Nothing profound here, selecting Kamala Harris as a running mate is as completely acceptable to me as it was expected. She has been a solid senator and has the only real prerequisite needed for Vice President, a pulse. Her seat can be filled by a Democratic Governor in a non-swing state and all the conventional political considerations are fulfilled. Senator Harris is young enough as politicians go to make continuity very possible. All is well in the only functioning political party in the United States. I saw on Twitter something about the "irony that a multi-cultural woman is the safe choice" for the ticket. I don't mean this in a derogatory way, but now that Democrats have their "woke" due diligence, it is time to get some plans in place to right the ship of economic justice and democracy enrichment.
So where does that leave the rest of us? Doughfacedonny has successfully reopened a lot of Civil War era wounds, crashed the economy even worse than most people expected, let loose a pandemic that will likely have killed more Americans than World War II, and shown just how easily "It Can Happen Here." He skated all sorts of norms of presidential politics, thus far successfully beaten down any attempt to hold him accountable for welcoming foreign interference in the last presidential election or punish Russia. So just like post-Watergate we will probably see a great deal of new rule making to just shore up those loopholes donny squirted through like a well-buttered sow.
Senator Harris has shown that she can fight republicans on terms that make them feel icky. Which, in our imperfect world where half of the so-called "left" in this country was going to whine no matter who was picked, is definitely a bonus. She will absolutely make puritan Pence squirm and probably cry. If nothing else, that is about the best short-term benefit I can ask for.
A serious question for all the Bernie bros, holier-than-thou purity angels, and pretend Democrats who've been concern trolling regular folks since the beginning; where did you get these high expectations for American politics? Honestly, have you ever studied any American political history? In terms of "getting what 'we' want" there has been exactly one "good" administration, that of FDR, and Americans had to suffer through THE GODDAMNED DEPRESSION AND A WORLD WAR to get bank regulation, social security, labor protections, and progressive income/corporate taxes. The rest of our history has been an endless series of bad deals, compromises, regression, and ratfckery. Including a damn Civil War. So where exactly do you get these ideas of what progress should look like? It doesn't work here the way it works in other industrial countries. So really, it is time to get over yourselves. Progress is not going to be handed to you on a silver platter or any other way but to fight for it.
Everyone should just take it down a notch, lower expectations and remember that the president is not our dream date, they are the bus or train that gets us where we need to go along that track. While the above mentioned wailer types have been hand-wringing about how "the fix was in" or the establishment's omnipotent hand ruined the chance for progress again, thousands of regular people organized and ran for offices all over the place. Now, those people get to sit on party committees and decide policies or draft ideas; not you. And in the upcoming election, more people will get organized and just go out and do it.
All I really want from a Democratic administration is a roof. Not like a wall, just a barrier that can keep republicans from getting their greasy mitts on the apparatus of government and sabotaging it. A roof to keep 35 year old fascists from getting a judgeship for life and putting Stephen Miller or Jared in charge of anything where they can harm others. Anything else is gravy. I tried making a wish before doughfacedonny stole the election with Russia's help, I'm not doing it again. Voting against evil is enough.
For now.
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