A Media Bust

While Americans in Appalachia continue to dig out from the after effects of Hurricane Helene, some wondering where the alleged massive FEMA response was, Vice President Kamala Harris embarked on self-aggrandizing tour of friendly faces in the New York media market. Perhaps she did so because President Biden said everybody was happy with the aid and rescue efforts underway in that region. Broadcast reports would indicate otherwise. Remember this is the same Regime that told the Nation that the southern border was secure.

Is there a sense of panic in the Harris-Walz Presidential campaign? Walz floundered like a hooked tuna on a boat fantail during his debate with JD Vance. Anonymous leaks from insiders suggest that the campaign’s internal polling data is less than splendid for Kamala and the crew. So, the wise advisors overseeing her run for the Presidency decided that she should do a 60 Minutes interview, hang with the progressive/liberal ABC View ladies, do the “Call Her Daddy” podcast with Alexis Cooper, visit with Howard Stern on Sirius XM, and finish up with late night CBS host Stephen Colbert. It did not go according to plan.

Already it’s been revealed that CBS’s 60 Minutes released two different versions of her answer when asked why Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not listening to the United States. Her first response in a clip released by CBS was, “Well Bill, the work that we have done has resulted in a number of movements in that region by Israel that were very much prompted by, or a result of, many things, including our advocacy for what needs to happen in the region”. Huh?

Then when CBS aired the interview on Monday night, Kamala had a different answer to the exact same question. "We are not going to stop pursuing what is necessary for the United States to be clear about where we stand on the need for this war to end." It is clearly evident that the 60 Minutes interview had more cuts than Jack the Ripper ever gave his victims.  CBS once again exposed their bias as they tried to clean up her now legendary word salads.

Her appearance on The View was a veritable lovefest with the liberal ladies’ constant gushing over her, and the prospect of a woman President. One would think that given that audience and panel, there was no way that Kamala would step in it. “Not so fast!”, as Coach Lee Corso would say on ESPN Gameday. Sunny Hostin asked, “Would you have done something differently than President Biden during the past 4 years?” Kamala replied, "There's not a thing that comes to mind and I have been part of most of the decisions." 

Well that did it. You know her campaign advisors must have gone ass over tea kettle upon hearing that, watching her undermine the whole premise of her campaign, “A New Way Forward”. When President Biden retired from the race, his job approval rating in June was a dismal 38 percent.  Folks were not happy with, the awful inflation rate, the open borders chaos, a botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, the empowerment of Iran, all policies that were directly traced back to Biden. Kamala Harris said she would not have changed anything.

Then she went on “Call Her Daddy” a popular sex podcast hosted by Alexis Cooper. What swing voter does she expect to reach with that softball forum? The audience is almost entirely young women, a demographic Democrats have owned for years. She did get to talk more about her favorite subject, abortion, but she should surely have those voters already.  So where was the lift from appearing on this semi racy format?  Preaching to the choir.

Howard Stern stated that the sun would go out if she were not elected.  Howard has gone full loon. For nearly an hour, Stern served more syrup than you would find in a forest of Vermont maple trees. The former shock jock was as giddy as a high school girl at her first dance, as they discussed her favorite breakfast cereal (Raisin Bran), her husband’s musical tastes (U2) and how much she loves Formula One racing.  Not one utterance about how she would govern or her policies. Howard did excoriate his listeners if they were going to vote for Trump, he did not want them as part of his audience because they are stupid.  

The media tour ended with the Vice President showing off her Jamaican accent while having a beer, Miller High Life, with The Late Show host Stephen Colbert. During the Tuesday sit-down, she railed against former President Donald Trump’s recent criticism of the federal response to Hurricane Helene and that FEMA had mismanaged the crisis. With a fake Jamaican patter, a truly bizarre moment came when she then burst out with the following. “Have you no empathy, mon? You know? For the, the suffering of other people. Have you no sense of purpose?” You just cannot make this stuff up. Maybe it was cracking open a cold beer on air that fueled her ancestral patois.

Given that this mad dash to shore up her flagging campaign did not go as well as expected, she then participated in a zoom meeting featuring President Biden to discuss the onslaught of Hurricane Milton. Earlier in the week Kamala got her nose out of joint when Governor Ron DeSantis missed or didn’t take her calls when she attempted to inject herself into the hurricane preparations.  DeSantis stated that she never called him about previous storms, and he didn’t have time for her politicking now, as he and Biden were in touch. Her Zoom appearance was further compounded when she was caught asking staff for questions to ask. 

Kamala’s trip to Prime Time proved, beyond a doubt, that she’s not ready for Prime Time.