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From: moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] What's next for Kamala Harris?
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 18:02:34 -0500
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On 11/15/2024 5:00 PM, Rhino wrote:
> On 2024-11-15 4:07 PM, moviePig wrote:
>> 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.
>>
> 
> A bit of sour grapes? You guys chose her! Maybe you should pick your 
> next candidate with criteria other than skin colour and gender....

'Sour grapes'?  I think the applicable vernacular is 'dead horse'...