Surely, everyone who doesn’t live under a rock knows who Kamala is. She is, of course, the current Vice President of the United States and Democratic Presidential candidate in the upcoming November election, Kamala Harris.

But those who do not obsessively follow the goings-on in the Moscow Kremlin (as I confess I do) — or analyze every word of the proclamations issuing forth from the Kremlin’s eloquent, sometimes witty, and always adorable spokesman, Dmitry Peskov (yeah, I do that too) — may need an introduction to the male half of this new celebrity duo. So, here he is:

It’s no secret that the Russian government has shown more than a passing interest in U.S. elections for some years now, and this year is surely no exception. Even Vladimir Putin himself — well-known to favor his personal lump of clay, Donald Trump, returning to the White House for four more years of being molded to Russia’s advantage — made a joke about preferring Harris because he liked her “infectious laugh.” It’s been a jolly good campaign year, what with all the exchanges between Moscow and Washington.

And now, that Sweetheart of the Kremlin Press Room, Dmitry Peskov, has stepped into the breach, taking umbrage at Harris’ calling Putin a “murderous dictator.”

Oh, dear! The truth does sometimes hurt, doesn’t it, Dima?

But loyalty overrides fact . . . especially if you want to keep your job in the upper echelon of the mighty Kremlin. And so, Peskov had these responses for Vice President Harris:

“This is probably the quintessence of the very model of international relations that they are trying to foist on the entire world, a model that most in the world are beginning to like less and less.“ [Ron Popeski, Reuters, October 12, 2024.]

And: “The lofty political establishment of the United States of America, to all appearances, is infused with such a political culture.” [Kate Nicholson, Huffpost, October 13, 2024.]

Those are some strong words on both sides. But as long as they don’t start bashing each other with cricket bats, like their British Punch and Judy counterparts, I think we’ll be all right.

Except that Russia’s TASS news outlet had to jump on the bandwagon by suggesting that Harris was following “the example of her boss,” President Joe Biden, who has previously called Putin a “crazy S.O.B.,” “not a decent man,” and “a dictator.” [Id.]

Well, it’s not slander if it’s true. So stay out of it, TASS. We’re trying to keep it civilized.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
10/14/24