I can't stop looking at this photo of the powerhouse of women who ran for president this year. From left they are Amy Klobuchar, Tulsi Gabbard, Kristin Gillibrand, Elizabeth Warren, and Kamala Harris. Elizabeth Warren was by far the best candidate in the entire race, by my lights, but I would have happily voted for four of these five. But now those four have all bowed out, along with a black man, a Latinx man, and an Asian man, all three of them strong candidates, too, yet all of them casualties of a white male founding patriarchy that devised the whole electoral system as a stopgap against anyone but them holding power. It's remarkable, when you think about, that Obama managed to crash that firewall. People of conscience in this country have been made to pay for it ever since. Now, we are left with a choice between two white men in their late seventies, one who pounds his fist for revolution and one who promises a return to the status quo. Given their age, their vice presidential picks will be critical. I will of course vote for whomever becomes the nominee, because #VoteBlueNoMatterWho. Still, I'm looking forward to the day when a woman like four of those pictured here takes the reins. I know its coming.
Here's an informal poll: Who do you think is the VP pick that would most help a Biden ticket? A Sanders ticket? If you care to share your reasoning, I'd love to hear that, too.
I believe that the poc and women, and especially people in both categories (!) were targeted by msm in retaliation for Obama's getting not one, but two, terms. White male rage seethed for eight years.
ReplyDeleteI'd like a Biden/Abrams ticket. She's brilliant, and we wouldn't lose a Senate seat. I don't like Biden, can never forget witnessing what he did to Anita Hill. But I'd sadly vote for him
I feel like I'm just hanging on, willing to vote for whoever runs against the Faux president. I gave up predicting or thinking I knew one damn thing about what the American people want when that shit head got elected. I am still trembling in anger and fear and horror and disgust about it. Not very helpful comment but that's where I'm at.
ReplyDeleteOn Super Tuesday I cast my vote for Elizabeth Warren. I wanted to support her candidacy even thought I knew she was not going win any of the elections on that day. I'm planning on voting for anyone on the top of the Dem ticket. I would love to see Sanders or Biden choose Warren, but I'd also love to see Kamala Harris on the ticket or Amy Klobuchar. As long as we get the madman out of office, I'll be relieved and happy.
ReplyDeletePS-- My blogger account is working! I can comment here. Yay!
I was so hopeful when Obama was elected, and re-elected, that the world was moving in the right direction . . . now my hope for a woman to be elected is tempered with real fear that it will bring out the haters again in strength, and your beautiful country will be wracked by endless struggle. I wish we could see in our lifetimes that a person of colour and/or a female is as equally accepted as a country's leader as an elderly white male, but I don't hold out much hope. Perhaps the next generation. Although with the hate emanating from young Trumpers, I despair of that, too. I really do.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to pass on the poll as I'm not good at political logic in the American electoral system.
I voted for Elizabeth Warren in the primary and then she dropped out two days later. I am highly disappointed (but not really surprised) that two old white men are all that's left. Sanders is just another cult leader with a very lackluster record and Biden doesn't have the strength of character to bully though the changes we need. I'll vote for either but at this point I'm pinning my hopes on keeping the House and regaining the Senate so that if the worst does happen, Trump will be basically hamstrung. I don't have a preference for a woman VP as long as it isn't Tulsi Gabbard.
ReplyDeleteYup - anybody but Tulsi Gabbard. I read something that said she's considering running 3rd party, and that if she did she's siphon off the orange man's vote. Not sure I believe it. It's actually more important to keep the house and get the senate so that those terrible picks for judges will stop. We're looking at 50 years of these horrible people making rules for the country.
ReplyDeleteI just want a good Prime Minister, I don't care about their gender. We had Margaret Thatcher a powerful woman, but she used that power to destroy the lives of working class people in the UK.
ReplyDeleteI got nothing which is fine because I can't vote anyway:)
ReplyDeleteAs good as these female candidates were, except for TG, we, the Democratic party could not support them. But we did support HRC, so there you go. I dunno. I'm done trying to figure out all things political. I just know I'll vote blue no matter who. And I do like Stacy Abrams. (I supported Sanders in 2016, but I've evolved and I think he is too polarizing at this juncture in our history)
ReplyDeleteThink I agree with nearly everyone in this list. As many wonderful people as were running for the Democratic nomination, I think it's important that from here on out, we leave every senator in the senate. If we win, the many who are not in the senate would be great in the cabinet (Julian Castro and Mayor Pete come to mind, unless Mayor Pete can get in the senate). So for vice president, I'm pretty open, but think the best choice would be Stacy Abrams.
ReplyDeleteI do think that if we get in this time and can begin to reel back some of the most catastrophic decisions, we will see changes in the future. Although I live in a red state and am way too aware of the racists, bigots and just plain under-educated, underexposed, fearful people who are passing their hatred on to their kids, I know more young people who really have their head on straight. Their ideals for government and society are reassuring. They need more life experience, but they give me hope for the future ... if we don't blow up the world or destroy the democracy in the meantime. Mary