Sunday, October 20, 2024

A President-to-be's birthday

 Happy birthday Vice President Kamala Harris. Born in Oakland CA in 1964.

NOT a photo of baby Kamala, but just a reminder of how small and vulnerable we all are at birth.

I just read the Wikipedia article (with lots of references) about Kamala's life. The talking points usually just give this or that detail, and I wanted to piece together how she came to be where she is on this 60th birthday, running for President of the US in an election in 2 weeks.

Here's the link, if you're lazy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris


I watch several news programs, as well as read the news links on line. This election is as tight as ever there was, but I have hopes that she will win. Our democracy depends upon it.


Today's quote:

Victoria Woodhull once wrote, “Let women issue a declaration of independence sexually, and absolutely refuse to cohabit with men until they are acknowledged as equals in everything, and the victory would be won in a single week.” First woman to run for Presidency in 1872

10 comments:

  1. She sure has my vote! It has been encouraging to see Harris/Walz signs in our county. So very red here, but a few of us blue dots!

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    1. I can only hope. My gerrymandered district will probably eat up my vote.

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  2. She's got mine and my wife's vote!

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  3. I am hopeful. I just can’t figure how anyone who didn’t vote for tRump last time, would vote for him this time. But I am nervous too.

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    1. I consider my intelligent relations who are his supporters to have become disillusioned as people in a cult are. I have seen first hand how a charismatic leader can sway people to follow him...but at this point I can't understand why these folks are still supporting such a really demented candidate.

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    2. Are they even aware, or are they lost in an echo chamber? I swear, some folk don’t know.

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  4. Very nice portrait. Fingers crossed.

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