Scott Adams, in the first segment of his recent Coffee show (#2052), speculates that VP Kamala Harris comes off so badly because she has a fear of public speaking, and uses alcohol to get through it — which is why she often seems drunk. She is!

He confesses to having been initially impressed by her in the primaries because of her interrogation techniques. She was fine as a prosecutor, blaming people; she was fine in Senate hearings, blaming people. But it’s the only public speaking she can do well: blaming people.

She needs to drink to get through the rest.

Seems plausible.

But back in the primary days I was impressed with Kamala Harris too — but not for any of her putative excellences, but because she ticked off the boxes that DNC power players require: she was darker skinned but not African-American (big plus for several reasons); she was a woman, of course; she was a ruthless prosecutor with no sense of justice; she mouthed stupid enough shibboleths of a socialistic nature that could rally Democrats, who are almost invariably stupid about socialism. But mainly she was corruptible.

She seemed more Hillary than Hillary!

That, I figured, was why she would get ahead. I predicted that she would win the field.

But she didn’t. She, being unlovable, was unloved by Democratic partisans.

But she did get ahead, for Biden and his team saw her checked boxes, and bit, placing her on the ticket.

And the rest is history.

Glug glug.

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