Our vice president candidates will be Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Senator J.D. Vance. Trump said in elections vice presidents don’t make any difference. Political pundits tend to agree. He and they are too focused on the who-is-ahead, who-is-behind horse race and not enough on the candidates’ substance. That’s a big mistake. About 20 percent of U.S. presidents died while in office. Trump, nearly 80, has reached the old, old stage of life. I’m near his age, friends call who broke hips, had bypasses or family members call announcing the death of dear friends. One stands out. He visited us in rural New Hampshire, we lunched together, hiked back roads, talked of our good health. Two days later he died in his lounge chair after playing a round of golf.
Vance, Trump’s ill-conceived pick, is divisive and out for himself, once comparing Trump to Hitler but now he’s a bootlicker. In his icky worldview only women with children have worth. The others are lumped together as “childless cat ladies.” Walz, as a former five-term U.S. Congressman, worked across the aisle. He retired as Command Sergeant Major from the Army National Guard after 24 years, so was always close to working class enlistees. As a former school teacher, he understands youth and has governed an entire state. He would be ready on day one to be our president. Vice presidents matter and VP Kamala Harris made the best choice. Let’s elect them in November.
Leonard Witt
Sandwich