Trump or Kamala?

Remember when Joe Biden wasn’t holding press conferences? It was an attempt by his aides to hide his cognitive decline. So why has Harris not even had a television interview since being anointed as the democrat nominee? Its really weird (the new technical political term) since she would be given softball questions as the interviewing democrat surrogates fawned all over her.

Harris skipped Netanyahu’s “useful idiots” speech before Congress but met with him afterwards. I don’t condemn her absence due to a scheduling conflict – she spoke to the national convention of Zeta Phi Beta sorority, a black professional sorority founded at her alma mater Howard University. Lost in some of the condemnations is that JD Vance also missed the speech due to a conflict.  However, Tlaib showed up with her ping pong paddle – maybe she was looking for a match (she is divorced). All the democrats who boycotted the speech would have been better served if all had shown up and simply sat on their hands. Not showing up was petty.

I wonder why Harris is delaying the naming of her vice president choice. The press has said that Mark Kelly, Josh Shapiro, Tim Walz, Andy Beshear and Pete Buttigieg are the finalists. Kelly’s had a rocky first marriage that ended in a messy divorce. His wife filed a restraining order against him. Of course he was an astronaut and is now married to Gabby Giffords but his divorce may be a distraction in the campaign. Shapiro is Jewish (but so is Harris’ husband). Walz is a terrible governor and it is curious why he is even in the finals. Beshear is a two term popular democrat governor of a state that will vote for Trump. He may be the best choice but his popularity is linked to his family name which may not translate to the general public. Buttigieg is the DEI Secretary of Transportation. He had an undistinguished record as a small time mayor and was derisively known as “Pothole” Pete. He has been an awful Transportation secretary – perhaps the worse in history. Remember his reaction to the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio? Or to the air safety system outage? Buttigieg has no accomplishments. His only attribute that gives him notoriety is that he is gay, All are white males. Why just white males? Is this a DEI choice? I have posted before that Michelle Obama as vice president would be a much better choice. There is also Amy Klobouchar. Or how about Julian Castro? It is difficult to see any of the “finalists” adding to the democrat ticket other than Beshear, which means he probably won’t be picked.

Trump continues to be his own worse enemy. Instead of attacking Harris’ record he goes off about her ethnicity declaring that she only recently started referring to herself as black for political gain. I guess Trump forgot that Harris went to Howard University – an HBCU – instead of Berkeley and Stanford (where her parents worked) unlike her sister. Trump posted “Crazy Kamala is saying she’s Indian, not black. This is a big deal. Stone cold phony. She uses everybody, including her racial identity!” 

Trump or Kamala? Is this a Hobson’s choice? Trump is a tiresome bully. Four more years of Trump means the re-igniting of Fake News, insulting tweets, reverse lawfare, retribution, braggadocio, posturing, tariffs on our allies, coddling of dictators but less harmful regulation, a roll back of the Green New Deal and more energy independence. Harris is Biden on steroids with more pages of regulations, more trillions to their green buddies, less economic growth, higher inflation and most importantly, less freedom.  I guess for many the choice comes down to which one will do the least amount of economic damage to the country while in office. That is also a consideration for me. But the greatest consideration is which one will do the greatest damage to the fabric of the country. Without a doubt, that person is Kamala Harris. As my other half has said “OMG! Don’t tell me I am going to have to vote for Donald Trump again!”