No ‘point’ for Gaza protesters, where’s Kamala on Ukraine? and other commentary
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From the right: No ‘Point’ for Gaza Protesters
Joe Biden was dead wrong to say “Those protesters out on the street, they have a point” of anti-Israel marchers at the DNC, thunders The Free Press’ Eli Lake. With antisemitic and anti-American vitriol flying, the protests were no “march for Gaza.” They “could hardly be a march for anything — only against. Against the Republicans, against the Democrats, and against America.” And “it’s just wrong to say the masked troublemakers screaming about ‘genocide’ in Gaza are anti-war. They are not. They want Hamas to win.” That’s why “the groups behind the agitations since October 7 have praised the bloody massacre that kicked off the war.”
Conservative: Where’s Kamala on Ukraine?
National Review’s Jim Geraghty sees “several reasons to doubt that a President Kamala Harris would be ideal for the cause of Ukrainian independence and freedom.” E.g., meeting her just a week before Russia invaded, President Volodymyr Zelensky “urged the U.S. to impose preemptive sanctions against Russia, arguing that would force Vladimir Putin to rethink his decision to invade.” And: “If the attack was indeed unavoidable, Zelensky argued, the U.S. should flood weapons into Ukraine, including the anti-aircraft systems, fighter jets and heavy artillery needed to prevent Russian forces from overrunning the country.” Notes Geraghty, “Harris said no to both requests.” More, “Harris didn’t mention the word ‘Ukraine’ ” in any of 11 speeches since July 31. Most likely, she’d “continue Biden’s hesitant, piecemeal, terrified-of-anything that the Russians would call ‘escalation’ approach.”
Liberal: Dems Shouldn’t Ditch the Blue Wall
Kamala Harris advisers have “reportedly debated moving beyond older, whiter, and slightly more rural states like Michigan and Wisconsin” to “focus on younger, less white, and more urban states further south,” fumes The Liberal Patriot’s Michael Baharaeen. Yet “the Blue Wall, comprising Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin” has “backed the Democratic nominee in five of” the last six presidential elections. More, it “basically remains the party’s last connection to Middle America.” Giving up on it would “underscore the Democrats’ shift away from the working class — long the backbone of the party — and its increasing reliance on more affluent and college-educated voters,” feeding the “growing image of the Democrats as the party of the elites while allowing Republicans to claim the mantle as the party of the working class and Middle America.”
Waste watch: Efficiency-Commission Targets
Elon Musk’s proposed “government efficiency commission focused on ensuring that taxpayer dollars are ‘spent in a good way,’ ” would have some clear initial targets, explains Dan Lips at The Hill. Start with “stopping government fraud” which costs “between $233 billion to $521 billion” a year. Next? End “federal misspending,” as improper payments and overpayments have run to “nearly $3 trillion over the past 20 years.” It could also aim to modernize the government’s “information technology and cybersecurity” and explore ways “AI could streamline federal programs.” “Simply by calling attention to the need to streamline and modernize government,” the panel can “focus White House and Cabinet leaders’ attention on these opportunities to save hundreds of billions over time.” All worth doing, “no matter who wins in November.”
Veep vetting: Tim Walz’ Telling Deceptions
In 15 days since getting tapped for veep, Tim Walz shown he “cannot be trusted to tell the truth about his own biography,” gripes the Washington Examiner’s Byron York. Attacking pro-lifers multiple times, “Walz made clear that he and his wife conceived through IVF,” but it turns out they “used another method, known as intrauterine insemination, to conceive” — and that method’s not an issue for abortion opponents. And for 12 years he got away with denying he was drunk when caught at age 31 “driving 96 mph on a 55 mph road in Nebraska,” though his blood alcohol “measured 0.128, well above the legal limit.” Add in his National Guard deceptions and other “examples of Walz misleading reporters”: What more will “normal journalistic scrutiny” find?
— Compiled by The Post Editorial Board
