Kamala Harris and the ‘Flashy Thing’
In the film “Men in Black,” a pen-like device causes people to forget everything they have seen and heard. Actor Will Smith calls it a “flashy thing.”
It appears the media and Democrats are metaphorically using a similar device, hoping voters will forget everything Vice President Kamala Harris has said and done in the past – even the recent past – and accept that what she is saying today are her true beliefs, even when they contradict previous statements and supposed “convictions.”
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Not that the media need any help in following their largely leftist biases, which have usually favored Democrats and progressives, but their already low approval numbers won’t be helped by this story from semafor.com: “(Harris) has invited a parade of prominent television anchors and media executives to dine with her at the Naval Observatory, given personal tours of her garden to journalists from diverse backgrounds, and shaped trips to do media appearances with the outlets serving Democratic-leaning groups the White House refers to as ‘coalition media.”
Coalition media? Sounds Orwellian, as in “group think.”
There is so much the media and Harris’ fellow Democrats want to forget she said and did that the flashy thing might need to