Republicans: Don’t get carried away and spike the football before you cross the goal line into the end zone for sure in November.
Kamala Harris ― or any other Democratic candidate ― can win this election now that enfeebled President Joe Biden has wisely decided to opt out of the campaign.
Democrats can safely count on at least 170 electoral votes in any presidential election from super-blue states such as California, New York and Illinois. Mickey Mouse could be their candidate and he would get at least those 170 votes even if Minnie claimed he was a terrible husband.
Politics can be awfully shallow at times. One political person told me his grandma, a very conservative and deeply religious person, did not vote for Mitt Romney in 2012 against Barack Obama because Romney was a Mormon who wore “woolen underwear.” She said she couldn’t vote for someone who was “in a cult like that.”
The number of nonsensical reasons to not vote for someone far outweighs the rational for sure.
Even though we are selecting a person to have “The Most Powerful Job on Earth,” most voters simply are too busy to pay attention to politics until after Labor Day ― or they simply do not care. Only 5 million (out of 255 million) citizens over age 18 devour political infotainment talk shows every night on Fox, MSNBC and CNN, which leaves 98% of the voting population disengaged from the daily thrusts and parries of political drama.
To many citizens, selecting a president is not much different than voting for “The Most Popular Person” in high school. A lot of their decision-making process has to do with the candidates’ personal appearance and likability.
When it comes to casting a vote for a candidate, studies have shown that 65% of the reason is based on how they look on TV. The sound of a candidate’s voice accounts for up to 20%. That leaves a scant 15% of the reason to vote for a candidate to include discussions about political philosophy; worldview; complex tax and budget policy and defending Israel and Ukraine.
All are important issues. Republicans love to beat them to death and talk facts and figures and tables and charts when what most people are looking for is a likable candidate with a charming, mellifluous voice like Ronald Reagan.
Many pundits commented on the fact that the pitch and tenor of Hillary Clinton’s voice just drove many people up the wall during the 2016 campaign. Perhaps the cackling laugh of Kamala Harris might be her Achilles’ heel unless some Republican strategist is dumb enough to suggest to President Donald Trump that he conduct a full-scale personal attack on her which will surely backfire.
The other determining factor is money. Ninety-five percent of candidates who raise the most money usually win. It is rare to find a case of the underfunded candidate winning as Trump did in 2016 when he was vastly outspent by the Clinton Machine.
Progressive socialist Democrats are going to frame this election by begging you “to “be a part of history!” by voting for the first black female president. They are going to ask you to forget she is part of the Biden White House ― and perhaps his biggest cheerleader outside of Dr. Jill Biden ― which has crippled your finances with rampant 20% inflation since taking office. They are going to ask you to forget Harris was supposed to be in charge of protecting the border from the flood of 10 million immigrants entering the country illegally ― which has been a catastrophe. They are going to ask you to forget that she has supported violent pro-Palestinian demonstrators screaming “Death to Jews!” and posted bail for protestors jailed for crimes committed during the BLM riots in 2020.
Democrats want you to believe Kamala Harris is the sort of calm, mild-mannered, apolitical leader they wanted everyone to believe Joe Biden was as he was sitting in his basement in the last campaign.
She is not. Kamala Harris is politically far to the left of Joe Biden, who will be remembered by future historians as the most progressively socialist president America has ever had ― and he has the dismal record to prove it.
Don’t throw your vote away this time. Be selfish with your vote. Vote for the candidate who will deliver the best results for your life, your family, your community and your state. Don’t be fooled again.
