A satirical film debuted in 1979 based on a novel by Jerzy Kosinski starring Peter Sellers. The story is about a challenged individual named Chance who spent his adult life as gardener for an elderly man. His only contact with the outside world is conversing with the housekeeper and watching TV. When the man passes away Chance is left a homeless wanderer who encounters another wealthy man, Ben, an advisor to the President. As he is well dressed, Ben misinterprets Chance’s words, often simple ramblings, as words of a profound thinker.
Ben introduces him to the President and as Chance rises to national prominence, he becomes close to the Soviet ambassador and goes on TV. The housekeeper where he had lived is surprised to see all this happening and says, “He’s got rice pudding between his ears.” When Ben passes, the President gives his eulogy. His aides quietly discuss who would be a potential successor to the President. The consensus is it should be Chance.
“We believe in what is possible, we believe in what can be and we believe in fighting for that. That’s how we came into being. Freedom to…just…be…and that’s who we are, we believe in all that”(Kamala Harris 9/19/24). The similarities are too eerie to be random, being there right now.
Ralph Miller
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“He’s got rice pudding between his ears.”
Obviously, Mr. Ralph Miller's favorite media doesn't show who really has rice pudding between his ears.
Anyone remember Haitians stealing and eating pets? Hannibal Lector? Electric boats and a shark?
I challenge Mr. Miller or anyone to identify one of their candidate's speeches where there is no incoherent barrage of totally unrelated statements.
If you do a Google search of "Trump Speeches Are Sensible" or similar positive phrases, you might see one positive result out of hundreds. If Google can't find sensible speeches, there must be rice pudding between his ears.
Joe Warren