I can’t begin to tell you how excited I am to vote for Kamala Harris. She is an absolute breath of fresh air to the hellish vision of America that Donald Trump offers. Even without Trump to stand as the world’s most bigly and best foil to a competent professional woman, Harris is both dignified and motivating.
I thrive on adversity. The tougher it gets, the tougher I get.
But I was pleasantly surprised to find out this summer what a national campaign filled with actual JOY would feel like. How wonderful it was to have young people so energized. My own campaign has benefited with an uptick in volunteers contacting me and offering to help.
And seriously, the immutable Mr. Trump just became MORE himself—he seemed to have become focused on displaying his meanest, smallest, puniest traits as if Americans weren’t already fully decided on which president they’d least enjoy having over for non-NC-17 rated family function.
As much as Trump spun out – “They are eating the pets!”—Kamala stepped up.
She let Trump’s temper tantrum scare off a whole season worth of hurricane’s from Mar-a-largo (I half-wonder if Trump is underestimating Hurricane Helene because it’s a woman’s name) and went about the business of showing us what a person of substance might offer as a leader.
And seriously Trump isn’t just a foil, he’s truly “perfect.” Consider Taylor Swift’s well-reasoned and sober endorsement of Kamala. For millions of Swifies–aka brand new voters–Swift wrote:
I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them. I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos.
Trump turned his foil super powers on Taylor Swift with this very august and dignified missive:
“I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!”With the race so close, I have to keep reminding myself that we live in a world where a lot of us get completely different information. The “truth” on Truth Social is exactly the opposite of truth by most reliable objective standards. Since about a third of America and a substantial chunk of the Republican party have abandoned facts and logic in favor of fantasy-backed, white fever homilies about a great America that never existed, well, the presidential election is close when it should not close at all.
I don’t care. I am excited and encouraged by the joy and love that has risen to inspire people to participate. I believe good judgment will prevail. I believe love will heal our fractured nation.
I believe that we won’t go back.