Sitting here in God’s Waiting Room, the word “facts” bounces off the walls. Why? The answer is relatively simple. As we wind down a very contentious, angry, and hate-filled name-calling Presidential race, what the dickens is true or false?
A different look at the candidates for all offices may offer some solid answers. Humans tend to reflect on their parents and the values that surround them as they grow from babies into adults. What did Mom and Dad do for a living? What were their core values, and what did they do in their communities?
Education also influences young people's actions. A liberal or conservative education will affect young people’s actions and beliefs as adults. Once they step out into the real world, they face many decisions. How they respond will reflect their home and education until they get a taste of the real world. Some will change. However, most will continue to reflect the values they have been taught when they were in diapers.
And that discussion brings us to the election. What the dickens is the truth? We are bombarded with political platitudes, promises of everything becoming free from meals to housing, medical care, college educations, and, yes, even a solution to the heartbreak of psoriasis.
Regardless of the candidate you are supporting or trying to figure out who you want to vote for, let us look back at a few proven and solidly verified facts. Then you can decide if you are riding the right horse.
The Presidential Candidates
NAME | Kamala Harris | Donald J Trump |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 20, 1964 | June 14, 1946 |
LOCATION OF BIRTH | Oakland, CA | Queens, NY |
FATHER—OCCUPATION | Donald J Harris Born in Brown’s Town, Colony of Jamaica—1938 Professor of Economics Stanford University, taught Keynesian, Marxist approach to economics | Fredrick Trump Born in Queens, New York—1905 Builder and Real Estate Developer of middle-income Apartments in Queens, Staten Island and Brooklyn |
MOTHER—OCCUPATION | Shyamala Gopalan Harris Born in Madras Province, British India—1938 Biomedical Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, focus on breast biology and oncology. | Mary Anne MacLeod Trump Born in Tong, Ross-shire, Scotland—1912 Socialite and Philanthropist focus on betterment of those with cerebral palsy and efforts to improve the lives of intellectually disabled adults |
EDUCATION | Grade School — CA Westmount High School —Montreal, CA Canada Howard University — BA University of California, Hastings College of Law — Law Degree – 1989 | New York Military Academy 1959 – 1964 Fordham University — 1964-1966 Wharton School of Finance 1966-1968 Degree in Economics |
EMPLOYMENT | Office of Alameda County DA — 1990–1998 San Francisco DA’s 0ffice 1998 – 2000 San Francisco City Attorney 2000 – 2003 First elected DA of San Francisco 1/8/2004 — 1/3/2011 AG of California 1/3/2011—1/3/2017 US Senator CA 1/3/2017—1/18/2021 VP USA 1/20/2021 — Present Presidential Campaign 8/6/2024- | Family business in Real Estate Development. Business Ventures The Trump Organization Trump Tower Casinos — Atlantic City TV Franchises — The Apprentice Miss Universe Business deals with Javits Center, Grand Hyatt New York Golf courses, real estate ventures in New York City, Florida and Los Angeles 45 th Pres. United States — 2017-2021 |
MARITIAL STATUS | Doug Emhoff - 8/22/2014 | Ivana Trump 1977 – 1992 Marla Maples 1993- 1999 Melania 2005- |
CHILDREN | 2 stepchildren – Ella & Cole | Donald Jr., Ivanka, Eric, Tiffany and Baron |
POLITICAL VALUES | Legislation forwarded or voted for generally reflect a liberal to socialist agenda | Legislation forwarded and supported generally reflect a conservative or capitalist agenda |
NET WORTH | $8 million (Forbes) | $6.6 billion (Forbes) |
These are bonified facts regarding the two candidate’s backgrounds, education, and work records.
If you want to get behind the multi-million-dollar noise of the campaign beyond the personalities, the editorial comments, and the conversation at the coffee shop, study the information above. Study the factual background of each candidate, not what you see in the political ads.
When you are comfortable with one candidate or the other based on how you interpret their character and beliefs based on who they are as people rather than politicians, that is the person to cast your vote for.
One final detail: be sure your choice for President puts America first. That is what we all must do. That is what we are directed to do in our US Constitution, and it has served us well for over 248 years. We do that to preserve a great country for our children and grandchildren.
Just sayin”