Joy! Irrational exuberance soars to new levels

Washington Examiner ^ | August 9, 2024 4:09 pm | Byron York

[E. Pluribus Unum]

JOY! IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE SOARS TO NEW LEVEL. The polls suggest that many Democratic voters feel better about the new and untested candidacy of Kamala Harris than they did about the old and enfeebled candidacy of Joe Biden. But the polls cannot measure the off-the-scale enthusiasm for Harris and new running mate Tim Walz that is appearing every day in some of the nation’s biggest media outlets.

Sometimes videos are more effective than lists. Look at this compilation of media figures marveling at what a “happy warrior” they believe Walz to be. He’s America’s coach or he’s America’s dad or both. And he’s not at all weird, like some other people. “Everybody likes Tim Walz,” says one talking head. “Hope, optimism, joy,” says MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, characterizing Walz. (You might remember that not all that long ago, Scarborough was assuring us that Biden was super sharp and on top of things as president.)

For those experiencing the most irrational exuberance, the operative word of the Harris-Walz campaign is “joy.” A New York Times analysis of the campaign brought the headline: “Harris Used to Worry About Laughing. Now Joy Is Fueling Her Campaign.” 

Joy is fueling her campaign? You bet it is — no less a figure than Walz himself declared that Harris “emanates the joy.” MSNBC went along to declare that Harris and Walz “campaign with joy.” The Washington Post reported that the two Democrats have “seized on a joyful message.” The New York Times, again, announced that Harris and Walz are running a “joyful campaign.”

In Harrisworld these days, joy is everywhere — in food, in clothing, in campaigning, in everything. NPR loved Walz’s “folksy...

[Verginius Rufus]

I saw a copy of the British Financial Times for Wednesday, 7 August. Front page story about Walz sounded like a press release from the DNC.

Headline read "Harris bets on Walz at running mate to draw in more working-class voters."

[henbane]

Last week, former Obama adviser David Axelrod warned Democrats against becoming too infatuated with Kamalamania. “There’s a lot of irrational exuberance on the Democratic side of the aisle right now because there was [Biden] despair for some period of time about what November was going to look like,” Axelrod said on CNN. Now, precisely what Axelrod warned against is happening every minute of every day, not just among Democrats but among their allies in the media. For the moment at least, no one wants to do anything that might spoil the joy.

Can this "sugar high" last through the rest of August?

Not likely--the corruption and mindlessness lurking just below the surface will soon overwhelm this shallow Dem giddiness.

[Prince of Space]

I’m sure their internal polling tells a much different story. They’re just trying to sway public opinion at this point. Don’t believe the hype, especially WRT to the swing states.

[simpson96]

“Irrational exuberance”

aka, Delusion.

[Boomer]

Total gaslighting from known corrupt media sources. These are not journalists, they are paid activist actors playing their part in the gaslighting.

[clearcarbon]

"I’m sure their internal polling tells a much different story. They’re just trying to sway public opinion at this point. Don’t believe the hype, especially WRT to the swing states."

The polls must be fraudulently (as required) fabricated as close as needed to pull off the steal.

[ronnie raygun]

Todays words are................comical to watch the scumedia talking heads repeat the same lines back to back.