I always get annoyed when people bring out that old chestnut about which candidate you’d want to have a beer with, but there might be something to it this time, because part of what makes Harris and Walz appealing is that they seem NORMAL. We are so, so tired of the MAGA weirdness, of people carrying fake sperm in cups and talking about …
I always get annoyed when people bring out that old chestnut about which candidate you’d want to have a beer with, but there might be something to it this time, because part of what makes Harris and Walz appealing is that they seem NORMAL. We are so, so tired of the MAGA weirdness, of people carrying fake sperm in cups and talking about foreigners eating our pets and screaming about drag queens and all the rest of it. Harris and Walz have identifiable facial expressions; they can make friendly jokes; I can imagine asking one of them for directions. We have been wandering in the desert for nine years and these totally ordinary human qualities are like a pool of clear water. Normality, decency, competence: I want to jump into them and paddle around.
I always get annoyed when people bring out that old chestnut about which candidate you’d want to have a beer with, but there might be something to it this time, because part of what makes Harris and Walz appealing is that they seem NORMAL. We are so, so tired of the MAGA weirdness, of people carrying fake sperm in cups and talking about foreigners eating our pets and screaming about drag queens and all the rest of it. Harris and Walz have identifiable facial expressions; they can make friendly jokes; I can imagine asking one of them for directions. We have been wandering in the desert for nine years and these totally ordinary human qualities are like a pool of clear water. Normality, decency, competence: I want to jump into them and paddle around.