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angrychair

(12,501 posts)
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 11:01 PM Aug 2024

Are you Black?

That is, in essence, what Dana Bash had the nerve to ask the VP.
All this BS about how important doing an interview with the news media is to help people understand her policy position on things and instead we got a dump truck full of bullshit. The news media completely validated why they are being ignored.

Q: I want to ask you about what Trump said last month. He suggested that you ‘happened to turn Black,’ questioning a core part of your identity

Vice President Harris: Same old tired playbook. Next question please

Q: That's it?

Vice President Harris: That's it


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barbtries

(31,350 posts)
1. the point of asking such a stupid question?
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 11:10 PM
Aug 2024

i wish Kamala had said, "And you wonder why I don't sit for interviews." or "Do you think that statement makes sense or has any validity whatsoever? Do we not have more important things to discuss?"

FFS Bash should be embarrassed.

True Dough

(27,298 posts)
3. "That's it?"
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 11:12 PM
Aug 2024

"You're not going to say something equally vicious and retaliatory to get me a huge ratings boost and a viral clip?"

SunSeeker

(58,374 posts)
13. I once heard that nobody over 30 is natural blonde.
Fri Aug 30, 2024, 01:07 AM
Aug 2024

So far in my experience, that is certainly the case.

DFW

(60,429 posts)
16. In my experience, there is such a person
Fri Aug 30, 2024, 02:14 AM
Aug 2024

But she has been a rare exception in a lot of ways, not just hair.

17. I lived in Finland for a year...
Fri Aug 30, 2024, 04:47 AM
Aug 2024

Lots of blonds over thirty there.

Sweden too when I visited.

My mother-in-law is of Swedish & Polish descent (2nd generation) and was blond until she went grey well after thirty.

Just my experiences.

SunSeeker

(58,374 posts)
18. Dana Bash isn't from Finland.
Fri Aug 30, 2024, 06:59 AM
Aug 2024

Or Sweden. Or Poland. She's a bottle blonde, like Trump and Ivanka.

 

DeepWinter

(931 posts)
19. Well
Fri Aug 30, 2024, 07:06 AM
Aug 2024

I live in North Dakota. Plenty of natural age 30+ blonds here with the Scandinavian heritage.

SunSeeker

(58,374 posts)
21. How come Scandinavians are so conservative in North Dakota but not in Scandinavian countries?
Fri Aug 30, 2024, 07:16 AM
Aug 2024

teran

(58 posts)
7. The look on her face...
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 11:19 PM
Aug 2024

She was waiting for that BS question (or something similar) and, like the brilliant attorney she is, she was prepared. Just because the media decided to treat tfg's idiocy like it is normal politics doesn't mean she has to. Or the rest of us either.

DET

(2,600 posts)
9. I almost feel sorry for Dana Bash...
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 11:32 PM
Aug 2024

…having to ask such an insulting question. This is what we’ve been reduced to.

mucholderthandirt

(1,791 posts)
20. Don't waste your time. She's fully onboard with the agenda, and always has been.
Fri Aug 30, 2024, 07:13 AM
Aug 2024

Bash got her ass handed back to her more than once, from the clips I've seen. Good. It's time Dems started hitting back in these interviews. They go low, we kick them in the teeth.

Just from what I've seen -- and the moaning on CNN -- Harris beat the crap out of Bash and so did Walz. They handled every question I've seen with grace and concise, hard-hitting answers.

Once again, we own the narrative. The best Trump has is something about wind power stopping people from eating bacon. And Stefanik screeching about how Harris is an insult to all women. Well, I'm not insulted. I'm damned proud of her and even saying she'd put a Republican in her cabinet hasn't changed that. I guess this is that Adam guy's payback. Urgh.

ecstatic

(35,134 posts)
10. Exactly! They are a joke. Any future interviews should be with
Thu Aug 29, 2024, 11:35 PM
Aug 2024

Rachel or Nicolle. That's it.

FuzzyRabbit

(2,218 posts)
12. TV pundits and interviewers
Fri Aug 30, 2024, 12:14 AM
Aug 2024

What I have come to realize is that nearly all TV pundits know less about civics and current events than informed citizens. What they do know is how to fix their hair, apply makeup, read from a teleprompter and sound as if they know what they are talking about.


DFW

(60,429 posts)
15. What Bash was really saying, and what the response really meant
Fri Aug 30, 2024, 02:09 AM
Aug 2024

“I have to throw Donald Trump a bone here, so if you don’t mind, I’m going to be a stupid Republican for a moment.”

And Harris answered with: “Go ahead, make a fool of yourself if that’s what you’ve been told to do. I’m under no such obligation.”

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