ONE HEARTBEAT AWAY:  She surfaces again.  Kamala Harris is not only an embarrassment to the country, I think she's downright dangerous.  A foreign nation assessing her might actually think she represents the true capability of the United States, and decide that it's safe to make a move against us, or even attack.  She is no ornament to our deterrent forces.

You would think by this time she would have learned something about presenting herself to the nation.  But no, Kamala never seems to absorb much, and so she has just made a total fool of herself mangling one of our most sacred national documents.  From Fox: 

Twitter users hit Vice President Kamala Harris for omitting "right to life" while reciting a quote from the Declaration of Independence during a speech marking the 50th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that granted nationwide access to abortion.

"We collectively believe and know, America is a promise … It is a promise of freedom and liberty. Not just some, but for all. We are each endowed with the right to liberty and the pursuit of happiness," Harris said Sunday.

The document's original text reads: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

Critics were quick to slam Harris for omitting the right of life from her remarks, slamming her for attempting to rewrite history and conveniently omit the phrase that allegedly contradicted her message.

Some said the omission exposed her argument as weak.

"When you have to omit entirely one of the most integral parts of the Declaration of Independence in attempts to further your argument, said argument is immediately and objectively powerless," the Senate Working Group's Leslie Ann Robertson said.

"This point is obvious but when the ‘right to life’ blows up your message so bad you have to pretend it doesn’t exist, then maybe your message isn’t very good," GOP operative Matt Whitlock said.

Washington Examiner reporter Jerry Dunleavy shared images of Harris's speech transcript with the portion under scrutiny highlighted.

"Here is Vice President Kamala Harris omitting the inalienable right to life when referencing the Declaration of Independence in defense of Roe v. Wade," he captioned.
Nile Gardiner, former aide to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, sounded off as well, writing, "Kamala Harris clearly does not believe in the ‘right to life’."

Others noted Harris also omitted "creator" from the endowment portion of the quote, including The Daily Beast senior columnist Matt Lewis, who wrote, "Kamala Harris says that, according to the Declaration of Independence, "we are each endowed with the right to liberty and the pursuit of happiness." (***She leaves out the key words "by our Creator" and 'the right to life.')"

Harris also used Sunday's speech as a platform to lambast Republicans calling for a federal abortion ban at 15 weeks of pregnancy, including Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.

COMMENT:  An unforced error, as they say in baseball.  Didn't any of her staff read the speech before she delivered it?  Or didn't she care?  I don't think I've ever seen a document so basic to the American creed so thoroughly botched.

If Kammy were smart, which she's not, she would offer a public apology.  She won't because it might "offend" her radical base. 

Her office demands a higher standard.

January 23, 2023