How come Kamala Harris can't answer serious questions without laughing?

Meh. Regardless of how people get to where they are, smartness is either there or not, and she is super smart...proven time and time again.

Flagpole wrote:

Santiago Stephen wrote:

Super smart people don't need assistance via affirmative action. They just are not very smart if they need to go that route.

Meh. Regardless of how people get to where they are, smartness is either there or not, and she is super smart...proven time and time again.

Give some solid examples of her "brilliance."

Santiago Stephen wrote:

And why would you think she will be a great president? She was given one job - to fix the border crisis - and she has failed miserably at that.

Meh...they've not been on the job 5 months yet. I don't accept that anything yet has been a success or a failure. Failure at one thing wouldn't disqualify her from being a great President anyway.

Flagpole wrote:

Santiago Stephen wrote:

And why would you think she will be a great president? She was given one job - to fix the border crisis - and she has failed miserably at that.

Meh...they've not been on the job 5 months yet. I don't accept that anything yet has been a success or a failure. Failure at one thing wouldn't disqualify her from being a great President anyway.

That's fine but what is the role of a Calif. attorney general - enforcement of the California laws ... is it not?

Support of affirmative action in the Supreme Court and Michigan courts by Harris disregarded California law and defies its voters.

Santiago Stephen wrote:

Flagpole wrote:

Meh...they've not been on the job 5 months yet. I don't accept that anything yet has been a success or a failure. Failure at one thing wouldn't disqualify her from being a great President anyway.

That's fine but what is the role of a Calif. attorney general - enforcement of the California laws ... is it not?

Support of affirmative action in the Supreme Court and Michigan courts by Harris disregarded California law and defies its voters.

You gotta go down a different road with me than that. Affirmative Action isn't a hot button issue for me, so I couldn't care less about your biased opinion there. Meh.

Affirmative action rewards incompetence.

Democrats are disgusting pieces of trash.

Santiago Stephen wrote:

Super smart people don't need assistance via affirmative action. They just are not very smart if they need to go that route.

Repubs elected a failed businessman who bought his way into Wharton and a C-rate Hollywood actor, not to mention Dubya. They also put up Dan Quayle and Sarah Palin as potential presidents in waiting. Let that sink in, and then tell me again how Harris is less qualified than any of those people.

you are all so transparent wrote:

Santiago Stephen wrote:

Super smart people don't need assistance via affirmative action. They just are not very smart if they need to go that route.

Repubs elected a failed businessman who bought his way into Wharton and a C-rate Hollywood actor, not to mention Dubya. They also put up Dan Quayle and Sarah Palin as potential presidents in waiting. Let that sink in, and then tell me again how Harris is less qualified than any of those people.

How is Trump a failed businessman? Sure - he got a few hundred million from pops but parlayed that into a business and real estate empire in the billions. And you are worth how much?

She does not strike me as being very smart. She strikes me as being dishonest due to her laughing and evasiveness. We have to live with this administration for 3.5 more years so I hope they try to do the right things.

To the OP's original question, I believe Vice President Harris' tendency to laugh is merely a nervous reaction that is common in many folks. My brother for one laughs at seemingly the most inappropriate times, but not because he thinks something is funny, or that he is "pathological"...the laughing is just a built-in mechanism that won't go away. Geeze, get a grip folks, and avoid all the political tangential judgements on this simple question.

Laughology wrote:

Doesn't she appear to be pathological?

Kamala Harris seems extremely fake to me and not exceptionally bright. Her laughing is her not knowing how to behave appropriately, probably an indicator of some underlying tendencies towards sociopathy (mild though present). It's really too bad the Democrats chose her as the VP when there were many much better choices out there.

Independent Guy wrote:

Laughology wrote:

Doesn't she appear to be pathological?

Kamala Harris seems extremely fake to me and not exceptionally bright. Her laughing is her not knowing how to behave appropriately, probably an indicator of some underlying tendencies towards sociopathy (mild though present). It's really too bad the Democrats chose her as the VP when there were many much better choices out there.

1) I agree on the fakeness (I'll call it phoniness) of Kamala. This is the main reason why she wasn't my first choice of all the candidates (Amy Klobuchar was).

2) You are not correct about how bright she is. She is well-educated and articulate and knows how to grill people. Her grilling of Barr was one of the best ever. You don't become an Attorney General of California if you aren't bright...I don't care what kind of leg up you think she had. She's smarter than the average AG too.

3) As I said earlier, she is a bit socially awkward. The talk of sociopathy from you though is total bunk.

4) Democrats needed to beat Trump. He was the clear and present danger. Picking her for the ticket was the best move toward that main goal (and in my mind, the ONLY goal). Vice Presidents usually do nothing or next to nothing consequential. Her job was to help get Biden elected. Mission accomplished. Assuming she aspires to be President one day, it wasn't necessarily the best choice for her to accept the VP role. As Biden is old, anything can happen, but I do not believe they have an agreement that he will step down so that she just assumes the Presidency, and as we sit her today, I do not see her getting elected ever as President...I still see not only too much racism, but even more importantly, too much sexism for her to get elected.

Kumalot often gets confused and flops into position when the pilot of Air Force Two announces "Wheels Up".

The fact that you supported Klobuchar disqualifies you from any rational discussion.

Santiago Stephen wrote:

And why would you think she will be a great president? She was given one job - to fix the border crisis - and she has failed miserably at that.

Illegal immigration on the southern border has been an unresolved issue for at least 40 years, so we apparently have a long series of failed administrations.

You know how many moderates like myself would vote for a Condoleeza Rice if she would simply run and become the party’s nominee? Say what you want about Dubya, he wasn’t so hot with that “fuzzy math” himself, but he had a diverse cabinet, and it wasn’t diversity for diversity’s sake, unlike our current POTUS. Those were all the most qualified people, not merely qualified placeholders as you are essentially acknowledging Kamala is. This isn’t about racism and sexism. The sooner we quit ruminating on this BS, the sooner we get back to some civility in this country and back to a merit-based society. Kamala simply isn’t qualified to be POTUS, and her resume undercuts her; it doesn’t buttress your argument. That is not to say Trump was qualified. He wasn’t.

Santiago Stephen wrote:

And why would you think she will be a great president? She was given one job - to fix the border crisis - and she has failed miserably at that.

Do you really think that is fair? Really?

How many past presidents could not fix the border crisis? I can remember it being an issue when Clinton was president.

Now you think its awful is VP Harris hasn't had it fixed in the few months that she had.

Now SS is that fair?

In this case, Kamala's race and gender helped her get the VP spot. Biden need someone exactly like her. I am sure she is very smart but she just drips of insincerity. As another Biden fan, she lost credibility in my eyes with the debate stunt. She hasn't earned it back yet. She took too long to go to the border. I think she just didn't want to be associated with the mess.

If Biden doesn't run, its tough for the VP to lose the nomination. It not Harris's gender or race that will hold her back from being president, its Harris.

truth be told.. wrote:

Santiago Stephen wrote:

And why would you think she will be a great president? She was given one job - to fix the border crisis - and she has failed miserably at that.

Do you really think that is fair? Really?

How many past presidents could not fix the border crisis? I can remember it being an issue when Clinton was president.

Now you think its awful is VP Harris hasn't had it fixed in the few months that she had.

Now SS is that fair?

They didn't need to "fix" it, but they didn't need to let it get 10 x worse than it was before they took office.