Double Standard for Harris and Trump Reaches Breaking Point

Friday, October 25, 2024

Eugene Robinson: Something is wrong with this split-screen picture. On one side, former president Donald Trump rants about mass deportations and claims to have stopped "wars with France," after being described by his longest-serving White House chief of staff as a literal fascist. On the other side, commentators debate whether Vice President Kamala Harris performed well enough at a CNN town hall to "close the deal."

Posted by tonyroma at 10:33 AM | 43 COMMENTS | permalink

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Seriously? Much of a double standard here?

Somehow, it is apparently baked into this campaign that Trump is allowed to talk and act like a complete lunatic while Harris has to be perfect in every way. I don't know the answer to the chicken-or-egg question - whether media coverage is leading public perception or vice versa - but the disparate treatment is glaring.

Let's review: First, Harris was criticized for not doing enough interviews - so she did multiple interviews, including with nontraditional media. She was criticized for not doing hostile interviews - so she went toe to toe with Bret Baier of Fox News. She was criticized as only being comfortable in scripted rallies - so she did unscripted events, such as the town hall on Wednesday. Along the way, she wiped the floor with Trump during their one televised debate.

Trump, meanwhile, stands before his MAGA crowds and spews nonstop lies, ominous threats, impossible promises and utter gibberish. His rhetoric is dismissed, or looked past, without first being interrogated.

Imagine if Harris were promising to end the war in Gaza on her first day in office but wouldn't say how. Imagine if she were proposing a tariffs-based economic plan that economists say would destabilize the world economy and cost the average family $4,000 a year in higher prices. Imagine if she were promising a "bloody" campaign to uproot and deport millions of undocumented migrants who are gainfully employed and paying taxes. And imagine if Harris were vowing to use the military to go after her political opponents, as Trump repeatedly pledges.

#1 | Posted by tonyroma at 2024-10-24 07:35 PM

Van Jones Slams Double Standard Between Harris And Trump

CNN political commentator Van Jones on Wednesday said it's "unfair" that people hold Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump to different standards as the polls continue to show an extremely tight race between the two candidates less than two weeks out of Election Day.

"Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are not taking the same exam," Jones replied. "I think it bothers people. They're not taking the same exam. He gets to be lawless. She has to be flawless. That's what's unfair."

"She has policies, she may not articulate them perfectly every time, she may not put the stories in the right places, but she's fighting for actual ideas that will help real people, and he's talking about peoples' penises," Jones said.

Everyone that's somebody knows of Joe Rogan." -

#32 | Posted by visitor_

That still doesn't tell me who this "Joe Rogan" is.

And who's his supposed audience?

Undecided voters?

Happy Anniversary ! ! !

"...you will never know Joe Rogan." -

Posted by: visitor_

I never knew Rush Limbaugh.

And it is supposed to be a bad thing that I don't know who this "Joe Rogan" is?

And, as I asked, Who's his supposed audience?

If you can figure that one out, congratulations.

Oh, and as always, my dear brother: Happy Anniversary ! ! !