Friday, August 30, 2024

The Interview Was Not Good
Guy Benson / Townhall Tipsheet

Forty days after Democrats shoved their elected nominee out of the race, the replacement candidate finally gave an interview, alongside her running mate.  It was not an impressive showing.  I posted my overall thoughts on social media, starting with an assessment of CNN's Dana Bash: "Mixed marks for Bash, who pushed on some necessary subjects, but missed glaring follow-ups. I get she was pressed for time. The literal set-up was weird. The shots looked strange and not terribly well lit."  Harris, situated farthest from the camera, looked small, like she was seated in a low chair -- and appeared hunched.  I'm not sure how anyone on her team thought it looked good. That's a superficial observation, but television and the social media clips it produces are visual media.  As for the 'substance,' if you can call it that, and various other

Harris served up a few word-salady struggles, but not the sort of meandering mess we’ve seen before. We gleaned very little in terms of what she actually believes or would do... Read more, see XS and videos here.