So Other Than That, Mrs. Harris, How Was the Speech?

<![CDATA[There is an old axiom of life - Never whiz into the wind. Things gets kind of messy when you do. In radio, that's especially true. It's possible on occasion to create an alternative narrative on a day when there's only one overarching, dominating story. But honestly, it rarely works. And if you aren't talking about the things your audience is focused on, they tune you out. Last night on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., the left-wing of the cross making up the National Mall, with the White House as the backdrop behind her, Vice-President Kamala Harris made her last stand. It was her closing argument. Her final pitch to the American people that she is presidential and fully capable of doing the job for the next four years. And Joe Biden, from the building behind her, bodied her with one sentence during her address. On this site, conservative media generally, and on Fox News all day, the pouncing and seizing by the right in response to the President of the United States calling half the country plus 0.4%, according to the most current Real Clear Politics national average of polls, garbage will be robust. But Harris' speech in and of itself does deserve some attention, because it was the absolute best Kamala Harris can offer...and it was still awful.MSNBC called this the speech for the ages. This is what they're going to use to make the case to the few remaining people in the country watching their network to enthusiastically vote for Kamala Harris. Their entire prime time lineup - Alex Wagner, Lawrence O'Donnell, Stephanie Ruhle, all gushed over the Harris speech and flat-out ignored Biden's garbage line. It's as if it was never said. Actor, director, and one of the official celebrities of the fever swamp, Rob Reiner, proclaimed this on X last night. ]]>