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Kamala Harris Surprises Everyone
The New York Times ^ | Aug. 5, 2024, 5:05 a.m. ET | Gail Collins and Bret Stephens

Posted on 08/05/2024 11:16:31 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Bret Stephens: Hi, Gail. I have to make a confession: Kamala Harris had a much stronger start than I expected. She appears competent, in command and she is connecting to voters — everything she wasn’t when she ran for president five years ago. I gather you’re not surprised ….

Gail Collins: Bret! Does that mean you’re going to vote for her? I was planning on torturing you until you joined the team.

Bret: I’m not there yet, though the rumored choice of Josh Shapiro, the Pennsylvania governor, as her running mate would go far to reassure me about a Harris administration. What do you think?

Gail: Certainly seems to make sense politically — guy from a very important state, with a moderate image that might reassure Democrats who are worried that Harris is too far to the left.

But Bret, can I take one minute to register a big howl about the fact that in a presidential election one vote in Pennsylvania is worth a trillion times more than one vote in, um, New York?

Nobody’s arguing that Shapiro is the best conceivable candidate in the country; he’s just maybe the best conceivable candidate from a critical swing state.

Bret: What else is new? In this case, there would be the happy blending of a terrific candidate who happens to govern a must-win state. I also think Harris recognizes that she needs to temper the perception of her being a Bay Area progressive politician by choosing a governor with a reputation for centrism. It makes for a good contrast to Trump-Vance, where old-and-crazy chose to pair up with young-and-reckless.

Gail: Well, governmentally speaking, I’d be happiest with a vice-presidential candidate who was of the same progressive bent as Harris. But I’ve got to admit that the smartest strategy is to pick somebody who makes the ticket...

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: bretstephens; cackles; gailcollins; kamala; media; mediabias
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Corporate gaslight press article presented under topic "humor" to grant it the respect it deserves.
1 posted on 08/05/2024 11:16:31 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

We are doomed.


2 posted on 08/05/2024 11:18:58 AM PDT by ponygirl (Stay gold.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

A pair of prize DNC ass lampreys.


3 posted on 08/05/2024 11:20:33 AM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I put a sign on my lawn begging for any interstellar travelers to pick me up.

“Please abduct me!”
“Will scub alien toilets”


4 posted on 08/05/2024 11:20:49 AM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (there will come a day when FR rejects articles from the NYT, et al. as "Commie trash, no thank you")
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To: All

What has Kamala done ?


5 posted on 08/05/2024 11:20:56 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Bump is fading. She had a great week and a half. All Trump since Friday. Plus great Trump Asa in the Swing States.


6 posted on 08/05/2024 11:21:38 AM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE H mediaIM!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
She appears competent, in command and she is connecting to voters

Uh ...

And what color is the sky on your planet?

7 posted on 08/05/2024 11:23:36 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’m surprised these two can breathe on their own. The stupid must be all-encompassing.


8 posted on 08/05/2024 11:23:41 AM PDT by chrisser (I lost my vaccine card in a tragic boating accident.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Bret: Gail, how are the cats doing?

Gail: Bret, they are doing well? Because of this economy, we’re all eating the same thing now. How’s your wife’s boyfriend?


9 posted on 08/05/2024 11:24:39 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
But their audience isn't particularly large, and already voting for dems, so I'm not thinking their influence is particularly significant any longer.

Social media bypasses the pinheads, and their influence has been significantly reduced.

10 posted on 08/05/2024 11:25:36 AM PDT by Pox (Eff You China. Buy American!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

LOL. We knew the old media would go completely ape$shit with shivers running down their legs.

This was so predictable as was the “strong start” the media had.


11 posted on 08/05/2024 11:30:09 AM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
She appears competent, in command and she is connecting to voters

She hasn't held a press conference, she hasn't granted any interviews, and I haven't seen her make a single public appearance since she and others forced Senile Joe to drop out of the race. And for the NYT, this is the appearance of competence and command. Pathetic.
12 posted on 08/05/2024 11:30:11 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Pox

Agreed. When places like the Times and the Washington Post and the alphabet networks are either laying off staff or cutting costs in other ways, it indicates that they are not as subscribed to as much as they once were.


13 posted on 08/05/2024 11:30:43 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: cowboyusa

We have too many doom and gloomers around here who buy into every media narrative and have decided this race is not winnable. Well they better realize a Harris win and there is no J. D. Vance or Ron DeSantis coming to the rescue in 2028. It will be ballgame and this country will not be recoverable.


14 posted on 08/05/2024 11:31:04 AM PDT by dowcaet
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To: ponygirl

[We are doomed.]

The New York Times is at it again.


15 posted on 08/05/2024 11:31:09 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: escapefromboston
> What has Kamala done ? <

She took a crayon and put a D after her name. That’s all she did. And it’s all she needed to do.


16 posted on 08/05/2024 11:32:40 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: teeman8r

“Because of this economy, we’re all eating the same thing now.”

Catfood is about to become a delicacy. I laughed hard at this trash.


17 posted on 08/05/2024 11:32:48 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This reads like a script for a “spontaneous” conversation written by AI.


18 posted on 08/05/2024 11:32:48 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

IF she becomes winner, she can say that she inherited the bad economy from the previous administration.


19 posted on 08/05/2024 11:33:46 AM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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20 posted on 08/05/2024 11:35:04 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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