Primary Topic
This episode critiques Kamala Harris's public speaking and political stances as she becomes the presumptive nominee for the 2024 presidential race.
Episode Summary
Main Takeaways
- Kamala Harris tends to repeat phrases in her speeches, which Knowles interprets as a lack of depth.
- Harris's communication style includes making overly simplistic or redundant statements.
- Knowles criticizes the superficiality he perceives in Harris's public persona and statements.
- The episode discusses the political implications of Harris's speaking style on her presidential campaign.
- Knowles uses humor and satire to underline his critiques of Harris.
Episode Chapters
1: Introduction
Michael Knowles introduces the episode's theme, focusing on Kamala Harris's public speaking. Michael Knowles: "Kamala Harris is the presumptive nominee for the remaining 100 some odd days in the 2024 presidential race."
2: Analyzing Speech Patterns
Knowles comments on Harris's repetitive speech patterns, suggesting a lack of substance. Michael Knowles: "Kamala does this thing where she just repeats the same sentence, like seven times."
3: Public Statements Dissected
The episode breaks down several public statements by Harris, critiquing their content and delivery. Kamala Harris: "I think that to be very honest with you, I do believe that we should have rightly believed, but we certainly believe that certain issues are just settled."
4: Political Implications
Discussion on the political and public perception impacts of Harris's communication style. Michael Knowles: "In the world of Kamala Harris, there is only the superficial. There is nothing deeper."
5: Conclusion
Knowles summarizes his views on Harris's suitability for presidency based on her public communications. Michael Knowles: "That's a great image of Kamala Harris right now."
Actionable Advice
- Be cautious of repetition in speech; it can dilute the message.
- Aim for clarity and depth in public communications to avoid superficiality.
- Understand the impact of public persona on political credibility.
- Use humor cautiously in political critique to engage but not alienate the audience.
- Critically analyze political statements to form informed opinions.
About This Episode
Watch as Michael Knowles tries not to laugh at a collection of hilarious Kamala Harris clips. See if you can make it further than Michael.
People
Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Stephen Colbert, Michael Knowles
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Silencer Shop, ExpressVPN, Ashley
Content Warnings:
None
Transcript
Michael Knowles
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Joe Biden
It's been the honor of my life to serve as your president. But this sacred task is not about me. It's about Kamala Harris.
Michael Knowles
Kamala Harris is the presumptive nominee for the remaining 100 some odd days in the 2024 presidential race. So we have dug up some of Kamala's most soaring orations to give you a little glimpse into a woman who could be president.
Kamala Harris
We've been to the border. So this whole thing about the border. We've been to the border. We've been to the border. You haven't been to the border, and I haven't been to Europe. And, I mean, I don't understand the point that you're making.
Michael Knowles
Kamala does this thing where she just repeats the same sentence, like seven times. Cause she doesn't have that much to say. Cause she doesn't really know anything. So she'll just. She has her line and she'll repeat it seven times. And this is very awkward when the line is not true. We have been to the border. We have been to the border. Lester, we have been to the border. Lester, why are you. We have been to the border.
Have you been to the border, though?
No.
What's your point? What are you talking about?
Not a good start.
Kamala Harris
I think that to be very honest with you, I do believe that we should have rightly believed, but we certainly believe that certain issues are just settled.
Certain issues are just settled.
Michael Knowles
Clearly, we're not.
Kamala Harris
No, that's right. And that's why I do believe that we are living, sadly, in real unsettled time.
Joe Biden
Is this some kind of sick joke?
Michael Knowles
Whenever someone says, to be honest with you, I'm gonna be honest with you. Let me be honest with you. That person is admitting that they are not regularly honest with you.
Stephen Colbert
You calling me a liar?
Michael Knowles
I ain't calling you a truther. The words that Kamala Harris utters don't even rise to the level of speech. They're just sounds that vaguely resemble speech.
Kamala Harris
So me think, why waste time say.
Michael Knowles
Lot word when few word do trick?
Kamala Harris
You think you just fell out of a coconut tree.
You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you.
Michael Knowles
This is actually a good point. This is the first good point I think I've ever heard Kamala Harris make. And she makes it in a way that's bizarre and off putting and ridiculous. You think you fell out of a coconut tree. But the point she's making is that we are born into a family, into a community, into a country, in a society that exists in history, in which we practice traditions and rituals. We don't just appear out of the ether. We're not just atomized individuals who pop into existence in a cloud somewhere or even outside of a cloud, you know, just in a vacuum. So that's the point she's making. She's actually making an oddly conservative, dare I say, Burkean point. But she's doing it in a really silly way. So everyone's just going to make fun of her for talking about coconut trees.
Kamala Harris
Good afternoon. I want to welcome these leaders for coming in to have this very important discussion about some of the most pressing issues of our time.
I am Kamala Harris. My pronouns are she and her. I am a woman sitting at the table wearing a blue suit.
Michael Knowles
The best part of this, obviously, is the blue suit.
The rest of it we've come to expect. It's very silly.
Kamala Harris
Hi, I'm Kamala Harris.
I am a woman.
The pronouns for a woman or she, her, you know, you have to explain all of these things that three year.
Michael Knowles
Olds knew intuitively until about five minutes ago. But then my favorite part is, and I'm wearing a blue suit.
Do you like my blue suit?
Nope. Now, why is she doing this? The liberals will tell you she's doing this in order to paint a picture for blind people. If you're blind, you can't tell what color suit she's wearing, so she wants to tell you that, but who cares? Why do the blind people, people need to know what color suit she's wearing. I would tell you to kiss my ass, too, but you probably can't find it, you blind mother. In the world of Kamala Harris, there is only the superficial. There is nothing deeper.
There are just appearances and accidents and superficial trivialities. It's all facade. But there's nothing behind the facade. It's just a desert.
It's like there's this big. It's not even that big. It's a semi impressive facade in front of an arid desert that contains nothing.
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Joe Biden
Putin has made up his mind, what leverage do you really have? Why not put those sanctions in place now?
Kamala Harris
Absolutely. We strongly believe. And remember also that the sanctions are a product not only of our perspective as the United States, but a shared perspective among our allies. And the allied relationship is such that we have agreed that the deterrence effect of these sanctions is still a meaningful one, especially because, remember also we still sincerely hope that there is a diplomatic path out of this moment.
But within the context of a diplomatic path still being open, the deterrence effect, we believe has merit.
Michael Knowles
Okay, so what she's saying here is not so much silly as it is needlessly wordy. All she needed to say was, we're instituting these sanctions because we want to deter Putin, and we think that our strategy will be successful at deterring Putin. What makes the clip ridiculous is that the day after Kamala Harris made this gobbledygook, word salad for the reporter, Putin invaded into Ukraine. So it, uh.
It didn't work. You have failed.
She could have saved us all 75 minutes or however long that interminable address was. Uh, it didn't work.
Stephen Colbert
In those debates, you landed haymakers on Joe Biden. I mean, they were. His teeth were like chiclets all over the stage. And now I believe you, that you're fully supportive of him. How does that transition happen? How do you go from being such a passionate opponent on such bedrock principles for you and now you guys seem to be pals.
Kamala Harris
It was a debate.
Stephen Colbert
Not everybody landed punches like you did, though.
Kamala Harris
It was a debate.
Stephen Colbert
So you don't mean it.
Kamala Harris
That the whole reason. Literally, it was a debate. It was called a debate. I understand travel to the debate.
Michael Knowles
I remember this when it happened, but good. On Colbert, he was trying to help her out. He said, look, there's this obvious question here. Your whole campaign, inasmuch as you had a campaign, was about how Joe Biden's a big racist and kept you off a school bus when you were a little kid because you're black. So, you know, that's. That's pretty rough. That's a little more than Joe and I disagree on tax policy. So how are you pals now? You said, he's a horrible racist who kept you out of. Tried to keep you out of school.
Tell me about how you came together.
Kamala Harris
It was a debate, and she has no answer.
Michael Knowles
She goes, ha ha ha.
It's a debate.
Kamala Harris
Ha.
Michael Knowles
Debate, debate.
So then he has to go where she's going. I mean, she led herself into this really bad position where he says, so you didn't mean it.
Joe Biden
Okay, hold on. Let me just stop you right there, okay?
Michael Knowles
First you lied, right? Then you lied about lying. Okay? Then you lied about lying about lying.
Stop lying. Your big attack during your brief presidential campaign that Joe Biden was a racist, that was just fake. You were just lying. Why should we believe anything you have to say now? Colbert didn't say that last part, but that was implied. And what does Kamala respond?
Ha ha. Debate. Debate, debate, debate. What happened, Steven? You fall out of a coconut tree? I did not feel like I fell out of a coconut tree after watching those clips. I'm Michael Knowles. See you next time.
I'm slightly mad.
Stephen Colbert
Oh, dear.
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