Trump vs. Harris: ‘Unserious Man’ vs. ‘Untested Woman’?

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To the Editor:

Re “Daffy Donald, Turning Pea Green With Envy,” by Maureen Dowd (column, Aug. 25):

In her most recent column, which I found to be, for the most part, entertaining, Maureen Dowd inexplicably writes, “Now we begin what is going to be a very ugly slugfest between the Unserious Man and the Untested Woman.” “Untested”?! How much more “tested” do you need to be than prosecutor, state attorney general, U.S. senator and vice president?

When will women finally not need to work harder, run faster in high heels and be infinitely more qualified than their male counterparts?

While Donald Trump makes a regular habit of babbling incoherently in public, Ms. Dowd wonders if the Democratic nominee will “manage to get through a minimum of policy stuff with no viral blunders.”

Personally, as a woman who spent 30 years working in a male-dominated field, I trust that Kamala Harris will continue to go above and beyond in anything she takes on, including the presidency of the United States.

Linda Folk
Vallejo, Calif.

To the Editor:

While I usually enjoy Ms. Dowd’s views, in Sunday’s column I saw something that has been reoccurring in all newspaper, television and social media coverage: a demand that Kamala Harris explain her policy positions. (“She has to show she has what it takes once she steps away from the teleprompter,” Ms. Dowd wrote. “Can she manage to get through a minimum of policy stuff with no viral blunders?”)

But no similar demands are made of her deranged opponent. He insults, name-calls and carries on in myriad ways, and it’s usually waved off as “That’s Trump!” He isn’t asked serious policy questions by the press, and he responds to the questions he is asked with lies, a change of subject or various other non-responses. In subsequent reporting, it’s meekly acknowledged that he lied, changed the subject, etc.

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