Why Can't Kamala Answer a Simple Question?

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Why Can't Kamala Answer a Simple Question?

https://townhall.com/columnists/davi...stion-n2646387


A few months into Kamala Harris's 2024 presidential run, her handlers faced a dilemma. Should they continue cocooning the candidate or unleash her on the public? Both options came with serious political risks.


Sure, Democrats could keep pretending Harris was a generational talent, but her refusal to sit down for an interview, much less give a press conference, was eroding this fantasy.


On the other hand, as her handlers surely understood, the more people hear from Harris, the more concerned they tend to get.


Indeed, Harris is a thermonuclear platitude dispenser. Few people in American history have expended so many words to say so little.


Her turns of phrase are often so cartoonishly ludicrous they should be used in college textbooks to explain what a "tautology" is to students.


After watching Fox News' Bret Baier interview Harris, it is clearer than ever that extemporaneous speaking isn't Harris' strong suit. The presidential candidate has an uncanny ability to respond to straightforward questions in circuitous, mind-bending arrays of irrelevant non sequiturs.


To work around this problem, Harris' "media blitz" was initially curated to ensure the candidate would never find herself in the vicinity of a tough inquiry. Before going on Fox, she visited sycophants like sex podcaster Alexandra Cooper and one-time shock jock Howard Stern. She spoke to allies at MSNBC and the cheerleaders at "The View."


Even in these friendly venues, Harris could barely generate a substantive answer to any questions.


During an unscripted Univision town hall, non-journalist audience members finally pressed her on inflation. Harris let everyone know she was not just of middle-class stock but working-class stock. Which is to say, no one in the audience heard anything new.


And maybe they were the lucky ones.


During a pre-recorded interview with "60 Minutes," correspondent Bill Whitaker threw a bunch of reasonable, if predictable, questions at Harris. No gotchas, no deep dives into policy. Yet, when the Israel-Palestinian situation came up -- it's been in the news, I'm sure you've heard --Harris unleashed such a torrent of gibberish that CBS News had to go back and splice in an answer.


Surely, in a healthier political era, a presidential candidate incapable of articulating a lucid foreign policy worldview would find themselves put under tremendous scrutiny. These days, though, political journalists literally rearrange the Democratic candidate's words to make her sound normal. I can assure you former President Donald Trump, who is also often at war with syntax, was never afforded such favorable treatment.


So, the important question is, why does Harris always sound like a ninth grader biding time during an oral exam?


No one can speak fluently on a topic relying solely on scripts and talking points. She doesn't know what she thinks. She doesn't know what you want her to say. She has no reserve of knowledge to pull from.


Judging from her meandering nonanswers, it is highly likely that Harris has never thought about any of these issues in a serious way. Indeed, Harris' most memorable quote on foreign policy reads as so: "Ukraine is a country in Europe. It exists next to another country called Russia. Russia is a bigger country."


Then again, if she's offered anything beyond a banality on the economy or faith or governance or culture or constitutional law or anything else, I've yet to run across it. This is a woman who, for years, was under the impression that the phrase "what can be, unburdened by what has been" made her sound like the next Martin Luther King Jr.


I've also heard people contend Harris is probably stifled by imposter syndrome, a crushing self-doubt about her intellect, knowledge and skills compared to those around her.


What if her anxiety doesn't stem from a feeling of inadequacy but inadequacy itself? Take the incessant cackling. This tic is probably symptomatic of a well-earned lack of confidence. Her awkward syntax often betrays an imposter desperately attempting to convince you she's a deep thinker.


Obviously, most politicians triangulate, flip-flop and "evolve" on policy. It's unlikely, however, that any major politician in history has dropped as many positions as dramatically and as quickly as Harris. The likelihood she has a cogent explanation for guiding moral or political philosophy is slim.


Unless, of course, by a belief system, we're talking about "empowering Kamala."


The Bret Baier disaster was the crescendo, but it was nothing new. If you carefully listen to Harris' words, you are confronted with vapid political creation in way over her head. Though, alas, if history is any guide, she has all the qualifications we expect of a president.

Melania doesn't really care, do you?

I think the bigger question is why Waco sounds like a broken record. This opinion piece, written by David Harsanyi, is more biased than most. The author has written for the Federalist, The National review and Blaze. All right wing media.

Well, the lady really does not answer questions off script, txdot. I didn't read the article but that has been my biggest complaint about her. It makes one come across as insincere and robotic IMO... I do understand that some of these questions are loaded questions that should not be answered but many are not.

This race should not even be close like it is. I don't want to see Trump back in office. I don't get this tired Harris strategy at all unless the lady really is just incapable of going off script for a thoughtful and clear answer to a question.

Well, the lady really does not answer questions off script, txdot. I didn't read the article but that has been my biggest complaint about her. It makes one come across as insincere and robotic IMO.

This race should not even be close. I don't want to see Trump back in office. I don't get this tired Harris strategy at all unless the lady really is just incapable of going off script for a thoughtful and clear answer to a question. Originally Posted by Lucas McCain

Unfortunately the democratic coalition isn’t as cohesive as the MAGA party. Or that’s what they are afraid of. It appears that Trump can say the most racist fascist insulting things and he gets a pass by his voters. Kamala Harris doesn’t have that luxury. The fear is that if she says the wrong thing it could affect turnout and the race is so close that they don’t want to risk it. They would rather Trump make the errors instead. In my opinion.

I think the bigger question is why Waco sounds like a broken record. This opinion piece, written by David Harsanyi, is more biased than most. The author has written for the Federalist, The National review and Blaze. All right wing media. Originally Posted by txdot-guy

the question is why can't she give real answers? show me one question she's actually answered in any reasonable fashion.



it's not right wing media bias. her answers .. or rather non-answers speak for themselves. even the liberal media acknowledges the woman speaks in "word salad nonsense"

Well, the lady really does not answer questions off script, txdot. I didn't read the article but that has been my biggest complaint about her. It makes one come across as insincere and robotic IMO.

This race should not even be close like it is. I don't want to see Trump back in office. I don't get this tired Harris strategy at all unless the lady really is just incapable of going off script for a thoughtful and clear answer to a question. Originally Posted by Lucas McCain

she struggles to answer questions because her real answers would be "I'm more progressive than Bernie Sanders"


she tried that in 2020 and got a whopping 0 delegates. she had to drop out before Iowa ... BEFORE IOWA.


she didn't even get 1 delegate from .. California. Harris is a diversity hire Biden agreed to to get Jim Clyburn's support.

Why am I hearing the same old song from your posts.

Unfortunately the democratic coalition isn’t as cohesive as the MAGA party. Or that’s what they are afraid of. It appears that Trump can say the most racist fascist insulting things and he gets a pass by his voters. Kamala Harris doesn’t have that luxury. The fear is that if she says the wrong thing it could affect turnout and the race is so close that they don’t want to risk it. They would rather Trump make the errors instead. In my opinion. Originally Posted by txdot-guy

so the DNC muzzled her to win votes by not saying anything of substance about her real portions

brilliant!

you do realize you just said she can't articulate her positions to get votes, yes?

Unfortunately the democratic coalition isn’t as cohesive as the MAGA party. Or that’s what they are afraid of. It appears that Trump can say the most racist fascist insulting things and he gets a pass by his voters. Kamala Harris doesn’t have that luxury. The fear is that if she says the wrong thing it could affect turnout and the race is so close that they don’t want to risk it. They would rather Trump make the errors instead. In my opinion. Originally Posted by txdot-guy

Come on, the democrats 'own' the media. The media has been screwing with the Trump family since 2015. The only major media that is even half way easy on Trump is Fox and Newsmax. ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, NY Times, The Atlantic magazine, Vogue magazine, and the Washington Post are just a start of the Trump haters It's not really appealing to see a harris supporter claiming the media is supporting Trump over harris. Even the other night, there was not supposed to any fact checking, yet some bitch from CBS fact checked Vance. The Trump-harris debate was so one sided it wasn't even funny. If harris looked and came off like an angry spoiled brat with Brett Baier, it's on her, not on him. If she couldn't handle the pressure of a Fox analyst, so I guess she will be OK being commander in chief arguing with Putin, Xi, etc.

so the DNC muzzled her to win votes by not saying anything of substance about her real portions

brilliant!

you do realize you just said she can't articulate her positions to get votes, yes? Originally Posted by The_Waco_Kid

What I said is that she is afraid to piss anyone off. I’m sure she has her own opinions and policies to put forward. But I don’t think she will before the election.

She’s still the better candidate.

Unfortunately the democratic coalition isn’t as cohesive as the MAGA party. Or that’s what they are afraid of. It appears that Trump can say the most racist fascist insulting things and he gets a pass by his voters. Kamala Harris doesn’t have that luxury. The fear is that if she says the wrong thing it could affect turnout and the race is so close that they don’t want to risk it. They would rather Trump make the errors instead. In my opinion. Originally Posted by txdot-guy

I could not agree with you more. She does not have the luxury that Trump does. Trump is worse than she is about answering questions. Hell, he does not even have a script. He just says whatever the fuck randomly comes to his small mind and oddly, it really doesn't even raise an eyebrow because he has always been like that even before he ran for office. If the strategy is to let Trump hang himself, that is a bad strategy because people just think, "well that's just Trump being Trump."

My complaint is that yeah, she doesn't have the luxury that Trump has. Her team knows that. But, if you are willing to go on Fox, be willing to step outside even more out of the box and say something that is actually new and of significance. She needs to get young and undecided voters out to vote. I believe she is not doing that with her lame and overly repetitive scripted delivery.

What I said is that she is afraid to piss anyone off. I’m sure she has her own opinions and policies to put forward. But I don’t think she will before the election.

She’s still the better candidate. Originally Posted by txdot-guy

Harris won't get elected without explaining her positions ... before the election. she has yet to do so. she's losing in the polls. her interviews are train wrecks. even the liberal media has called Harris out for lack of interviews and non-substantial answers.

every interview Harris like a parrot says the same thing


"Let me be clear ... Donald Trump BAD!!"


that's not an answer nor is it doing anything to sway undecided voters.