DOUBLE STANDARD: ‘Joyful’ and ‘Happy’ Harris-Walz Vs. ‘Dark’ and ‘Dangerous’ Trump-Vance

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by Geoffrey Dickens

The leftist press has been laying it on thick in hyping the Kamala Harris-Tim Walz ticket. It wasn’t just at the DNC (see here). It’s been going on for well over a month.

Network and cable anchors, reporters and hosts celebrated the “joyful” “jubilation” surrounding the Harris nomination, and whipped-up excitement for the selection of “folksy” “football coach” Walz. Some even dared to sell Harris as a Democratic version of Ronald Reagan. Former MSNBC host Chris Matthews crawled out of retirement to compare Harris to John Wayne. 

Meanwhile, the Trump-Vance ticket was derided as the “weird” “dark” and “dangerous” threat to democracy.

The following are the most egregious examples of leftist journalists holding up the Harris-Walz ticket, while trashing Trump-Vance over the last month:

DNC Was “Joyful” and “Happy,” RNC Felt Like a “Weighted Blanket” 

“People wanted to be a part of it [DNC]….The jubilation is also around a candidate and around a party….people are hungry. I think they’re exhausted by all the negativity and the hate and the heaviness, and they want to be joyful in solving the country’s problems….Whereas in Milwaukee [RNC], every night I felt like when we left the set….like a weighted blanket. Four days in Chicago is a completely different experience….Democrats are….happy, they’re excited….They have rocketed out of Chicago ready, willing, and able to push Kamala Harris over the finish line.”
— Washington Post associate editor/PBS contributor Jonathan Capehart on PBS NewsHour, August 23. 

Harris Is Throwing a “No-Hitter” 

“The trend is heavily towards Harris, and it’s rushing towards Harris in recent weeks. The Vice President at this point throwing the equivalent of a no-hitter in the first three weeks of her campaign.”
— MSNBC host Jonathan Lemire on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, August 12.

Democratic Ticket More Like “Reagan” Than Trump-Vance 

“There’s a lot more kind of sunny Reagan about the Democratic ticket at the moment than there is about the Republican ticket.”
— BBC correspondent Katty Kay on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, August 8.

“Patriotism Fully Reclaimed” at DNC

“Being in this arena last night, the flags got bigger as the night went along. So, everyone had a small flag in their hand to wave for the speech, and then they brought out the big flags for Kamala Harris’ speech. Chants of ‘USA!’ Patriotism fully reclaimed.”
— Co-host Willie Geist on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, August 26.

“Joyful” Democrats Vs. “Frightening” “Weird” “Dark” Republicans

“We begin tonight with joy. No, not–not me, Joy, but the feeling joy. The joy felt by Americans backing the Harris/Walz ticket. A joy that is palpable and pervasive, as illustrated by the massive crowds greeting VP Harris and Governor Walz at their rallies in Wisconsin and Michigan, today. It feels like we’re experiencing another 2008 Obama moment, the energy, the excitement, the enthusiasm. It feels fun. Imagine that. American politics. Joyful again. It’s the tale of two tickets. One radiates joy. The other is dour and, frankly, frightening.”
— Host Joy Reid on MSNBC’s The ReidOut, August 7. 

Former Senator/MSNBC analyst Claire McCaskill: “The Democrats are having fun, and it’s about joy and opportunity and freedom. And the other side is about, you know, cat ladies and electrocuting boats.”…
Host Jonathan Lemire: “And ‘weird’ is the word Democrats have fixated on the last ten days, but it’s also, it’s really dark. It’s a dark image of America that Donald Trump and JD Vance are putting forward.”
— MSNBC’s Morning Joe, July 31. 

Christian Voters “Fed Up” with Trump’s “Hateful Vision”

“Not all Christians are the Evangelical white dudes with main character energy from The Handmaid’s Tale, but this most surprising election does keep delivering surprises….Christians for Kamala, had a Zoom meeting that included leaders from several progressive groups urging supporters to get behind Harris and Walz. Call it divine intervention, or perhaps lots of Christians are just getting fed up with being associated with the hateful vision of Donald Trump.”
— Host Joy Reid on MSNBC’s The ReidOut, August 14.

Berman Really Reaching, Suggests Vance Mocked Suicide 

“Last night after CNN released a small clip of the Harris interview, you, on Twitter, posted a clip from a Miss Teen USA beauty pageant from 2007, Caitlin Upton and you wrote, ‘I have gotten a hold of the full Kamala Harris-CNN interview.’ Now, this thing that surfaced around the internet for a few years she had, you know, she had, you know, struggled answering a question back in this beauty pageant. I’m not sure you’re aware in 2015, Caitlin Upton, did an interview in New York Magazine about all the social media attention this clip got, and she said, ‘I definitely went through a period where I was very, very depressed, but I never let anybody see that stuff except for people I could trust. I had some very dark moments where I thought about committing suicide.’ So, when you posted this last night, were you aware that the woman you are posting a picture of had contemplated committing suicide for the attention that it received?…Would you like to apologize to Caitlin Upton for posting that last night given what you’ve now learned?”
— Host John Berman to J.D. Vance on CNN News Central, August 30.

Gayle King Zinging In Those Hardball Questions

“Let’s talk about the rave reviews that Governor Walz seems to be getting from all spectrums of your party. You’ve got Nancy Pelosi on one side, Joe Manchin, we have the progressives on the left. What does this mean, what does this say? It’s been a long time since we’ve seen this kind of reaction.”
— Co-host Gayle King to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on CBS Mornings, August 7.

Washington Post Reporter Urges White House to Censor Elon Musk, So Much for “Democracy Dies in Darkness” 

“Elon Musk is slated to interview Donald Trump….tonight on X. I don’t know if the President is going to — feel free to say if he is or not — but I think that misinformation on Twitter is not just a campaign issue. It’s a — you know, it’s an America issue. What role does the White House or the President have….sort of stopping that or stopping the spread of that or sort of intervening in that?”
— Washington Post White House reporter Cleve Wootson to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on August 12. 

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The rules should be that you should never vote for anyone supported by the M.S. Media Bottom Feeders especially the NYT,s CNN Etc.

The United States has never seen this level of propaganda. This rivals World War II levels. Clearly, they all realize this campaign is so useless, worthless and incompetent, all precepts of even coverage and fairness is just flushed down the shitter!