We're Not Going Back

When I sat down on Saturday to write my political post for Monday, I could not help but wonder if I was tempting fate.

Two weeks ago I had a post ready to go but what the hell! Donald Trump got shot at?!?! 

One week ago I had a post ready to go only to have Joe Biden step down as a candidate for President.  

Kamala, we love you, we need you, you are awesome. Please stay safe.

So far Vice President Kamala Harris has owned the spotlight as the new presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party. 

I have to say "presumptive" as the Democratic National Convention has not formalized her as the the nominee.  The actual convention is not until August 19th but the party is looking at a virtual roll call for the first week of August to make this the real thing.

In the short week since Joe Biden stepped down as a candidate, Kamala Harris' campaign has gone from zero to sixty in nothing flat. 

Harris raised $100 million in less than one week, the most of any candidate for President in that time frame. And that's on top of the sizeable war chest she inherited from the Biden/Harris campaign. 

In a few short days, polling is heading in Kamala's direction.  Various polls that had Biden behind Trump now show Harris in the lead, tied or not quite as far behind. 

And she's just getting started.  

Kamala Harris has adopted some key messaging to get in front and frame the choice between her and Donald Trump.

Harris is referencing her time as a prosecutor who put people in jail for committing crimes like the ones Trump has been accused of, indicted for and convicted for. She's cast herself as "the prosecutor vs. the convicted felon."  

At a rally, Donald Trump tried to make fun of this approach, "They're saying she's the prosecutor and I'm a convicted felon."

Within hours, up went this campaign ad:

Donald Trump: "She's the prosecutor and I'm a convicted felon."

Kamala Harris: "I approved this message!"

Damn, girl! You go! 

In a speech, Harris cited how much Trump and his party want to regress policies back to the 19th century. "We're not going back!" she declared and her enthusiastic audience began to chant it back to her.

"We're not going back!"

"We're not going back!"

"We're not going back!"

Within hours, you could buy "We're not going back!" t-shirts online.

The enthusiasm level for Kamala Harris is stratospheric leaving Trump supporters flummoxed on ways to attack her.

OK, here's one: Kamala Harris never submitted to unprotected hetero-normative intercourse for successful impregnation by male spermatozoa.  

Translation: Kamala never got knocked up with her own biological child.  

OK, what Handmaid's Tale bullshit is that? 

Donald Trump's VP JD Vance thinks that women of reproductive age who do not in fact reproduce are not living full and happy lives and do not contribute fully to American society. These crazy cat ladies lead sad and unfulfilled lives.

Within hours of this becoming public knowledge, you could buy "Crazy Cat Ladies For Kamala" t-shirts online.   

One right wing researcher found a clip of Kamala Harris saying, "What? Did you just fall out of a coconut tree?" then having a hearty laugh about that. 

The clip was meant to embarrass the Vice President and make her look foolish.

The entire clip reveals Kamala is quoting her grandmother and it's meant to convey that we are who we are because of family, our friends, our community.  

You can go online and buy a "Did you just fall out of a coconut tree? Vote Kamala for President 2024" t-shirt.  

The right wing nut cases in the Republican Trump Party just can't make a punch land. 

The old boy himself has chickened out of the 2nd Presidential debate. 

As Pete Buttigieg said, "Trump just a big coward." 

Meanwhile, speaking of that "big coward", here's some stupid shit he said on Saturday while speaking to a group of alleged Christians:   “You won’t have to do it anymore — four more years, you know what? It’ll be fixed, it’ll be fine. You won’t have to vote anymore. You’ve got to get out and vote. In four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not going to have to vote.”

Your guess is as good as mine as to what the fuck he's talking about but whatever that guess is, it ain't good. 

We cannot, must NOT let this morally deficient, intellectually limited, sexual assaulting, empathy deprived, incoherent convicted felon anywhere near the White House again.

"We're not going back!"

"We're not going back!"

"We're not going back!"