Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Harris Spars With Fox Host: 'Not a Continuation' of Biden

"My presidency would not be a continuation of Joe Biden's presidency," Harris told interviewer Bret Baier, an anchor with Fox News. "And like every new president that comes to office, I will bring my life experiences and professional experiences" to the job. "I represent a new generation of leadership."

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In a combative interview with Fox News, Kamala Harris said in the most emphatic terms to date that, if she wins the election, she would pursue an independent presidency that would not be a repeat of President Joe Biden's nearly four years in office. Harris's declaration comes after she faced criticism over her recent interview on ABC's "The View," in which she could not identify any policy differences she's had with Biden since serving as his vice president.

The interview was possibly the most contentious of Harris's campaign: both she and Baier had something to prove. Fox News' conservative viewership wanted to see a hard-hitting interview while Harris needed to look strong and show the level of authority that Americans expect of a commander-in-chief.

She cited former Trump senior officials who've said he's unfit to serve as president. "I think the American people have concerns about Donald Trump," she said.

She said she wanted to move past "the decade in which we've been burned from the kind of rhetoric that Donald Trump" has used to "divide our country and have Americans literally point fingers at each other."

If Trump is so flawed, why do so many Americans support his candidacy, Baier asked. Does she believe voters are dumb?

"I've never said that," Harris said. Turning back to Trump, she said, "He's the one who tends to demean and belittle the American people."

She mentioned Trump's repeated mention of "the enemy within" that lurks within the U.S. and voiced concern that Trump would use the U.S. military to deal with such nebulous threats.

Sounds like the Vice President more than held her own in the most hostile "interview" I've ever seen in my 65 years watching presidential candidates face journalists.

Baier and Fox News wasn't fooling anyone by treating the sitting Vice President like she was a suspect facing Trump's own prosecutor before the 10s of millions of viewers sure to watch this encounter. No one should question whether Kamala has both the patience and strength to deal with overmatched stickmen trying to dominate her not unlike the way she dominated Trump to his face as she again reminded Baier and the Fox News audience of what former JCS Chairman Gen. Milley had to say about Trump being this nation's greatest danger. By all unbiased accounts, Harris acquitted herself quite well which probably perplexed Fox News viewers (Earth II residents) who'd been assured by Trump and all his mouthpieces that Harris was inarticulate, not intelligent and a very weak person.

Mission Accomplished in demolishing that canard.

#1 | Posted by tonyroma at 2024-10-16 08:21 PM

Kamala bombed. Baier was polite and respectful. Kamala was evasive and hostile.

#2 | Posted by visitor_ at 2024-10-16 09:29 PM

I've only seen one clip so far and Harris was brutally awful.

I'll watch the whole interview soon.

#3 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-10-16 09:37 PM

Bret Baier's back is undergoing emergency double heel removal surgery as we speak... Kamala walked all over it.

She handed him his a ss and didn't even break a sweat.

There's going to be some terrific Harris ads coming from that interview.

She drew a real distinction between being a rational, feeling, intelligent, moral human being... and whatever Trump is.

#4 | Posted by Corky at 2024-10-16 09:37 PM

USAToday

"Harris did with Fox News what Trump can't do anywhere: Handle tough questions

Trump, by comparison, has cancelled a planned CNBC interview and refused to follow Harris' lead and go on '60 Minutes.'

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris went into America's Den of Misinformation " Fox News " for a Wednesday night interview that demonstrated two things:

She has far more guts than her opponent, Donald Trump.
Fox News remains an arm of the Republican Party."

more

www.usatoday.com

Harris will also be doing a CNN Town Hall next week.

Trump will be Ed's Mini-Golf in Paduka.

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2024-10-16 09:41 PM

She wants to turn the page from the last decade. Her words. Democrats held the White House for six of the last ten years and twelve of the last sixteen years. The rest was 'Buh Trump!' Democrats have got to be asking themselves if they made the right choice dumping Biden.

#6 | Posted by visitor_ at 2024-10-16 09:52 PM

USAToday...

Why does that sound familiar?

#7 | Posted by Hans at 2024-10-16 09:52 PM

#6 | Posted by visitor_ | Flag: Reality...

#8 | Posted by Hans at 2024-10-16 09:55 PM

@#5 ... "Harris did with Fox News what Trump can't do anywhere: Handle tough questions ...

Yes.

But in my view is that it is not just about what she did do.

It is also about what she did not do.

She did not go off into some odd other topic when a question was asked. She tried (even with the multiple interruptions of the host) to answer the questions asked of her.

And, quite important to me, she did not wander off into some odd area where she thinks incoherent babble is a valid response to a question.


OK, VP Harris and fmr Pres Trump were not face-to-face in this interview.

But, once again, VP Harris whipped fmr Pres tTump's ample arse with how she handled this interview's questions.



#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-16 09:57 PM

@#6 ... She wants to turn the page from the last decade. Her words. Democrats held the White House for six of the last ten years ...

So she seems to be a candidate for change.

That is a bad thing... why?

I mean, your alias seems to be so against the Biden era.

So I ask again, why why is VP Harris saying she wants to change a bad thing?


What of her proposals does your alias have issues with?

#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-16 10:01 PM

In The Belly Of The Beast: Kamala Harris Fights To Get A Word In During Inimical Inaugural Fox News Interview

Jumping into the belly of the beast at the conservative cable newser for the first time in her long career, Harris found herself being pilloried by Baier, especially over illegal immigration and border security. At the same time, having been roasted online by the MAGA base in anticipation of softball questions, "real journalist" (as the VP called him at one point) Baier barely let the VP get a word in during the opening part of the sit-down.

It wasn't a good look for Fox, and a gift to Harris who got to play tough in Trump's media backyard and lean into her rival's mental decline. Raising her voice several times, the VP once again went hard on her default position that Trump is fundamentally "unstable" and dangerous to have back in the Oval Office.

deadline.com

#11 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-10-16 10:03 PM

I liked the part where she asked Republicans to vote for her.... along with many other Republicans like Pence and Gen Milley, who pointed out the fact that Trump is a "Fascist" and a danger to the USA... and many of the rest of Trump's appointees who are voting for Harris.

#12 | Posted by Corky at 2024-10-16 10:05 PM

@#11 ... Inimical ...

I learned a new word this evening.

Thank-you.


#13 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-16 10:11 PM

@#11 ... Baier barely let the VP get a word in during the opening part of the sit-down. ...

OK, so I am not the only person who noticed that.

imo, a journalist should allow the interviewee to speak, to learn the views of the interviewee.

Mr Baier, on the other hand, seemed to be focused upon not allowing VP Harris to speak.

And VP Harris seemed to have handled that situation admirably.

Staying on track with her answers and not meandering off into some odd alternative reality.


#14 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-16 10:19 PM

Democrats have got to be asking themselves if they made the right choice dumping Biden.

That would be the voice of Republicans lamenting Biden's choice, not Democrats. When have Democrats had hundreds of Republicans or former Republicans publicly back their presidential nominee like they have now with Harris? How many times have multiple GOP Vice Presidents spoken out publicly that the Party's nominee is thoroughly unfit for the Office he seeks? How many times have multiple Cabinet members and staff officials of the GOP candidate's former Administration come out for the Democratic nominee, stating that the President they used to work for has no business ever sitting in the Oval Office again?

And how many times have you seen a Democratic presidential nominee go into an openly hostile interview on Republican home base Fox News and when faced with an edited version of a clip meant to undercut the nominee's assertion that the GOP nominee has promised to use US military force against American citizens for simply not agreeing with said GOP nominee, then accurately argued the clip was edited, and then used the GOP nominee's own rhetorical device to confront her questioner by asserting multiple times "YOU and I know the truth is...." to which the GOP-aligned interviewer failed to disagree with even once?

Sure, we Dems are simply torn up that Biden is out and Killer Kamala took his place, bringing in $1 billion in less than 80 days. Can't you see how broken up we are as we watch her continually kick your nominee's - and now his Fox stickman's azzterisks over and over again?

#15 | Posted by tonyroma at 2024-10-16 10:29 PM

"bringing in $1 billion in less than 80 days."

At least you're showing your true colors on money in politics.

Now, if you've never bitched like a 15 year old on her period like most of the left her about huge sums of money pouring into campaigns...then fine.

LOL

#16 | Posted by eberly at 2024-10-16 10:34 PM

Now, if you've never bitched like a 15 year old on her period like most of the left her about huge sums of money pouring into campaigns...then fine.

Geebus Ebs, how long you been here? I'd love to see federal campaigns funded through the government. But that isn't the system we have today is it? If you want a candidate to have a chance to win, they have to be competitive in raising campaign money.

Wanting one thing that isn't, doesn't mean you can't welcome the facts of the system that is, like 70% of Harris' money has come from contributions of $200 or less. THAT'S what is most impressive - the numbers of contributors AND the amount of the total.

Life is seldom binary. Or at least mine isn't and neither is yours. You write about such things all the time.

#17 | Posted by tonyroma at 2024-10-16 10:47 PM

imo, a journalist should allow the interviewee to speak, to learn the views of the interviewee.

Honestly I watched that and I saw a man that is used to controlling and berating women doing all he could to manipulate and control Harris. At the end I thought Harris handled herself outstandingly well.

As I changed channels I was left wondering if Bret abuses his wife.

Not kidding.
Not being snarky.
Just being honest.

#18 | Posted by YAV at 2024-10-16 10:50 PM

@#15 ... That would be the voice of Republicans lamenting Biden's choice, not Democrats. ...

Yup.

Especially in light of how well VP Harris handled the interrogation by Mr Baier.

The Republicans have got to wish that their candidate would stand up to such an interrogation and not go off into some weird swaying routine to the Village People's tune Y.M.C.A.


#19 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-16 10:50 PM

Yav,

Go watch Welker or Bash interview Vance and square it with what you just said.

#20 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-10-16 10:55 PM

"like 70% of Harris' money has come from contributions of $200 or less"

70% of the billion dollars? link?

#21 | Posted by eberly at 2024-10-16 10:57 PM

@#20 .. Go watch Welker or Bash interview Vance and square it with what you just said. ...

The usual unsubstantiated and lame "whatabout" deflection attempt by that current alias.



#22 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-16 10:58 PM

The Republicans have got to wish that their candidate would stand up to such an interrogation...

Trump told Fox & Friends that he would prefer Sean Hannity, Jesse Watters, or Laura Ingraham to moderate any future debate, saying that Watters "was fantastic last night, what he said." "Jesse really got it. Jesse said that Trump won that debate. We won that debate by a lot. No, I wouldn't want Martha involved. But I would take some others, yeah," Trump said, arguing that Bret Baier and Martha McCallum aren't qualified to moderate.
Yep.

#23 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-10-16 11:03 PM

70% of the billion dollars?

That's 3.5 million donations out of a pool of ~49 million reported registered Dem voters. It's not out of the realm of possibility.

#24 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-10-16 11:12 PM

70% of the billion dollars? link?

My bad, it's 40% not 70%. I juxtaposed it with another stat in the article.

#25 | Posted by tonyroma at 2024-10-16 11:14 PM

25

Where does that link claim that 70%...(wait..now it's 40%) of the $1 billion in the last 80 days were from contributions of $200 or less?

LOL

#26 | Posted by eberly at 2024-10-16 11:20 PM

The usual unsubstantiated and lame "whatabout" deflection attempt by that current alias.

You know those Yes-No questions about Haitian immigrants eating cats and dogs or whether Trump won the 2020 election are simply unconscionable to Strawlighter.

#27 | Posted by tonyroma at 2024-10-16 11:20 PM

#26

The information is from Open Secrets and only goes thru 9/20. That's what the article lists and that's what I noted.

President Joe Biden and then Vice President Kamala Harris have raised a staggering $285 million from such donors since April 2023, representing more than 40% of their fundraising, according to data from OpenSecrets.

#28 | Posted by tonyroma at 2024-10-16 11:25 PM

Why talk about Harris when the real news is about Trump's 'owners' - three billionaires.

Altogether, just three billionaires " Musk, Adelson and Midwestern packaging magnate Richard Uihlein - donated roughly $220 million in a three-month period to groups backing [Trump's] candidacy.

Their staggering donations underscore the crucial role that a handful of billionaire megadonors are playing in Trump's efforts to edge past his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, as their race has intensified.

www.cnn.com

#29 | Posted by tonyroma at 2024-10-16 11:35 PM

for FFS Tony...I could play gotcha with you all I want but it's boring. It's like it's a fair fight anyway.

I don't care who contributes to Harris's campaign. Is she better for the country than Trump? Yes.

Does that change if someone with significant cash decides to support her? nope.

Better is better.....the optics of someone with significant wealth who agrees with me doesn't change what I believe to be true.

But you've spent your life bitch and moaning about the money makes it hard for you to pretend you never cared either.

BTW, a lot of wealthy individuals and corporations were huge supporters of Obama. You were probably conveniently quiet over that as well.

There are no points for being a good hypocrite.

#30 | Posted by eberly at 2024-10-16 11:42 PM

At the end I thought Harris handled herself outstandingly well.

I thought she did pretty well at the beginning, then dissembled towards the end.

She just didn't answer anything, its was one big Trump deflection.

She had a good line finally after so long about the Joe Biden question.

Harris: My presidency will not be a continuation of Joe Biden's presidency. Like every new president, I will bring my life experiences, my professional experiences, and fresh and new ideas. I represent a new generation of leadership.

Immigration: she had a good start, but then Bretts response with the "BILL" made her Deflect to Trump
Economy: Deflect to Trump

Then this response was a problem.

Brett: 79% of Americans think the country is going the wrong way

Harris: "But Trump has been running for office for 10 years. You and I both know what I'm talking about ...

Brett: I actually don't. What are you talking about?

Everything was Deflect to Trump. She actually looked angry at one point describing him.

#31 | Posted by oneironaut at 2024-10-16 11:45 PM

www.msn.com

"Billionaires!!! the devil!!!!"

-Tony

#32 | Posted by eberly at 2024-10-16 11:46 PM

@#28 ... The information is from Open Secrets ...

The graphic in that link ("Total from Small Donor Donations, Current Candidates Only") was interesting.


... Why talk about Harris when the real news is about Trump's 'owners' - three billionaires. ...

Yup.

In addition to the link you provide, there's this...

Here's Just How Massive Elon Musk's $75 Million Trump Donation Is
www.wired.com

... Elon Musk isn't the only Silicon Valley billionaire to line up behind Donald Trump's presidential campaign. See how his donations, which total $75 million, make everyone else look tiny in comparison. ...

So, having the uber-wealthy pay less taxes, and working people pay more taxes, seems to be A Big Thing for some billionaires.


#33 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-16 11:46 PM

@#31 ... Everything was Deflect to Trump. She actually looked angry at one point describing him. ...

So, she highlighted the differences between her and fmr Pres Trump?

And you would not look angry at a person who wants to destroy Democracy in the Country?

I mean really.


#34 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-16 11:49 PM

@#32 ... "Billionaires!!! the devil!!!!" ...

I do not agree.

I just think that some billionaires (thank-you Citizens United) have an outsized affect upon the politics on the Country.

I like the "one vote" concept.

But since Citizens United, that one-vote concept seems to have been replaced with a one-dollar concept.


For example, why should an immigrant, Mr Musk, have such a outsized sway with a presidential candidate upon the affairs of the Country?

I mean, fmr Pres Trump constantly rails against immigrants, but he also seems to have not a concern about dozens of millions of dollars Mr Musk throws his way.


#35 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-16 11:56 PM

Let me guess

Followers of ------- said she did HORRIBLE

Followers of Harris said she did AWESOME

#36 | Posted by truthhurts at 2024-10-16 11:57 PM

"three billionaires. ...

Yup."

Yup! Because when a billionaire contributes to your campaign, you are owned by them

Woops!

LOL

#37 | Posted by eberly at 2024-10-16 11:57 PM

"I do not agree."

Of course not. Your alias is a total hypocrite.

"I just think that some billionaires..."

LOL...again, of course. Your alias is a total hypocrite.

you know what's in the hearts and minds of every billionaire.

You guys crack me up.

#38 | Posted by eberly at 2024-10-17 12:00 AM

Trump told Fox & Friends that he would prefer Sean Hannity, Jesse Watters, or Laura Ingraham to moderate any future debate, saying that Watters "was fantastic last night, what he said." "Jesse really got it. Jesse said that Trump won that debate. We won that debate by a lot. No, I wouldn't want Martha involved. But I would take some others, yeah," Trump said, arguing that Bret Baier and Martha McCallum aren't qualified to moderate.
Yep.
#23 | Posted by REDIAL

The thing is if Trump did do an interview with Baier, Baier would never go after Trump the way he went after Harris, repeatedly interrupting her, etc. No one on Fox would. And if someone did dare to treat Trump like that, he wouldn't stand for it. He'd get up and walk out after the first five minutes.

#39 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-10-17 12:01 AM

@#36

Yeah, I wouldn't go with AWESOME.

But she did well.

She stayed on topic and did not meander off into some weird dot-weaving babbling in her answers.

That aspect, alone, is a huge improvement contrasting the interviews fmr Pres Trump has given.



#40 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-17 12:02 AM

"I like the "one vote" concept."

Perhaps you could explain why my vote for president has actually mattered in only 1 of the 10 elections I have voted in.

AHHHH "one vote" concept, I get it now

#41 | Posted by truthhurts at 2024-10-17 12:03 AM

Fox News political analyst Brit Hume on VP Harris:

"She was combative and energetic and certainly landed some blows on Donald Trump"

x.com

#42 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-10-17 12:04 AM

-Perhaps you could explain why my vote for president has actually mattered in only 1 of the 10 elections I have voted in.

Oh come on.....your vote probably mattered in 0 elections. How is it possible it mattered even once?

#43 | Posted by eberly at 2024-10-17 12:09 AM

@#41 ... Perhaps you could explain why my vote for president has actually mattered ...

That, basically, was the point I was trying to convey in my #35 comment.

That "one-dollar" seems to have more gravity in elections than "one vote."

So, how is that that "one-dollar" negated?

Get your butt off the sofa, and get out there to vote.

An aside...

I have had discussions with some younger voters (early 20's).

I have told them all to get their butts into the voting booth and cast their vote.

One asked me, but what if I do not like the candidate you like?

I told her to get out there and vote. That is the important aspect of what I am saying.

The resulting expression on her face was priceless for me.

#44 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-17 12:22 AM

The thing is if Trump did do an interview with Baier, Baier would never go after Trump the way he went after Harris

Probably not (disclaimer: I know nothing about Baier), but Lewzer would never take the chance.

#45 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-10-17 12:24 AM

"Get your butt off the sofa, and get out there to vote."

Why?

My state will elect Harris, my state will elect Kim, my district will elect Conaway.

My vote is pointless

#46 | Posted by truthhurts at 2024-10-17 12:41 AM

Wanting one thing that isn't, doesn't mean you can't welcome the facts of the system that is, like 70% of Harris' money has come from contributions of $200 or less. THAT'S what is most impressive - the numbers of contributors AND the amount of the total.

#17 | Posted by tonyroma

And Trump has largely been financed by a handful of billionaires.

Small donations have largely gone to pay lawyers defending him against dozens of felonies.

#47 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-10-17 12:58 AM

The thing is if Trump did do an interview with Baier, Baier would never go after Trump the way he went after Harris

No, he wouldn't.

I just streamed the interview. He was rude.

When you interview someone you allow them to answer the questions without interrupting every few seconds.

#48 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-10-17 02:55 AM

Harris didn't take his BS ...

#49 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-10-17 02:56 AM

Just started watching this.

Less than two minutes in and it's already a biased pile of dinosaur s&^%.

Mr Botox is a pathetic POS.

#50 | Posted by jpw at 2024-10-17 03:44 AM

This is awful.

"If he's so bad, why is 50% of the country supporting him?"

That's a question beneath the dignity of any serious person.

#51 | Posted by jpw at 2024-10-17 04:02 AM

Which Billionaires Are Supporting Harris?
A total of 79 billionaires (or more) are backing Harris. Forbes identified these 28 billionaires who donated $1 million toward groups supporting Harris through August:

Arthur Blank (Atlanta Falcons)
Michael Bloomberg (Bloomberg, former New York mayor)
Neil Bluhm (Real estate)
John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins)
Amy Goldman Fowler (New York real estate)
Avram Glazer (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn)
Robert Hale, Jr. (Granite Telecommunications)
Amos Hostetter, Jr. (Cable)
Bruce Karsh (Oaktree Capital Management)
Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures)
Seth Klarman (Baupost)
Henry Laufer (Renaissance Technologies)
Stephen Mandel, Jr. (Lone Pine Capital)
George Marcus (Marcus & Millichap)
Michael Moritz (Sequoia Capital)
Dustin Moskovitz (Facebook)
John Pritzker (Hyatt hotels)
Haim Saban (Fox Family Channel)
Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook)
Eric Schmidt (Google)
Lynn Schusterman (Samson Resources)
David Shaw (D.E. Shaw)
The late Jim Simons (Renaissance Technologies)
Gwendolyn Sontheim Meyer (Cargill)
Steven Spielberg (Hollywood director)
Thomas Steyer (Farallon Capital)
Pat Stryker (Stryker Corp.)
The following 36 billionaires made between $50,000 and $999,999 in donations to groups supporting Harris through August, according to Forbes' analysis of FEC data:

David Blitzer (Blackstone)
David Bonderman (TPG)
Edythe Broad (Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation)
Tory Burch (Tory Burch)
Rick Caruso (Los Angeles real estate)
James Chambers (Cox Enterprises)
Robert Clark (Clayco)
Barry Diller (IAC)
Dagmar Dolby (Dolby Laboratories)
Charles Ergen (DISH)
John Fish (Suffolk Construction)
Gordon Getty (Getty Oil)
James Goodnight (SAS)
Jonathan Gray (Blackstone)
Thomas Hagen (Erie Indemnity)
Reed Hastings (Netflix)
Elizabeth Johnson (Fidelity Investments)
Michael Krasny (Computer Discount Warehouse)
Chris Larsen (Ripple)
Marc Lasry (Avenue Capital Group)
Theodore Leonsis (Washington Capitals, Mystics and Wizards)
Daniel Och (Och-Ziff Capital Management)
Mark Pincus (Zynga)
Laurene Powell Jobs (Apple, gave about $900,000 to Harris Victory Fund last quarter)
Katharine Rayner (Cox Enterprises)
Stewart Resnick and Lynda Resnick (Wonderful Company)
John Sall (SAS)
Paul Sciarra (Pinterest)
George Soros (Soros Fund Management)
Jonathan Tisch and Laurie Tisch (Loews Corporation)
Todd Wagner (Broadcast.com)
Christy Walton (Walmart)
Elaine Wynn (Wynn Resorts)
Dirk Ziff (Ziff Davis).
Bloomberg reported these additional four billionaires have donated to Harris' election funds or groups supporting Harris' election:

Melinda French Gates (Microsoft, gave about $900,000 to Harris Victory Fund last quarter)
Joe Gebbia (Airbnb)
Hamilton James (Blackstone)
Margot Perot (Ross Perot widow).
These six billionaires signed a Sept. 6 open letter supporting Harris:

Mark Cuban ("Shark Tank" investor)
Jos E. Feliciano (Clearlake Capital)
Magic Johnson (NBA star and investor)
Sean Parker (Facebook)
Penny Pritzker (Hyatt hotels)
Hamdi Ulukaya (Chobani).
UPDATE (Oct. 16): And these three billionaires donated to a Harris committee during the third quarter, according to Federal Election Commission filings analyzed by the New York Times:

Tim Draper (Bitcoin)
J.B. Pritzker (Illinois governor)
Tyler Perry (Filmmaker).
And there's music stars Bruce Springsteen, who backed Harris Oct. 3, and Taylor Swift, who endorsed Harris Sept. 10.

#52 | Posted by eberly at 2024-10-17 06:20 AM

'Not a Continuation' of Biden

Harris' response was not sufficient. She should have talked about the uniqueness of each presidency; that quite often a presidency is shaped by major events that must be addressed and that the moral values and experiences of the individual holding the office of president will shape the response.

When asked about why Trump has a higher poll rating wrt the economy she should have also mentioned that republicans have historically polled better than democrats on that question. She also should have talked about the performance of the economy when he took office and the performance when he left and reminded the audience that the downturn of the economy was reminiscent of the his penchant for driving businesses into bankruptcy!

#53 | Posted by FedUpWithPols at 2024-10-17 06:22 AM

you know what's in the hearts and minds of every billionaire.

For those 3 billionaires we do because each one has been public - or the records for the funds they've given reveal - exactly what they expect from their donations. Adelson wants casinos in Texas - for one thing among many, and got the US Embassy in Israel moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. She also received the Presidential Medal of Honor simply for funding Trump to the extent she and her late husband did. There's actual videotape of Trump's remarks when he gave her the award.

Musk tells us on Xitter everyday what he wants and believes, allowing the platform he owns to dispense lies and distortions against Harris with no effective counter fact checking.

And Uihlein not only funds Trump to the extent he does, he is the largest funder of groups dispensing disinformation and malinformation.

Just because you don't know something doesn't mean that others don't have factual information you're unaware of.

#54 | Posted by tonyroma at 2024-10-17 06:30 AM

A total of 79 billionaires (or more) are backing Harris.

Wonderful. And if every 3 billionaires on Harris' list contributed the average that Uihlein, Musk and Adelson did in the 3rd quarter ALONE Harris would have $5.793 BILLION in donations from her billionaires. IN ONE QUARTER.

See where one isn't remotely like the other?

#55 | Posted by tonyroma at 2024-10-17 06:39 AM

-See where one isn't remotely like the other?

hilarious. Harris has more billionaires giving 7 figures or more and has more money.

And you're seeing something better about that than Trump having 3 billionaires giving him a ton of money?

Isn't it possible for a handful of the billionaires contributing heavily to Harris to be giving sums similar to what those 3 are giving to Trump?

And even if it's divided more evenly and nobody is giving $75 million like Musk.....you're declaring one good and the other bad.

Admit it Tony. The money doesn't bother you. It's all about who they are giving it to

#56 | Posted by eberly at 2024-10-17 06:46 AM

Isn't it possible for a handful of the billionaires contributing heavily to Harris to be giving sums similar to what those 3 are giving to Trump?

I just showed you that it's impossible. $200 small donors alone have given Harris close to $400 million, so even at the max, 79 billionaires contributing the other $600 million breaks down to $7.5 million per, one tenth of what Trump received from just 3 in 3 months.

And with Harris we're talking about donations from the very beginning going back to 2023, not just the last 3 months.

I'm not declaring anyone's money good or bad, I'm simply pointing out what we publicly know about the expectations and goals of Trump's 3 billionaire funders, two who he shares campaign stages with.

How many of Harris' have you seen on stage or expressing what they personally expect from a Harris presidency in the transactional way Trump equates every single thing in his life?

#57 | Posted by tonyroma at 2024-10-17 06:59 AM

"I just showed you that it's impossible. $200 small donors alone have given Harris close to $400 million, so even at the max, 79 billionaires contributing the other $600 million breaks down to $7.5 million per, one tenth of what Trump received from just 3 in 3 months."

The billion dollars in 90 days......you don't know where it came from. You're referencing an 18 month time frame for the lower donations. I don't know how you can attribute a small donation to Harris that occurred well before she was the nominee. It's not the same time frame and not the same total sum of money.

You're moving the goal posts because you were wrong in the first place with your 70% thing.

The only thing you know is that 28 billionaires gave at least $1 million to Harris. There is no way she could have a billion dollars without these billionaires giving 7 or even 8 figure donations.

You're trying to attach small donations that occurred well before she was the nominee to her, obviously.

"I'm not declaring anyone's money good or bad,"

You might as well because it's clearly how you feel about it.

You're literally defending hedgefund, wallstreet, real estate BILLIONAIRES giving MILLIONS to Kamala Harris while bitching about 3 billionaires giving massive sums to Trump.

You are absolutely declaring someone's money good or bad.

#58 | Posted by eberly at 2024-10-17 07:11 AM

"How many of Harris' have you seen on stage or expressing what they personally expect from a Harris presidency in the transactional way Trump equates every single thing in his life?"

republican voters aren't bothered by the scene of Trump getting jacked off by billionaires.

democratic party voters are quite squeamish with similar optics...including you.

It's a smart strategy to keep the public statements, public appearances away from Harris. IOW, maintaining separation is a smart move.

But you probably have convinced yourself these 79 billionaires don't have any conditions, desires, wishes, etc.

Because when a hedgefund billionaire gives 7 or 8 figures to a political candidate....he doesn't expect something in return.....when he gives it to a democrat

You believe that, don't you?

#59 | Posted by eberly at 2024-10-17 07:16 AM

Ebs, go ahead and ascribe anything you like to me words because you haven't for a second understood why I mentioned that Harris took over from Biden on the fly and amassed over $1 billion in donations.

The post was in response to Democrats being sorry that Harris has replaced Biden. They haven't been, and the donations were only ONE of the points I made in that regards.

As I've repeatedly stated unambiguously, it's not about the money, it's about what the money represents in the context of my answer. That amount of money from the unprecedented numbers of donors (not just billionaires) that donated to Harris is a reflection of her popularity across a wide swath of American voters - 1.5 million unique contributors - not just billionaires.

And she's also given million to other down ballot Democrats in the effort to use her fundraising clout not just for herself alone, unlike Trump who does the opposite.

Even people who give $1 usually want something from the person they donate to. This is not unique to millionaires or billionaires who give far more than working class citizens. No one is denying that the wealthy expect at minimum access to the candidate they fund or at least a sympathetic ear to their concerns passed through high level officials when access to the nominee simply isn't possible.

Great. That's the system we have and I've never denied that it's purposely flawed due to our campaign finance laws. But back to the only point I was trying to make. No one on the Democratic side is unhappy that Biden stepped down and Kamala stepped up and took the campaign from where it was to where it is. And if anyone thinks that yesterday's interview lessened enthusiasm for Harris' campaign, I'd watch for the inevitable announcement in the coming days about how much money Harris raised in the aftermath. It's not the money from millions that's problematic. It's the hundreds of millions from a handful of people that raises serious issues and questions about quid pro quos in ways reliance on smaller donors simply does not.

#60 | Posted by tonyroma at 2024-10-17 07:49 AM

What others are saying about the Harris - Fox News interview:

Fox News host Dana Perino admitted that Harris was "fairly effective" when she was getting her points across about Trump. Fox colleague Brit Hume said Harris was "combative and energetic and she certainly landed some blows on Donald Trump."

Author David Rothkopf: "Time after time after time Kamala Harris has been tested and triumphed with flying colors. She is a much stronger candidate today than when her campaign started." He added: "Fox prepared a warm bath for Trump and an ambush for the VP. She emerged stronger while both Trump and Fox revealed their profound weakness."

Many on Twitter/X, like James Fallow, wondered how Trump would fair in a similar setting: "When watching Kamala Harris with Bret Baier on Fox just now, imagine for a second Donald Trump trying to answer questions for half an hour from Rachel Maddow or Lawrence O'Donnell."

Former Obama staffer Tommy Vietor: "Kamala Harris did a great job on Fox News and showed that she can take tough questions from anyone. Also Bret Baier reminded us for the umpteenth time that he might go to all the DC book parties, but when chips are down, he's a Murdoch/GOP employee and will do their bidding."

Former New York Congressman Max Rose called it "a home run, because she sent the one message that needs to be sent, which was, I will go anywhere at any time and show the courage necessary to speak to every American,' because that's what a real president does. The primary critique against her prior to this point was that she was not doing enough interviews. No one thought that the Fox News interview was going to go swimmingly every step of the way. Everyone knew it would be adversarial, but she showed exactly what she needed to show, which was that she is a leader, ready to be president on Day One."

Harris campaign adviser David Plouffe: "Kamala Harris (strong) handled an ambush Fox interview light-years better than the hash Donald Trump (unstable) made of the Fox pep rally disguised as a town hall."

Former Sen. Claire McCaskill: "If anyone is trying to figure out who is stronger, Kamala is going on Fox News. And even the MAGA folks know he would never ever ever be brave enough to do an interview on MSNBC."

McCaskill also reacted to Baier's frequent interruptions:"I figured Bret Baier would be tough. I didn't think he would be downright rude and disrespectful. The VP did great. She is strong. He is scared."

www.nj.com

#61 | Posted by tonyroma at 2024-10-17 08:01 AM

Avoiding a simple question with a tirade about how pure of heart you are even though you posted several falsehoods and kept digging and digging.

I don't need excuses for why you kept digging your hole.

I agree with you on your point about Harris replacing Biden. 100%.

As to the money.....you've made it obvious the donors don't bother you, the sums don't bother....it's only about who they give it to.

Gotta go......it's now safe for the little trolls to enter and personally attack me.

#62 | Posted by eberly at 2024-10-17 08:06 AM

Gotta go......it's now safe for the little trolls to enter and personally attack me.

No reason to attack you. I presented documented evidence of what the 3 Trump donors want from him, but you've offered no such details with Harris' Democratic donors, only claiming by inference that they're not unwanting either.

I never denied that. I have seen where some of her donors want the FTC commissioner gone and I've disagreed based on the little I know now. But one thing I doubt is that all 79 want the exact same things from Harris and most of them will go disappointed. We've seen Trump's transactional nature and it's documented by pardons, communtations, along with specific governmental actions and policies that assist both individuals and their corporations.

I'm not privy to anything similar from Harris or Biden to the degree we saw and are seeing from Trump. If you have the goods, please deliver them, but don't expect me to be critical of things that aren't presented as factual evidence of questionable returns given to major donors because of their large donations.

#63 | Posted by tonyroma at 2024-10-17 08:17 AM

#64 | Posted by commnotes at 2024-10-17 09:37 AM | Reply | Flag: Shilling here after last night

#65 | Posted by Hans at 2024-10-17 09:39 AM

As to the money.....you've made it obvious the donors don't bother you, the sums don't bother....it's only about who they give it to.

Gotta go......it's now safe for the little trolls to enter and personally attack me.

#62 | Posted by eberly

75 billionaires give Harris $250,000-$1 million each

3 Billionaires give Trump $300 million together

Eberly: "These things are the same!"

#68 | Posted by Sycophant at 2024-10-17 11:23 AM

here's a link of the full interview, for your convenience

#66 | POSTED BY COMMNOTES

That would be for strawbringer. He based his opinion as usual from the one clip fixed news is playing over and over.

...

Let me guess

Followers of ------- said she did HORRIBLE

Followers of Harris said she did AWESOME

#36 | POSTED BY TRUTHHURTS

Fox News will play one clip over and over where Harris may have responded poorly.

MSNBC will play another where she came out strong.

And of course nothing changes.

To me the point (and major victory ) is she showed strength and courage and professionalism by going into the lions den facing the lies of the lions and she emerged unscathed.

If anyone looked unprofessional it was Brett.

Why do maga maroons (formerly known as Republicans) feel they need to be such A holes ?

#69 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-10-17 11:46 AM

Haven't watched any of it. Did she crap herself or have any of her supporters try to take her out?
If not then she did way better than Trump.

#70 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2024-10-17 12:01 PM

#69
Telling a mob of betas they can be alphas by acting like ------- seems to work as a powerful drug on those he-man wannabes. Christ, but they're a predictable and boring bunch.

#71 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2024-10-17 12:06 PM

"Why do maga maroons (formerly known as Republicans) feel they need to be such A holes ?" -

Posted by donnerboy at 2024-10-17 11:46 AM

They feel the need to be such A holes because they want to emulate their hero.

#72 | Posted by Hans at 2024-10-17 12:07 PM

the democrat butt kissing media whores allow her to give a monologue instead of real answers because
their corporate jobs depend on it.

Bair wasn't going to allow that at the expense of real answers to pressing issues.

So we got the same old "but trump" answer to everything and this Marxist risk to the republic
was able to say "let me finish" repeatedly when answering real questions was the last thing she was there
to do.

---prediction" ...did nothing to move any number of any group that she's been losing lately much like barak
douchebag obama's racists attack on men didn't either.

and in fact could have made things worse because it further showcased just how little
this woman.....who's only real "talent" is she could be some despicable garbage democrat's press secretary where lying for others is
the only thing they're suitable for.

--DJT will still be declared the next potus by 11 EST on 11/5....depending on how many of the 11 million non citizen immigrants vote in the swing where democrats "just happened" to put them.

-- from Syracuse university
GEORGIA UP 401% IN ILLEGALS.
PENN UP 241%
ARIZONA UP 734 %
MICHIGAN UP 775 %

When the election is over I'd be open to reading her book about why she lost......
...OR just I can just check out wikepedia instead and save some time.

#73 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2024-10-17 12:31 PM

Jumping into the belly of the beast at the conservative cable newser for the first time in her long career, Harris found herself being pilloried by Baier, especially over illegal immigration and border security. At the same time, having been roasted online by the MAGA base in anticipation of softball questions, "real journalist" (as the VP called him at one point) Baier barely let the VP get a word in during the opening part of the sit-down.

Precisely the hack job of an "interview" I expected from such a hyperpartisan low IQ joke of a journalist that is the human Charpei. Don't forget in 2020 Brett threw a hissy fit at faux nooze when their election desk declared Biden won AZ and demanded they retract it. He was a big piece of why they had to pay $750,000,000 for lying about the election.

When O'Rielly used to sit down with the presidents before the superbowl there was an actual give and take with the ability to respond to the questions.

This was more----------- material for Jeff to spank to.

The hard hitting journalist question of the night was "Why is President Trump so popular?"

Dear god, tell Cronkite and Rather to move over, there's a new sheriff in town.

No wonder any real journalist that they had left.

#74 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-10-17 12:31 PM

They feel the need to be such A holes because they want to emulate their hero.

They fear the "mean twooths" from the golden sh*tter at 3 am.

#75 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-10-17 12:32 PM

Chris Wallace was the only real journalist fox ever had.

#76 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2024-10-17 12:33 PM

Trump absolutely BOMBED at a Univision town hall last night!

Time after time, he filibustered and went on tangents unrelated to the pointed questions.

Here's one example where he was asked about January 6th and his lackadaisical response to the COVID pandemic:

youtu.be

#77 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-10-17 12:38 PM

#68 | Posted by Sycophant

Musk and Thiel are gunning for a Presidential Medal of Freedom like he gave Adelson for donating $100,000,000, among other things ...

#78 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-10-17 12:41 PM

Viral image from last night's town hall with Trump on Univision:

Hispanic Ladies Incredulous Reaction to Trump's Claim that January 6th Was A "Day of Love."

#79 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-10-17 12:44 PM

Any man who has done f'd up in front of their woman knows that look

#80 | Posted by truthhurts at 2024-10-17 12:47 PM

#73 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2024-10-17 12:31 PM | (Notice how he writes like "bushlover2/afkabl2/"babbles" who, at his advanced age, finally earned his GED!!!) | Flag: Will We Know the Winner on Nov. 5? Don't Count on It

#81 | Posted by Hans at 2024-10-17 12:47 PM

#73 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2024-10-17 12:31 PM | (Notice how he writes like "bushlover2/afkabl2/"babbles" who, at his advanced age, finally earned his GED!!!) | Flag: Source of shrimpy's fascinating facts

#82 | Posted by Hans at 2024-10-17 12:52 PM

why would Newsom do what he did about voter id ?

anyone without a frontal lobe ravaged by bigotry and hate knows there is only one reason.

--to cheat.

#83 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2024-10-17 12:54 PM

#82 | Posted by Hans

thursday is not my day to slum....aka...engage with bigots like you.

perhaps you can find a topic you're more familiar with...

--like grown adult men talking to other people's 5 year olds about their --------.

#84 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2024-10-17 12:56 PM

thursday is not my day to slum..

Brave sir shrimp dick has run away.

#85 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-10-17 12:59 PM

Trump absolutely BOMBED at a Univision town hall last night!

Watch the clip of the one farmer who asked him "if you deport the illegal migrants who pick brocolli, etc, who will do the work and at what cost?"

The look on his face was utter disgust at having to engage with a dirty working person. He cannot hide his feeling of contempt.

Then he immediately pivots to how great the farmers had it under him (even though bailouts of farmers who were being destroyed by his trade war were a routine occurrence) and he never answers the question. The look on the faces of the participants were of utter contempt for him.


The body language says it all.

#86 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-10-17 01:05 PM

Another view from a billionaire:

Mark Cuban praised Vice President Kamala Harris for her "beautiful" performance in her Wednesday Fox News interview with Bret Baier, noting that the Democratic nominee was three things former President Donald Trump would never be: "Strong, Smart and Measured."

"When Brett went hard after her. She didn't call him names," Cuban wrote Thursday on X, formerly Twitter. "She didn't quit the interview. She didn't make things up. She never once complained the questions were tough. She never played the victim card."

"She didn't lose her temper," wrote Cuban in his social media post. "She didn't take the bait to diminish or talk down to Trump supporters. [He] has been the president and campaigning for 9 years. Kamala Harris has caught up to him in just 100 days. That speaks volumes."

www.huffpost.com

#87 | Posted by tonyroma at 2024-10-17 01:07 PM

#73 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2024-10-17 12:31 PM | (Notice how he writes like "bushlover2/afkabl2/"babbles" who, at his advanced age, finally earned his GED!!!)

You keep repeating "DJT will still be declared the next potus by 11 EST on 11/5"

Your BS line about "illegals voting" aside, here's your challenge:

  1. List the states that will be called for the Kumquat Pol Pot by 11:00pm Eastern Time on November 5th that total 270+ Electoral Votes for Trump; and,

  2. Back up your calls (in #1) with legitimate polls for each state you think will be called for Trump by 11:00pm Eastern Time on November 5th
Dazzle us with your political acumen, shrimptacodan.

Give us a blow-by-blow list of states that Trump will have won by 11:00pm Eastern Time on November 5th so we can follow along that evening.

Are you up for this challenge, shrimptacodan?

#88 | Posted by Hans at 2024-10-17 01:09 PM

Harris...doing a CNN Town Hall...
#5 | Posted by Corky

Has she released the playlist yet?

#89 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2024-10-17 01:13 PM

" The thing is if Trump did do an interview with Baier, Baier would never go after Trump the way he went after Harris, repeatedly interrupting her, etc. No one on Fox would. And if someone did dare to treat Trump like that, he wouldn't stand for it. He'd get up and walk out after the first five minutes.

#39 | POSTED BY GAL_TUESDAY AT 2024-10-17 12:01 AM | FLAG: "

Watch a couple of Dana Bash / Vance interviews and then watch her interview of Harris. Then do Welker / Vance and follow it with Welker and any prominent Democrat. The differences will jump right out at you.

#90 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-10-17 01:24 PM

Watch a couple of Dana Bash / Vance interviews and then watch her interview of Harris. Then do Welker / Vance and follow it with Welker and any prominent Democrat. The differences will jump right out at you.

#90 | Posted by BellRinger

Wait you mean journalists treat fascist insurrectionist con men differently than they do normal politicians?

What a scandal. How unfair.

#91 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-10-17 01:27 PM

Has she released the playlist yet?

I heard she's opening with the 'Play That Funky Music'/Hollywood's Swinging' cover by Prince, followed by "Baby Got Back," "Back That --- Up" and George Clinton with Parliament/Funkadelic's "One Nation Under a Groove."

And then she plans to really get funky up in the hizzy.

#92 | Posted by tonyroma at 2024-10-17 01:41 PM

#91. Ii pointed out due to all of the butt hurt over Baier asking Harris tough question and trying to keep her on topic when she filibustered.

#93 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-10-17 02:32 PM

Baier showed a deceptively edited clip and interrupted Harris constantly.

why am i not surprised jeffy is impressed with his behavior?

#94 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2024-10-17 02:42 PM

#93 | Posted by JeffJ/Bellringer at 2024-10-17 02:32 PM | Reply | Flag: Still awaiting word on this book

#95 | Posted by Hans at 2024-10-17 02:46 PM

#91. Ii pointed out due to all of the butt hurt over Baier asking Harris tough question and trying to keep her on topic when she filibustered.

#93 | Posted by BellRinger

Have you heard of this guy named Trump?

#96 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-10-17 03:46 PM

--like grown adult men talking to other people's 5 year olds about their --------.

#84 | POSTED BY SHRIMPTACODAN

Or we could talk about grown adult men telling the world that they believe that Haitian immigrants are eating our pets.

#97 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-10-17 06:01 PM

Harris is 2-0 at wiping the floor these days schadenfreudical _ah.

#98 | Posted by ichiro at 2024-10-17 10:34 PM

Bier was disrespectful and when he wasn't interrupting Harris his tone was condescending pivoting to patronizing.

He could have used his skills much better, instead angrily rushing to dislodge the immigrant flotilla.

Brett did not really follow answers with questions for clarification, but was ineptly able to give Kamala enough opportunity to recount a list of Biden administration "achievements". The interview remained awkward throughout.

Policies all reminiscent of 2000's.

Nothing new, progressive or hopeful.

Even the notion that Brett Bier tends to be a misogynist ----- isn't a surprise.

#99 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2024-10-18 03:02 AM

#99. When I read the transcript of everything he said, it was mostly above the board. He did interrupt more than I'd like however that deserves some context. They were supposed to do a pre-recorded interview from 5-530. She arrived 15 minutes late and it takes more than just a few minutes to take a pre-recording and have it ready for live TV. So, when she filibustered his job, as a journalist, was to get her back on track and actually answer the questions. She was a guest on a show with a large audience. His job was to ask questions he knew his audience wanted answers to. While he was a bit combative at times, the questions weren't silly gotcha crap. He was more respectful and polite to her than what I've seen from several self-proclaimed journalists interviewing Trump or Vance.

And all of this whining misses the bigger point. She had a cordial but challenging interview with Brian Whitaker, which 60 Minutes decided to edit out the most cringey stuff to make her look less bad. Her joint Walz interview with Dana Bash had a couple of challenging questions but outside of that, it's been softballs and puff interviews. If she can't handle 25 minutes with Bret Baier, how can she handle the likes of Putin and Xi?

#100 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-10-18 03:13 AM

"If she can't handle 25 minutes with Bret Baier..."

She handled it, bonehead.

#101 | Posted by Angrydad at 2024-10-18 07:50 AM

Turns out Bret flat out lied in the "interview" about the clip they played where Trump didn't say anything about sicking the military on US Citizens that disagree with him. The interview was done an hour before hand. They played it knowing they lied about Trump and what he said. Harris called Bret on it, and Bret didn't say "oh, that wasn't the clip I wanted to use - sorry about that, could we get the correct clip?"

Nope. But the next day he said "That was the wrong clip" - so Harris was 100% correct.

I'm calling Bret a liar, flat out, because he knew at the time that the clip was not the right one, that it was a lie in the context of the question, that he was called on it real-time, that he didn't correct it then, that Fox "news" went ahead and played the interview without noting that it was the wrong clip, and that Bret 24 hours later admitted it they used a clip that didn't match what Bret himself said it was about.

Harris wiped the floor with his ass, Fox "news" continues to lie, lie, lie and lie. And the MAGAts just can't handle it.

#102 | Posted by YAV at 2024-10-18 09:47 AM

I bet she would be a continuation of Biden, only worse.

#103 | Posted by THEBULL at 2024-10-18 10:11 AM

I bet she would be a continuation of Biden, only worse.

#103 | POSTED BY THEBULL

Biden was a better president than Trumpy so that's not such a bad thing even if it were true (it's not) Harris will obviously be her own person. The first black female president of America.

I bet Trumpy will be a continuation of Trumpy. Only older and more demented than ever and still a fraud still twice impeached still a convicted felon still indicted for crimes against America and still the worst person in America.

#104 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-10-18 10:21 AM

If she can't handle 25 minutes with Bret Baier, how can she handle the likes of Putin and Xi?

#100 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

She handled it just fine strawbringer. Harris went to an interview that turned out to be a a hostile debate. And now who has mud in their face fixed news and Bret.

She will "handle" pooty pants better than Trumpy. She won't be doing a reach around like old two hand Trumpy did.

Remember Trumpy in Helsinki? What an fricking embarrassing moment for America.

And now Bret is the one apologizing this morning for playing the wrong clip yesterday.

He should apologize for sucking up to hateful maga maroons.

#105 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-10-18 10:30 AM

Anyone with a functioning brain knows Harris came out the clear winner - though why Fox "news" chose to turn this into a "debate" is beyond me. Glad they did, though, because they all look hideously pathetic. Now they're lying non-stop about what happened, trying to convince their "viewers" that what they saw wasn't what they saw. Being the audience it is with their insatiable desire to satisfy their confirmation bias, they are just so thankful Fox "news" and right-wing "media" is lying to them. God those lies! They make them feel so much better!

#106 | Posted by YAV at 2024-10-18 10:36 AM

I took the time to list the highlights from the interview. The moments where Kamala's grasp of the issues and vision for her administration were clear.

1.

That's as far as I got.

#107 | Posted by visitor_ at 2024-10-18 10:50 AM

" Harris wiped the floor with his ass, Fox "news" continues to lie, lie, lie and lie. And the MAGAts just can't handle it.

#102 | POSTED BY YAV AT 2024-10-18 09:47 AM | FLAG: "

If you call getting indignant and not answering a single question, yes, she mopped the floor.

You are looking at this the wrong way though. You're viewing this interview as a team sport.

The reason they asked for the interview was to try and persuade Fox viewers who might not be sold on Trump or who perhaps don't like Trump but are very hesitant to vote Dem. Ask yourself this question honestly: Do you believe her performance moved the needle at all in her direction with those viewers?

#108 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-10-18 11:05 AM

"Pete Wehner, a former speechwriter for Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, wrote on X that Kamala Harris "dominated" Fox News host Bret Baier during an interview on Wednesday.

"My take:

Bret Baier has rarely looked as bad (or tendentious) as he did in his interview with Kamala Harris," Wehner wrote on X.

"On the flip side, this was one of her best interviews. She dominated Bret. All in all it was quite a bad day for MAGA world's most important media outlet," Wehner posted on X."

www.newsweek.com

#109 | Posted by Corky at 2024-10-18 11:16 AM

She get too uppity for you?
Aw. How dare she!

Not answer a single question?
You have your fingers in your ears chanting "lalalalallaalala"?
She answered over and over - and you don't like the answers.

"You're viewing this interview as a team sport."
Project much?

Fox 'news' and ol' Bret are still taking heat for it.

The reviews are in. What I originally stated about the interview is benig echoed everywhere except right-wing propaganda distribution channels.

#110 | Posted by YAV at 2024-10-18 11:19 AM

#110 is for Jeff in #108.

#111 | Posted by YAV at 2024-10-18 11:19 AM

Even Fox News's Bret Baier Admits Harris Outsmarted Him in Interview

www.yahoo.com

'

Trump FREAKS OUT after Kamala Gets RAVE Reviews ... on FOX!!

www.youtube.com

USAToday

"Harris did with Fox News what Trump can't do anywhere: Handle tough questions

Trump, by comparison, has cancelled a planned CNBC interview and refused to follow Harris' lead and go on '60 Minutes.'

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris went into America's Den of Misinformation " Fox News " for a Wednesday night interview that demonstrated two things:

She has far more guts than her opponent, Donald Trump.
Fox News remains an arm of the Republican Party."

more

www.usatoday.com

'
Trumplicker is such an obvious Cultist.

#112 | Posted by Corky at 2024-10-18 11:21 AM

"Pete Wehner, a former speechwriter for Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, wrote on X that Kamala Harris "dominated" Fox News host Bret Baier during an interview on Wednesday.

That's more accurate and even more positive than what I originally wrote. It does appear that, if anything, I understated Harris' performance. No wonder Fox "news" is so busy trying to cover their asses and recast what happened.

#113 | Posted by YAV at 2024-10-18 11:22 AM

#107 | Posted by visitor_ | Flag: Happy Anniversary

#114 | Posted by Hans at 2024-10-18 11:29 AM

#112 - When Harris pushed back on Bret and the lie he was pushing regarding what Trump is saying (sicking the military on US citizens) - that was brilliant. It was pitch perfect on Harris' part.

Nice links and post, Corky.

#115 | Posted by YAV at 2024-10-18 11:31 AM

#115 | Posted by YAV at 2024-10-18 11:31 AM | Reply | Flag: #StrongerTogether

#116 | Posted by Hans at 2024-10-18 11:32 AM

#108 | Posted by JeffJ/Bellringer at 2024-10-18 11:05 AM | Reply | Flag: Still awaiting word on this book

#117 | Posted by Hans at 2024-10-18 11:34 AM

1.

That's as far as I got.

#107 | POSTED BY VISITOR_

Well you ARE pretty clueless so it's perfectly understandable that you would learn nothing.

#118 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-10-18 11:38 AM

She didn't really sell herself or Biden's policies. She said, "Trump" 22 times in a 25 minute time span.

If y'all honestly believed she delivered on substance and did so in a way that was even remotely persuasive, you wouldn't be so dang angry.

#119 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-10-18 12:02 PM

Im "angry" because Baier showed an edited clip to sanewash Trump and then lied about it, claiming he showed the "wrong clip".

no, he showed an edited clip and kamala devoured him for it. pathetic yellow journalism is all fox has.

#120 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2024-10-18 12:06 PM

#119 - Not sure where you see "anger" but I've been smiling and, to be honest, gloating a bit. I am extremely pleased with Harris and how she handled herself in this ambush "interview."

Maybe it's your cognitive dissonance that is creating frustration and making you angry and you just haven't identified why - that you are projecting on me?

Pretty sure that's where it's all coming from. You should get that checked. Come to terms with it. Before it consumes you.

#121 | Posted by YAV at 2024-10-18 12:32 PM

When Brett went hard after her. She didn't call him names," Cuban wrote Thursday on X, formerly Twitter. "She didn't quit the interview. She didn't make things up. She never once complained the questions were tough. She never played the victim card."

It is striking and amazing how much more of a man she is compared to the whiny bitch ass loser.

#122 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-10-18 12:59 PM

Well you ARE pretty clueless so it's perfectly understandable that you would learn nothing.

#118 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-10-18 11:38 AM | Reply

Like every other trumpturd on the planet he is not interested in learning the the truth, only lapping up the kool aid trump is serving.

#123 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-10-18 01:01 PM

#119

Clueless in Trumpville.

He's become the very definition of an attention troll.

#124 | Posted by Corky at 2024-10-18 01:58 PM

" 121 | POSTED BY YAV AT 2024-10-18 12:32 PM | FLAG: "

That post is bizarre.

#125 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-10-18 02:14 PM

That post was spot on.

It's about Cultists in denial.

#126 | Posted by Corky at 2024-10-18 02:25 PM

For those of you who think Harris crushed it, which of her policy proposals that she detailed had you the most excited?

#127 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-10-18 02:27 PM

For those of you who think Harris crushed it, which of her policy proposals that she detailed had you the most excited?

#127 | Posted by BellRinger

Defense of democracy.

#128 | Posted by Zed at 2024-10-18 02:35 PM

which of her policy proposals that she detailed had you the most excited?

The one about keeping a 34 times convicted felon, tax cheat, charity fraudster, indicted classified document thief and insurrectionist, now promising to use the Justice Department, National Guard and active military go after citizens who don't agree with him out of the White House where he doesn't belong.

How about you?

#129 | Posted by tonyroma at 2024-10-18 02:39 PM

which of her policy proposals that she detailed had you the most excited?

The one Baier let her talk about. Oh wait... there wasn't one of those.

#130 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-10-18 02:39 PM

I love the bones of her Opportunity Economy - which she laid out clearly:
$6,000 for first year for children.
$25,000 for first time home buyers.
$50,000 in tax help when starting a new business.
Her stance on abortion and freedom of choice.
Her clear ability not to be steamrolled, stick to her convictions, gracefully handle pressure.
Her inviolate belief in keeping our Democratic Constitutional Republic safe.
I loved her pushing back on the hypocrisy of transgender treatment for prisoners - noting that gender affirming treatment was provided for inmates under Trump, proving that this "issue" is just another bullshht hate builder.

I'm just getting started and that's all from memory. She was substantive and direct.

#131 | Posted by YAV at 2024-10-18 02:40 PM

Oh! You Pretty Things

www.youtube.com

#132 | Posted by Corky at 2024-10-18 03:05 PM

Hm. I answered #127 but nothing but crickets.

#133 | Posted by YAV at 2024-10-19 06:12 PM

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