To the editor: I learn Jonah Goldberg’s column each week, for I seek for varied factors of view that create a clearer view of the political panorama. That mentioned, I take nice displeasure along with his perspective and wordsmithing. (“That is why Kamala Harris is avoiding the press — and getting away with it,” Opinion, Aug. 6)
President Biden is “cantankerous” and “senescent”? Are we not all growing older?
On July 21, Biden declared he wouldn’t be a candidate. Within the first few days of August, sufficient delegate votes ensured Vice President Kamala Harris could be the Democratic nominee and she or he chosen Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her operating mate. Instantly, Goldberg and different members of his tribe are screaming for an “aggressive” press to problem her.
However bear in mind, Harris remains to be vice chairman and Biden remains to be president for an additional six months. Aside from Jan. 6, 2021, did former Vice President Mike Pence ever saunter past the guardrails that former President Trump established? After all not.
“I don’t just like the press’ sudden love affair with Harris,” Goldberg writes. However it is a honeymoon of solely three weeks, whereas Trump declared his run for president in November 2022.
Paul Milberg, Oak Park
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To the editor: Goldberg raises an essential however maybe uncomfortable level in his column.
The press didn’t settle for Biden’s teleprompter appearances after the June 28 debate as proof of his competence to marketing campaign, however immediately the media are completely effective with Harris completely chatting with mass rallies from a podium.
The press demanded information conferences and interviews to find out if Biden was nonetheless as much as the job. Harris ought to be held to the identical commonplace.
She has been phenomenal studying from the teleprompter to raucous applause from her most devoted followers, however many People nonetheless know little about what a Harris presidency would entail.
Democrats could also be snug with the present technique, however a slim minority of unbiased and undecided voters stay, and Harris’ technique is elevating questions on why her employees is defending her from environments she doesn’t management.
Nicholas Gaines, Lake Balboa
