By Ray Cardello for December 12, 2025, Season 33 / Post 30

Maybe it is old-school thinking that people who run for office at any level, but especially the President, should be from the best and brightest of Americans. They should be someone we can look to, and who can unite and guide us toward a better America. That is not a slur on the present America, but we always strive to make a good country better or to leave our children in a better place than their parents. One of the first indicators of a Presidential candidate’s capability is the person they select as a running mate. The VP choice should be someone ready to step up and fill the big chair if the situation arises. JD Vance was a great pick for VP. He has already shown the intelligence, maturity, and demeanor to make a great President, and he should be elected to the position in 2028. On the flip side, what was going through Kamala Harris’s head when she was surveying the potential running mates and set her sights on Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota? Were the 80,000 Somali votes in Minnesota so vital to winning the Presidency, that Harris had to lower the bar to select a mediocre governor who was already attached to a major fraud scandal in his state?

I think there is a potential parallel reasoning to selecting Walz, and it is the same as Biden and Obama used when selecting their running mates. Obama selecting Biden and Biden selecting Walz were forms of insurance. If any of the opposing party even considered impeachment or implementing the 25th Amendment, they would need to consider the VP as the President. Nobody wanted Biden or Walz behind the resolute desk, so Obama and Biden were safe from recourse. Unfortunately, Biden found his way to the Oval. Finding his way out was the challenge for the aging Joe Biden.

It has come to light from whistleblowers in Minnesota, that Kamala Harris had been made aware of Tim Walz’s part in the Somali fraud that is now ripping through Minnesota like a hot knife through warm butter.

Harris has been very quiet about the current scandal, and is still pushing her book with anyone who will listen. Apparently, this is her way of deflecting attention away from any connection she has, but the effort is not working, and she will have to answer questions about what and when she knew about the fraud, which is going to be in the billions of dollars. AG Ellison, Omar, and Walz are all going to be found guilty, either of ignorance, complicity, or both, but somebody needs to feel the cuffs on this violation of public trust and theft.