Lionel Shriver Lionel Shriver

Kamala’s blagging it

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issue 12 November 2022

We throw around pejoratives such as ‘Idiot!’ a bit too carelessly, because then when we need to flag up genuinely subpar intelligence, the slag doesn’t land. I sometimes resort to the distinction ‘medically stupid’. As in, ‘Kamala Harris is medically stupid’.

As I write this, next year’s Congressional balance of power is uncertain.

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