Jeb Lund is a freelance writer and former political columnist and reporter for Rolling Stone and The Guardian. He has a podcast where he reviews Hallmark movies.
Posted on 11/23/2020 9:32:58 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Politics incentivizes making simple questions complicated, so, inevitably, we will turn to asking whether Douglas Emhoff, a 56-year-old, robustly male American attorney who is permanently leaving his law firm for his wife's career, can handle the job of being married to Vice-President Elect Kamala Harris... which he already does.
It is not, in itself, a completely absurd question. Being the vice president's husband carries with it more burdens than the average lout married to more a capable woman; call it the Homer Simpson Continuum.
In truth, though, the question of how Emhoff will handle being the first "second gentlemen" is less about the burdens of the role itself and more about the supposed psychological weight on his man-shoulders of holding down a supposed woman's gig, and whether it will fully crush his fragile male ego.
But if living in Kamala Harris's shadow was going to be a problem for Doug Emhoff, it probably would have come up during their first date, when she was the attorney general of California. And, honestly, when being married to the vice president of the United States would be an extremely good problem for anyone else to have, it's also probably a good problem for Emhoff to have.
Leaving aside his fantastically interesting wife and his proximity to power, this is the supposed conundrum he faces: He must live in beautiful public housing with excellent government healthcare, share in a six-figure family income and have no obligation to do anything other than meaningful charity work reflecting his values, all to be close to the woman he loves.
For more than a few men of recent vintage, I can't imagine another response: Don't threaten me with a good time.
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Jeb Lund is a freelance writer and former political columnist and reporter for Rolling Stone and The Guardian. He has a podcast where he reviews Hallmark movies.
Jeb Lund needs to lay off the estrogen.
“his fantastically interesting wife “
Omigosh, Emhoff is a bigamist??
Who would be the 1st Gentleman?
Cuckhold!
“whether it will fully crush his fragile male ego. “
A real piece of work.
In that case of a legitimate female vice-president, the job should go to a daughter, niece, sister or cousin. There is precedent for that.
Not that it’s going to happen, but if it were, I’ll laugh every day.
But seriously, I sure hope he can un-resign when they lose.
How can he be second gentleman when there isn’t a first?
Kamel is going to need a full-time bag man to interface with the CCP.
What a cuck.
I’d bet the fellow that wrote this pisses soi.....
How does he get on with Willie Brown at social events?
His wife will never be Vice President.
The guy’s got a very interesting CV.
Worth some digging into.
https://youtu.be/IXvOGR027GY
Are you one of those that thinks Clinton will off her ...or you are just saying it because you believe Biden won’t be certified
Is his middle name “JACK”? Never mind............ :-)
A lot of connections to various corruptocrats?
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