Tim Walz said a lot of strange things during the debate, but one struck me as truly bizarre: his pride in the Harris coalition. 

“And I’m as a surprised as anybody of this coalition that Kamala Harris has built. From Bernie Sanders to Dick Cheney to Taylor Swift”.

A communist.

A war criminal

And a childless billionaire.

Welcome to your Democrat party. pic.twitter.com/KtjT6ZJlWK

— Viva Frei (@thevivafrei) October 2, 2024

You can toss in hundreds of deep-state operatives, Hamas supporters, the IRS, and the Mullahs of Iran. 

Walz is right that this is a surprising coalition but not one you would expect anybody to be proud of. You have CIA operatives, NSA operatives, the woke wing of the military, and, of course, all the illegal aliens who are scared to death that Donald Trump might regain power. 

This is the coalition of the Establishment--and yes, Bernie Sanders is aligned with, if not part of, the Establishment. 

Tulsi Gabbard: “The choice in this election is between the warmongers of Kamala Harris and Dick Cheney and the anti-warmongers of Donald Trump, Tulsi Gabbard, and Bobby Kennedy.”@TulsiGabbard @glennbeck pic.twitter.com/x98MZkeTbY

— Holden Culotta (@Holden_Culotta) October 2, 2024

It's hard to know if this pitch of Walz's strikes anybody as a positive for the Harris/Walz team. Clearly, they think so since they keep trotting out these endorsements as if people should rush to join that team. But for anybody who has soured on the direction our country has taken in the past decade or two, putting these names together is a reason to light up the Bat Signal and call for help. 

They have Dick Cheney and Taylor Swift.

We have RFK Jr, Elon Musk, and Tulsi Gabbard.

We are coalition building.

They are stuck in fantasy land.

— Daniel Bostic (@debostic) October 2, 2024

If endorsements matter--and in most cases, they don't--I would think that Trump's are much more compelling. And if the crowds that flock to Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr. are any indication, theirs are among the few that really do mobilize voters. Each of them has been on the stump, drawing crowds, and Harris has just trotted out Liz Cheney to rally for her. 

I wonder if that will draw anybody in. 

DEVELOPING - TODAY: Former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney), daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, will join Vice President Harris at a campaign event in Ripon, Wisconsin, marking Cheney’s first appearance since endorsing Harris. Harris is expected to… pic.twitter.com/qRXvrabz7I

— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) October 3, 2024

I can't tell if there is something to the calculation that the Harris campaign is making. Is there some odd group of Democrat voters who see Dick Cheney's endorsement as a plus? He was Darth Cheney not so long ago. 

We live in a world where the intelligence establishment, the FBI, the IRS, and the neocons have joined with Hollywood icons in a coalition dedicated to crushing the working class. 

Who would have foreseen this 20 years ago? Perhaps the same people who thought Donald Trump could become a Republican star who mobilizes the working class. 

However bizarre, the coalitions behind each candidate tell you more than the position statements. Do you want Trump, RFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, and Elon Musk or Dick Cheney, Taylor Swift, the IRS, the CIA, and Bernie Sanders?

Matt Taibbi hit the nail on the head when describing the ruling elite: they are worse than worthless. They are a terrible drag on our country. 

Brutal takedown...
Matt Taibbi: "So let me pause to say something about America's current intellectual class from which the anti-disinformation complex works. By the way, there are no working class censors. The dirty secret of content moderation all over the world is that it's a… pic.twitter.com/fXqYZKs8Um

— Camus (@newstart_2024) October 1, 2024

Yet, somehow, large numbers of Americans back them. Go figure.