So ironic that suddenly, for MAGA, the sensationalist consolidated mainstream media has ceased to become the "enemy of the American people" when it's a Democratic candidate who's not dignifying their anti-intellectual divisiveness and "gotcha" culture.
The mainstream media conglomerates are the lifeblood of the Trump campaign, then and now, and his entire political success was based on it and in some circumstances, he probably played them like a fiddle to stay in the newscycle. He sexually harassed NBC reporter Katy Tur, and it probably helped his campaign just for the sake of hype. She even wrote a book about it, perhaps clueless to the fact that she was just elevating his profile as well as her own. His voters don't care about unsolicited "pussy-grabbing." They think it's funny.
Democratic voters understand that he does, in fact, have an advantage in this arena considering he's a reality television star and self-promoter. But does it matter as a qualification for President of the United States? If so, to what extent? Is it your only consideration? Do you own Murdoch stock, or something?! You understand the purpose of the Executive office, right? Is this good for morale to have the Commander-in-Chief of the finest military fighting-force in the history of the world to be a repugnant blowhard instead of a measured and studious personality? I know I wouldn't think so were I still in the Navy... knowing his orders are bouncing down from his handpicked loyalist Defense Secretary down the chain-of-command. It would make me feel like instead of patriotically serving the nation I love... I was just some pawn in one of his kayfabe professional wrestling feuds. He didn't even fulfill his oath of office which is remarkably similar to the one I had to give upon enlistment. I mean, seriously... fvck him.
Do working class voters want a notoriety-celebrity as president? If that's their litmus test, and all qualifications regarding representing communities, understanding the law, prosecuting fraudsters, cultivating alliances, appreciating foreign cultures, respecting career public servants and the military, and working with the other branches of government (all Harris and Biden virtues) don't matter, then you're basically just saying... hey... VOTE TRUMP cuz TV SHOWS RULEZ.
Harris will definitely do debates, and probably will give a couple press conferences in Sept./Oct., but personally, I wouldn't care if she didn't. Not in this climate. Screw the talking heads. Maddow & Hannity both! She should put it in her policy platform to reform the FCC... that media consolidation and the current ratings-based culture is too toxic and diminishes the office she serves. The degradation of the press in the last ten years has been abysmal. Perhaps she should just hold rallies, and afterward boycott all but local outlets to send a message.
Democratic voters are not entangled in a cult of Harris or Biden... we understand that they are just human beings who caught the right opportunities during the course-trajectory of a life in public service. We like who they are and what they've fought for, and the means in which they achieved upward mobility, but the reason you don't understand us is because you think the President should be an iconic symbol. Only the Office itself need be held in such high esteem, not the transitional individual who holds it for four or eight years.
I mean, Christ... do I have to remind everyone that Donald Trump's entry-level position in government service was as POTUS? Ridiculous nearly to the point of treason on behalf of majority of 16/20/24 primary voters. Probably not since Port Authority Chester A. Arthur has there been anyone with such a bizarre lack of qualification for the highest office, and Arthur only got there when Garfield was shot dead. MAGA voters are not serious citizens... they're children. I trust the judgement of illegal refugees fleeing from dictator Maduro in Venezuala over some dipshits with a Trump flag on the pickup truck creating a blind-spot in their rear-view mirror.
When Kamala wins, the J6 insurrectionists (including lawyers fabricating the "fake elector scheme") should be deported to Venezuala where they can finally live happily under a "rigged" leader they respect, and in-turn, the hardworking refugees of our border-states should receive amnesty and a path to citizenship. That's the American spirit.
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