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A Vague, Vacuous TV Interview Didn’t Help Kamala Harris
New York Times ^ | 29th August 2024 | Bret Stephens

Posted on 08/30/2024 6:22:49 AM PDT by Cronos

...She’s vague to the point of vacuous. She struggled to give straight answers to her shifting positions on fracking and border security other than to say, “my values have not changed.” Fine, but she evaded the question of why it took the Biden administration more than three years to gain better control of the border, which it ultimately did through an executive order that could have been in place years earlier. It also doesn’t answer the question of why she reversed her former policy positions — or whether she has higher values other than political expediency.

Harris also relied on a few talking points that may not serve her well in the next two months. She mentioned price gouging, but Americans won’t likely believe that grocery chains with razor-thin profit margins are the real culprit when it comes to their rising food bills. Her $100 billion plan to give first-time home buyers $25,000 in down-payment support is mainly an incentive for ever-higher home prices.

A bigger weakness in the interview was the presence of Harris’s running mate, Tim Walz. Though the Minnesota governor delivered a fine speech at the Democratic National Convention (brightly enhanced by his cheering son Gus), he was transparently evasive in answering Bash’s questions about his misstatement about his military service, false claims about a D.U.I. arrest and misleading statements about his family’s fertility treatments. If there are other lies or untruths in Walz’s record, the campaign ought to get ahead of them now.

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


TOPICS: Editorial; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alreadyforgotten; cnn; cnninterview; danabash; didntanything; didnthurteither; harris; kamala; lyinkamala
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1 posted on 08/30/2024 6:22:49 AM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cronos

NYT seems to be a little bit down on Kammy lately.


2 posted on 08/30/2024 6:24:27 AM PDT by NewHampshireDuo ( )
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To: Cronos

Did the NYT’s just throw the Kommie & Snitch under bus?


3 posted on 08/30/2024 6:26:07 AM PDT by Republic Rocker
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To: NewHampshireDuo

Meh. There’s TWO articles in that link. The second said it was a “solid outing” for Kamala.


4 posted on 08/30/2024 6:27:27 AM PDT by SomeCallMeTim (C )
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To: Cronos

“ why it took the Biden administration more than three years to gain better control of the border, which it ultimately did through an executive order that could have been in place years earlier.”

Are they saying tens of thousands per day are no longer blatantly streaming across our southern border? Is it down to just thousands per day? Will no one hold these liars to account?


5 posted on 08/30/2024 6:31:21 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Cronos

Seems CNN and the NYT are realizing that their integrity is shot as legitimate news organizations. But they can’t help themselves as lefties, so the best they can do is provide token commenters to provide an opposing view.


6 posted on 08/30/2024 6:31:42 AM PDT by MikeyB806
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To: Cronos
vacuous /văk′yoo͞-əs/
adjective
1. Lacking intelligence; stupid or empty-headed.
2. Devoid of substance or meaning; vapid or inane.
"a vacuous comment."
3. Devoid of expression; vacant: synonym: empty.
"a vacuous stare."
Similar: empty
7 posted on 08/30/2024 6:32:03 AM PDT by stylin19a (A study found that woman who carry a little extra weight, live longer than the men who mention it.)
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To: Cronos

Wonder what hit the floor during editing. No doubt tampon Timmy was there to report back to the bigs just how bad she was.


8 posted on 08/30/2024 6:35:05 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? ECheck! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: NewHampshireDuo

even when the mediawhores are pretending to be impartial, they’re still whoring for the left:

“...to gain better control of the border, which it ultimately did ...”

this is complete crappolla


9 posted on 08/30/2024 6:36:20 AM PDT by wny
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To: bk1000

Just about spit out my kofeve when I saw “better control”.


10 posted on 08/30/2024 6:37:39 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? ECheck! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: Cronos
Much like the democrat's convention, it was a show about nothing. That's really all she has to run on.
11 posted on 08/30/2024 6:42:39 AM PDT by boycott
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Where's the ratings?

12 posted on 08/30/2024 6:43:08 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Cronos

Little Harris sat there scrunched up next to the looming giant Waltz and the larger than life Bash, who did no live up to her name.

Harris looked unsure of herself, repeatedly looking down at the table with frowning brow on which there were notes (presumably), but never actually answering the questions posed.

She even managed to include a bonafide word salad about time.


13 posted on 08/30/2024 6:43:58 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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BTTT


14 posted on 08/30/2024 6:44:07 AM PDT by nopardons
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Wonder what hit the floor during editing.


We could also wonder what was on the ceiling when she kept looking at it.


15 posted on 08/30/2024 6:44:55 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: NewHampshireDuo
NYT seems to be a little bit down on Kammy lately.

It's an opinion piece by Bret Stephens, NYT's "conservative" columnist.

16 posted on 08/30/2024 6:46:39 AM PDT by Drew68
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Of course it didn’t. She’s a terrible candidate. She isn’t going to win. She’s isn’t ahead in the “polls”, she’s never been ahead. It’s all theater to try and save the down-ballot races.


17 posted on 08/30/2024 6:46:54 AM PDT by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: Cronos

This from the New York Times?!


18 posted on 08/30/2024 6:46:56 AM PDT by Rummyfan ( In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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To: Frank Drebin

My question is, do candidates matter anymore, or is it the letter next to their name?

We all know Joe wasn’t running the show, and neither will Kamala, it’s the Democratic Party cabal that will be running things.


19 posted on 08/30/2024 6:48:27 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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A Vague, Vacuous TV Interview Didn’t Help Kamala Harris

The deep state democrat machine is acting like it really doesn't matter what Kammy does. They act like the fix is in. I think we ALL need to prepare for something really serious to take place, and I'm not talking about just a long term economic crash.

20 posted on 08/30/2024 6:48:30 AM PDT by eastexsteve
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