Kamala Harris And Tim Walz Vs. Fat Elvis And The Women-Hating Weirdo
My thoughts on Democrats' surging poll numbers, enthusiasm, and 2024 electoral prospects.
Former-Republican Charlie Sykes had a recent viral moment calling Trump “Fat Elvis,” and let’s definitely keep that going the rest of the election. It’s the perfect nickname because of both how accurate it is and how much it’s going to drive Trump so crazy he might have a stroke. Trump is a washed up has-been who never “had it,” he just won a fluke election likely because enough voters stayed home or voted Trump as a protest vote against the political establishment thinking Hillary’s victory was inevitable. Then Trump went on to lose both chambers of Congress and the presidency, tying Herbert Hoover as the biggest electoral loser in US history, a record Trump is poised to surpass if he loses a second reelection bid. Trump will be, say it with me, everyone, the biggest electoral loser in American history!
Tim Walz is the VP pick, but the field of potential picks was quite impressively full of competent possibilities. It’s a testament to Joe Biden’s skill as president that he left the party better — more electorally and gubernatorially dominant across the nation, more ambitious on policy, and more moderate—than he found it. I’m getting more bullish on Kamala Harris’ chances in the election by the day, and Biden’s legislative accomplishments have made today’s Democrats the most successful iteration of the party in 60 years. I’m a big fan of Barack Obama, but the combination of his singular talent in oratory and political campaigning, the inevitability of Hillary Clinton’s succeeding nomination, and the deplorable racism with which the GOP stymied his political mandates left the party’s national bench quite bare in 2016. As Kamala Harris’s poll numbers go up and Trump’s racist insanity follows proportionally, Joe Biden’s legacy of badass, Dark Brandon energy having kicked Trump out of the White House, passing long overdue investment into every corner of American society, and then quitting while he’s mostly ahead and handing the baton to a capable successor is getting more secure. Joe Biden legitimately deserves many accolades in future history books and presidential rankings.
Democrats should do a poker-raise on J.D. Vance’s idea about kid-less people “not having a stake in the future” so they therefore should have their votes devalued by giving extra votes to people with kids, and declare that radical Christians who believe the Rapture will occur in their lifetimes don’t have a stake in the future and should therefore have their votes devalued by giving extra votes to atheists. I’d argue that kid-less, atheist, liberal cat ladies care MUCH MORE about kids than Republicans who oppose free school lunches, universal pre-K, universal healthcare, gun safety, etc., and many conservatives regularly proclaim that this world is damned, hopeless, and temporary. Fundamentalists literally don’t believe in the future, and maybe don’t deserve equal voting power to the people who do.
Republicans’ race-baiting commentary on Kamala Harris’s ethnic heritage and family identity is rich considering that to get ahead in Republican politics Rafael Cruz had to go by “Ted,” Nimarata Haley had to go by “Nikki,” and Piyush Jindal had to go by “Bobby.” Meanwhile, Kamala Harris goes by “Kamala” and Barack Obama goes by “Barack.” Vivek Ramaswamy is a weird, annoying, authoritarian creep, but at least he didn’t whitewash his name… although that’s also probably part of the reason why his primary campaign wasn’t very successful despite his eager, boot-licking adoption of Trumpian fascism.
The RFK Jr. bear story about wanting to skin a roadkill bear cub and then leaving it in Central Park, an infamous incident that flummoxed New Yorkers years ago, is somehow both insane and a perfectly believable news headline about him. The guy literally had brain worms. There was a recent viral post featuring a worm sticking out of RFK Jr.’s head whispering to him him, “Put the bear in the park, Robert!” and it cracks me up every time I think of it. I’m laughing now writing this. If RFK Jr. was a character in a movie or TV show, the writers would be universally mocked. Every new revelation about RFK Jr.’s antics would be “jumping the shark” if a fiction writer had thought it up. Even better is he had to ditch the dead bear because a day of falconry and a steakhouse dinner reservation left him with too little time to take the bear home before a flight. We need to tax nepo babies more.
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Yep, RFK Jr is definitely stranger than fiction. I wonder who looks at him and his antics and says,
"That guy would make a helluva president!"
The people that think RFK Jr is presidential material are basing their opinion on how he was a zillion years ago when his environmentalist activities were notable and were prior to brain worms. The people that think Trump is presidential material are basing their opinion that he was a great businessman when he was a racist, a liar and a bankrupt fraud. Harris and Walz will appeal to people who base their opinion on the country being a place for inclusivity and well being for all. Vote Blue 💙