Kamala Harass: the Power of a Prickly-Pointed Pen is Mightier than a Paper Tigress

Free Republic ^ | 12/5/2018 | Pocono Pundit

[poconopundit]

Kamala Harris (aka Kamel Hump & Harass) is famous for her pompous way of asking questions in Senate hearings.

So I scanned Google Images to find a picture of Harris to turn into a meme.  I soon discovered a couple of interesting facts:

• It's hard to find a picture of Harris standing in a group.  You can find endless pictures of her sitting behind a desk or standing behind a lectern.  Then I looked it up and discovered that she and Chuck Todd could be twins because they are both 5 foot 2 inches tall.  So this is why she feels comfortable sitting in the high Senate hearing seat peering down and firing her questions.

• The other more curious finding is that in half the Senate committee session pictures, Harris has a blue pen in her hand!  The collage image below proves my point.

So what's the fascination with this blue pen for Harris?

Well, after putting my Scott Adams psychologist hat on, I came up with a few totally unscientific, throw-it-on-the-wall-and-hope-it-sticks conclusions:

• The blue pen is more than a prop, it's a crutch.   I suspect she feels somewhat defenseless without it.  It functions for her the same as a teleprompter soothes the Kenyan King Boobamba.

• The prickly point end of the pen also projects her own antagonistic manner of addressing people.  She thinks being prickly makes her look smart and authoritative.  But there's no way you can compare her to the "Beautiful Ted" or Lindsey Graham who can ask Senatorial questions in a way that is both strong, but also respectful -- and very often clever.

• If you could take that blue pen away from her, I'll bet Harass would stutter and stammer as badly as Boobamba does when Trump is in his head.  (the famous If...If...If... YouTube)

So I finally researched Harass's committee hearings and extracted (and faked) some typical comments below.

1. Sorry, your 10 seconds to reply is up, General Kelly.  Here's your next question...
2. Booker, It's cool you chose Spartacus as your hero.  That fireplug-sized tyrant Napoleon is more my style.
3. Will you pledge to this committee to share any written correspondence, be they your calendars, records, notes, e-mails, tax records, and private letters to your wife and children?
4. No, you do not get to respond, Admiral.
5. Be sure about your answer, sir, because you will pay dearly for any mistakes you make.
6. I hope you had your Wheaties this morning, Mr. Secretary.  Because I am going to badger you with trick questions till you blow your stack.
7. YES or NO, Judge. Just answer my question.  No discussion of special circumstances or exceptions.  YES or NO!
8. Let me read to you this [complex and arcane] statute.  [One minute reading].  Now answer me: just YES OR NO!
9. Aha, I thought of another gotcha question, better write it down.
10. I will ask you again for the last time.  If you do not answer again, you shall write on the blackboard 200 times, "I will answer only YES or NO to the Grand Inquisitor Harris".
11. Have you written a directive to your hundreds of thousand employees reiterated the policy that is standard operating procedure for 20 years?
12. Dreamers report you are a racist, xenophobe, and white supremacist.  So tell me, why then are you holding public office?
13. I'm the one asking the questions, sir.
14. This committee session bores me to death.  Can't wait to get back to the office and eat my Snickers bar.
    
    

[poconopundit]

Her pen-holding paranoia is probably due to never having anything “prickly-pointed” in her hand...

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Yes, a lawyer/bureaucrat raised to the level of her incompetence. Now she’s a senator who never earned an honest dollar in her life, except through political maneuvering and special favors.

Remember in 2016 when the Fake News said Trump was “not qualified”. LOL! Go Trump! He’s on a roll. Don’t see how the House Dems can stop him. Are they any more difficult to manage that Ryan’s House?

Not much different. The Dems now have to compromise to say they accomplished something. Sounds like a significant deal is in the making in 2019.

[poconopundit]

Harris’ attempts to appear “incisive” and “penetrating” mask a very defensive and uncertain grasp of facts. . .

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Yes, I sensed that at the Kavanaugh trials where she pushed only so far then cowered back into her corner. She was at least smart enough to realize she was way out of her league sparring with a legal mind like Kav.

As much as I hated the way Kav was treated, looking back it turned out to be a teachable moment. Because Kav admirably stood up for himself, things went well, as they did for Clarence Thomas.

[Califreak]

"It's NOT twue!"

[poconopundit]

Somehow, I think [Harris] is overlooking the power of reading glasses perched on the end of her nose! * * * Yeah, but how about Schumer?  I guess it doesn't work for everybody :- ) Taking off the glasses to make a point can be a powerful gesture, too. I like Senate theater. Cruz, Rand Paul, and Lindsey Graham are two of the best. Can you imagine Harris sparring with those three? I can't -- which is why Harris is going nowhere.

[ridesthemiles]

KAMALA HARRIS IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE POTUS OR TO HOLD ANY POSITION THAT CAN SUCCEED POTUS.

NEITHER OF HER PARENTS WERE AMERICAN CITIZENS WHEN SHE WAS BORN. PERIOD.