What is the ‘it’ that I ask to be explained?   Before I answer that question, let me elaborate on a few things, and you will know exactly what I am referring to before I answer the question.

Hate and prejudicial bias are prevalent in America today, and I am not speaking solely of racism.  I am painting with a very broad and expansive brush in that statement.  Hate has permeated virtually every segment of our society and has become a political and legal weapon.  There is no apparent desire by those in the media or politics to fix the problem; it is too useful for their agendas.

I read a poll that indicated that Americans prefer Donald J. Trump over Kamala Harris on every major economic issue.  I did not say some or most, but ‘Every’ major economic issue.  That is very interesting and is part of my title question.

Let me offer a few examples from the polling data, and then we will get to the question:

• Among registered voters, Donald Trump is listed as being fifteen points ahead of Harris on the ability to manage the Stock Market.
• He has a 9-point advantage over her in improving America’s financial well-being and the broader U.S. Economy.
• He is up by seven points on handling the job market.
• He is ahead by six points on managing the cost-of-living crisis, an issue that most respondents said should be the next president’s top priority.

The Biben-Harris administration oversaw the shuddering of many industries, and we are being hammered by higher costs on virtually everything since they took office.  If you actually go to the gas station or grocery store or have to purchase building materials, etc.  You realize that no matter the spin on the economy – Inflation is out of control. 

We are not better off than we were four years ago.  In our personal finances, virtually all of us are in much worse shape than before.  Ronald Reagan’s question when debating Jimmy Carter is relevant today, “Are you better off than you were four years ago?”   My answer is, it is not even close – NO, I AM NOT!

Kamala Harris went on The View (Democratic Cheerleaders Show) and admitted that she could not think of one decision Biden made that she would change.  So, much for fixing what is wrong, she wants more of the same, and that is bad news for all working-class Americans who pay taxes. 

She was asked, “Would you have done anything different than President Biden during the past four years?”  That is a valid question for a presidential candidate who insists that on day one, she will fix the problems. How can you fix a broken system if you intend to continue the same policies that broke it? 

Her response is revealing and cause for genuine concern.  She said, “There is not a thing that comes to mind.  And I’ve been a part of most of the decisions that have had impact.”  Wait?  What?  You have been a part of the decisions, but I thought you said…   I won’t go into that, but her words are her words; she was a part of the decision-making that has crippled our economy.

She then touted a fictitious statistic that claims to have created 800,000 new jobs around manufacturing.  She claims their administration has created over sixteen million new jobs and over 800,000 new manufacturing jobs.  She also claimed that Black unemployment is the lowest in generations.  That needs to be examined a bit more closely.

The Black unemployment rate, reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, was 4.8% in April 2023, but as of August 2024, it has climbed to 6.1%, exactly where it was in February 2020 under Donald Trump.  So, much for that claim.  It is bogus, and she knows it.  But alas, those who drink at the trough of spin will drink it like swill and repeat it.

The manufacturing jobs are a bit skewed and somewhat less than they claim.  However, a historical fact is that the U.S. economy has had thirteen recessions in the past eighty years.  Forty-five months after nine of those recessions began, manufacturing jobs remained below their initial levels, and in the remaining four, manufacturing jobs exceeded their initial levels. 

Trying to hold Trump accountable for the loss of jobs is misleading because most were lost due to the global pandemic and the international decisions made.  Most of the jobs they claim to have created are simply factories ‘re-filling’ jobs previously created under Trump’s watch.  It is not creating new jobs but restoring the lost ones.  But spin is spin, and it is powerful.

Now, to conclude with my question in full.  “If most American voters support Trump more on economic issues than Harris, how is this race even close?”   If, on national security, more trust Trump than Harris, the same question applies.  What is the answer?  I believe it can only be attributed to one thing – Hatred for Donald Trump.  But I believe it goes deeper than that, and it is a misguided view of Republicanism and laden with Entitlementism. 

It seems that many do not care about what is best for America and others; they only care about what they want and how they see things.  If we are voting based on moral character, past, present, or projected, and make it about Trump but exclude Harris, we are misguided and not being honest.  That makes it preference, not facts, agendas, policies, or governance track record, and that is bad news for America.

I only ask that you carefully consider what is at stake and look at four to eight years ago as compared to the past four years.  I ask you to consider our Rights and Freedoms and ask yourself, “How much are you willing to cede to the government to get what you want?”  I want the Constitution to be the Governing Guide for our Republic.  I want the rule of law to be equally and fairly enforced and not used as a political weapon.  I want Freedom, not Tyranny.

God bless you, and God bless America!