Kamala Harris Has Left the Building

The New York Times ^ | Aug. 26, 2024 | Gail Collins and Bret Stephens

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Gail Collins: Bret, I can’t wait to hear your impression of Kamala Harris’s big Chicago speech. Tell, tell.

Bret Stephens: As rhetoric? I thought it was strong. She told Americans who she was, where she came from, what her values and dreams are made of, why she loves America, who and what she’ll fight for. There was hardly a wasted sentence. It was fairly light on policy, but she came across as a plausible commander in chief. The contrast with Donald Trump’s Fidel Castro-like performance at the Republican National Convention last month was stark.

Do you think she’ll win?

Gail: One more question first. Listening to the speech, I imagined she’d written it specifically for you, with tons about American values and the evils of Trump but nothing about her specific plans for the economy. Would she have lost you if she’d moved on to raising taxes on the rich, price gouging …

Bret: Yup. The problem with Harris is that she’s a political chameleon — a tough-on-crime prosecutor in one phase of her career, a self-described “radical” in another. Voters will want to figure out whether she’s a pragmatist (good), an opportunist (not good) or a phony (doubleplusungood). One way to find out is to insist that she sit down for some serious journalistic interviews and answer a few difficult questions. I can think of some.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

It was fairly light on policy, but she came across as a plausible commander in chief.

Damned by faint praise.

[Ann Archy]

Bret Stephens is a self hating JEW ....DISGUSTING!

[dforest]

As far as I am concerned not showing up at Arlington Natl Cemetery today to honor the soldiers makes her not even slightly plausible to be Commander In Chief.

The woman is a disgrace and not ready for duty.

[Verginius Rufus]

Bret Stephens used to write for The Wall Street Journal before going to The New York Times. He hates Trump with a passion. Not sure why. I don't know if he has compared Trump to Castro before.

[dowcaet]

Translated, the NY Slimes knows she is a total lightweight, and this is the best they can do to prop her up.

[FlipWilson]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. In this case, in the eye of the deluded.

[Bigg Red]

::...Trump’s Fidel Castro-like performance at the Republican National Convention....::

~~~~~~~~~

These fools are so delusional.

[ClearCase_guy]

They’ve gone from “Trump is literally Hitler” to “Trump is Castro-like”.

Is this better? Worse? So hard to tell.

[dblshot]

Brett Stephens mouth must taste like s**t after that butt licking.

[SamuraiScot]

Donald Trump’s Fidel Castro-like performance

Is the NYT suggesting that they no longer like Castro? I'm so confused.

[The Duke]

"The woman is a disgrace and not ready for duty."

So, she's just like her predecessor?

[Mr. Blond]

Did she tell America how she was raised in Quebec?

[TigersEye]

... but she came across as a plausible commander in chief.

IOWs it was a passable audition for a TV miniseries role.

Too many estrogen-heavy voters will think that's all that matters to be the "leader of the free world."