Shortly after the Stone Age and way before Black Lives Matter, neckties mattered. They were the perfect piece de resistance for a suit, whether a man or a woman wore them.
Suits were mandatory for any serious businessman or woman, which led to the occasional utterance, “Empty suit. ” What’s that? “Empty suit” describes someone whose outward appearance qualified them, but there was little substance to the person wearing the suit.
West of the Mississippi the adaptation was “all hat, no cattle.”
Fast forward to the forensic examination of the 2024 Presidential Election.
Written here time and again, the loser of this race would go down in the history books as one of the worst candidates ever. Kamala lost. Barak O famously said, “Elections have consequences.”
Why was Kamala so bad? Willie Brown aside, it’s not hard to figure out.
A lawyer then a district attorney became the California Attorney General. She said during the campaign she realized “with the mere stroke of a pen she could send a person away for life.” Power. From there she became one of two Cali Senators.
That all seems impressive. But was it? What got her promoted and elected? Willie for one. Maybe a bright smile with shiny white teeth for another? Cali likes actors who play roles. Ronald Reagan became governor. The Terminator too. Pepsodent Gavin’s taking a turn.
What did she stand for? She was tough on crime then. During the George Floyd riots, she started a website to fund bail money for those arrested.
Kamala. Chameleon. Kameleon?
A run to be the Democrat nominee in 2020 had its moment. During the first debate, she accused Joe Biden of being a racist all the while saying he wasn’t a racist.
She garnered less than 1% in the polling before the first primary and folded her suit and tent.
Biden, beholden to the far left to get the nomination, told the world he would pick a woman as his running mate. How about killing two birds with one stone? Kamala is black and female.
Willie aside, politics makes strange bedfellows.
Elected and soon appointed to be border czar Kamala went about being the VP. But what did she do? At the border, nothing.
She always had a freshly laundered business suit. The title is VP. Her job responsibilities and accomplishments are fleeting.
She helped hide Biden’s declining cognitive abilities until late in the game. Voila, she became the nominee, once again with no votes cast her way.
No interviews for 60 days weren’t helping her. America wanted to know who she was.
What would you change about the Biden/Harris run? “Nothing,” she said. What’s your plan for the economy and inflation? “I come from a middle-class family.”
Trump offered no taxes on tips. Kamala followed. With a straight face she blamed the Republicans for the border mess.
She was running the joy campaign. “Trump is a Nazi. A fascist.” Joy.
After multiple interviews, Americans still didn’t know.
Our democracy is at stake,” she bellowed. Per exit polls, people agreed with her and chose Trump over her to preserve it.
The Republican base showed up at the polls. They’ve had it with inflation, the border, and the world ablaze. So did others. Blacks and Hispanics voted more than ever before for the right. Young peeps did too.
Trump was a flawed candidate. Kamala was worse.
Politicians matter, but policies matter more.
Is her political career over?
She has the wardrobe to soldier on.
But, what’s inside?
CNN hires Andrew Cuomo and rehires Chris Cuomo to cohost a new primetime show tentatively called When No One Is Watching.