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THE ART OF VACUITY
Powerline ^ | 21 Sep 2024 | Scott Johnson

Posted on 09/21/2024 10:11:22 AM PDT by Rummyfan

Oprah Winfrey moderated a 90-minute love-in online for Kamala Harris this past Thursday evening in Michigan. In case you missed it, the White House has posted the transcript here and Forbes has posted the whole thing on YouTube (video at the bottom). The New York Post covered it in this story by Diana Glebova.

No one can afford to shed the brain cells that will be lost by those who dare to take in the whole thing. It is an embarrassment to the United States, if not to humanity. With help from the gentlemen who brought us Barack Obama, Harris has perfected the art of vacuity.

Harris doesn’t say a damn thing. She invites you to project your deepest wishes onto the platitudes whirring in the windmills of her mind. She means to keep up “the fundamental transformation” of the United States, but she is coy about it. She’s not letting on.

What does Harris have to say to those who have yet to make up their mind? She responds:

We love our country. I love our country. I know we all do. That’s why everybody is here right now. We love our country. We — we take pride in the privilege of being American.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: gaffe; kamala; oprah; vacuity; wordsalad
I know there have been a number of posts about this performance by Harris but I particularly appreciated this critique of it.

And as an aside... what is with all her hand gestures?! What is she trying to do?!

1 posted on 09/21/2024 10:11:22 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan
No one can afford to shed the brain cells that will be lost by
those who dare to take in the whole thing. It is an
embarrassment to the United States, if not to humanity
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This says it all.


2 posted on 09/21/2024 10:16:34 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts (,,)
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Vacuity is neither an art nor a science!

kamala’s hand gestures are just to prevent her from cackling! But some day, all her defenses will break down, and she will emit such a sequence of cackles that no one can imagine!

And then she will lose almost every state in the election!


3 posted on 09/21/2024 10:39:36 AM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: Rummyfan

She’s the Privileged Princess of Platitudes.


4 posted on 09/21/2024 11:35:34 AM PDT by Starboard
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“we take pride in the privilege of being prideful, privileged Americans.”


5 posted on 09/21/2024 11:52:08 AM PDT by kiryandil (Kraft durch Freude! - The Kamunist and The Walzrus )
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To: Starboard

She’s also the Kreepy Komrade of Kakistocracy.


6 posted on 09/21/2024 11:54:08 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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I think it’s to try to appear to be more approachable and sincere. Like she’s one of us.

I don’t doubt that she’s been coaching thoroughly by body language experts to try to signal empathy and sincerity.


7 posted on 09/21/2024 12:07:07 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus”)
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I know there have been a number of posts about this performance by Harris but I particularly appreciated this critique of it.
And as an aside... what is with all her hand gestures?! What is she trying to do?

Like this Golden Age pulp hero she has the power to cloud men's minds...

The

...but her sloppy version of that comes not from ancient Tibetan knowledge but Saul Alinski's 'Rules for Radicals'.

But she DOES know the evil that lurks in the hearts of men. She's depending on it.

8 posted on 09/21/2024 5:32:39 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (Hippies who said 'Question Authority' are now the authority saying don't question them.)
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