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That was good but what was the thing Fauxers hammered him about struggling to load his gun? Or was that just bullshit?

 

It was bullshit

 

I don't use semi-auto shotguns for precisely that reason - they are a pain to unload.

 

This is good.

Opinion | Why Isn’t Kamala Harris Running Away With the Election?

The public conversation on the Democratic side of things is dominated by highly educated urban progressives who work in academia, the media, the activist groups and so on. These folks have a highly developed and self-confident worldview — a comprehensive critique of American society. The only problem is that this worldview is rejected by most Americans, who don’t share the critique. The more the Democrats embrace the priesthood’s orthodoxy, the more it loses working-class voters, including Hispanic and Black working-class voters.

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Harris clearly understands the problem. She has tried to run her campaign to show she is in tune with majority opinions. In a classic 2018 More in Common report, only 45 percent of the most liberal group in the survey said they were proud to be American. But Harris festooned her convention with patriotic symbols to the rafters. She’s now explicitly running on the theme: country before party.

But in just the few months she has had to campaign, Harris can’t turn around the Democratic Party’s entire identity. Plus, her gestures have all been stylistic; she hasn’t challenged Democratic orthodoxy on any substantive issue. Finally, candidates no longer have the ultimate power over what the party stands for. The priesthood — the people who dominate the national conversation — has the power.

 

Frankly, if she really owned the week and owned Bret Baier, I would expect the gap to stop dwindling. And from everything I see, the gap is dwindling.

Once again, if she wins popular vote by 3 points, that's roughly equivalent to an electoral-college tie.

 

“The adviser suggested The Shade Report—which has many young, Black viewers and readers—instead interview the rapper Waka Flocka Flame … ”

 

Most Americans are fucking morons who can’t handle being told something that runs counter to their beliefs, to be fair. In that regard, Trump is exactly like them.

 

Nah. The next time David Brooks is correct about something will be the first.

 

Opinion | Why Republicans Are Surging (Published 2022)

 

Alma Stanning a David Brooks column is perfectly on-brand.

 

How do you see evidence of a gap dwindling from owning a week when it’s still in the same week?