Posted on 08/14/2020 4:59:51 PM PDT by Jyotishi
Kamala blooms
Editorial
The Pioneer
Thursday, August 13, 2020
[Image] Kamala Harris is the third woman to stand for Vice-President of the US. Can she do better than the earlier two?
Kamala Harris' selection as the running mate of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is a momentous one. She is just the third woman to stand for Vice-President of the United States after Geraldine Ferrero in 1984 and Sarah Palin in 2008 but the first woman of colour to do so. This, four years after Donald Trump unexpectedly defeated Hillary Clinton, the first female US presidential candidate for the White House. In India, too, Harris' nomination is being celebrated since her mother was a Tamilian. Yet, it's not her origin but what she represents that might just tilt the scales. Biden has been less than charismatic and Harris' activism and focussed campaigns on the Afro-American cause give the Democrats a sales pitch to fall back upon, that of upholding civil rights. Not new really, but tested enough. And likely to find some resonance when race relations have taken centrestage following the killing of George Floyd by a White officer. Besides, the Black community has been the worst affected by Trump’s selective pandemic management. In all issues, be it of race, gender, healthcare and law enforcement, Harris has maintained a centrist record. But her drive has helped her push walls so far. Which is why Trump made his discomfort very much visible by calling her "extraordinarily nasty." He also accused her of being "the meanest, most horrible" of all US Senators.
With the US extremely fractured today, Harris possibly stands the best chance ever of having a woman occupy one of the top offices. That said, everyone expected Hillary Clinton to win in a landslide in 2016 and we all saw what happened. With Biden's mental acuity being questioned by many and Trump mobilising the Republican base, it would be fatal for the Democrats to take things for granted, particularly in some crucial battleground states which Trump snatched unexpectedly. While Harris was brought up single-handedly by her mother, after her parents divorced when she was five, and her father, the Jamaican-born economist Donald Harris, did extensive work in India, she identifies herself as a "Black" woman to build her political capital. Despite several in the Indian community urging her to recognise her heritage, she has consistently sought to downplay it. Incidentally, she is distantly related to India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. So while many in the Indian diaspora will celebrate her nomination, her politics is more often than not at variance with Indian interests. Indeed, she is as guilty as several other politicians of making some major policy flip-flops over the years. But with global geopolitics undergoing a sea change over the past few years and with China increasingly asserting itself, her views on India might change as well.
Like yeast?
Like a corpse flower.
Talk like that could get ya five upside da hayd.
Three Nationality Harris is not naturally an American.
And she is not black.
An article a few days ago pointed out another black woman has run for VP, in the 1950’s, on a 3rd party ticket. So every time they repeat Kamala is the first, they are wrong.
like a beached chileain sea bass
Haven’t we seen this play before?
...her father, the Jamaican-born economist Donald Harris, did extensive work in India
How convenient! They completely overlook the fact that he was a radical Marxist “economist” who HATES capitalism. Just the way the press overlooked Obama’s communist mother, Obama’s communist mentor, and his radical communist professors in California.
Yeah, that’s the one I was thinking about.
Only blooms once in many years and stinks like hell.
Even a skunk cabbage produces a flower.
Bloomin’ idiot.
No, not likely.
Kamala Wilts.
She’s an utter pig, right away she started blaming Trump for the virus and blamed him for destroying the economy and jobs which to me is even more proof the democraps colluded with China.
Tucker Carlson called her “Carmela” Harris tonight ... teehee.
Thanks for ruining my supper as I check the posts on FR. Unfortunately I had to look at your automated graphic twice! (Smile)
“Blooms”...like algae in a cesspool.
Red algae
The correct pronunciation is Commiela.
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