I feel as though I am being forced to watch a rerun of the same “movie” I saw some four years ago. I didn’t like it then, and I don’t like it now. I remember the plot was very predictable, and I particularly didn’t like the ending.
What movie am I referring to? It’s the Dem Party election strategy. You have to hand it to the Dems in one respect. Their strategy is consistent, well-executed, and it usually works. I have explained it before, but for those of you who don’t remember, here’s a brief three-step synopsis.
Step one – Between elections pursue your progressive (some would characterize it as extremely progressive) political, economic and social agendas.
Step two- As the quadrennial presidential election date approaches modify your policies into those of a moderate. This is the tricky part. It requires (1) a biased media that will decline to denote the various considerable inconsistencies and (2) an electorate that will accept these changes without questioning your motives and inconsistencies. It may require outright lying, but so what, most people won’t notice, and if anyone does, see #1.
Step three – After winning the election resume your progressive policies.
The foregoing, in a nutshell, is the tried-and-true Dem election strategy. It worked in 2020, and there is a good chance it will work in 2024. Some of you may recall that in 2020 Biden essentially campaigned from his basement. He hardly appeared in public. He rarely addressed the media, much less answered their questions. The few members of the media who questioned this campaign strategy were drowned out. The handy excuse was the COVID pandemic, but in time we learned that this was all a ploy to hide his cognitive deterioration. This was discovered well after the election of course.
Now fast forward to 2024. KK is following the same strategy. Avoid interviews, except “softball” interviews with friendly journalists and commentators who will not press her on inconsistences, flip-flops, or outright lies nor ask “embarrassing” questions. Do not talk extemporaneously in public; use teleprompters at all times, and any questions from reporters must be scripted. Normally, candidates will speak to the media and answer questions quite often to get their message out to the electorate as Trump and Vance are doing. I can’t remember the last time KK held a press conference or engaged in a question-and-answer session with the media (except for softball interviews with friendly journalists). “Tampon Tim” is following the same script.
Time magazine even put KK on this week’s cover without having interviewed her. I don’t ever recall the magazine doing that. Incidentally, I can think of many more deserving “covers” for this week. How about one of our many Olympic heroes, such as Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky or the men’s and women’s basketball teams, to name a few. They actually achieved something positive, if not heroic, whereas KK hasn’t.
The media would have you believe that in just a few short months KK has morphed from one of the worst vice presidents in our history who was so historically bad that many Dems and Dem supporters were pushing to have her removed from the 2024 ticket to the second coming of FDR. In case you have forgotten this, below please find some sample headlines. These are not from Fox News or some other right-leaning source but from hardcore left-wing publications. NY Times 2/6/23 – “Kamala Harris is [still] trying to define her vice presidency. Even her allies are tired of waiting.” Washington Post 3/15/24 – “For this country’s sake VP Harris should step aside.” New York Magazine 9/13/23 – “The case for Biden to drop Kamala Harris.”
What changed? We know what changed. Biden had a disastrous presidential debate that exposed his severe cognitive decline before the entire world. All of a sudden everyone saw that “the emperor [truly] had no clothes.” The Dem Party ruling cadre decided he was killing their re-election chances and had to go. Despite having swept the Dem primaries with some 18 million votes the cadre forced him out in what amounted to a coup. Eighteen million votes were summarily swept aside. So much for our democratic election process.
Given the short timeframe before early voting, KK was their only viable replacement. However, her far-left political policies rendered her unelectable. She required a radical makeover, and as described above, she got it. One would think that the electorate is too smart to be gaslighted like this, but so far it appears to be working. KK is gaining in the polls.
Running mate Tampon Tim has been largely silent too. He already has been caught in one lie with respect to his military service, which he must deal with. That will require a real press conference before a querying, if not hostile, press. It will be interesting to see how that works out.
CONCLUSION
According to the latest polls, the race has tightened considerably. One poll, NY Times/Sienna Poll, actually has KK narrowly ahead in three of the swing states – MI, PA and WI. On the other hand, the latest Trafalgar Poll has Trump with narrow leads in AZ, NC, Nev and PA. The two polls are inconsistent, but clearly, the momentum is favoring KK. Like I said, the Dem gaslighting appears to be working. The Trump campaign has to figure out a way to expose the KK-Tampon Tim flip-flops and inform the electorate of the true nature of their policies. There’s still time until ED, but with early voting starting in some states in 30 days or so, as Yogi Berra liked to say,” It gets late early.”
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