Kamala Harris shirks a presidential tradition: Letters to the Editor Sept. 27, 2024
The Issue: Kamala Harris becomes the first prez candidate in decades to skip the Al Smith dinner.The Post reported that Vice President Kamala Harris will be the first presidential candidate in 40 years to not attend the Al Smith dinner (“Who’s running this place? Sure not Joe,” Miranda Devine,” Sept.23).Devine says it is because Harris lacks competence at impromptu events.
And as a practicing Catholic, I find her absence from the dinner and her general attitude toward the Catholic religion to both be completely offensive.Pope Francis recently encouraged Catholics to vote for the lesser of the two evils.Therefore, I will not be voting for Harris.
I urge all Catholics to follow my lead.Rich LePetriNaples, Fla.The dinner is just a night of political jokes, as it has always been.Harris will need to learn to face the music — there will be worst confrontations than this if she’s elected.J.R.
CummingsManhattanHarris, who claims that she wants to be a president for all Americans, has chosen to skip this year’s historic Al Smith dinner.Perhaps it’s because her infamous “word salad” is not on the menu?Anne Marie MarsalaGarden CityKudos to the Editorial Board for admonishing the Democratic presidential nominee for failing to attend a worthy cause such as the Al Smith dinner (“Why Harris Is Dissing Al Smith,” Sept.
23).Let’s face it — former President Donald Trump might have enjoyed an enviable array of Harris’ brilliant comments to mock.Trump’s potential “Kamala-logue” could cover falling out of a coconut tree, her love of school buses and Venn diagrams, along with her brilliant explanation of the passage of time.In case Harris loses the race, I thought that, while in Manhattan, she might have harnessed her mighty cackle (and truly explore what can be unburdened by what has been) to audition for a role as a late-night host at NBC or CBS.
She’s a true comedian, after all.Michael P.MulhallMoseley, Va.Regarding Piers Morgan’s article,...