected gang members, drug dealers, or cartel members from the United States, ending the scourge of Illegal Alien gang violence once and for all. We will bring back the Travel Ban, and use Title 42 to end the child trafficking crisis by returning all trafficked children to their families in their Home Countries immediately. 3. Begin Largest Deportation Program in American History President Trump and Republicans will reverse the Democrats’ destructive Open Borders Policies that have allowed criminal gangs and Illegal Aliens from around the World to roam the United States without consequences. The Republican Party is committed to sending Illegal Aliens back home and removing those who have violated our Laws. 4. Strict Vetting Republicans will use existing Federal Law to keep foreign Christian-hating Communists, Marxists, and Socialists out of America. Those who join our Country must love our Country. We will use extreme vetting to ensure that jihadists and jihadist sympathizers are not admitted.

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