Monthly Archives: July 2024

Representations of reliability: The rhetoric of political flip-flopping

Posted on July 30, 2024 by Luke Ford

Joshua Bentley published in 2019: One option when a politician changes positions is to simply announce the new position without acknowledging any change occurred. Ignoring the flip-flop may allow the politician to avoid awkward questions about it, if the issue … Continue reading →

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Decoding White Dudes For Harris (7-29-24)

Posted on July 29, 2024 by Luke Ford

01:00 Virtually You: The Dangerous Powers of the E-Personality, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=12146415:00 NYT: Harris vs. Trump Is Taking Shape. And Then There’s Vance., https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/29/opinion/kamala-harris-trump-2024.html22:00 Decoding Kamala Harris, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15665632:00 Secret Service incompetence in Trump shooting36:00 Dooovid joins to talk about conspiracy theories 39:00 … Continue reading →

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Decoding Kamala Harris (7-28-24)

Posted on July 28, 2024 by Luke Ford

01:00 Decoding Kamala Harris, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15665608:30 Politico: Republicans Keep Trying to Copy Trump’s Humor — And Voters Keep Cringing, https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/07/27/jd-vance-trump-imitation-0017137522:00 Kamala Harris was never the border czar30:00 What do the data say about Kamala Harris’s electability?, https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/07/23/what-do-the-data-say-about-kamala-harriss-electability/52:00 Niall Ferguson, J. D. … Continue reading →

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Decoding Kamala Harris

Posted on July 27, 2024 by Luke Ford

What stands out to me about Kamala Harris is her insecurity. I know something about this feeling. When I came to the United States in 1977 at age 11, I was frequently called “insecure.” I didn’t get this tag in … Continue reading →

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JD Vance castigates cat ladies (7-26-24)

Posted on July 26, 2024 by Luke Ford
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