Yesterday Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee for the presidential election in early November named California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate, making history by selecting the first woman of color, descending from Jamaican and Indian parents, to compete against Donald Trump and Mike Pence. Harris joins Biden at a critical moment of unprecedented national crisis.
The country is living its worse pandemic in one hundred years that claimed over 200.000 lives and several millions of positive cases, business closures and disruptions resulting from the Covid virus, that left millions without jobs, over 10% unemployment rate, many risk evictions and becoming homeless, many struggle to feed their children and families, a further disparity in wealth, health, education between different levels of society, plus an ongoing civil unrest due to harsh racist practices and police brutality.
Like many in America, and the world, Harris left some a bit disappointed or cold at best, her whole ideology wasn't progressive enough, we will examine these claims further down, I had and still have different serious reservations about her foreign policies and opinions, especially toward the Middle-East and its various conflicts, for instance, among the list of finalists who were under consideration by the Biden campaign for the VP role, Harris had the clearest record of support for Israel and its present leadership, and with Biden himself, an enthusiastic modern Zionist, all policies created by the ill previous administration, have no realistic chance of being restudied, revised or revoked.
But if we look from a strictly American perspective, at the woman herself and the position, she's still a sure main street progressive, with possibilities of progressive initiatives, and neutral in her ideologies, which objectively might serve well the presidency, the country and its citizens, and as Mark shields said on NPR she has a million Dollar smile. And with a Trump, his family and oligarchy administration's failure after failure, endangering the unity and prosperity of the American majority, every honest citizen voter ought to think clearly, rationally and give this coming election some serious consideration.
Lately in America, the debate about candidates and in our case the second in command, was shaping around what can a presidential team do and what policies, ideas and progress can they advance, or just consider who can best beat Trump/Pence and win the election. While most people now accept that both factors are as important and determining factors, and not just one of them.
In our times, here in America, many people are suffering and being subjected to great pain, whether they've lost their jobs, their businesses, their loved ones to the virus, or having to choose between keeping a roof over their heads, or paying for medical emergency, or feeding their families, not to talk about educating their kids, our actual president and his entire administration, don't want to be distracted by any of these, they're actually showing signs of getting bored from some aspects of these threatening problems.
Mr. Trump managed even to totally politicize and using an institutions like the post offices as a hostage, employing more than half a million individuals and probably feeding 700.000 families across America, he is flatly refusing to help providing any funding to save it, he's even threatening to veto any funding, because he strongly believe that republicans will loose the elections if every American could vote, he said it clearly in an interview with Fox news. while their major priority is keeping Wall Street in good shape and the Nasdaq skyrocketing.
The Biden/Harris duo give some glimpse of hope to millions of Americans. While regaining the soul of the nation, they seem to understand that taking care of needy people, and all the people, isn't a distraction, it is the job. I only hope that this duo will change their words of leading the world into inspiring the world, it's a way of thinking.
Now it remains to be seen, if this duo, once elected to lead our country, will treat the rest of the world, be it in Latin America, the Middle-East and its conflicts, Israel and its brutal colonial supremacy, our endless adventures, wars and conflicts with so many, and lately, backed by an absurd jealousy, turning China into our newest perpetual enemy. While we keep falling into the hands of our corporate greedy masters, and their war machines, will the duo be able to reverse some or most of these policies that are becoming our life engine.
As always my thanks to all , be safe and well.
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