Ah, yes. Failed Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Kamala Harris, appeared on failed late-night show host Stephen Colbert’s show on Thursday.
A match made in failure.
It went as awkwardly as you can imagine, with Harris tossing her usual word salads and repeating her old talking points.
Harris announced she wouldn’t run for California governor. Colbert asked her if she planned to save herself “for a different office,” trying to force her to admit she’ll run for president in 2028.
Well, Harris said no because the system is broken:
No. It’s, it’s more, perhaps basic than that. I am, listen, I am a devout public servant. I have spent my entire career in service of the people, and I thought a lot about running for governor. I love my state. I love California. I’ve served as just elected District Attorney, Attorney General, and Senator.But to be very candid with you, I, you know, when I was a young, young in my career, I had to defend my decision to become a prosecutor with my family, and one of the points that I made is, why is it then, when we think we want to improve a system or change it, that we’re always on the outside, on bended knee or trying to break down the door? Shouldn’t we also be inside the system?And that has been my career and recently I made the decision that I just for now I don’t want to go back in the system. I think it’s broken. I think it’s, there’s so much, I mean, there are so many good people who are public servants, who do such good work, teachers and firefighters and police officers and nurses and scientists, scientists, and so it’s not about them, but, you know, I believe, and I always believed, that as fragile as our democracy is our systems would be strong enough to defend our most fundamental principles.And I think right now that they’re not as strong as they need to be, and I just don’t want to, for now, I don’t want to go back in the system. I want to, I want to travel the country. I want to listen to people. I want to talk with people, and I don’t want it to be transactional, where I’m asking for their vote.
Well, first of all, we live in a republic. Any sane person would know that democracy is awful.
Secondly…what?! A bunch of words to say nothing. How is it broken? What are our fundamental principles to you?
Colbert steered the conversation to her book, which covers her 107-day presidential campaign, because who doesn’t love a book about failure?
Colbert isn’t even hiding his bias anymore. I can’t blame him. You know your show is canceled, so why not go all in:
COLBERT: Well, I gotta say, I gotta say, I want to, I want to, I want to talk about the book. But just to go back to what you just said, is that I have to say, as someone who is very qualified for the presidency, a senator, Attorney General of California, Vice President, United States, and then, and then, I’m very hopeful and dynamic presidential candidate for the 107 days that you had to run, to hear you say that it’s broken, to hear you say that our systems aren’t strong enough, is harrowing…HARRIS: Well, but it’s also evident, isn’t it?COLBERT: No, no, it is, it’s harrowing…HARRIS: But it doesn’t mean we give up. That’s not my point.COLBERT: Because that’s what I’m hearing, like, you don’t want to be part of the fight.
It’s broken because you lost despite blowing through $1 billion on such a short campaign?
I think not. You lost because you suck, Harris. Even if you had great ideas, you cannot communicate as you have shown during this interview.
Even in a friendly setting, Harris cannot dictate a coherent thought.
Harris continued withthe skill of not being able to communicate with her answer, repeating the word power. I thought to myself, “I’ve heard this before…”
Yeah, it’s basically Harris’s concession speech.
No, oh, absolutely not. I’m always going to be part of the fight. That is not going to, absolutely going to be part of the fight.But I think that we have to acknowledge and agree that, I mean, look, the power is with the people. That is, that has always been the ideal and, or I say, the strength of our nation, of America, that we believe fundamentally the power is with the people. We the people, and we the people, and I believe right now that it is important to do what I can do from the positions that I have held and what I have seen about the world and our country, to get out there and remind everyone who needs reminding right now of their power.It is our government. It is our country, and it is important, I think, that in this moment where people have become so deflated and despondent and afraid and afraid that those of us who have the ability, which I do right now, not being in an office where I’m campaigning for that office, to be out there and to talk with folks and remind them of their power and their importance in making a difference.I mean, I just, I just want to put a fine point on this. You can never let anybody take your power from you. You can never let anybody take your power from you. And that’s what I think for me, that’s what I’d like to remind folks.
I have to give her credit. The confidence she exudes while blabbing about God knows what is fierce.
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