Sunday Thoughts

It is around this time that in the old days you could get a sense of the campaign by the demeanor and activity of the respective candidates. The guy dashing about from place to place, waving his arms around in an excited fashion, was probably losing. The guy who seemed like he was riding a great wave off the coast of Hawaii was probably winning. One of the many consequences of 2020 is you can no longer trust these sorts of judgements in assessing the race.

Even so, it is hard not to notice the very bad week for Harris. It has been a few bad weeks, in fact. Her campaign appears disorganized and chaotic. The Houston stunt is the sort of thing ham and eggers do because they think it is clever. Getting a big crowd to see a butt-waver then swapping the butt-waver for the candidate at the last-minute sounds clever to blinkered people who cannot contextualize how it will look once the fraud is revealed.

On the same day Trump does the Rogan show and it breaks the internet. Rogan does the weed head act to lure people into his show. He seems harmless, but popular, so people want to do his show as it is a cost-free way to get attention. He is not a simpleton, and he does often make guests look stupid because they think he is a dope. Bari Weis is the best example. Rogan quickly saw he was out of his league with Trump and turned into a smitten kitten.

All that said, the margin of fraud is the great unknown. The busting of the ballot stuffing caper in Lancaster County Pennsylvania is an ominous sign. It means the riggers are hard at work generating fake ballots to drop on us at the last minute. On the other hand, the busting of this operation is possibly an ominous sign for Harris. Maybe the local party is preparing to sit this one out. After all, the governor has his eyes on running in 2028.

Topics

• Weird Week
• Media Meltdown (Link) (Link)
• The Oligarchs
• Echoes Of Howard Dean