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Subject: Re: [OT] What's next for Kamala Harris?
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 18:51:27 -0500
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On 11/15/2024 6:15 PM, shawn wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 18:02:34 -0500, moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> 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'...
>>
> 
> Given the situation I'm not sure who would have been a better
> candidate. There wasn't time for the full on campaign that one would
> normally have if an incumbent isn't running. So falling back to the VP
> seems an obvious choice. It's not to do with her skin color or gender
> but her position as being the closest to the President.

In hindsight, I think no one on the shelf could've beaten Trump.  The 
undecided portion of the electorate saw him (somehow) as a viable way to 
"throw the bums out".