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Subject: Re: [OT] What's next for Kamala Harris?
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 16:07:58 -0500
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On 11/15/2024 3:59 PM, Rhino wrote:
> Has anyone heard anything about what Harris is going to be doing after 
> January 20, 2025?
> 
> She's going to be out of a job. I know her husband is a successful 
> lawyer so I'm sure they're not going to be homeless but I can't see her 
> retiring either. That would be too much like an admission of failure or 
> irrelevance.
> 
> One commentator raised the possibility of her running AGAIN in 2028 but 
> that seems improbable in the extreme. She'd need a makeover of a 
> lifetime to make her a viable candidate or even just a likeable non- 
> viable candidate.
> 
> I've heard that both MSNBC and CNN are for sale - or at least 
> implementing severe salary cutbacks - so that lessens her chance of 
> getting a lucrative gig there as a host or co-host. Besides, those would 
> be something of a step down in status from having been VP and a 
> presidential candidate of a major party. But maybe she'd swallow her 
> pride and take a gig at ABC, CBS or NBC.
> 
> I'm going to be VERY surprised if she doesn't get a book deal of some 
> kind for her memoirs. I'm going to be astonished if it sells a lot of 
> copies.
> 
> I'm thinking the ideal job for her would be to be the host of a series 
> of educational videos for elementary school age children. She is a 
> master of talking to everyone as if they are 4 years old but she 
> couldn't possibly teach at any level because she can't think on her feet 
> or adapt to changing situations, which are common in teaching, so giving 
> her hosting duties where every word is scripted would seem right up her 
> alley.
> 
> Failing that, maybe her old McDonalds could give her some shifts?

Part of the reason Harris lost is that she's not interesting enough to 
warrant even this sort of grave-dancing, much less a book or TV slot.