For 30 years, I almost never heard ANYTHING about any VP. I
couldn't point to one specific function of VP, except maybe show up if the
president can't make it. Very little about Gore or Cheney (except when he was
accidentally shooting someone) and Mike Pence was MIA for four years. But
now on Fox News, all of a sudden, you are hearing A LOT about Kamala Harris. I wonder
what the difference is? Just kidding, we all know what the difference is.
And this is not unusual on the right and frankly the left isn't much better.
For example, if you look back over Hillary's career, her positivity ratings
were initially high -- until she was given a position to craft a healthcare
plan, then her ratings tanked. After they rose again until... she ran for and won a NY
Senate seat. This can not be a coincidence. Thirty years of being torn down, regardless
of accomplishment. People (mostly the right) are doing this same thing to many
women in politics: AOC was academically gifted, ran a part of Bernie's campaign
and won a competitive seat at age 28. What was the response to this (mostly from the
right)? "She was a bartender. She's not really a person of color." People, and
especially the right, do not want or like women in positions of power. Look
around -- CEO's? Mostly men. High paying fields like Business and Engineering?
Mostly men. Look at the composition of the GOP in DC. They're still well above
80% men, and mostly white. It's probably closer to 90%, but I haven't checked
that after the last two elections. They have one Black senator, out of 49 (out of 50 if you count Joe Manchin).
And back to Harris. She was raised by first generation immigrants and she graduated from
Howard University and University of California Hastings Law. She became the San Francisco District Attorney and was
elected Attorney General for the state of California. She was elected Senator and if you watch her during
senate hearings was extremely effective. And finally she ran for president and then was chosen
as Biden's VP. What's the reply (mostly from the right)? "Ha, she said
something that sounded dumb and she laughs too much." This, from the party of bleach injections and locker room talk. F. F. S.
