Is Kamala Harris in over her head?
June 15, 2021  By Peter Lemiska  The vice president has come under widespread withering criticism following her recent disastrous interview with Lester Holt and that contrived expedition to Guatemala and Mexico to uncover the root causes of the border crisis. Taken with her occasional fits of pique and inappropriate nervous laughter, many are starting to think that Kamala Harris is in over her head. It was her extraordinarily good luck. As presidential nominees have done for the past 80 years, Joe Biden selected her as his running-mate, and then he went on to win the presidency. Actually, that second point will forever be debated, thanks to the Democrats unprecedented and unconstitutional last-minute changes to election laws. It seems that even 80 years ago, Democrats were tinkering with our constitutional process. Prior to the 1940 election of Franklin D. Roosevelt, vice-presidential candidates were chosen by vote, as stipulated in our Constitution. Anyway, Joe Biden was free to choose a running-mate from a vast field of qualified, experienced, and competent people. Again, it was lucky for Harris that Biden, like most Democrats, had become obsessed with identity politics, and limited his field to only women of color. Harris failed presidential campaign had already told voters everything they wanted to know about her. They crushed her presidential hopes, at least temporarily, but left her with a valuable commodity  name recognition. After weeks of deliberation, and with no apparent consideration to accomplishments or qualifications, Biden found a candidate who met his lengthy list of prerequisites. She was a woman of color. And she had the added appeal of name recognition. But now her awkward interview with Holt has left unnamed White House officials perplexed, and her trip to Guatemala and Mexico didnt help clear things up for them. Its not so much what she said that concerns them. Its how she said it. She just wasnt credible. Lester Holt didnt believe her when she said, Weve been to the border. The Guatemalan people didnt believe her when she said, Dont come. And no one believes her when she says shes trying to solve the border crisis by understanding the root cause. Everyone, including Harris, knows that Joe Biden is the root cause. It was George Orwell who wrote, Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful." Maybe thats why Kamala is having such a difficult time. Shes only been in national politics a little over four years, and hasnt quite yet learned the language. She hasnt learned how to make lies sound truthful. All of the controversy could have been avoided if Biden had simply selected a running mate more comfortable with deception and political spin  one who could have fielded Holts questions more adroitly, one who not only embraces Bidens empty rhetoric, but who is able to make it sound believable. There are so many Democrats who fit the bill. Take, for example, the ever plucky, always unflappable White House Press Secretary, Jen Psaki. Shes able to regurgitate meaningless Democratic talking points with utter sincerity. She could tell us that the moon is made of green cheese and sound convincing. Luckily for Kamala, Psaki only met one of Bidens criteria. It doesnt matter if Kamala Harris never learns the finer points of Democratic doubletalk. And we dont need to worry about her personal woes. Consider them her dues for that eventual White House bid. All Americans should be outraged, though, by the willful ignorance of Biden and Harris to those hordes of unscreened foreign nationals streaming across our border, and the hardened criminals, terrorists, gang-members, and drug dealers that come with them. We can only hope that the people will hold the Biden administration responsible for the misery and pain Americans will suffer because of it.  Peter Lemiska