Bubble Girl

Hermetically Sealed Harris

Two weeks into the Kamala for President lark and it’s clear that the Democrats replaced one basement campaign for another.

You know it’s bad when a partisan hack like Chris Cillizza is pointing out that the newly minted 2024 Democrat nominee has done zero interviews and zero press conferences since her “historic” campaign began.

Now, I get it. I do.

Kamala Harris cannot speak extemporaneously without spinning a word salad. The woman gets lost on her way to a point, even if the point is “I’m happy that the American prisoners were released.”

No. Kamala can’t do that. Instead, she prattles on trying to sound smarter than she is, which is why “How do you feel” about the prisoners getting released prompted this kind of meandering answer:

This is an extraordinary day. And I’m very thankful for our president and what he has done over his entire career but, in particular, as it relates to these families and these individuals; what he has been able to do to bring the allies together on many issues but, in particular, this one.

This is just an extraordinary testament to the importance of having a president who understands the power of diplomacy and understands the strength that rests in understanding the significance of diplomacy and strengthening alliances.

This — it’s an incredible day. And I got to see it in the families and in their eyes and in their cries.

On the plus side, at least she didn’t toss in “the significance of the passing of time,” “unburdened by what has been,” or her favorite phrase: “in terms of.”

Over at PatriotRetort.com, I frequently chronicled Kamala’s overuse of the phrase “In terms of.” In off-the-cuff remarks to the US Women’s Soccer team at the White House in 2022, Kamala used “in terms of” 11 times, sometimes using it more than once in a single sentence.

Like this:

Obviously, you all have been champions, in terms of your skill and your dominance in terms of women’s soccer, but we are here today because you also have been leaders on an issue that affects most women and has affected most women in the workforce, and it’s the issue of pay equity.

And this:

And so, that meant that you wouldn’t have to — even though you filed as individuals, in terms of the lawsuit, that, in terms of your advocacy and the fight for equal pay, you knew that you weren’t alone.

And my personal favorite:

And I know many of us watched it from afar, saw the images of, you know, the difference in terms of locker rooms and — and the equipment, in terms of — yeah.

The stakes are much higher in a presidential election, so you can understand why Team Kamala would rather keep their girl in a bubble than risk incoherent nonsense like that.

The Biden campaign had a built-in excuse for keeping Joe locked in the basement in 2020. The guy was nearly 80 which placed him in the high-risk category for COVID. Team Kamala can’t use the same excuse. They could argue that they’re keeping her in a bubble to minimize her exposure to E. Coli infection from a tainted batch of word salad but that wouldn’t be as convincing.

No. Team Harris knows Kamala’s approval rating plummets whenever she opens her mouth. That’s why they’re keeping her under wraps.

Oh, damn.

I just glanced down at the Grammarly bubble and saw how many flags it threw up thanks to the direct quotes from Kamala Harris. Sorry, Grammarly. It can’t be helped. When you quote Kamala Harris, grammatical errors come with the territory … in terms of the significance. Just grade my column on what can be, unburdened by where Kamala’s been.

When Kamala threatened to attend the ABC News debate even without Trump, I laughed myself silly.

Does anyone believe that this woman could spend 90 minutes speaking without a script? I hope she goes through with it if for no other reason than to hand the Trump campaign tons of embarrassing video clips.

Last week, The Hill spoke to some Democrat strategists about Team Kamala’s strategy of keeping their nominee in a hermetically sealed bubble.

While most warned that Kamala would eventually have to answer questions about her agenda, one thought the Bubble Girl strategy was brilliant. She told The Hill that Kamala didn’t need to do interviews or press conferences. Instead, the campaign should only trot her out at rallies to read prepared remarks while her team releases press statements to generate media buzz.

That would only work if the sugar high that followed Biden’s withdrawal from the race doesn’t wear off. If the sugar high ends, voters will wonder why Harris hasn’t emerged from her bubble to make the case for herself and defend her record.

With polls showing that Independents fear a Kamala presidency will deliver the same disastrous policies that Joe Biden saddled us with, keeping Kamala locked in her bubble will do nothing to ease their concerns.

Meanwhile, in the absence of new embarrassing soundbites, Republicans have been posting video clips of Classic Kamala Word Salads, including a 13-second clip of her cackling as she tells an audience that they “have to stay woke.”

No matter what the media may claim, Kamala Harris is not Barack Obama. She is neither polished nor personable and does not possess Obama’s soaring rhetorical skills. She is an awkward, insecure political lightweight who speaks to voters like they’re children.

Even Joe Biden, hidden away in his basement in 2020, gave interviews via Zoom. Eventually, voters will wonder why Kamala is kept on an even tighter leash than the guy with dementia.

While some voters are clueless nitwits who are easily won over by empty calories, most voters expect substance from someone running to be President of the United States, especially as our economy flounders on the brink of recession and the Middle East teeters on the brink of war.

The Bubble Girl strategy only works if your candidate spent the last 18 months getting thoroughly vetted during a primary season before securing the nomination. Kamala Harris nabbed the nomination, not because primary voters overwhelmingly supported her but because the DNC installed her. In this instance, a Bubble Girl strategy will only make Kamala look even more condescending and entitled than she already does.

Celebrities whose lives are largely unaffected by a bad economy might be okay with condescending entitlement in a presidential nominee. Voters in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, on the other hand? Probably not.