ENOUGH ALREADY

The guy in the bushes was looking for a hole in one.

Just another aggrieved wing-nut with an AK47, a Go Pro, food, water and patience. The guy on the golf course is looking for a mulligan, a do-over: as if the previous shot had never been made.

Brett Stephens, NY Times columnist, is a conservative, smart and civil. I disagree with his politics but I respect him. At the moment, he is leaning so far over the fence trying to find a way to vote for Harris that gravity alone will get him there. I am here to help him. He need not be the guy who thinks he’s too smart to be wrong.

The US presidency is essentially accidental. Pretty much any citizen can give it a go. The qualifications, constitutionally, are modest. Kamala Harris is as “qualified” to be the next president of the US as anyone in or out of the Senate. Or anywhere else. Biden spent half a century preparing to be president. It is the capstone of his career. Sadly, he aged out but could be on the short list of the truly great men who preceded him. The vice presidency, until the office is vacated — because of death or disability — is as John Nance Garner reputedly remarked “not worth a bucket of warm ‘shit’,” bowdlerized at the time to “spit”. I can’t think of anyone in my lifetime — which is going on 91 — who totally stood out as a standout VP, intellectually or politically.

Several were probably shrewder than they were smart. As for Tim Walz, he seems a fine fellow. We still don’t know much about the Coach. But he’s no more qualified to be VP than I am. Or you are. Other than he’s white, not Jewish, west of the Hudson and east of the Pacific. Almost everyone who became President of the US, either by stumbling in, or winning an election, has had to learn on the job. Unfortunately, Trump, who called Harris “dumb”, lacks both intellect and curiosity; he  learned nothing on the job. He could have. What stopped him is his political coin: bloviation, compulsive lying and personal attacks: insecure at his core. His recent public appearances suggest he’s aging out as well. If he wins, he could end up drooling at the Resolute desk. With his finger on the nuclear trigger.

Enough already!

Kamala will do, can do the job. She has the smarts, the instinct, the drive; and she can bake a pork tenderloin — with apple sauce and sauerkraut, one of my favorites. I am convinced she wants to do the right thing. For the country, not for herself.  Hope she’ll find time to bake.