Some Trump voters may believe his lies. But plenty more want Trump to be terrifying and stomach-turning so that reelecting him will be a fully realized act of social revenge. Harris cannot propose any policy, offer any benefit, or adopt any position that competes with that feeling.

Exactly why so many Americans feel this way is a complicated story - I wrote an entire book about it - but a toxic combination of social resentment, entitlement, and racial insecurity drives many Trump voters to believe not only that other Americans are looking down on them but that they are doing so while living an undeservedly good life. These others must be punished or at least brought down to a common level of misery to balance the scales, and Trump is the guy to do it.

Where all of this leaves us is that Harris could lose the election, not because she didn't offer the right policies, or give enough interviews, or inspire enough people. She could lose because just enough people in four or five states flatly don't care about any of that.

Rather than reckoning with the greatest mistake they've ever made at the ballot box, they have decided that their only recourse is to put Trump back in the Oval Office. For them, restoring Trump would be both vindication and vengeance. It would prove that 2016 was not a fluke, and horrify people both they and Trump hate.

It's come down to this: Either there are enough sane, patriotic erstwhile Republicans willing to either vote for Harris or not vote for either candidate in the key swing states or Trump will become the first American dictator in history and unleash a storm of tumult like this nation hasn't seen since the Civil War.

Face it, the Democrats could have nominated Jesus Christ himself, and Trump would still be Trump - demeaning him with insipid derogatory nicknames and calling him the devil. And his supporters would lap it up just like far too many are right this moment.

Bill, we live in a social democracy. It's appalling that you don't realize this. We tax money from every citizen and then redistribute it to other citizens through government spending. The police and fire departments exist because of socialism - we pool our tax dollars to fund these social institutions. Our military is socialism in action. This is not the discussion here my friend, and it never has been.

Our current government is bipartisan - so if you truly believe Democrats are socialists, then so are Republicans because nothing changes when government leadership does. Our public schools are socialist, our road building is socialist, our infrastructure is socialist. The National Weather Service is socialist.

And you're nothing but a lemming taught a word that you don't begin to understand. The root of socialism is SOCIAL as in society. Government doesn't control business and they don't control individuals. Each are free within our laws - also socialism - to do what they want to with their time and money outside of paying the taxes that they owe to use what all of us contribute towards in order to live our lives in relative peace and safety. If not for socialism, if your house caught on fire, you better hope your neighbors will help you put it out. If someone steals from you, hope you're a good detective, although if you caught them, there wouldn't be courts or judges to assist making you whole again.

And then there's Social Security, something all of us pay into to fund the retirements of others as we expect future workers to pay their taxes to fund ours. You simply don't have more than a child's notion of how this nation could not exist if it weren't for the social contract we all agree to live under. You might recognize it. It's called the US Constitution.

there are certain Democratic policies that are moving the country towards socialism.

What policies Bill? Name them.

And if you don't care about that, you should stop calling yourself an American right now.

This, a thousand times THIS.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: All Harris should talk about for the next 2 weeks is January 6th. Every commercial should show all the Trumpers and Trump flags hanging all over the Capitol. It should show all the Trump supporters beating police officers and desecrating the Capitol. It should show the detritus left in the aftermath, with Rep. Kim picking up debris left by the Trump hoards left from breaking windows and doors, trashing offices and carrying off podiums and personal items. And it should show Trump sitting in the White House watching it all happen after having given them their marching orders to "Stop the Steal," in full knowledge that there was no steal.

And the ads should end with the words "Is this the America you want?" Ending with the bolded words "Never Again".

she is a far left Socialist hiding behind a mask

She's a career prosecutor elected by the people 5 different times in California. Her job has been to put lawbreakers into jail. Even in California the people want to be protected from criminals and crime. This isn't partisan.

Where is she this stealth socialist?

You've fallen out of the idiot tree and struck every branch on the way down.

It covered healthcare, more government subsidized programs, gun control...

Bill, government "subsidizes" the oil and gas industries. It subsidizes the pharmaceutical industry. It subsidizes other extremely profitable privately-owned businesses that Republicans have supported since forever.

Seems like you gripe is with government supporting those you don't like. Like government allowing businesses to file bankruptcies without limits - socializing all their losses while student loan recipients CANNOT use bankruptcy to escape their debt, often carrying it into their retirements and having money taken out of their Social Security retirement benefits.

Harris...who the hell knows what she's planning...don't want to find out.