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   However, Mr. Biden gave her unattractive jobs (such as trying to stem   
   immigration). Biden aides even used her unpopularity as a reason to keep   
   their man in the race. And then, remarkably, Joe Biden offered her as   
   the only alternative. After the election, Mr. Biden was arguing that he   
   could have won. The friendships between Mr. Biden, Mr. Obama, and Miss   
   Pelosi were destroyed; Mr. Biden thought he had been betrayed.   
      
   Did Kamala Harris ever think she was betrayed? Even I winced at Mr.   
   Biden calling his vice president (who is not a young woman) “Kid” and   
   giving her orders to remain loyal when she had never been disloyal.   
   Maybe the authors are missing something. They concede that Miss Harris   
   is very ambitious and had attacked Joe Biden in the past. It seems too   
   simple to think she sabotaged her own race because she was just too darn   
   loyal. Whatever the truth about her, Mr. Biden, far from seeing himself   
   as the “bridge” and transitional figure he promised to be, thought he   
   was a leader for which others should sacrifice. They didn’t, and he   
   destroyed the party.   
      
   The GOP’s future depends mainly on whether President Trump succeeds on   
   immigration and the economy. There is reason for hope on the first and   
   fear for the second. In either case, race will continue to cripple the   
   Democrats. The unwieldly coalition of non-whites with a thin layer of   
   white professionals on top will be hard to unify, especially if blacks   
   continue to insist on a privileged position. The Muslim-Jewish divide   
   over Israel could also prove disastrous, not least if Governor Shapiro   
   runs in 2028. The GOP faces demographic doom in the long run if mass   
   immigration continues. However, the racial divisions within the   
   Democrats threaten a party fracture at worst, and political incompetence   
   at best. The GOP may be the Stupid Party, but that may still be better   
   than being the Black Party.   
      
   (Republished from American Renaissance by permission of author or   
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   Stephen Paul Foster says: • Website   
   April 12, 2025 at 10:55 am GMT • 3.3 days ago • 100 Words   ↑   
   During the 2024 Presidential campaign, Trump showed himself to be   
   spontaneous, genuine and connected to real people. He was enjoying   
   himself in contrast to the completely scripted Harris whose only   
   appearances were before audiences packed with her sycophants, where,   
   even so, she always looked dazed and dumb founded. Harris was as   
   deadly-dull, uninspiring and disconnected from her supporters as Trump   
   was an energized force always on the move, just like the Road Runner,   
   leaving the Vice President looking perpetually confused and headed for   
   the cliff.   
   https://stephenpaulfoster.substack.com/p/donald-trump-the-don-ri   
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