A Final Comparison

 

Haven't yet voted?  Please take just a few minutes to consider the choice between the candidates based on verifiable hard facts:

Before entering politics, Donald Trump had no government experience, his only claim to fame being the star of a reality TV show. This was evident in his chaotic reign, during which his approval rating was one of the all-time lowest (a final 29% according to the Pew Research Center). Nobody from his former inner circle, including his own former vice president, supports him now.

Kamala Harris, on the other hand, was elected a U.S. senator in 2017. She served as vice president to Biden, gaining valuable experience and helping push trough major achievements (check her record online ). She has respectful support and votes from both parties (see the last post for a partial list).

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Donald Trump owes half a billion dollars in penalties and interest to New York State for business tax fraud. He owes 90 million dollars to journalist E. Jean Carroll, with juries having found him guilty of defaming her after sexually molesting her. Carroll is one of two dozen women who've alleged sexual assault by Trump. He's admitted to a long-time friendship with convicted child rapist and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, and former Sports Illustrated model Stacey Williams has alleged she was once the subject of a humiliating sex game between the two men. Trump's also been convicted of 34 felony charges involving hush-money payoffs to porn star Stormy Daniels.  

He's also under federal indictment by Special Prosecutor Jack Smith for stealing hundreds of secret and top-secret documents from the White House--which belong in the secure National Archives--storing them unsecured in Mar-a-Lago. The FBI finally had to confiscate them. The Biden administration has no say in these independent judicial matters, as our Founding Fathers intended.  

Kamala Harris, on the other hand, has never been indicted, much less convicted, of any crime whatever. On the contrary, she has an admirable record as a prosecutor of criminals, having served as San Francisco District Attorney and then as California Attorney General, directing that largest AG department in America, racking up a list of prosecution successes (again, documented online).

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Donald Trump is constantly grifting his supporters, trying to sell them everything from digital trading cards showing him in heroic poses to Trump Bibles to golden sneakers to Trump steaks to high-dollar watches. 

On the other hand, can you imagine Kamala Harris ever trying to con us with a trading card showing her as, say, Wonder Woman? No. And you never will.

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Donald Trump has repeatedly lied about the 2020 election results and a host of other made-up issues such as his recent claim of the faceless "enemy within." He has sown distrust, fear, and hatred among followers, trashing our nation, which he recently called "a garbage can," our citizens, our Constitution, our military, our justice system, and anybody who dares disagree with him. His former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly (formerly a four-star general) has revealed Trump's admiration for Hitler's generals and has called him a fascist. Trump has openly praised brutal dictators including Russia's Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un. His rallies don't include any specific realistic concrete policies, just more lies and rants.  

A favorite target is "millions and millions" of demonic immigrants flooding across our borders with knives and pistols in their pants and puppy and kitten recipes in their backpacks. Ironically, Trump is descended from German immigrants, and both Trump's and Vance's wives are from recent immigrant families. As I've said, every person in the whole Western Hemisphere, with the exception of native tribes, is either an immigrant or a descendant of immigrants. America is the greatest immigrant nation on the planet. 

Let's remember that the Biden Administration came up with a bipartisan bill to address the admitted border issues but Trump shot it down because he wanted the grossly exaggerated issue for his major campaign weapon.

Kamala Harris, on the other hand, offers hope of compromise and cooperation between the parties, a list of concrete policies to fix what ails us (again, check the Net), and an administration free of old fears, divisions, prejudices, and hatreds, with a happier future for our nation. She offers loyalty to our Constitution, to our established rule of law, and to all our people.

To me, the choice could not be clearer. If you agree, get out and vote for Harris, and persuade a family member, friend, or neighbor to do the same. Every vote is critical.

Phil

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