Posted on 09/03/2024 4:14:36 AM PDT by george76
The media have developed a pathological obsession with shielding Vice President Kamala Harris from any criticism or inconvenient fact..
ince a soft coup ousted President Joe Biden as the Democrat nominee in late July, the media have developed a pathological obsession with shielding Vice President Kamala Harris from any criticism or inconvenient fact.
To protect their anointed favorite, the media have engaged in a masterclass of revisionism, unleashing every trick in the book to manipulate their audience into buying the new, carefully crafted image of Harris. They’ve tried to claim that a woman whose office was described by her own staff as “soul-destroying” will bring back “joy” to American politics and that one of the most reviled vice presidents in modern history is actually the nation’s darling.
In 2021, the media reported that Harris played a critical role in Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. Politico stated that Harris “was the last person in the room” before Biden made the decision to pull out. The Washington Post characterized Harris as “as a vice president deeply involved in key moments.” The Los Angeles Times noted that Harris was “front and center as President Biden has overseen America’s retreat from Afghanistan.”
Yet the media screeched in unison when former President Donald Trump correctly identified Biden and Harris as the primary culprits behind the debacle that resulted in the deaths of 13 American servicemembers. Now the media is trying desperately to separate (Vice President!) Harris from Biden’s administration entirely, with outlets firing out patently ridiculous headlines like Politico’s doozy: “Vance tries to tether Harris to Biden during Michigan rally.”
One of the more egregious examples came from The Washington Post on Tuesday. The outlet attempted to “prove” that Biden’s disastrous tenure will in no way negatively affect Harris’ electoral prospects with a nifty little graph. “The GOP is trying hard to tie Harris more closely to Biden on the economy, immigration and the border,” Washington Post Senior Political Reporter Aaron Blake claimed. “One big problem: Americans don’t think she played a particularly central role.”
Blake included a graph taken from his article (headlined “Why Biden isn’t dragging down Harris”) that showed that only 11 percent of Americans believe Harris has had a “great deal of influence” on Biden’s economic policy. Likewise, only 15 percent said that she has a “great deal of influence” on immigration policy despite, as Blake notes, “the ‘border czar’ stuff.”
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people who don’t mindlessly swallow everything the biased media feeds them know that Harris was indeed “front and center” on the two issues that matter most to voters this election cycle. As already mentioned, she served as the border czar for years, during which she only managed to squeeze in one heavily staged visit to the southern border. On the economy, she cast the tie-breaking vote in the Senate to pass both the Inflation Reduction Act and the American Rescue Plan, both of which contributed to the runaway inflation that has plagued Biden’s time in office and made Americans poorer.
Just because she was completely incompetent on both issues doesn’t mean she had no influence.
It’s crystal clear to any casual observer that Harris’ campaign is only being kept afloat by a pervasive and cynical media effort. She’s had her hands all over the past three years of American decline, and no amount of obfuscation or outright lies from the press will make voters forget it.
Kamala isn’t just incompetent.
She’s downright stupid, and everybody knows it.
The “mindless” vote cares only that the candidate is a woman and pro abortion. Nothing else matters.
There is another down the street.
A lot of dems will forever not be able to be "on to her".
Without 'talking points' and 'leaks from corrupt left wing 'intelligence' folks, lots of bimbos and pretentious 'men' in the press will be out of luck and out of jobs.... Dirty hands ...
I was reading yesterday...a comment over leadership of the campaign. Harris has a hired-smart-person to be the ‘lead’, but also has her sister in a equal position.
The two (the campaign lead and the Harris sister)...don’t communicate or work together. Some kind of friction.
Harris, if she ever run for ‘real’ office....would be dumping the sister out of this job. But she’s not had a real campaign to manage (DA/AG positions....mayor ran the campaign for her, and suspect the same angle for Senate campaign).
Just odd...least competent political person to run for office in decades.
....I have basically said pretty much the same thing for a while....she has gotten to this point in her career because she is a POC and squats to pee.....other than that....I never trust the polls, but I am concerned that Mr. Trump should, I think, be farther ahead in these polls than he appears to be....what I fear the most is hearing “Madam President” in January....
Commie-la is finding out that what worked for Willie Brown is not going to work for voters.
She oozes stupid like walz oozes creepy.
“She’s had her hands all over the past three years of American decline, and no amount of obfuscation or outright lies from the press will make voters forget it.”
As usual, the lame stream media is trying to put lipstick on a pig. I don’t think it’s going to be successful.
The media isn’t just an extension of the Democratic Party; both the Democratic Party and much of the media are extensions of a broader and more entrenched system often referred to as the Deep State. This Deep State, which can be understood as the permanent government bureaucracy, also extends its influence into the GOP establishment—figures like the Bushes, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, and countless other Republican insiders who have become part of this entrenched power structure.
The Deep State is likely to do everything in its power to prevent Donald Trump from taking office again, even if it means backing figures like Kamala Harris, whom many consider unqualified. This shows the lengths to which this network will go to preserve its hold on power.
We’re in the midst of a significant shift—some might even call it a revolution—where the permanent government is increasingly acting in ways that defy the interests and will of the people. This isn’t just an American phenomenon; you can see similar patterns in other countries like the UK, where there’s a growing perception of a two-tiered justice system, and in Ireland, where the influx of immigrants is occurring despite widespread voter opposition.
Did not seem to be a soft coup. The Pentagon most certainly was involved. Just no tanks rolling around DC yet. What about that fence in Chicago and the huge police presence at DNC?
If Harris somehow wins, she’ll be the luckiest person I ever saw or even ever heard about.
Her stupidity and incompetence is on display for all to see.
This election is a test of Obama’s theory of political power.
He decided that democrats no longer needed working class Americans, that they could win with the usual coalition of identity groups, i.e., enviros, gays, pro aborts, plus his new voting block of illegal aliens.
Democrats have been planning this election cycle since at least 2020, and probably before.
Trump is right, the only way to beat them is to swamp them with votes that they they cannot override.
But she still has the full support of illegal voters, dead voters, and fictitious voters.
She would be the accidental pResident.
Well how did she pass the CA bar exam, the bar exam rumored to be one only 50 percent of the examinees pass is she is that dumb?
>>>if she is that dumb?
Dumb like a fox as my mom used to say.
They’ve tried to claim that a woman whose office was described by her own staff as “soul-destroying” . . .
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Soul-destroying? How can that be?! Why I just heard Harris speaking to folks in Michigan and her voice reminded of the music on the Soul Train... or was that the Love Train?
Good memories...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BlkTSKqE_8
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