I & I Editorial BoardOn YouTube, there is a four-minute video that is nothing but Vice President Kamala Harris repeating this empty phrase: “What can be, unburdened by what has been.”
But no matter how many times she utters this idiotic mantra, Harris will, in fact, be heavily burdened by the disaster that has been the Biden administration. Burdened by her own dismal record as vice president. And burdened by the fact that she is so uniquely unqualified to be leader of the free world.
To say Harris is an empty pantsuit is an insult to empty pantsuits.
As we put it in an editorial a year ago:
Biden’s reelection campaign recently described Harris as a ‘powerful and effective messenger.’ Sure. Like when she says ‘As the name suggests, community banks are in the community.’ Or, when she says that ‘present culture is the way we express how we’re feeling about the moment, and we should always find times to express how we feel about the moment.’ Or … well, as Harris might put it, there are endless examples of her vapidity that stretch on without limit because there’s no end to them.
As we put it in an editorial we posted last week and updated over the weekend:
It might seem impossible, but she would be an even worse president than he was.
No matter how much Harris tries to distance herself from Joe Biden, she will carry the burden of answering for his failures. Among them:
The border crisis. One of the few jobs Biden gave her to do was to stem the flow of illegal immigrants. She blathered on about “root causes,” after which 10 million or so illegals crossed the border and her “leadership role” was quietly memory-holed.
The economy. Harris will have to defend Biden’s economic record – inflation, falling real wages, widespread dissatisfaction.
Biden’s mental decline. She will have to explain what she knew and when about Biden’s obvious mental decline, what she did to cover it up, and whether she thinks he’s fit to finish out his term.
Foreign policy. There are wars raging in the Middle East and in Ukraine. Does Harris have any idea what is going on in the world? In our editorial, we said “Imagine her going up against Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping. As long as they could hold their laughter, they would be able to easily push her into making grave errors. “
Her own record as a “leader.” In her three-and-a-half years as vice president, she’s made it clear to anyone paying attention that she is a terrible, awful, no-good, very bad leader.
Here’s how The Hill put it two years ago:
More than 13 high-profile aides have left the vice president’s office, including her director of speechwriting, Meghan Groob, just last week.
The revolving door has made headlines during Harris’s tenure, creating a narrative of instability in the vice president’s office. But some Democrats worry about larger implications, particularly if President Biden chooses not to run for reelection.
Politico reported that “People are thrown under the bus from the very top, there are short fuses and it’s an abusive environment. … It’s not a healthy environment and people often feel mistreated. It’s not a place where people feel supported but a place where people feel treated like s—.”
A book published at the start of the year by a couple of liberal reporters provides what one reviewer called “a withering assessment” of Harris, quoting one of her own aides saying: “This person should not be president of the United States.”
The Trump campaign has already put together an ad that burdens Harris with what has been, titled “Kamala was in on it.”
Now that Harris is the presumptive nominee – Biden endorsed her, Democrats are already falling in line to back her, and she can access the $90 million in campaign cash Biden has raised – the press will most assuredly be unburdened by what has been.
Fresh off denying Biden’s mental decline for four years, the media will immediately shift gears to portray Harris as a smart, savvy, warm, affectionate, strong, determined leader who would be a history-making president.
God help the country if voters can’t see through this latest con job.
— Written by the I&I Editorial Board
Watch out for her pick for Vice President. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is the leading contender at the moment. Josh Shapiro was the Pennsylvania Attorney General in 2020 when the Democrats used lawfare to completely corrupt the election laws. It’s a terrible idea to nominate an expert in lawfare for the office that is often described as being one heartbeat away from the Presidency. If he did not faithfully execute the laws as Attorney General of Pennsylvania, then he can not be trusted to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed” as President of the United States of America.
More details are at ensign.substack.Com, click on “Why would any sane voter want a Philadelphia lawyer to become our next Vice President?”
oh i hope she will shapiro , that will open a pickup opportunity for republicans ! all they have to do is point towards harris hostile attitude towards fracking and fossile fuels and argue that a republican governor will be the best defense
When I read that she had a head speech-writer that quit a few years ago, a few thoughts came to my mind:
1 Was Kamala reading words that were written for her when she kept speaking her word salads? Or was she making up those salads on her own?
2 Putting aside those word salads, did she ever give an original speech in her life?
3. What’s the best dressing for Word Salad? Sounds like it’s on the menu for a few months…
Creamy Bulls*** Ranch?
Russian?
Whatever’s tops at one of those $500 a plate steakhouses lobbyists pick up the tab for?
Oil & vinegar with a light dusting of minced Blackrock & Soros dark money?
Whichever, hopefully it will be served with _extra_ salt on November 6th. Or 14th. Or December 9th. Whenever they get done in Maricopa & Philly. We need new memes of weeping hysterical Authoritarian Lefties. (Plus something something Fall of Rome something something neofeudalist hegemony I guess.)
The ‘unburdened’ quote Kamala soullessly repeats (note the near identical gestures when she says it) is actually a slogan of revolutionary communism, inviting listeners to forget the past and look forward to the (murderous, disastrous, anti-human) Communist future.
Very witty title.
Word Salad Annie. With apologies to Tony Joe White
“What can be, unburdened by what has been.”
Translation: screw historical record, we can make socialism work!
We should all be aware that in the passage of time that we are reading and processing this article, time is passing, and will continue to pass as we go forth with our lives, which are burdened by the passage of time, but should be unburdened by the passage of time because the passage of time that limits our lives really, truly sucks.
I’d like to comment on this editorial-but I’m still trying to figure out what is burdening her to have said it in the first place.
I predict she’ll get 100 Million votes this time, to Pedo Joe’s 81, then the MSM will castigate anyone who doubts “this historic first.” Face it: America has been over a long, long time ago. The 2nd American Revolution (Civil War) installed the “Federal” government, as legitimate as the “Federal” Reserve.
trump will mop the floor with her
You say that Harris is an insult to pantsuits.
I say this article is an insult to our intelligence.
Why do you cater to this audience? They are an infinitesimal minority. But hey, everyone needs to be served.