Joe names Kamala Harris as his running mate. Given his age and infirmity, it’s very likely she will take over as president, sooner or later. Interesting pick. Had been favourite, until last few days when the odds shifted to Susan Rice. Both have their issues. Kamala’s are flip-floppingness.
ADDED: NYT says she’s a moderate pick… but Harris is no moderate. Her pursuit of power and Kevin Williamson On Kamala Harris.
ADDED (13 August): Just one example of prosecutorial misconduct. Blocking exculpatory evidence:
Here is Lara Bazelon, director of the Criminal Juvenile Justice and Racial Justice Clinical Programs, in the New York Times, writing when Harris was only a primary candidate about a particularly appalling case involving the moderate pragmatist from California:
Consider her record as San Francisco’s district attorney from 2004 to 2011. Ms. Harris was criticized in 2010 for withholding information about a police laboratory technician who had been accused of “intentionally sabotaging” her work and stealing drugs from the lab. After a memo surfaced showing that Ms. Harris’s deputies knew about the technician’s wrongdoing and recent conviction, but failed to alert defense lawyers, a judge condemned Ms. Harris’s indifference to the systemic violation of the defendants’ constitutional rights.
Ms. Harris contested the ruling by arguing that the judge, whose husband was a defense attorney and had spoken publicly about the importance of disclosing evidence, had a conflict of interest. Ms. Harris lost. More than 600 cases handled by the corrupt technician were dismissed.
Link.
Clearly these are all National Review articles I’m quoting (apart from the one NYT article), but that’s deliberate because the NYT, the Washington Post, the CNN, etc views, are out there and dominating the narrative about Harris, and what a wonderful choice she is. So this is a bit of balance.
All I’m getting on my Google News feed -- allegedly neutral -- is stuff from CNN, WaPo, NYT and the Guardian. And they’re all on the same point, about how wonderful Kamala is. I don’t think so. But then I’m biased. But then, so are you. And so is all the MSM..... good luck and goodnight.
