Gary Franks: Honeymoon with Kamala Harris will end soon

The Democrats’ current strategy is to manufacture enthusiasm and raise money for their presidential candidate. Easy task. Why? Because people are thrilled that President Joe Biden will not be running. Eighty percent of Americans in polls said they did not want him to seek reelection. Thus, it was easy to draw enthusiasm for any Democratic candidate not named Biden.

Right now there is no media scrutiny, only staged events with Vice President Kamala Harris reading from a teleprompter. There is no danger of her fumbling the ball. The result is only good media coverage or no coverage, which also helps Harris.

Former President Donald Trump announced his willingness to do the three traditional presidential debates. So far Harris has agreed to one.

She is the first person to ever become a major party’s nominee without holding a formal press conference. She has also not done a one-on-one interview at a major news outlet.

She was given the unique task by her boss of being a so-called border czar. She has only given token attention to the assignment. It was borderline (pun intended) insubordination. The data does not lie. It shows the high number, into the millions over three years, of illegal immigrants who have invaded America via our porous border with Mexico.

Harris’ campaign has been far from flawless. When given two choices, attend a sorority convention or do her assigned job of presiding over Congress with the speaker of the House for a world leader’s speech, she picked the wrong door. She went to the sorority event.

When picking a vice presidential candidate, she failed to vet him properly, as folks are known to embellish their resumes. Her running mate did exactly that. Corrections have been made to revise Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s military credentials. Here Trump and his vice presidential candidate, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, have rightfully pounced.

Trump and Vance will have to work hard to win. Trump is in a hole due to the blind allegiance of Black Americans. With Harris, her campaign gets bonus points from Black Democrats. (She is likely to win at least 90% of the Black vote.)

Also, let us remember that in terms of appropriate experience for the office, if going after bad guys was the chief prerequisite to becoming president, Wyatt Earp would have been a multiple-term president. It simply is not. Instead, strong legislative experience, leadership acumen, executive experience, negotiation skills and the proven ability to bring people together are all far more practical and necessary skills for the presidency. All these qualities are lacking in Harris.

Biden’s record is Harris’ record, and Harris’ voting record is similar to socialist Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. She held the distinction of being the most liberal (socialist-like) senator in the entire Senate, completely out of step with most Americans.

The Democrats’ new trick? They are hoodwinking America on what is important for the “quality of life” question, with the help of the liberal media. They are fooling people about what is truly important. Answer: peace and prosperity.

We have neither.

We are funding two wars and we have had severely high inflation ($100 in groceries during the Trump administration is now costing Americans around $125). Biden and Harris have had the longest sustained period of highly negative polling numbers per their job approval than any duo in modern history. They have led us in the wrong direction.

Whether they personally like Trump or not, voters must show their love for America by changing the course of leadership. We are going in the wrong direction. Harris and the Democrats are four more years of the same.