Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan is always an interesting voice; whether you agree with her or not, she is a master wordsmith who has won many awards, including a Pulitzer. She was Ronald Reagan’s primary speechwriter from 1984-1986 and wrote “The boys of Pointe du Hoc” speech on the 40th anniversary of D-Day in addition to his celebrated address to the nation after the Challenger explosion.
She’s no fan of Donald Trump, but in a Thursday op-ed, she made it clear she is also deeply unimpressed with Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris. The candidate simply refuses to answer anything, she opined, and is an “artless dodger.”
That pretty much sums up the VP.
Noonan:
Kamala Harris has made quite an impression. That walk is a stride, and she has appetite—she loves this thing, running for high office. She has sentiments—she loves to say what divides us isn’t as big as what unites us, which, though a dreadful cliché, is true.
But in terms of policy she is coming across as wholly without substance.
Noonan continued:
Joe Biden stepped aside, and Ms. Harris was elevated, two months ago. That is enough time at least to start making clear what she believes, wants and means to do. She hasn’t.
This week she couldn’t or wouldn’t answer a single question straight, and people could see it. She is an artless dodger.
Harris’ recent interviews and comments to reporters have been unmitigated disasters, as she delivers word salad after word salad and says little if anything of substance. She comes across more as an inexperienced, inartful new age preacher than she does someone who could be commander in chief of the world’s most powerful country. She has yet to do a single press conference since Joe Biden stepped aside in July.