Where Is the Fierce Urgency of Beating Trump?

The New York Times ^ | Oct. 12, 2024, 7:00 a.m. ET | Maureen Dowd

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Barack Obama got blunt in Pittsburgh on Thursday. He chided Black men who are not supporting Kamala Harris, saying that some of “the brothers” were just not “feeling the idea of having a woman as president.”

That left me mulling again: Is Harris in a dead-even race against a ridiculous person because of her sex or is that just an excuse?

Hillary Clinton did not lose because she was a woman. She lost because she was Hillary Clinton. She didn’t campaign hard enough, skipping Wisconsin and barely visiting Michigan. She got discombobulated about gender and whinged about sexism.

I asked James Carville if Kamala’s problem is that too many Americans are still chary about voting for a woman, much less a woman of color. The Ragin’ Cajun chided me.

“We’re not going to change her gender or her ethnic background between now and Election Day, so let’s not worry about it,” he said. “Time is short, really short. They need to be more aggressive. They don’t strike me as having any kind of a killer instinct. They let one fat pitch after another go by. I’m scared to death. They have to hit hard — pronto.”

Her campaign, he said dryly, “is still in Wilmington.”

Kamala spent a week answering questions on “60 Minutes” and “The View” and on the shows of Stephen Colbert and Howard Stern. And she didn’t move the needle.

“She needs to stop answering questions and start asking questions,” Carville said. He thinks that, for her closing message, she should put the issue of Jan. 6 and who won the election on the back burner.

Instead, he said, she should ask:

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Kamala spent a week answering questions on “60 Minutes” and “The View” and on the shows of Stephen Colbert and Howard Stern. And she didn’t move the needle.

Cackling maniacally is not "answering questions."

And, before I forget...

[HombreSecreto]

You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar!

CZJ on post 1!

[libh8er]

Let me tell you why, Mo. Epstein. Diddy. And payback. That’s why the fierce urgency.

[libh8er]

Ah never mind. I misread the headline. I thought it said “Why the fierce urgency”

[stanne]

This leftist rag doesn’t have spellcheck?

“whinged“

[thinden]

Let me tell you why, Mo. Epstein. Diddy. And payback. That’s why the fierce urgency.

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I think you’re on to something, libh8er

[skinny old man]

Screw ny slimes...

[mmichaels1970]

NYT blowin it up today.

[Jim Noble]

They don’t have to beat him in the election.

As 2017-2021 demonstrates, the entire government can rise up against him and paralyze his ability to do anything major.

And this time, they are preparged.

[cockroach_magoo]

“Fierce urgency”
“Beating”
“Dead-even”
“Time is short”
“Killer instinct”
“I’m scared to death”
“Hit hard”

...All are dog whistles for another assassination attempt.

[Drew68]

NYT blowin it up today.

Yep. The panic is setting in.

Also from today's NYT: This Election Will Need More Heroes (Dogwhistle for "please send more assassins")

[central_va]

The rules!!!!

[central_va]

FR Eeyore strikes again.

[UnwashedPeasant]

"Kamala spent a week answering questions on '60 Minutes' and 'The View.'"

If Carville believes she is giving meaningful answers, he is losing it.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

“ CZJ on post 1!”

It makes all posts better. Kind of like BASF…we don’t make [blank], we make [blank] better.

[Robert DeLong]

That urgency only exists in pitiful little minds such as yours Maureen Dowd.

[No name given]

Does anyone worth their salt actually read them anymore?!

[kiryandil]

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