Gnostics have rightly recognized the patterns implicit in nature. These often involve the life/death cycles written by Joseph Campbell and those seen in Greek myths such as the death of Orpheus or the vegetative return of Persephone. These phenomena influenced the almanac as well as the planting schedules of farmers.
There are election phenomena, too — for those willing to see them.
One of these is the game seemingly played by Kamala Harris and the mainstream media. It goes something like this: Harris refuses to take any questions or do any sit-down interviews, removing any possibility of verbal slips on her part, while the mainstream media attempts — at times stealthily, others overtly — to bait former President Trump into personal and trivial insults toward his opponent.
This system has undoubtedly been active for years, but I first noticed it — at least in the fullness in which I’m now attempting to write about it — only a few days after Harris was announced as the new Democratic Party nominee. Trump was seated for an interview with the National Association of Black Journalists, when, early in the discussion, the journalist asked what he thought about Harris’s race. Rather than deflecting and pivoting to Harris’s record, Trump went into a long explanation about whether Harris was Black or Indian, allowing the Harris campaign to issue a condemnatory statement and, perhaps more importantly, the mainstream media to issue story after story on the matter, thereby swallowing up the news cycle and preventing the Trump campaign from landing a blow against Harris/Walz — a scenario which, a quick glimpse at the polls in the following days revealed, had a positive effect for Harris and Walz.
Trump seemed to get it together for a few days, conducting a press conference that was basically flawless, despite several attempts by the press to get him to talk about personal side issues, and the polls moved in his direction. Then came the news about the size of Harris’s rallies, and, once again, it seemed that the former president couldn’t restrain himself.
“Has anyone noticed that Kamala CHEATED at the airport?” he said. “There was nobody at the plane, and she ‘A.I.’d’ it, and showed a massive ‘crowd’ of so-called followers, BUT THEY DIDN’T EXIST!”
As of the writing of this article, stories about Trump’s criticism of Harris’s crowds are still being written, and most of the general election polls from the past few days have her in the lead. Thus, the system working against Trump seems to be working.
As the statisticians say, correlation doesn’t prove causation; and much like the stock market, there are numerous factors involved in a poll going one way or another. But it does seem that, much like the observations made by the Gnostics of old, there is a pattern here, signs to be viewed and reacted to by those willing to see them.
The Trump campaign needs to recognize the game that’s being played. It should look at the remaining press time and newspaper page space as a precious resource that must not be squandered on frivolous insults and arguments, a resource that must rather be used to highlight the failings and shortcomings of the Harris campaign, particularly as they relate to the border, economy and foreign policy. For there is a game being played against them — whether concerted or happenstance — and the campaign must see this and respond accordingly. Trump must exercise perhaps more discipline and verbal restraint than he has shown heretofore, forcing himself to stay on message.
The ancients were able to read the signs. The question is, can the Trump campaign?
Along with his father, Allen Keller runs a lumber business in Stevenson, Alabama. He has a Ph.D. in Creative Writing from Florida State University and an MBA from University of Virginia. He can be reached for comment at allen@kellerlumber.net.
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