Kamala Harris vs. Everybody

I hope, I HOPE, Democrats decide on Kamala Harris as their nominee for 2028. I really hope they do.

Meanwhile in Canada, Trudeau continues to crumble

Justin Trudeau's Deputy Prime Minister quit yesterday. That's like a Vice President resigning. It's a big blow that Trudeau probably (and hopefully won't acknowledge and continue to try to cling to power), despite the fact that he is dramatically despised in Canada (his popular support in polls is in the 20% range).

Chrystia Freeland is no selfless angel.  She's long been rumored to be Trudeau's successor and this move seems to be nothing more than kicking Trudeau when he's down to hasten his downfall so she can step in.  This situation is akin to a situation where Kamala Harris actively participated in Let's Go Brandon's ouster. In more ways than one; Freeland is no more popular than Trudeau.  She might do better in an election than plummeting Trudeau but not a lot better; again akin to Kamala Harris. 

His minority coalition partner Jagmeet Singh (NDP party leader), who infamously tore up their governing agreement a couple of months ago, but continued to support Trudeau, also as finally had enough, saying that Trudeau has to resign.  Of course he's again being disingenuous; in February he becomes vetted for a generous lifetime courtesy of Canadian taxpayers. Cynics Realists have argued that everything Singh does is for optics and he is entirely self-serving.  He will help force an 'early' election, but not until he's garnered that pension:

This man is holding Canada hostage to his pension. Horrible.

Is her whole existence astroturfed?

I mean, c'mon man. It really does feel like it's not just the campaign that's astroturfed, it's the actual candidate.

Always Be Closing

The sales saying Always Be Closing, is no less true in politics. But you have to do it right and in politics the optics matter.  Kamala Harris is doing it horribly badly.  Not that I'm complaining; it's not gonna help her get elected.

This is the woman who compares Trump to Hitler

Kamala Harris is ridiculous, but also perhaps, evil. RFK Jr. shares some shocking details about the real Kamala Harris:

I'm dubious, CBS

60 Minutes obfuscates to hide their own manipulation of their Kamala Harris interview.  It sure took them a long time to craft a response. And it sure was carefully worded. So it sure doesn't make them look any less deceptive.

And the spin continues

The spin has spun out of control, from the disastrous Kamala Harris interview, right on into some recent polling. Here's a discussion on why it's a lot of crap.

Democrat spin cycle

When you don't have facts, you spin.  And with Kamala Harris, all you've got is a spin cycle; the facts are she's a bad candidate.  Not only didn't that stop Democrat talking heads from spinning, it mandate that they had to do exactly that.

It was a train wreck

I by far, most often, am a glass half full person but more often than I'd like, I revert to a glass half empty mentality. This is particularly true when it comes to politics and sports. "We're gonna lose." kicks in way faster than it should.  And most of the time it's unwarranted pessimism. 

Last night as Brett Baier was interviewing Kamala Harris on Fox News, it kicked in.  He started off soft.  I get it, he was setting her up for harder questions later. Interviews should be polite even if the subject matter is contentious. But last night with that start to the interview, I turned it off. He was going to softball her, I just knew it.  Waste of time. Fox is helping Kamala.  

Normally I would force my way through it but not last night.  This morning I watched it.  I'll happily admit it; I was wrong to doubt Kamala's ability to implode just as badly as Let's Go Brandon. It was indeed a train wreck.  Not the interview, just for the vapid candidate that is Kamala Harris.

Do I think it hurt Kamala Harris?  A little bit, yeah. Did it help her in any way?  Definitely not. I'm sure there are those who are spinning this as a win for Harris, just as I predicted yesterday.  But there were so many soft underbelly openings she left that even if Brett Baier didn't catch them all, others would. And sure enough, there have been no shortage of those noticing how badly she did.

For example, they're even commenting on the other side of the world:

What comes of desperation?

Rewriting this because somehow, most of my post was somehow deleted while I posting it. This is a much shorter version as I am not inclined to rewrite as much as I wrote previously, and to be honest, did not have any notes to work from. Below is my attempt to game theory out why Kamala Harris is going to be interviewed on Fox News.

Tomorrow on Fox News (Fox News!) Kamala Harris is going to sit down for an interview. This is very likely going to be her first, and only, real interview this election cycle. Why is this happening now? I have a few thoughts.

Wednesday— I’ll have an exclusive interview with Vice President Harris on #SpecialReport. pic.twitter.com/Ry63iNH4fW

— Bret Baier (@BretBaier) October 14, 2024

Kamala Harris would not be sitting for an interview with a 'hostile' Fox News unless her campaign knew the truth; she's losing. But what will come from this interview?  I see two ways the interview can go, and possible outcomes that result from that.  The first factor is whether or not Fox News asks her tough questions.

There's no guarantee that Fox News actually does ask Kamala Harris tough questions.  It's one thing to have journalistic standards and wanting to get answers to tough questions. But that's not all that motivates newsrooms. There's money, there's viewership, there's acceptance among peers and/or interviewees. None of these things should play into investigative reporting or interviews - but they do. Worse still; there's politics. Any of these could lead to Fox giving a softball interview to Harris. 

Money in the form of powerful advertisers with a lot of financial pull who might be pro-DEI, would not take kindly to Fox hammering Harris. Money drives business and alienating current and/or potential advertisers is not something Fox would want to do.  There are a lot of woke companies out there with a lot of money.

From a viewership perspective, while Fox will get eyeballs for the interview, an unduly hard interview might scare off potential disaffected centrist viewers who tuned in specifically for this and got hit with a meme; Fox is unfair and biased against Democrats. No viewership growth would come of it.  Conversely an even handed interview might grow viewership and be a better long run strategy. 

Fox has drifted towards the center since Rupert Murdoch handed off control to his children. They are far less conservative than their father. But there's also the idea of media acceptance.  Fox News, and Fox television in general has always been an outsider in the industry.  Playing along with CBS, NBC et. al. would go a long way to garnering not necessarily clout, but perhaps acceptance, within the industry.  We cannot pretend that such things do not matter to if not Fox, at least those who work there.

If Fox does take it easy on Harris, they will definitely lose viewers from those who currently watch it expecting fair and balanced at a minimum.  Remember, Kamala Harris has not faced anything other than controlled softball interviews so far. People want to see her face tough questions.  If she doesn't get them on Fox News, she will never get them. 

But this is not about Fox, it's about Harris. Another softball interview could easily work in Harris' favor; making her look tough for willing to go toe-to-toe with the 'enemy' and come out shining on the other end, having handled the questions with ease.  I know, I know, I laughed re-reading that myself.

Getting obviously softball questions on Fox could easily backfire too; it would show that she is only going places she knows are safe, and clearly had something lined up with Fox.  It would amplify the elites-agenda-versus-the-common-man notion that is clearly driving the election cycle.  That's not a good outcome for Harris or for Fox News.

All that said, Fox still could go tough on her, and they probably will to at least some extent. If they go too hard, it's a nasty look (but honestly, who cares? Look at what Trump has had to endure since 2015!). But if Fox goes tough but fair Harris could still do well (haha, okay not bloody likely) or get ruined.  If she gets ruined though, don't think the Democratic brain trust hasn't pre-planned for that outcome.

How hard would it be to paint Harris as a victim? "They went after her unfairly because she's a woman." "They went after her unfairly because she's black." "They weren't fact checked as they interviewed her, let us do that for you now." The list goes on. While Harris-as-victim is a really bad look for her if you are say named Putin, there are key voting blocks (women for example) who may feel sympathy as a result. A president should be tough enough to handle a rough ride.  If not, why are they president? Voters shouldn't matter as much as a leader who can take the tough shots and fight back for America and its people, but in an election year, voters matter a lot. 

There's one further possibility here; the back room Democrat elite know Harris has lost and they see no way out, so they are hanging her out to dry, now, while they can make a difference elsewhere. The cabal that runs the left, clearly knew Let's Go Brandon was many, many egg noodles short of a meal. They hid it for years.  When they knew they could no longer hide it, they concocted a plan to deal with him.  The Democrat elite are schemers; they put him out there to debate Trump so far ahead of the nomination, they knew they would have time to replace him with someone nobody voted for in the Democrat primaries. 

Protecting Democracy has always been the last thing on their minds, except maybe as a slogan. They want puppets. When their main puppet was full of holes, they discarded him and grabbed onto the next available option; Kamala Harris.  They are not protecting democracy in doing this; in fact it is the exact opposite.  It's Covid lockdowns all over again.  They're thinking we can get away with this because we own the news. 

What they actually are protecting is their club. Not democracy, not the American people, they are protecting their own grip on power. They want to ensure that the down-ballot impact of a feckless Kamala Harris doesn't affect the senate or congress, and leaves them open to a midterm rebound in 2026.  They have given their puppet one chance to do well, far enough out, so they can react.  A weak performance and you'll see every Democrat in a swing district or state, run from her so far and so fast it will make your head spin. 

After failing to fake a euphoria of joy for Harris, this is Democrat insiders' last best shot at changing the trajectory of the election, whether Harris does well or not. I strongly doubt it will make a positive difference for Harris, but I think the Democrats already know that themselves and no longer care.

20 days until the most important election of our lifetime

There are 20 days until the 2024 election. I try to avoid hyperbole as much as possible. I've heard people say this is the most important election of our lifetime ever since 2008.  I've tended to avoid that and regarded it as hyperbole.  I can think of times that I thought an election was the most important of our lifetime. Ronald Reagan in 1980 halting the real and imminent decline of America under Jimmy Carter was one such time. Another example was the dire need to stop Obama in 2012.  Stopping the election of Hillary Clinton in 2016 was critical, and as it turned out, so was the election of Donald Trump. Then 2020 re-electing Donald Trump was an imperative.  Twice, the most important elections of my lifetime ended with success and twice it ended in failure.  America is still here. So were they really the most important elections of our lifetime?

Yes, they were. But times change, and as they have changed, elections have become more important. Technology is on another level. Illegal immigration is out of control. There are high stakes wars in progress. The deep state is extending its tendrils into more and more of American life. Morality has decayed to an abysmal level. I now believe that this is indeed, the most important election of our lifetime. 

In 2020 America decided to roll the dice with Trump. Despite all of the bulwark of the deep state and Democrats and even many establishment Republicans lined up against him and his America first agenda, the roll of the dice paid off.  This election Trump is no longer a roll of the dice.  You know what you'll get; a better economy, America first, normalized immigration, a restored military, a  leaner and more efficient government and plenty more. Democrats want to define Trump by a phony January 6th narrative, but Americans should see through that.

Conversely if there is a roll of the dice candidate in this election it's Kamala Harris.  She's changed her opinions and policy positions more often than they change Let's Go Brandon's diapers.  You can't tell what she really believes, it's all lies designed to appeal to the voters in the room with her at that moment. There's no substance, no real conviction there.  Of course there is an inkling of what her real positions actually are. For example, it's almost certain she doesn't really own a Glock. Tim Walz; that dog don't hunt either.  Her policy positions will be similar to Let's Go Brandon's; her positions will be what she's told they will be.

In reality a Kamala Harris presidency is far worse than a roll of the dice. A Kamala Harris presidency is an outright bad bet. Americans may be willing to roll the dice but I cannot fathom Americans are willing to make a bad bet. That's especially true when there is a really good bet available to make.  You only make a bad bet out of sheer desperation. Americans are struggling in numbers too great, but Americans are not desperate.  The only people who are desperate, seem to be the Democrats and the Kamala Harris campaign.

As a non-American, but one cheering for American success, I urge you in the most strenuous possible way, go make a good bet.  I would also add that it extends beyond the presidency.  If you want Trump to make a difference, you need to vote for congressional representatives and senators who will support his agenda. If you don't he won't be able to do for America what needs to be done.

60 Minutes: Part of the Coverup

Trying to make Kamala Harris look good when she can't do it on her own, will eventually have fallout for those who try to participate in the cover-up (just like it made the media look incredibly foolish for lying about Let's Go Brandon).

60 Minutes could implode for trying to cover up for Harris.  This isn't going to just go away I think:

Of course the cover-up scandals are not new to 60 Minutes.  They've been doing it since they lied about George Bush and would not own up to their lies. They were clearly biased in dealing with president Trump years ago too. 

The truth is that the truth does not matter to CBS. Never has, never will. It's still happening today. It's all about their absurd liberal bias agenda. Always has been, always will be. So when things don't go their way, they cover up and wait for the uproar to pass. This is why they cannot be trusted, and in large part, aren't.

 

Trump's plan for the auto industry

The mainstream media is blasting Trump as insulting Detroit while in Detroit. That's not what happened.  He talked about the unfortunate deterioration of Detroit while in Detroit.  He was speaking facts.  In addition he laid out a plan to bring Detroit and the United States back into being a manufacturing powerhouse.  He talked about the auto industry specifically.

When you contrast that with the absolute decimation the half-baked plan Kamala Harris is spewing, there really is only one choice for president; Donald Trump.

A question for Democrats

Do you really want a self-professed knucklehead a heartbeat away from the presidency?

Now I realize the knee-jerk, TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome) response will be, better that than a knucklehead as president. But think about what Trump did while in office; record low unemployment, a vast reduction in illegal immigration, Middle East peace accords, and far better trade deals just to name a few. Regardless of what you might think of Trump as a person, his policies were good for the country. The policies were sound.  The results were telling.  The polices made sense and were clearly not knucklehead policies.

Second point. Saying he's a knucklehead is just a way of covering up for what he actually is - a liar. It's the lesser of two evils.  

Third point.  Kamala Harris, though not self-professed, is also a knucklehead, and a liar.  She flip flops, she does not understand basic policy; this morning I heard a clip of her saying she wanted to boost small business tax credits from $5,000 to $50,000 because "you can't start a business on $5,000". She doesn't understand that a tax credit is not handing money to a small business but rather a deduction in the amount of tax a business has to pay.  That's BASIC, and she doesn't get it. Her policies are either previously tried failures or stolen from Trump. She IS a knucklehead.  She chose a knucklehead as her running mate.  That alone speaks volumes; neither one of them is equipped to run the country.

Conservative vs. Liberal priorities on display

Canada is an advanced microcosm of what would happen in America under Kamala Harris.  Canadian voters have come back to their senses, nary a moment too soon.  I hope American voters do so before it's too late:

Some people are simply vapid

Some people, as you can see in the video below, are simply vapid.  And so too is Kamala Harris.  And apparently, vapid attracts vapid. Maybe that's why they want to vote for her.

Could have been so much worse

I'm going to give the Democrats credit, as evil as the party is, they could have been far, far worse in how they handled the Let's Go Brandon failure as a candidate.  Not only could they have been far more sinister, they could have dramatically altered the course of the election.

Imagine if instead of installing Kamala Harris after a horrible, early Let's Go Brandon debate performance, instead the Democrats had allowed Brandon to make it to the convention, and to the second debate before realizing that Brandon could not win.  

Then what? Instead of allowing the Secret Service to fail to protect Donald Trump, they could have orchestrated an assassination attempt on Let's Go Brandon and then installed Kamala Harris afterwards. That would have been so much worse:

• They could have avoided the appearance of being anti-Democratic and installing Kamala Harris the way they did.  By responding to an assassination they would look like the victims rather than Trump looking like the victim of a deep state plot
• They could have continued to blame "crazed far-right lunatics" for the violence in the country, and blamed the GOP for their supposedly "heated rhetoric", thereby taking all the heat off their own crazy-talk anti-Trump rhetoric
• The effect of waiting for later to install Harris as the nominee would be the artificial poll bump that Harris received would have occurred closer to election day. When that bump inevitably ebbed it would perhaps still have lingered enough to have a slightly positive Democrat impact on the election outcome

All of that combined would have dramatically shifted the election in a different direction than the current trajectory.

But none of that transpired. The Democrats were either not that evil, not that smart, or not that patient. I happen to think that at the elite levels, they are indeed that evil. I'm glad they didn't have the foresight to consider that option and that the Let's Go Brandon debate failure was so acute, they had to react in a knee-jerk panic sort of way.  It could have been so much worse otherwise.

Trump: Something real.

America's trade imbalance is complicated. It's not a sustainable situation long term.  Donald Trump has a plan, right or wrong, it will have an impact.  Kamala Harris' plan? "Look, I was raised a middle class kid..." That's a soundbite, that is not a plan.  It's meaningless, yet it's her answer to every economic question.

Take away the complexity of tariffs, what Trump is proposing will have a real impact; it will either save jobs or if John Deere decides to offshore manufacturing regardless of the tariffs, they will face a massive increase in the cost of production.  That cost will be passed on to consumers. The consumers will choose alternatives and John Deere will face declining sales and ultimately, likely, hardship.

In other words, Trump is doing something real. Harris cannot even fathom something real.

Flip-flopper extraordinaire

Is it excusable because it comes from a place of ignorance? Nope, she's trying to be everything to everybody (in the room at the time).

Accountant Explains: Kamala's Most RADICAL Financial Policies

For those who vote based on TDS rather than common sense, please watch this accountant take apart some of Kamala Harris' radical policy proposals.