Between October 13 and October 21, I𠐔e made a total of seven
predictions about the Harris-Walz campaign. They were all published
ahead of time for the whole world to see.
The sixth one just came true.
Here𠏋 what I wrote on Oct. 21:
I guarantee you that large numbers of the Harris-Walz campaign staff is
talking off-the-record to the media every day. (Hey, they𠆫e all on the
same side. Many of them have even worked for the same bosses.) There𠏋
a 100% probability they𠆫e sharing tales of frustration,
disappointment, fear, confusion, and anxiety �yet we haven㦙 really
seen any stories about it.
Nothing𠏋 been leaked.
That𠏋 because the media will protect their sources. At least�for as
long as they need 𦦨m.
But guess what happens if Harris is gonna lose? They don㦙 need 𦦨m
anymore.
When the Democrats�internal (nonpublic) polling is just too damning,
someone will leak it to the media. Believe me, none of the professional
staffers want to be blamed for losing a landslide election to the Evil
Orange Menace.
Screw that!
Besides, nobody has any particular loyalty to Kamala Harris: Most of
those people have only been there for a few months!
I𠍿 sure they𠆫e just as loyal to Kamala as she was to Joe Biden!
Humans are gonna human. In these situations, the most probable outcome
is that multiple members of her campaign staff will start anonymously
leaking stories of disunity, chaos, pettiness, and ineptitude �as well
as the liability of being saddled with a lame-brained, utterly
unlikeable candidate. After all, if it wasn㦙 for [gestures wildly at
everyone else], the Democrats surely would𠐔e won!
That𠏋 the final sign to lookout for: A flood of negative leaks
directly from Harris-Walz campaign staffers. Keep your eyes peeled.
Guess what𠏋 begun over the last 24 hours?
Someone call a plumber because the leaks are all over the place!
CNN just wrote, 𨯗 jittery Harris campaign makes big plans to clinch a
narrow win.�In the article:
The Harris aides CNN spoke to expressed a jittery self-confidence, but
they also kept using phrases such as 𩴾ump ball�and 鬴own to the
wire�and the occasional emoji with nauseous green cheeks. [emphasis
added]
It𠏋 an interesting piece because CNN included quotes and info from
鐈arris aides�without ever identifying them by name. Normally in
journalism, you always attribute quotes to names; it𠏋 Journalism 101.
If a source isn㦙 willing to speak on the record and be identified by
name, you typically don㦙 use the source. So this was a (rather
shameless) attempt by CNN to publish Harris-Walz campaign leaks...
without actually calling them Harris-Walz campaign leaks!
Next, NBC News just published a piece, 璌emocrats brace for a possible
crack in the blue wall and signs of North Carolina slipping.�It wrote:
孏here has been a thought that maybe Michigan or Wisconsin will fall
off,�said a senior Harris campaign official, who stressed that the
bigger concern is over Michigan. Two other people with knowledge of
campaign strategy �who, like others in this article, were granted
anonymity to speak candidly �also underscored deep concern about
Michigan. Those people still believe that all the states are close and
that there are alternative routes to victory. [emphasis added]
Joining the pile-on next is the New York Post with 璌emocrats quietly
panic over Harris campaign strategy as 颷lue Wall�crumbled: They are
just not thinking.�
Guess what? More anonymous leaks:
�They are not thinking 颷lue Wall�at all. They are just not
thinking,�one Democrat vented to The Post about the Texas trip. �er
press operation is that of a first-time congressional candidate running
as a sacrificial lamb. � think her press team actually works for
Trump,�the disgruntled Democrat added, noting that in their opinion,
the 45th president has 𢘫ade a better case for himself than her.�
𨧻 think it𠏋 smart to set expectations for a worst-case scenario. I
genuinely think no one knows what is going to happen in either camp.
This is what Dems do �we freak out,�a source close to the Harris-Walz
campaign told The Post.
These three stories all broke over the past 24 hours! Then, this
morning at 6:00, The Hill ran a fourth, 璌emocrats fear race may be
slipping away from Harris.�In it:
𡌃veryone keeps saying, 飡t𠏋 close.�Yes, it𠏋 close, but are things
trending our way? No. And no one wants to openly admit that,�one
Democratic strategist said. 鏠ould we still win? Maybe. Should anyone
be even slightly optimistic right now? No.�
The Hill identified the leaker as a 璌emocratic strategist,�but once
again, I𠍿 skeptical. If he or she was just a strategist, he or she
would have no problem speaking on the record and using his or her name.
(I know I𠍿 repeating myself, but this is all Journalism 101.) So, it
almost certainly wasn㦙 just a 璌emocratic strategist��it was someone
directly from the Harris-Walz campaign!
Kamala Harris is suffering more leaks than an incontinence convention.
Unfortunately, some of their leaks might be endangering national
security. It𠏋 been widely suspected that the Harris-Walz staff leaked
Israel𠏋 plans to attack Iran. After all, it𠏋 been the Obama-Biden-
Harris position all along to demand an immediate Israeli cease-fire,
and any Israeli escalation could be politically problematic for the
Democrats.
None of this should be surprising. Look, Kamala Harris is a 60-year-
old, grown-up woman. At this point, she is what she is �and that𠏋 a
person with a lengthy track record of mistreating her own staff. In an
earlier 𢡠eak,�when Kamala Harris crashed and burned in the 2020
Democratic Primary, her own team members wrote:
This is my third presidential campaign and I have never seen an
organization treat its staff so poorly. �the treatment of our staff
over the last two weeks was the final straw in this very difficult
decision.
So, trust me: The leaks are just beginning. (You might wanna invest in
rainboots.)
Anyway, that𠏋 six out of seven predictions fulfilled. The only one
I𠐔e missed was this:
For the finale, I𠍿 gonna do my Babe Ruth impression and call the last
item on the Democratic playlist: Keep an eye on Tim Walz. Over the next
several days, he𠏋 going to do something so astonishingly ridiculous
and absurd that you𠑥l be spitting coffee all over your monitor. I𠍿
thinking utterly bizarre cameo appearances, donning wacky, goofy,
outlandish clothes �like, perhaps, a ballerina𠏋 tutu.
So far, no tutu. But I𠍿 NOT gonna be wrong about this: The Dems will
absolutely try to pull a Hail Mary, dress up Walz in something
absolutely bat-s**t crazy in a misguided effort to attract some
flailing demo, and it𠏋 all gonna happen before the election. I𠍿 not
budging on this prediction!
In fact, I𠍿 dead serious.
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