Oh my, it’s five days later and I’m being a lazy slug. Oh well, nothing happened since my last post. Well, maybe a little on the electoral front . . .

Who am I kidding? An incumbent running for re-election to the highest office in the whole world steps down from running ‘cause people made him feel to old! Isn’t that age discrimination? He can’t sue the entire population, nor can he even sue individuals, as there were many, many respected legislators and a few ‘Publicans in Congress who voiced their opinions he was too old. He wasn’t and isn’t. He’s smart as a whip, but age does slow us all down. These blogs of mine take much, much longer now that my hands are screaming in pain from arthritis! But I can still think. Well, maybe not like the President but regardless of what my significant other says, I have some common sense. And the other candidate in the race certainly doesn’t have a lot of that virtue. Or any other virtue that I can discern. 

What’s done is done. Ol’ Joe is still in the White House and will do just fine for the rest of his term. And believe me, it was a wakeup call to the other side! Now they have the older candidate. And I will say I am proud of the Dem’s for all rallying around Kamala so quickly. As a party, when there’s any question of who might be in charge they normally fight like starving dogs over a bone! So I am thrilled about their common bond as a party. 

And I had forgotten a lot about Kamala since the 2020 election. Sure I knew she was there and doing important work, but I had forgotten her personality as well as her prosecutorial past! Yippee Skippee, I watched parts of her speech to the Harris née Biden campaign staff (wow, just thought of the irony of calling it that!) and I was pleasantly reminded that this dog knows how to hunt! She comes across savvy, fun, literate as well as eloquent, and most importantly confident. All my worries about ‘it has to be Joe to beat the Orange One’ flew out of my grey matter in just a few moments. As it’s fresh meat in this arena, the battle will be much more fun! The gloves are not off - they’re on and poised for a knockout! 

Now it’s on to the Veep selection. I know who I want, but I don’t want them selected. This race has to be about saving democracy and the rule of law. Dems already have policies to try to help the middle guys and the little guys and strengthen our country, but we need to stress the damage done from 2016 to 2021! The repairs Joe has done have been astounding, but he can’t yet change the Supreme Court. So Kamala needs to build an iron-clad coalition to energize down ballot races. And to do that her Veep pick has to be liberal, but not too progressive. And also they need to be aggressively tenacious like a pit bull and drive home to all voters the lower level damages ravaged upon them in that past administration! Tax cuts my @$$! Ask Elizabeth Warren for the details - she has ‘em. Yes, Joe spent like a drunken sailor, but his predecessor added much more debt to our nation in the same amount of time. And they were the party of Law and Order! As well as the party of Fiscal Responsibility. Pity. 

Oops, well, stream of consciousness writing means I may digress at times, so apologies, I digress!

Quickly, before I close this chapter, I’ll finish my Veep monologue. Who would be perfect for the job? Mayor Pete Buttigieg in my personal opinion. But he cannot be nominated - yet. The religious right in this country is too on edge with their successes deleting Roe v Wade during a Democratic Administion! They’ll never ever let an openly gay person into office while the Maggots are running the ‘Publican show. They’re chomping at the bit to get the Dreamsicle in office again to roll back any gay rights as well as any rules or regulations on segregation, birth control, etc. That Project 2025 is scary! Let big business regulate over the poplulation for their profit. No FDA, no EPA, soon not even FDIC or a postal service. Clean out the FBI and Secret Service, and establish a new order of law, controlled totally by the President/Interim Dictator to do as he wishes. And of course, bring all our overseas troops home, as they’ll be needed to keep the peace here, not abroad. Hey, EU! Fend for yourselves. ‘Publicans love Putin! And wouldn’t it be great if our country was run like China and Russia and even North Korea? Aargh, it astounds me how far backwards we would go! 

Anyway, back to Veep. It’s gotta be a guy.simply to appease the old guard white guy voters. A black guy is fine if he’s tough like Dwayne Johnson, but we need someone who can work with the Congress, so experience will definitely help. Newsome? Too Californian, and evidently it’s against the Constitution - gotta be from a different state. (Just learned that. Ms. Bronenkant in High School Civics must’ve skipped that part!) Raphael Warnock would be an excellent choice for a lotta reasons, but the Dems need to keep that senate seat comfortably blue for a while. Jamie Raskin would be good, except his Jewish background will be harped upon. To me a ridiculous basis for judgement, but today it’s unfortunately a valid point. Okay, you see where I’m having trouble predicting or prophesying who it could be. The dice have been rolled, so it’s up the the Harris Campaign and the Democratic National Committee to narrow the field - and quickly. As Mammy Yokum said in Li’l Abner comics - “Time’s a-wastin’!” 

Maybe that’s the Veep! Al Capp! Cogitate on that ‘til next time folks!