Kamala's Joy Campaign Ignores Real Issues

 Less Joy, More Substance – This is an Election! 

By James Terminiello 


The other day I received a letter from a contractor, for the sake of argument a gutter cleaner, seeking my business.  Of course, he offered premium quality work, at sensible prices, with reliability second to none in the rotten leaf/dead bug extraction trade.   

Then, he veered way off course.   

Leaping on a stump and telling tales like some digital-age Mark Twain, he fondly recalled his 11-year-old self working side-by-side with his dad in a completely different business. Then there were his days (I’m not kidding) riding bulls in a rodeo. Progressing further afield, he waxed poetic over his passions for fitness, fishing, and hunting. And, lest we were worried, he found great joy in spending time with his wife.  

Three whole paragraphs ranging between 60 and 600 nautical miles from the topic at hand, namely his proficiency in the realm of gutter cleaning.  

Then it dawned on me. Perhaps he was on to something. Joy. He mentioned joy. Where had I heard that one before? 

Of course, the Harris/Walz Campaign.  

Blazing a new path is the saga of American politics, Kamala Harris has vowed to bring joy back to America. This is brilliant. Who stands against joy?  

Well, of course, I can tell you who. As the cherubic Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz said of the Trump campaign:   

“The one thing I will not forgive them for

is they try to steal the joy

from this country,”   


I realize that it took herculean courage for the brave Mr. Walz to put forth this bold notion. You can call someone a racist, a traitor, a felon, a bigot. Those are just words. But to accuse a man of trying to steal joy brings the debate and the contest to a whole other level.  

Yes, I know. What of the border, inflation, woke appointments, reckless spending, international bungling, over-regulation? Calm yourself. These are mere issues. They are all subsumed and consumed in the battle for joy. For without joy, nothing matters.  

And this is where Harris/Walz plants its flag and stands boldly with nothing more to say. 

Or to quote Shakespeare: 

"It is a tale told by an idiot 

Full of sound and fury 

Signifying ... nothing."  

 

James Terminiello, author of the award-winning satire The Conscience of the C.O.D., writes from Mount Laurel, NJ 


 









 

 

 

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