I Am Beyond Excited To Support Our First Woman President
I'm glad that everyone agrees that a 59-year-old woman is young.
It feels disingenuous that my newsletter purports to focus on topics that bother us but then avoids addressing the elephant in the room: our toxic political environment.
This feels more like a boulder than a pebble, though.
Before the 2016 presidential election, I didn't pay much attention to it.
After November 8, 2016, my interest in American politics exploded. But with only 96 days remaining until our next presidential election, my attention is burning like an inferno.
Before I immersed myself in politics, I existed in a privileged bubble, not worrying about what was happening in Washington, D.C.
Without a second thought, I easily acquired a checking account, credit card, and mortgage as a young adult. I didn't know that in 1974, when I was 11 years old, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act allowed women to gain access to those things.
That meant that for the first 14 years of her marriage, my mother only had access to credit from my dad.
Reproductive healthcare was available and low cost to me always. Still, again, that didn't happen until 1973 before I needed it, when the U.S. Supreme Court passed Roe v. Wade, establishing a nationwide constitutional right to abortion.
As a young person, I didn't comprehend that my credit and healthcare rights were only a decade old. I always had it so easy.
I got an up-close look at government dysfunction when I acquired a civilian position with the Navy right out of college. Even back then, the legislative branch was diseased, and it infuriated me every year when, on September 30, the federal government threatened a shutdown if Congress didn't pass a budget. I was a federal employee with a young family and depended on my biweekly paycheck. It was nerve-wracking not knowing how to pay my October 1 mortgage payment.
I'm not a government employee anymore, but I did notice that the current do-nothing Congress left for their summer break without completing a budget for the September deadline.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if they understood the impact of their inability to get things done for their constituents?
A bipartisan committee had hammered out an immigration bill ready to be set to vote, but Donald Trump nixed it, not wanting a win for Biden so close to the election.
Don't get me started on the Supreme Court, which is bought and paid for by billionaires. We can count on them for supremely nothing (looking at you, Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito.)
But being out of my protective bubble and worrying non-stop about the future of our democracy is exhausting.
President Joe Biden earned my future vote despite a disastrous debate performance because of his accomplishments in the past four years. My mood soared when he removed himself from the ticket and followed up with an endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris.
The most astonishing thing was the Democrats united behind her.
I'm thrilled that a powerful female is stepping forward at the perfect time. There's never been a better time to elect a woman president and save our democracy.
I voted for Hilary and was devastated when she lost the election. Donald Trump was a bad candidate then, and he’s even worse now. Kamala will win.
Vice President Kamala Harris may not be everyone's cup of tea, but she is more than qualified to do the job. The next three months are going to be the nastiest on record as Trump and the MAGA cult members spew their vile rhetoric. We've seen their behavior before when the Obamas were in the White House.
I despise what she will endure to become our next president.
But if Kamala is ready to step forward with courage, I will match her bravery and support her.
She's the right person to lead, filling me with infinite hope for our future.
WE MUST ALL VOTE IN NOVEMBER!
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I am so glad you addressed the elephant in the room, or the rock in the shoe. I was sceptical of Kamala Harris initially, but like every woman who has reach the top her career, she is full of surprises. I think she is more than capable. May the force be with her. Finally there is some hope for US now. And the whole world.
So you choose to ignore the vile rhetoric of the Democrats? If there is now hope for the US where has that hope been the past four years? Dems have been in power while everything has gone pear shaped. What is the difference now?