{"id":20279,"date":"2024-08-01T21:22:14","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T01:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=20279"},"modified":"2024-08-01T21:25:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T01:25:03","slug":"smacking-kamala-and-the-media-on-salt-lake-city-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/01\/smacking-kamala-and-the-media-on-salt-lake-city-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Smacking Kamala and the Media on Salt Lake City Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Rod_Arquette_KNRS_twitter_400x400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-19444\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Rod_Arquette_KNRS_twitter_400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Rod_Arquette_KNRS_twitter_400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Rod_Arquette_KNRS_twitter_400x400-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Radio host <a href=\"https:\/\/knrs.iheart.com\/featured\/rod-arquette\/\"><strong>Rod Arquette<\/strong> <\/a>and I had fun tonight smacking around the media and Kamala Harris&#8217; record on 105.9 KNRS in Salt Lake City.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a few outtakes:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This presidential race is being portrayed as a choice of Hitler or Joan of Arc. But it&#8217;s not that simple.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Harris talks about a having a future that is unburdened by what has been. And apparently that&#8217;s her view for her own career as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Harris is a typical Washington politician. They have all these lofty dictates and these moral absolutes, except for themselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She is one of the most pious politicians to come come along in a long time. And that&#8217;s part of the part of why the media has raced to put her on a pedestal. But piety doesn&#8217;t work out very well in politics. We can go back to Bill Clinton, Obama, George W Bush was pious after 9-11.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rod asked my prediction if Harris and Trump debate. I said there were two prime variables: &#8220;One is whether Harris would be able to keep her laugh off the podium,&#8221; given that it sounds even too wacky for Beavis and Butthead.\u00a0 &#8220;And the second question is which Donald Trump shows up&#8230;. 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