Coffee With Scott Adams — Knowledge Archive August 22, 2026
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So let's talk about some other stuff. The dumbest thing that I hear in politics lately is coming from Bernie Sanders and people who say the same thing. And they say that President Trump doesn't believe in science. Now I don't think there's anybody who doesn't believe in science. What does that even mean? There's nobody who doesn't believe in science. Now of course they'll point to climate change,…

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All right, let's talk about Joe Biden because I think we have to. As the New York Times put it, I read this somewhere and I think it was on the Fox News site, quote, "prominent Democrats began publicly insisting that the ticket, the Joe Biden ticket, include a woman, preferably a black woman." All right, so now it's being widely reported that the important Democrat people want a black woman on the ticket with Joe Biden. Well who's that gonna be? Now some people say it can never be Kamala Harris because she attacked him at the debate. Well it turns out there's a back story. Turns out, and I was just learning this in its depth today, I was aware of this story that I'm gonna tell you but I didn't know the depth of it. It's the depth of it that makes the difference. Turns out that Kamala Harris and Joe Biden's now deceased son Beau Biden were really close. And not just professionally. They were close. They talked to each other all the time. They were both attorneys general at different places. And so she was sort of close to Joe Biden because of that. And apparently they've rekindled whatever that was and they got past whatever happened at the debate. So does anybody doubt that she's the first choice now? Are we at the point where you know it's not gonna be Stacey Abrams? If it's Stacey Abrams I don't know anything about anything because I've watched her and she's so weak I can't believe that the people in charge, you know the Democratic leadership, would allow that. And I don't think that's the winning formula anyway. So he says okay, you were right in the comments. That's all I wanted to hear. I would like to remind you that I made the most ridiculous prediction you've ever heard. The first ridiculous prediction was that I could pick the candidate back in 2018 when there were lots and lots of people running. And I peered into the crowd and I said I think it's gonna be Kamala Harris. And then when she suspended her campaign, this is the fun part, I said I still predict it will be Kamala Harris. What would be a weirder prediction than predicting the person who dropped out of the race was going to get the nomination? Was that the most unpredictable prediction you've ever heard in your life? Well let's see if it happens. I think everybody would agree at this point if whoever the vice president pick is, is going to be the shadow president. So I'm technically wrong and you know my predicted bet, I lost money because they're very specific what it means to be the presidential candidate obviously. But in effect I got this right. I think it's looking that way. Now if she doesn't get nominated I'm wrong, just flat-out wrong. But if she does it would be my best prediction of all time. I'm pretty sure.

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Here are some things that are being said about Joe Biden. Dr. Jill Stein, you know her for ruining Hillary's chances because she was working with the Russians. No not really, that's what people are saying. And she ran in 2016 and got some votes and people say she siphoned them away from Hillary, probably did. And so Jill Stein is out there saying directly that Joe Biden has mental decline in publi…

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