Columbus: I was in Colorado for 6 days so I skipped a “Weekly Comments.” Did anything happen while I was gone?

Yes, the Democrat-designated nominee Kamala Harris made a decision on her running mate from among the 2 or 3 still interested in being a VP. She picked Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota. He seems to agree with her on everything. That’s important, kinda like Trump selecting Sen. JD Vance of Ohio.

Walz was governor in the summer of 2020 during the protests that turned violent. He did nothing to stop millions of dollars in damage and the destruction of several businesses. Like Nero, he fiddled while Minneapolis burned. And for any rioters that got arrested, Kamala Harris was coordinating with her friends to bail them out of jail.

If elected, Walz can continue the Biden Family policies with the Communist leaders in China. He spent a lot of time in China starting in 1989. He made about 30 trips, including for his honeymoon.

Meanwhile, Kamala Harris is surging in the polls. On social media, women (and a lot of men) are going wild over the prospect of her being the first woman President.

I read that, even though she is running for President, we are not allowed to ask probing questions because she is a woman and she is Black. Any serious question would be interpreted as racist or anti-female. We can ask similar questions of Donald Trump, Joe Biden, JD Vance, and other men, but not her.

So, I will abide by that rule. I will NOT ask her these 10 questions:

1. You changed your mind and now support hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells. With that 180-degree switch, do you also regret being the tie-breaking vote in the Senate on the mis-named Inflation Reduction Act that is borrowing $400,000,000,000 to spend on solar, wind, and EVs?
2. Do you still favor allowing transgender girls (biological boys) to compete in high school and college sports?
3. You announced in Nevada that you want to eliminate income taxes on tips. What other ideas already favored by Trump do you plan to adopt? Maybe complete the border wall?
4. You said recently you have a plan to manage illegal immigration. Why haven’t you and President Biden already used that “plan” the last 3 years?
5. As the California Attorney General, you wrote a bill titled “Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act.” It was “Prop 47” and of course the voters supported it. But instead of anything related to safety, it allowed thieves to steal up to $950 per day from stores with no consequences. Would you like to expand that law nationally, meaning criminals could legally steal over $300,000 in a year?
6. Do you favor adding the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico as new states?
7. To stop the killing of Gaza citizens, do you want the Hamas terrorists to surrender and release the hostages, including several American citizens?
8. What policy changes would you make to keep Iran from funding terrorists in Lebanon, Gaza and Yemen?
9. Do you want Ukraine to regain territory taken by Putin and remain a free, independent country?
10. You challenged Trump to debate. He accepted and has scheduled 3. Will you accept all 3, and more if requested?

As I said, we’re not permitted to ask her those questions. So I won’t.

A dream job this summer would be a journalist assigned to cover Kamala Harris. Since she was named as the Democrat nominee for President 3 weeks ago, she has held no press conferences. So, no effort needed to come up with unique, in-depth questions. The daily report would be simple “No comment from the VP today.” Get to enjoy flying around the country on Air Force 2. And the Vice-President says she will continue to ignore the press corps until the end of August. Wow, what a job!

Historic quote by Will Rogers:

“You know the American custom is when you can’t beat a man at anything why the last straw is to Debate him.” Life magazine, Aug. 9, 1928