The movie Liar, Liar (circa 1997)is fantasy. All kinds of fun. Remember the plot? A slick attorney builds a flourishing practice through his skill as a habitual liar. Well, truth is that’s not fantasy, is it? Considering the occupation, that is. The fantasy is that the attorney’s son wishes his dad can’t tell a lie for an entire day — and the wish comes true. You imagine everyone in America plays the wish game from time to time. In this political season of lies, you’ve been mulling a special wish — that in at least one news interview, at least one commentator and one politician must tell the naked truth.*

Your wish is that a well known, respected, talking head would  interview Kamala Harris. Since Bret Baier just had  this experience, you choose him for an encore. In your fantasy, Harris’ remarks would be unrealistically brief. Each  participant would be truthful, and Fox  News would would let it play without interruption.

Acknowledgements/Introductions

Baier: Ms. Vice President, are you happy being the Democrat nominee for President, considering you were not elected by the people?

Harris: You must realize, Mr. Baier, that I didn’t ask to be the nominee. Please remember that. It was a special circumstance and the Democrat Party did what it had to do. The leaders said I was the most qualified candidate based on my four years experience as second in command. I think they were right.  Anyway, there was no one else in the party who could win. Ask Joe, he’ll tell you.

Baier: Ms. Vice President, as the border Czar, fentanyl smuggled into the US under your watch has killed thousands of people; and many Americans have died at the hands of criminals who crossed our border. Are you guilty of being an accessory to murder?

Harris: Mt. Baier, I have to say that this question shows your partisan bias and it should end this interview. I have no doubt that Fox news management will agree. But in the interest of the long suffering American people, let me say that drugs and killers were entering this country long before the Biden/Harris administration. When we took over, we tried to correct Trump’s failed immigration policies. The only other thing I would say about your insulting insinuation is to ask you to put the question to Secretary Mayorkas and the border personnel who have been working courageously on this issue. Both would give me high marks.

Baier: Ms. Vice President, are you a communist?

Harris: This line of questioning is inflammatory in its intent. But once again I’ll take the high road, I will proudly tell you and all freedom loving Americans that I was brought up by family and mentors to respect all ideologies. There is no question I am politically progressive because I believe in the suffering of the underclass — that the people who suffer discrimination — are much better served by proactive policies that respond to their welfare. The reactionary policies of yesterday have no place in America’s future.

Baier: Thank you Madam, but, to be clear, are you a communist?

Harris: I am not a card carrying member of the Communist Party. Is that answer clear enough?

Baier: Thank you. In your debate with President Trump, you repeated several times that — “the American people are hurting.” Please tell me, how and why  are they hurting , and just who is responsible for their pain.?

Harris: I’m glad you asked. And my heart goes out to those who can’t make ends meet. The fact is we inherited an administration who devised policies that had some short term effects; but it was all smoke and mirrors. Trump’s economics plan was so devious that there was no way to correct the eventual damage in just three years — and even now our corrective strategies are just beginning to take hold to reduce the devastating inflation that rose out of control  during our tenure in office. At the same time, you can see  our unemployment numbers are in decline.

Baier: So are you saying that inflation and resulting 30-40% cost of living increase is Trump’s fault?

Harris: Yes, for the most part. The average person doesn’t take in consideration that there is a lag factor in the economy. They lose sight that what happened in 2016-20 may have looked OK, but we were left to deal with the fallout.

Baier: Madam VP, I think you have stated that Donald Trump is anti woman and that under his administration, women will lose their reproductive rights. Is that true?

Harris: Definitely true. I’m surprised you asked this question. He has made demeaning comments about women so many times, he even brags about it. He was successfully sued for paying hush money to a woman for his sexual escapades with her. And now, many states want to outlaw abortion rights altogether. Of all the issues that face this country, this is one that makes Trump most unfit to serve.

Baire: But, Madam VP, Trump has no jurisdiction over the abortion issue; The Supreme Court found Roe vs Wade unconstitutional. The matter is in the hands of the states. Isn’t that true?

Harris: Don’t you believe that for a second. He put those justices on the Supreme Court and he’s responsible for the repeal. If he gets in, he will find ways to see that all American women further lose their most basic rights. As we’ve said many time publicly, he’s a danger to our democracy and it begins with depriving women their rights.

Baire: Madam VP. How do you intend to reduce the astronomical US debt? I believe the figure is over $35 Trillion.

Harris: We have to bite the bullet. The fact is — there is no way to reduce debt without taxing many millions of incredibly rich people sitting on enormous wealth. That would be a beginning — in fact, our deficit is evidence that millions of taxpayers have found loopholes to avoid their fair share of the tax burden. There is no way we will ever have equity in this nation until we recognize there is inequality throughout all segments of our social structure.

Baire: Madam VP, it sounds as if you suggest that America can tax its way to prosperity.

Harris: You put it abruptly to make it sound bad. I said it was one step. We also must look at how large corporations and businesses rip off the people. In energy alone, the people would be much better off if the government had a greater role in the energy sector as well as considering price controls, particularly in the food industry. Already, we see how much better off people are now that the government is essentially in charge of the healthcare industry. We should look into other sectors of the economy and exercise humanitarian policies that  would be more beneficial than encouraging greedy profit motives. Greed takes the bread out of the mouths of the working class.

Baire: Are you talking about replacing capitalism with socialism, Madam?

Harris: I think replacing is the wrong word. If you look at many successful countries around the world, you will see the coordination between socialism and capitalism is successful and fair. We must strive for a world that endeavors to make all citizens more equal. As it says in the Declaration, “all men are created equal.”

Baire: With all due respect, Madam, you may not have the card, but aren’t you preaching Communism?

Harris: Mr. Baire, I’m afraid you’re determined to let your own politics interfere with your obligation to conduct a non-biased journalistic interview. The people want change. We can’t fix all the problems of the past in four years — problems that Trump initiated in his four disastrous years in office. If you don’t see it, the people do. They saw it so clearly, that they felt it necessary to indict Trump and charge him with dozens of felonies — and he’s still trying to wiggle out of paying for his breaches of the law.

Baire: Thank you. This interview is concluded. For me personally, let me say in closing, madam, that you are totally full of shit, to such a degree, that knowing millions of people nonetheless will vote for you, is like living through an episode of the “Walking Dead.” God help us. To the management of Fox News,  you necessarily have my resignation — and condolences.

*Note: To explain why Harris appears to lie, you may want to recall a famous comedian’s advice on how to deceive a polygraph: “It’s not a lie if you believe it.” Ed.

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Before the election season slips away, the GOP candidate for president should contact Eagles artist Don Henley. He should ask the legendary songwriter for a favor. Could Trump’s campaign use a 10-sec. clip from one of your famous songs? For what? For a 15-sec. television ad. Most likely, any ad, no matter how seminal, would have no effect on the election outcome; but history would love it for a very long time; and, if possible, Eagles stardom would fly even higher.

If you don’t mind stretching your imagination, picture a medium shot of Democrat candidate Harris. She’s on stage, behind a dais, teleprompters to her left and right. She’s speaking to her adoring fans. Almost immediately, the camera begins a slow zoom, as she explains her economic plan. In just a few seconds, her face is full screen. In the background, you realize there’s the faintest sound of music. It seems familiar. The camera is tight now on her glittering eyes as the music and lyrics become audible and suddenly recognizable. As the music lifts, you hear laughter — hers. The audio: “You can’t hide your lyin’ eyes, and your smile’s a thin disguise . . .”

In the hands of a creative editor, this simple rendition should leave the 2024 political landscape with what it deserves — an open and shut epilogue devoted to specific truth. And whatever your political persuasion, there is no corner, no domicile, no business that houses more liars per square inch than the Federal Government. Worse, these are the liars who create the greatest personal hardships — the ruination of human lives at an astronomical level, with no accountability. This essay is dedicated to one of those liars..

Yet, the American people seem bound and determined to ignore these enemies at the gate. They elect senators and representatives to go to Washington — to go to State Capitols. They send them money. And the people they send conduct business. They attend meetings, perhaps author bills and meet with visitors. But they are unable or unwilling to prevent this Nation from plummeting into socialism. Why is that? These leaders can’t prevent catastrophic debt of $35.6 Trillion — they can’t prevent illegal immigration — or education tyranny — or energy dependency — or government controlled medical system — or drug cartels — or collapse of the dollar — or justice system corruption. These are the only people — the ones you elect  — who have the power to fix the debt, corruption and tyrannical rule. So why don’t they?

If you sit with them — or attend their speeches, they will tell you that they are “fighting for you” — a favorite line — and they will repeat the very things that need to change, but those things never change; instead, they get worse. It’s somebody’s fault but not theirs. Never.

Nothing explains the insanity as clearly as the emergence of Kamala Harris who did not compete and get elected in a Democrat primary, but instead was anointed — and the people who call themselves Democrats don’t even care that they had no say and no vote — that fact alone tells you pointblank that these people are robots. If that fact doesn’t give you the willies — consider the temerity of Harris who laughably announces that she wants to help the suffering American people who are hurting. So millions of people will vote for the very person responsible for that 2020-24 period of suffering. That’s like voting to elect Adolph Eichmann* to oversee the housing industry for the reconstruction of postwar Germany.

Rants like this tend to turn cynical because America seems determined to adopt the European Socialist model. Which is ironic since Europe is now awash in the destructive reality of mass migration. Simply stated, the American people are determined to kill the Golden Goose. They have an outside chance to come to the rescue with the Convention of States but; in one instance, the legislators in North Carolina led by a GOP controlled House and Senate seem impotent to act. Whose fault is that? You have to look to leadership — in this case, one Phil Berger — who seems more interested in investing in NC Casinos than in helping to preserve and protect The Constitution of the United States per Article V.

About the original intent of this essay. You could ask Don Henley to produce a meme for online distribution. But you don’t know the man. You hope somebody does. If you can’t expose a Commie,  a meme like this could poke some fun and go viral. Maybe.

* Nazi party official.

Note: A 30-sec spot would allow for “Thought by now you’d realize their ain’t no way ………………………………………………eyes.”

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28 Days.

That’s the time left for Americans to decide whether or not to bury the original U.S. Constitution. To decide that Karl Marx, Kamala Harris and Communism can do a better job than America’s Founders and the millions of legal immigrants who built this country. Or whether to elect a former President — the quintessential Capitalist who four short years ago orchestrated one of the most robust economic comebacks since Jimmy Carter’s 1970’s misery index.

The Tenets of Hatred

It would seem an easy choice for any conscientious, rational human being; and, fortunately,  there are many of them around. Unfortunately, there are many — at least half the population — who are hidebound and doctrinaire — who choose to despise a man who has not acted against them in any way — who has not oppressed, persecuted or wounded them, who has not depreciated their lives; but in fact has nourished their lives and their opportunities. Yet they refuse to acknowledge his service to them and to a country he loves — instead preferring to believe a decade of his enemy’s lies — instead, preferring to revel in the tenets of hatred.

See the People Prosper.

Hatred for what? For boasting, for name-calling, for rudeness — for his lack of civility? His haters don’t even know the man. His story is not complicated. He respected his parents and devoted himself to business, amassing great wealth, losing and winning, but never giving in or giving up, negotiating with the most entrenched bureaucracy in the world — New York City. He decided to run for office when he saw Marxist ideology take a stranglehold over America in the person of Barack Obama. And in 2016, he became the only President having never previously held public office — yes, not one day of political experience — a reality that still torments both political parties. He didn’t run for money. He devoted his salary. He didn’t run to make war. He didn’t run to destroy the Democrat Party. He ran to be the first President to govern the country as a business. His goal was not a cute slogan. It was real — a business goal — to make America great again. Strong. Prosperous. Safe. By building America — the business — he would see the people prosper and truly discover the meaning of individual liberty. And once he got the bit in his teeth, he set about doing just that. Look back. The American people didn’t complain, didn’t protest. The only people who complained about Trump were elected officials and the Deep State who wanted to keep the Federal Government just as it was. Behind closed doors, powerful people most likely said, “We gotta get rid of this guy.” And they tried, even after he left office. By now, you would think indoctrinated “haters” were smart enough to smell a rat.

Birds of a Feather.

But, no, the haters would prefer to give Kamala a chance. Why? Well, she is, after all, a Democrat. What else? She’s a woman — a woman of color. She has spent her entire adult life in government. She was chosen by Joe Biden, a man so brilliant, he has spent 54 years in government, basically getting rich. Birds of a feather. Kamala squeaked by to become Attorney General of CA, winning by the razor thin margin of 0.5%. You will leave it to Trump haters to do their homework on her but they won’t. They know all they need to know. That Willie and Oprah and Taylor and Deniro say she’s OK.

Don’t Argue With Stupidity.

It’s no secret that the bulk of the haters, excluding the plurality of Black Americans, are women. They hate Trump because they believe he’s a chauvinist pig who has no respect for women — that he wants to burn all pro-choice women at the stake and wants to prohibit abortion. In this case, you can’t argue with abject stupidity; so you won’t. But you will call out Democrat TV ads that feature a youngish woman who tells her tragic abortion tale. She looks at you touchingly, to explain that Kamala is the only answer to uphold reproductive rights. You want to ask her, ask any woman — why is government involved with those “rights?” Why is it the government’s business? Shouldn’t pregnancy be your personal business? Isn’t choice the magic word in your business? Get pregnant, see a doctor. If the doctor is unwilling, see a different doctor willing to perform an abortion; pay the doctor, etc. Why should taxpayer monies be available to abort a baby? If pregnant women and a father can’t afford the cost of ending the life of a baby, they can turn to privately funded charities. Leave governments out of it. Leave Trump out of it.

Risk Everything.

Finally, it’s time Trump haters and supporters alike should put aside the blindfolds to see just who Trump is. And who he is not. He’s a tough businessman from Queens who speaks the language of Queens. He is a fierce competitor at anything he does, devoted to winning. He is the American patriot walking the streets of NY, mingling with people like himself, knowing he lives in the greatest country in the world and loving every minute of it. He is the American archetype, no more and no less. Trump is not an orator. He doesn’t write and memorize speeches that go down in history. He is not a Reagan who writes, rehearses and delivers a performance. He’s Clint Eastwood who infuriates his bosses with a single, impertinent remark; then goes out and kills the bad guys. He is not a politician who makes speech after speech telling constituents exactly what they want to hear for one reason only — to be reelected. Even his supporters cringe when he speaks extemporaneously, fearing an election-killing flub. But, you see, the one thing Trump doesn’t do is put on an act. He risks being himself. And that’s what his base loves about him. He’s not a man of words. He’s a man of action. Like George Patton, he has a war to win and risks his very life to do it. In effect, he figuratively stands alongside the Founders to pledge his Life, his Fortune and his Sacred Honor.

For what, you may ask. May God help us, to save the Republic.

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