There’s so much going through my head I want to (eventually) write about, but today I keep thinking it won’t take long for the republicans to engage in a strategic plan to undermine Joe Biden’s Vice President, Kamala Harris. I’ve briefly mentioned the obvious on a few occasions already. She has similarities to Barack Obama with a father of African descent and, then, in addition, a mother of Indian descent PLUS they were “immigrants” when Ms. Harris was born in Oakland, California over 50 years ago. Who would have guessed.
Of course, we’ve already seen the “birther” stuff pop up – in a Newsweek magazine article, no less (who has since apologized for publishing what amounted to nonsense) – republicans subsequently claiming she can’t be Vice President because, well, just because. Apparently, the FACT she was born in America isn’t good enough for them. Remember, individual 1 was attempting to, essentially, overturn the 14th Amendment to the constitution which is CLEAR in it’s definition of “birthright citizenship” some months ago. The idea Ms. Harris would be ineligible to run to be our Vice President because her parents were immigrants is absurd on its face. But, trust me, we haven’t heard the end of this one. Likely, individual 1 will be leading another episode of “birtherism” once out of office. (Remember, he is a second generation “immigrant” and his wife is a, well, “immigrant.”)
But, just the reality Ms. Harris is half “Black,” half “Indian,” AND maybe her most egregious offense is she’s a WOMAN will be the motivation behind the right wing message machine hitting high gear sooner rather than later. Think back to those in Congress who admitted the Ben Ghazi attacks on Hillary Clinton were intended to drop her “favorabilities” – and, they were bragging about how effective their strategy was before she destroyed their scheme in 11 hours of testimony before the House Ben Ghazi Committee (Although, the damage had been done). Expect something similar for Kamala Harris. I’ve already heard her being referred to as the “Ho from O” (Oakland) by republicans in the House. It’s going to get ugly because the chances of Ms. Harris breaking the so-called “glass ceiling” which James Comey prevented Hillary Clinton from “breaking” is quite high.
The FACT Joe Biden is 78 years old, I’m sure, is enough to put these right wing bigots into a state of frenzy. What is the likelihood Biden will serve his entire term? For heaven’s sake, I am 73 years old and, every day, it becomes clearer and clearer to me I’m really thankful for Social Security because I’m too old to be working. I give thanks every day I wake up. Now, in my instance, I was “blessed” with a malady which interfered with my desire to keep teaching when it became time for me to retire. However, the reality we’re on the “downhill slide” when we get into our 70’s is simply reality. I hope Biden stays healthy and is able to govern effectively for the next four years, but my instincts tell me it’s very possible Ms. Harris will be our 47th president by this time four years from now. Republicans hate this, I can assure you.
And, worse for them, Ms. Harris is very bright, very strong, and very competent – something which seems unimportant to those pulling the strings of the republican party. We’ve just witnessed over 120 members of the republican caucus in the House of Representatives, every one who has taken an oath to the constitution, signing on to the FRIVOLOUS lawsuit filed by the pardon seeking Secretary of State in Texas trying to overturn the election results in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Apparently, the people in those states voted for the wrong candidate according to these republicans which makes it important to throw out ALL the votes in the so-called “swing states.” This is the attempt at a Junta in America which people like me thought would NEVER happen in this nation. These members of Congress have publicly admitted their “loyalty” is to individual 1 and NOT to our constitution – despite their “oath” to the contrary.
Will the voters in the districts of these people EVER hold them accountable? Likely not, which will demonstrate the effects of gerrymandering in America like we’ve never seen before. Why would someone publicly make a stand against our constitutional form of government? Ironically, should the lawsuit have succeeded it would have wiped out the elections of many of these un-American representatives. (While I was writing this rant the Supreme Court, as MOST thinking Americans, apparently including me, in a 9 – 0 vote “deep sixed” the Texas lawsuit) I was driving around tonight and thought it’s time the democratic party focuses on these areas which are called “red” counties, states, etc. I have to believe there MUST be republicans who don’t understand their representatives are actually supporting anti democratic measures via individual 1. That their loyalty is to our IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING president who has significant legal jeopardy once out of the “White House” instead of to the constitution which they’ve taken an oath to defend. They pay more taxes than him!
Just as NO official representative of individual 1 campaigned, at least as far as I could tell, in my state, Washington, because we’re a “blue” state – I believe it’s because they KNOW their argument would not appeal to progressives. However, I believe Joe Biden’s positions are such that people in some of these “red” areas would realize he’s trying to help them and they might decide they don’t want to be represented by someone whose oath to the constitution is just hot air. Their representative is living in FEAR of individual 1 even after he’s been voted our of office. And, they’re going along with the “grifting” scheme republicans are doing after the election to raise hundreds of millions of dollars in money much of which ultimately will end up in the pockets of our IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING president.
I wrote the previous words over a week ago and, as usual, I’m having a hard time keeping up with all the nonsense coming from individual 1 and the republican party. This coming week we’ll see a bunch of republicans making fools of themselves as they “contest” the results of the election causing a delay in the final Congressional acceptance of the Electoral College results. As I’ve said previously, it will be interesting to see how Mike Pense responds to the challenge of doing the “right thing” as opposed to the wrath of individual 1 which he’ll face once he proclaims Joe Biden the “president elect.” Of course, he’ll have no option but to do that, but our IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING president EXPECTS everyone in his “orbit” to have the same mafia type mentality as himself. I believe individual 1’s anger at Pense will fully expose his delusional reality. Of course, his CULT will not care.
After I read “Rising out of Hatred,” the story of Derek Black written by Eli Saslow I spent some time checking out his father who founded the hate site “Stormfront.com” and will not forget reading his words which claimed “individual 1 (he, of course, used the surname I can’t bring myself to write) was the ‘vehicle’ leading the white supremacists into the “mainstream” of American politics.” There’s a lot of them (white nationalists) and they make up a significant portion of the “base” of our IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING president, but, like him, they don’t want to give it up. I believe the realize the reality they’re facing – which will be progressively more irrelevance as the years go by – which, likely is why they’re willing to “burn the country down” in order to keep their “fuhrer” (I’m not kidding, that’s what some of them have called individual 1) in power. January 20th can’t come soon enough for me!
Final Thought: I started pointing out the discrepancies between the statistics I was seeing as I followed the coronavirus outbreak and what was being reported by some of the states with GOP governors – I suggested they were CHEATING (what else, we’re talking about republicans) to make themselves look better as they (the governors) were pushing to “re-open” their “economies” too soon. Of course, we’ve been playing “catch up” ever since and, now, the pandemic is way out of control and MANY people have DIED who shouldn’t have died because of this CHEATING – which was encouraged by our IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING president who, we now know, “bought” in to the idea of “herd immunity.” (I figured this out when he muttered the phrase “herd mentality” one day)
Hyperbole? Not on your life. One of the states I mentioned was Florida and, of course, it’s now coming out that Ron DeSantis was ordering people in Florida’s health department to LIE about the number of people DYING from the disease. I also mentioned states like Texas, Iowa, South Dakota, and Arizona as states I was suspicious of their reporting. Eventually, this will all come out and “we the people” will KNOW the TRUTH about what is really happening while Americans are DYING by the THOUSANDS – virtually a 9/11 every day now and likely to get much worse before all the vaccines will be able to be widely administered.
Individual 1 continues complaining about LOSING to Joe Biden but, yet, continues to demonstrate why it happened. His response to the Covid-19 pandemic wasn’t something which would be a good example of something to campaign on. It was the first real crisis our IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING president had to deal with and he FLUNKED with flying colors. Individual 1 PROVED he was in way over his head and had NO idea of how to manage the office of president of the United States of America.
Between Christmas and New Year’s there were several days where the death count from Covid-19 was approaching 4000 per DAY – and, our IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING president was playing golf each day. As he fumes about losing to “sleepy Joe” he should simply look in the mirror and realize this will be his legacy – him on the golf course while Americans are dying at a rate well beyond 9/11! Personally, I don’t call that “presidential.”