TPM: Harris’ Campaign Is Working—Get Used to It
“Presidential campaigns are about defining choices about the direction of country. Having people getting excited about your campaign and your vision about the future of the country is a good thing, not some frivolous sugar high. I’m sure Harris will do some sit-down interviews. But we should remember that the purpose of a campaign is to win an election.”
Sick of the BS narrative begun by the NY Times (of course…) of “Honeymoon phase” and “Sugar high” and it’s like WTF? Just let it be … it’s real and it’s a cultural phenom already…and there’s a deep deep thirst for the Harris/Walz campaign. Don’t second guess asshole horse race news agencies needing to manufacture drama (like the insipid NY Slimes), just fcking report the facts jackasses…
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It was people in the Dickless campaign who first suggested the Harris' gains were a "honeymoon".
It was pretty close (yet another fellatio-esque gift to Trunp) This came out July 30th before Karma -la-la-la even chose her VP:
Harris Looks to Maintain Momentum as ‘Honeymoon Phase’ Winds Down
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/29/us/politics/harris-nomination-vice-president.html
Looking at the article, the phrase that's got you so bothered is an exact quote of a comment from a former (Democratic) governor of Nebraska.
"'I would call it a honeymoon phase,' said Steve Sisolak, the former Democratic governor of Nevada, a key swing state. 'We’ve got to keep the energy going. You got it started — now you’ve got to keep it going. It’s going to be a challenge for everybody.'"
At that stage, it's actually a perfectly reasonable observation and comment.
This is the story THEY chose.
Just out of pure, stupid curiosity, what's the story that they SHOULD have chosen?
Just out of pure stupid cantankerousness on my part, that’s not the issue, thanks very much. Alrighty friend. Just back away from the laptop now… and we can all go home still friends.
@TheAbbotTrithemius
NO U
Did you just say you were LOOKING for a fight? I think you did.
Seriously, you've made yourself look silly enough already. No need to compound things.
They "chose" that story, you have no BETTER story for them to choose. And that, somehow, is "not the issue", in spite of it being the only issue you've actually raised.
Muting this thread, it started out dopey and it's wandered into "preposterous".