Posted on 07/23/2024 7:08:22 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The knives are out. It’s drowned out now that cash is pouting into the Democratic Party coffers once Joe Biden bowed out of the 2024 race, but it’s there. There’s infighting within the Biden family after the president’s brother, Frank, said health concerns likely influenced his brother’s decision to drop out. In return, other members of the family, through their sources, leaked that Frank shouldn’t be trusted because he’s a recovering alcoholic—what a family. Now, Biden’s orbit is leaking details about why the soon-to-be ex-president felt Kamala Harris didn’t have the chops to be president.
It's ironic in the extreme since Joe never had what it took, though Harris has political problems that burrow down to a microscopic level. In his heyday, Biden might have had diarrhea of the mouth, though I could see him having no problems having dinner with donors and some of the nation’s biggest media names. Harris reportedly becomes engulfed in anxiety. In one instance, Harris was set to meet with a DC media mogul, and the jitters became so overwhelming that her staff had planned to hold a mock dinner to calm her down. Axios had a lengthy story, along with the resurrection of the Harris work environment, which is so toxic that no one could ostensibly work there for at least 20,000 years [emphasis mine]:
President Biden hesitated to drop his re-election campaign in part because he and his senior advisers worried that Vice President Kamala Harris wasn't up to taking on Donald Trump, according to three Biden aides familiar with recent talks about his plans.
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Harris' time as vice president has been occasionally rocky, defined in part by large staff turnover, retreating from politically risky responsibilities, and mocking from some Beltway insiders. Much of Harris' staff has turned over in the past 3½ years.
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Former Harris aides told Axios the high turnover is partly because of how the vice president treats her staff. Some former aides said Harris had high standards that some did not want to keep up with, but others felt that she frequently grilled them the way she grilled Trump officials, such as then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions, when she represented California in the U.S. Senate.
Former aides often refer to it as Harris' "prosecuting the staff."
During the 2020 campaign, Biden aides recall watching Harris interrogate her then-chief of staff Karine Jean-Pierre to the point that it made others uncomfortable.
After the election, Jean-Pierre moved to the White House's press team.
A person familiar with the matter said Biden told Jean-Pierre that she was only "on loan" during the campaign and that her move to the White House was always part of the plan.
The intrigue: The relationship between the vice president's office and the West Wing has often been tense. White House aides sometimes felt Harris wasn't a team player and stayed away from any task with risk. But some Harris aides felt that the White House, particularly top aide Anita Dunn, wasn't helpful to the vice president.
At times, Harris aides suspected Biden's team didn't want to give Harris opportunities to shine to avoid her being seen as a viable alternative to Biden ahead of his re-election bid.
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Harris has been cautious and reluctant to participate in events that weren't tightly controlled, Harris and Biden aides said.
In 2022, the White House internally pushed Harris to be the headliner for D.C.'s traditional Gridiron Dinner, but she resisted. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo did it instead.
Harris has faced race-baiting from some conservatives, and at times has focused on critical coverage of her in ways aides have found unhelpful — like when she has watched Fox News' "The Five."
In April 2022, Harris was the guest for a dinner at D.C. news mogul David Bradley's home — a salon-style event Bradley hosts with Washington journalists and newsmakers.
Harris' anxiety about the dinner was such that her staff held a mock dinner beforehand, with staffers playing participants, according to two people familiar with the event. Harris aides even considered including wine in the mock prep so Harris could practice with a glass or two. They ultimately decided against it.
Biden and Kamala are one in the same. They both own the same failing record; it’s just one is easier at taking Democrats’ money now. Harris doesn’t poll better than Trump, and some commentators have noted Harris’ strength in making the case against Trump regarding his legal entanglements, which are coming apart due to its naked partisanship from local district attorneys and the Justice Department. It’s an issue with zero credibility with most voters, so I don’t know why Democrats think they should waste time on this matter. I’m not complaining if they do, but if any damage were to have happened to Trump from these cases, it would have occurred eons ago.
With less than 16 weeks to go, Democrats face obliteration at the polls, and Harris isn’t some super-star pick either. She’s more like a sacrificial lamb, which is why no Democrat, especially the governors, wants any part of this rat ship in 2024.
She’s a dingbat, her handlers know it and will make the necessary adjustments, just as they did with demented biden.
I've known many recovering alcoholics and reformer drinkers/addicts. They are no more prone to lying than the general population.
I doubt her in front of the scene. “AWOC” Angry Woman Of Color.
Strongly suspect that Kamala regularly self medicates with marijuana, downers and cocaine depending on the specific situation. People who are not sober often cackle and speak in incoherent word salads.
I would further and say that recovering alcoholics are far more likely to tell the truth than a politician.
Her smoking weed AND prosecuting for people smoking weed is a very tellable story
And, as a former big drinker, I can attest to the fact that telling the truth (no matter how much it may piss people off) is quite liberating.
Just like in The Contender
She was the handcuff in Chinese handcuffs
And it’s on film
I just knew it
She has that look
/s
She is a prostitute and, therefore, a poser. Everything has to be by a script.
He’s a Biden. That makes him suspect.
same here that’s how i know :)
There's only so much her handlers can do. The voters will recognize that she's not another Obama or Clinton (Slick Willy).
So Trump will have the advantage.
Deep down in the abyss of that raisin of a brain of hers, she knows full well she is in WAY over her head. It was all fun and games for her as California AG, and then as Senator but now things are going to get very VERY REAL and she is not ready for this in any way. I’m terrified of this dingbat holding the office of President.
TAKES awhile to record all the donations.
They were sitting on that cash to see who would be getting it.
Then, it makes everything look SO WONDERFUL when all of that backed up paperwork gets processed & reported.
NONE of this will end well.
Dan Quayle is owed an apology.
Behind the scenes I can see Jill leaking stories left and right to torpedo Harris. All as payback to the Dems for making Joe step out.
It’s a fine club we belong to. Lots of pride and for good reason.:-)
WAS that KAMALA’s Cocaine t the White House???
WILL KAMALA DEBATE TRUMP???
THAT WILL BE A BLUE RIBBON EVENT
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