Kamala Speech Burdened Us By What She
Has Been
Posted By: Dreadnought, 8/23/2024 10:20:24 AM
Last night, Kamala Harris repeatedly asserted that she would "chart a new course," or "chart a new way forward." For that, one would expect a chart or two. Harris competently delivered a well-received but nearly substance-free acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. At 37 minutes, give or take, it ran long enough for the occasion without tiring the audience, in the hall or on television. And mirablile dictu, we never got the ubiquitous Harris incantation, "what we can be, unburdened by what has been." Which in this case was rather ironic, since at least a third or more of Harris' speech was devoted to what has been -- her "personal story."
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