Harris It Is — Now It’s Up to Us!
Let’s “Finish the Job for Middle America”
Joe Biden stepped down today as a candidate for president. I type this heaving a great sigh for a great man. He is moving aside, endorsing his vice president, Kamala Harris.
He has done what he thinks is best for this country. He is not getting into the weeds on it. And he is quickly tossing his support to a well-qualified candidate who is ready to govern.
Now it’s our turn.
It’s our turn not to take this historic move, and mash it into some sort of self-sabotaging fight for party purity and universal appeal. As Joe did, we need to set aside our druthers (if they are other than her) and get behind Harris. She is qualified. She is experienced. She is oh-so-competent. And she has her running shoes on.
Now the former guy is the old man. And not only old, he is a fraudulent, grifting rapist bent on “retribution” as well as the poster boy for “Project 2025.” He is endorsed and boosted by the media, corporate CEOs, and even tech bros. Why? Because he cares only about rich boys, and those are some of the richest boys.
Surely we can turn now to focus on the lying, aging, felonious enemy of the middle class who is the Republican Nominee. That alone should give us a way forward.
This is our chance to shine for once. To stop the public back-biting and say “yes” to a woman who can continue to steer the ship into historic economic recovery without leaving you and me behind.
Why should we? Because she has tirelessly (and without media coverage) championed all the things that we, as progressives, say we care about.
· Women’s reproductive rights
· Voting rights.
· Immigration policy. (Yes, google it.)
· Gun safety legislation.
· Increasing the minimum wage.
· Health care for the most vulnerable among us.
· Union membership.
· Support for Ukraine.
· And so much more.
For once let’s step up to the plate as a single and powerful force. There’s no time for scrapping among ourselves and processing. Get a Harris bumper sticker and doorbell for all the blue down-ballot candidates in your community. Or donate $5 to someone. Or talk to your neighbor or your brother-in-law about how Project 2025 takes away veterans’ services and Social Security and raises the retirement age. (Or any of the other thirty ways it promises to gut our futures.)
If we were Ridin’ with Biden, we can be “On the Vice Squad!” Or you can “Pair Us with Harris!” or we can claim we want to “Finish the Job for Middle America!” or any catchy phrase that the DNC comes up with. Put it on your front lawn, and show up in November.
We can do this together. We can swallow our reservations (for once). We can, as I said here, “Vote for Democracy!”
No one captures it as well as Politics Girl, so if you want to know why we should get behind Harris now and fiercely, here you go.
We need to be as willing to do the hard stuff as Joe Biden has been. He saved us once, and this time it’s up to us.
