In politics, as in life, we do best when we … choose common sense. Don’t set a tent in a gully, don’t try thin ice, don’t hike a mountain in sandals, or consult carnival barkers for financial advice. Don’t trust failing brakes, blame others for your faults and aches, or imagine Harris-Walz aren’t fakes.
What has Harris done with her life, besides nuzzling a microphone, leveraging political ties for personal gain, pretending to be what she is not, failing every professional test, hurting others, run from the rest?
Here is a former California attorney general who reduced penalties for murderers, promoted illegal immigration, refused to cooperate with federal law enforcement, suppressed constitutional rights, and was so flawed, so off base, so personally mean that the Supreme Court had to intervene.
Here is a presidential candidate in 2020 so light on content, leftist in disposition, unliked by her peers, viewed as a chameleon, user, self-aggrandizing, and undevout, Democrats forced her out.
Here is a US Senator and vice president who, with fawning words from Obama and Biden’s choice, managed to push “banning” private health insurance, federalizing and rationing medical care, debt to 35 trillion, inflation to 9 percent, interest at 22-year high; who tried to grant “citizenship” to every illegal, ban fracking and drilling for oil, mandate electric cars, outlaw gas stoves and plastic straws; advocated defunding state and federal police, ending constitutional rights during COVID, justified political violence in 2020, helped put felons on the street without bail, called Customs “the KKK,” and pretended no responsibility, as she waved drugs, trafficked girls, and illegals in, border away.
Here is a vice presidential candidate who, as if she had nothing to do with it, promoted as fit an unfit president, lied to prop him up, then colluded with his Democrat enemies to position herself as the nominee, tearing the whole constitutional primary process down, to grace herself with his crown.
Then, look at her running mate, chosen with little vetting, another lapse in judgment, except that he balanced her age, race, and gender, thus making her a midwestern contender. Who is he? A Marxist playing country boy, military faker, suppresser of rights, a wolf in sheep’s fur, a perfect reflection of her.
So, back to common sense. What should we see when Democrats nominate this pair? Well, shared Marxist leanings, yes – but also an obsession with power, comfort with arrogance, willingness to betray principle for the position, indulge violence without contrition, as John Dean once said, “blind ambition.”
So, when all the twisted, manipulated, reshaped narratives, all those deflections, defections, and rejections are stirred into one indigestible, indecipherable bowl of mush, what should we do? Don’t count on others, count on you.
You know when your money is worth something. You know the feeling of peace, low inflation, low interest, affordable housing, heating oil, groceries, gas, and life. You know the feeling of no fear, no mandates, no street strife. You know free speech, self-defense, accountability, people who care, not those who threaten lawfare.
You know real from unreal, dry from wet, safe from unsafe, faithless leaders, the safe bet. If you are wondering how this election will go, and not sure what to do, get off the fence. Choose common sense.
Robert Charles is a former Assistant Secretary of State under Colin Powell, former Reagan and Bush 41 White House staffer, attorney, and naval intelligence officer (USNR). He wrote “Narcotics and Terrorism” (2003), “Eagles and Evergreens” (2018), and is National Spokesman for AMAC.
