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Victor Davis Hanson: Kamala’s Inane Talking Points
American Greatness ^ | 24 Oct, 2024 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 10/24/2024 4:40:20 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Only two talking points matter: Which candidate’s past record and current agenda best appeal to voters? And which candidate seems the most authentic and genuine?

As Vice President Kamala Harris slips in the polls, the Democratic National Committee/Harris Campaign/mainstream media fusion talking points become even more absurd.

Claiming that J.D. Vance and Donald Trump were “weird” did not work—especially given the genuinely odd behavior of vice presidential candidate Tim Walz and would-be First Gentleman Doug Emhoff.

Nor was the next Harris meme convincing that the frenetic and non-stop Trump was somehow “exhausted,” “senile,” and “confused.” Voters know the workdays of the younger Harris are usually far shorter—or sometimes not workdays at all.

But Harris also falsely claimed the physically and mentally challenged Biden was, in her words, “absolutely authoritative” and “very bold and vibrant.”

Now Harris asserts that Trump is a “fascist,” a “dictator,” and “unfit” for office. But this new talking point will also not stop the Harris campaign’s hemorrhaging—and for a variety of reasons.

First, voters see the election as a conflict of two absolutely antithetical visions.

On the one hand, is the prior Trump 2017-20 concrete record: border security, no major wars abroad, calm in the Middle East, a deterred Russia, Iran, and China, low inflation, low interest rates, lower crime, lower taxes, strong deterrent military—and opposition to mandatory electric vehicle mandates, biological males competing in women’s sports, and the woke/DEI agenda.

On the other hand, is the Biden-Harris 2021-2024 record: the unchecked entry of 12-20 million illegal aliens and a destroyed border. People still struggle under Biden-Harris’s earlier hyperinflation and high interest rates. The horrific regional wars in Ukraine and the Middle East continue. Biden-Harris embraces the unpopular DEI/Woke agenda.

Harris herself knows that the Biden-Harris years were a failure.

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1 posted on 10/24/2024 4:40:20 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

I voted early yesterday in Florida. It seems early voting in many states is favoring Republicans.


2 posted on 10/24/2024 4:40:31 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: texas booster

VDH ping


3 posted on 10/24/2024 4:40:58 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: MtnClimber

desperation, what happened to the joy?


4 posted on 10/24/2024 4:44:09 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: MtnClimber

Supposed to be a bombshell report about Kamala today. They’re saying that’s why she’s taking the days off.


5 posted on 10/24/2024 4:58:02 AM PDT by roving (Deplorable Erectionists Listless Vessel )
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To: MtnClimber

There is not enough Liostick to make Marxist Pig attractive.

Shrill panicking about you Opponent who is literally Hitler is not a good look either.

Especially when your own plan is Stalinist.

No free speech. No r2kba. Increase taxes. Forever Ukraine war. Open borders. 10 MILLION ILLEGAL ALIENS come to take your job. Transgender homos in women sports. Anti-white racism. Divide society by race. Defund police. Political prisoners. Prayer prisoners. Supreme Court packers. On and on.


6 posted on 10/24/2024 5:08:01 AM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: ronnie raygun

And “brat summer”? What happened to that? Oh, its late October so I guess summer is over and we are headed for the Fall.


7 posted on 10/24/2024 5:11:14 AM PDT by laconic ( )
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To: MtnClimber

On the other hand, is the Biden-Harris 2021-2024 record: the unchecked entry of 12-20 million illegal aliens and a destroyed border. People still struggle under Biden-Harris’s earlier hyperinflation and high interest rates. The horrific regional wars in Ukraine and the Middle East continue. Biden-Harris embraces the unpopular DEI/Woke agenda.


Plus side:
Federal Abortion Law; First Woman President; First Woman of “Color”; Being Part of History; Vote Democrat Always; She’s Better Looking Than Trump.


8 posted on 10/24/2024 5:21:29 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: MtnClimber

—— Which candidate’s past record and current agenda best appeal to voters? And which candidate seems the most authentic and genuine?-——

I will argue that statement is not correct. Nothing Kamela says or even does has influence on her voters. The primary consideration is fear. The leftists fear any one other than their chosen candidate spells ruin and disaster.

Facing 12 years of Republican, conservative government strikes dark fear into the propaganda filled progressive minds.


9 posted on 10/24/2024 5:25:25 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Where is ZORRO when California so desperately needs him?)
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To: MtnClimber

Good summation by VDH.


10 posted on 10/24/2024 5:34:16 AM PDT by ChessExpert (Scarborough: "This is the Best Biden ever.")
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To: MtnClimber

The big problem with Kamala’s campaign is its a rerun of Obama’s campaign. It’s like watching a same program over and over. It’s boring. The difference is that in 2008 voters bought the fantasy of hope and change. In 2024, Kamala is selling no hope for change.


11 posted on 10/24/2024 5:39:13 AM PDT by DeplorablePaul
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To: MtnClimber

personally I liked kammy’s attempt to use her “I worked at McDonald’s!” bs as a stepping stone to the hearts and minds of working Americans, which she promptly TRIPPED over(gotta watch out for those stepping stones)but then when President Donald J Trump DOES work there, even for a few minutes, BOOM!, He does what she couldn’t. won more hearts and minds. “those who cannot negotiate even the smallest of stones can only get in the way of those who climb mountains” L.Star


12 posted on 10/24/2024 5:43:49 AM PDT by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes secnd" L.Star)
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To: PIF

All good, well documented points.
Yet, nearly 50% of America voters still seem convinced that Harris is a better choice.
That’s something difficult to understand.


13 posted on 10/24/2024 5:45:14 AM PDT by sjmjax
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To: MtnClimber

VDH concisely lists the huge differences between Trump and Kamala.

Well done as usual from VDH.


14 posted on 10/24/2024 5:46:25 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: Forgiven_Sinner; 5th MEB; 6ppc; agondonter; Alberta's Child; AndyJackson; Aria; artichokegrower; ...
Ping! Out to the Victor Davis Hanson list

Instead, only two criteria matter: Which candidate’s past record and current agenda best appeal to voters? And which candidate seems the most authentic and genuine?

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15 posted on 10/24/2024 5:51:12 AM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: roving

This?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13981101/doug-emhoff-ex-girlfriend-slap-flirt-allegations-kamala-harris.html


16 posted on 10/24/2024 5:52:08 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: MtnClimber

I voted yesterday, also. I was going to wait until Election Day, but I got antsy, and Mrs. T and I looked up our early voting polling place and went. Got right in, no wait.


17 posted on 10/24/2024 6:02:12 AM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: MtnClimber
"First, voters see the election as a conflict of two absolutely antithetical visions."

I wish more voter would see this absolute truth. It is a choice between light and total darkness, between bondage and freedom, between Truth and falsehood.

There is no "moderate position" in this choice.

18 posted on 10/24/2024 6:17:27 AM PDT by fwdude (The cost of freedom is often not being able to experience it, or knowing it was even obtained.)
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To: telescope115

I’ll be voting early as usual. 7:00 am on Election Day. :)


19 posted on 10/24/2024 6:18:22 AM PDT by fwdude (The cost of freedom is often not being able to experience it, or knowing it was even obtained.)
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To: laconic

Kamala is repackaged virtually every day.


20 posted on 10/24/2024 6:19:50 AM PDT by Right Brother
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