Friday, October 18, 2024
Is Kam BO without the banking crisis?
Is Kam BO without the banking crisis? - American Thinker https://t.co/jEEtCbCU9U
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Is Kam BO without the banking crisis?
We hear that VP Kamala Harris is desperately trying to save the blue wall, keeping those states in the Democrat column. It’s a sign of weakness, an indication that VP Harris is not persuading Hispanics or African Americans, especially men.
Let’s check the story:
With three weeks left in the presidential campaign, Democrat Kamala Harris is spending most of her days trying to shore up support in the “blue wall” states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin as she tries to avoid a repeat of Hillary Clinton’s collapse there eight years ago.
The vice president campaigned at a hockey rink on Monday in Erie, Pennsylvania, where she denounced Republican candidate Donald Trump as “unhinged.” She visited an art gallery in Detroit with actors Don Cheadle, Delroy Lindo and Cornelius Smith. Jr. on Tuesday, then recorded a radio town hall with Charlamagne tha God.
On Wednesday, Harris was back in Pennsylvania to stress allegiance to the Constitution as she stood just steps from the banks of the Delaware River, where George Washington crossed with his troops in a pivotal moment of the Revolutionary War.
Her pace doesn’t let up for the rest of the week. Harris is expected to hold three events in Wisconsin on Thursday, including a meet-and-greet with students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and three more in Michigan on Friday. She then campaigns in Detroit on Saturday.
Okay, we get it. Blue ain’t as blue as they thought.
Maybe there is a larger problem. Kam doesn’t have the luck of Barack.
Back in 2008, many of us didn’t think that then Senator Obama was ready to be president. In fact, I thought that the election was over after watching Senator McCain totally outperform Senator Obama in their first debate, the one about national security.
Then we got hit by a banking crisis that froze the campaign and put the GOP under the microscope. President George W. Bush had to make tough decisions. Senator McCain had to take tough votes. Senator Obama just sat in the corner and said “hope and change”.
It worked and an empty suit was elected president.
VP Harris is not so lucky, even if many in the media are out to protect her. She won’t have that banking crisis to freeze the campaign. Also, she is now “the insider” and can’t sit in the corner and blame others.
So Kam is in trouble and wondering why Obama got all the lucky breaks.
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We remember the great Chuck Berry (1926-2017)
Many of us learned of Chuck Berry when we heard The Beatles, Rolling Stones or other British bands record covers of his songs.
I remember asking the question: Who is that fellow Berry who wrote “Rock and roll music” or “Carol” or “Reeling and rocking”.
In 1972, I saw Chuck Berry in concert and I became a huge fan.
We remember Chuck Berry who was born in St. Louis on this day in 1926 . He died in 2017.
We remember Barbara Billingsley (1915-2010)
Like many of you, I grew up watching “Leave it to Beaver”. I still love the reruns and watch them whenever I have the time.
The day Reggie became Mr. October
(My new American Thinker post)
Yes, I remember watching this: it was game 6 of the 1977 World Series. Reggie Jackson hit three HR in a row off three different pitchers: Burt Hooton, Elias Sosa, and Charlie Hough. And then he became Mr. October! This is the story:
"Legendary ABC play-by-play man Keith Jackson set the scene as Reggie Jackson stepped to the plate in the bottom of the eighth of Game 6 of the 1977 World Series.
“Reggie Jackson has seen two pitches in the strike zone tonight. Two. And he’s hit them both in the seats,” Jackson said on the night of Oct. 18, 1977. A 10-second pause followed as the capacity crowd at Yankee Stadium cheered New York’s right fielder. Then, Dodgers pitcher Charlie Hough went into his windup and delivered.
“High…” Keith Jackson said as he began to describe the ball that Jackson smashed to center field.
But that was all he could manage before his broadcast partner, Howard Cosell, excitedly interrupted him.
“Goodbye! Oh, what a blow! What a way to top it off!” Cosell yelled as the ball bounced off the black-painted batter’s eye and into a fan’s waiting hands. “Forget about who the Most Valuable Player is in the World Series. How this man has responded to pressure.”
Those were the days. Keith Jackson calling a baseball game and Howard Cosell always sharing his thoughts. How do you beat that?
1977 was Jackson's first year with the Yankees: .286 BA, 32 HR & 110 RBI and a great post season. Overall, Jackson hit .357 with 10 HR & 24 RBI in 27 World Series games with Oakland and New York.
I remember watching this game with mixed feelings. On one hand, I always appreciate players from any sport doing something historic. On the other hand, I did not really like Jackson because he was a "hot dog" as we called them back then. He was also a hot dog who hit massive home runs, especially when I was cheering for the Orioles against the A's in the ALCS or against the Yankees in those late 1970s AL East pennant races. It just seemed that Jackson would figure out some way of killing my team. So I hated him in that sort of way that baseball fans hate the big bat on the other team.
My hatred for Jackson is now long game. So I just smile now watching those old videos of Reggie circling the bases and loving every accolade coming from the crowd. Yes, no one loved attention more than Jackson. Unlike others, this Jackson earned each one even if at times you'd wish our pitcher would nail him in the back the next time he batted.