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TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin

Aug. 20, 2024

Greetings! Joe Biden, late night host?  Most of the East Coast was probably asleep by the time the President took the stage just before 11:30 at last night’s DNC.  That was a kick in the dentures to POTUS Joe, as well as a disservice to his supporters who wanted to see him take a bow and graciously anoint Kamala Harris.  Still, there was a lot to like last night, such as call-to-arms speeches by Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez and Hillary Clinton (her best ever, IMO).  The pundit class has been busy all morning showering praise on the DNC high points.  One of my favorites was Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr who led  the USA basketball team to Olympic  gold.  He was funny, irreverent, insightful, and best of all he was succinct. Kerr’s basketball credentials give him strong appeal to young male voters the Dems want to pull it. Hope Kerr’s  full-throttled support of democracy and the Harris/Waltz ticket won’t cost  him future employment and endorsements but he’s got my vote for whatever he does…A Wall Street Journal op-ed appears strategically timed for the start of DNC. GOP Veep hopeful and cat lady hater JD Vance writes in the WSJ that Kamala Harris is waging a war on U.S. energy…Week’s weirdest headline from the right, courtesy of WND: “How the German Gay Movement Groomed Hitler.” Apologies, but I can’t bring myself to read it…In his latest column for us, TheRighting’s David Lieberman reveals that Wall Street has soured on right wing media companies including one owned by a certain ex-president…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard