The last week has been unlike I've ever seen in politics in my 65 years. I don't remember Kennedy. The exuberance and sheer joy of Vice President Harris is remarkable. It's no time to let up. Let's ride this wave into November and then the White House.
I do remember Kennedy, because I turned 14 the year he launched his campaign, and my parents were political junkies so we watched Cronkite every single night. :) I sense Harris's resemblance with Kennedy and also with Obama.
I remember Kennedy well. I was in college, under 21, and couldn’t vote. But I was captivated by the campaign and followed it closely. I never forgot it: the energy and hope it brought. I sense some of that with Kamala.
Agreed! And the legends of groups getting their zoom calls, mass meetings and even those that are smaller have all ‘gotten the assignment’. Thought the Obama Blue wave was huge with enthusiasm but this Harris campaign is becoming a Tsunami!
What now still seems to be a tight race could, with explosive enthusiasm and hope, transform the election into a Democratic rout of Republican fascism.
At 12-years-old, my politically active Democratic uncle, who knew then House Speaker John McCormack, as well as the Kennedy family, took me by train to the Nation’s Capital for JFK’s funeral. The triumvirate of events I witnessed and participated in -- standing curbside as the assassinated president’s funeral cortege bearing his body on a horse-drawn caisson solemnly passed by, filing past his flag-draped coffin in the Capitol Rotunda, and finally, visiting his freshly-covered grave illuminated by the Eternal Flame atop Arlington National Cemetery -- have left indelible memories freighted with both sadness and hope. Within five years, two other national icons of moral justice and passionate idealism -- Martin Luther King, Jr. and the president’s brother, Robert F. Kennedy, would similarly perish from assassins’ bullets.
And yet, ironically, the hope that survived those national traumas has persisted and become indomitable because the spirit of goodness eventually triumphs over evil, as it will again in the face of the mass psychotic delusion of Trump MAGA fascism. May Kamala carry the torch into November and beyond!
I remember when Bobby was shot. I remember our teacher telling us he had passed. It still brings tears to my eyes even today.
“Some men see things as they are and say why, I dream things that never were and say, why not”. - Robert Kennedy from George Bernard Shaw
It is my deepest hope that Kamala Harris rides the giddy optimism of the first week of the campaign into the convention, through to November and then the White House.
Much obliged, Shirley. I believe that it's important to share experiences that appear to have significant continuity and connection with current states of affairs, for historical, moral and practical political action-related reasons.
I remember the Kennedy/Nixon campaign. The debate with Nixon’s sweaty lip. I remember my Sunday School teacher had a pin that said, if I remember correctly, “ I’m With Pat”. It was a fierce fight, but still respectful. Nothing like now. Trump has lowered the bar. It is an exciting time for sure. And the Convention is on it’s way!
The sentence: “ He makes Sarah Palin look like James Madison, and she is as unstable, ignorant and dishonest at a level I still haven’t quite figured out how to articulate after 16 years.” Is priceless! I’m still chuckling to myself!
Criminally insane convicted felon dump will contest the election results no matter how big Harris’s landslide is. He will push it to the Supreme Court, and the shameless six will declare him the winner. The only way that’s not going to happen is if we add four justices to the Supreme Court right now.
It's a waste of energy to think there will be additions to SCOTFG in the next 3 months. Focus on what we can control and help get more people registered and provide the info they need to overcome the misinformation MAGA will inundate them with. This isn't practical and doesn't fix the long term problem and will actually cost Harris and the Ds votes. Not a smart move to do this.
Biden sadly is an institutionalist oblivious to the danger MAGA represents....he has been presented with the concept of adding judges...and SCOTUS HAS fluctuated in number over the course of American history....but he like the other octagenerian Nancy Pelosi says...NO. even to save the republic these loser Democrats never think boldly.
I fear none of this matters. Harris could win every state, but the red state votes won't be certified. It will then go to SCOTUS where it will get tossed to the House, and each state gets one vote. Trump wins. He keeps saying as much when he tells his side they don't even have to bother to vote. This is the Heritage Foundation's wet dream.
Steve, this is where your attention should be paid going forward. This needs to be a landslide so that none of this can make any headway. They do have a plan, and that plan is maga election official plants in many of the swing states.
We The People … a landslide Blue has got to hold in any such brazen scheme /Supreme Court/Heritage F. /Et Al
Or what….it’s Civil War? The next voter cycle takes them out or impeaches/jail terms/clears out the swamp. Cut and dried rarely rides in on a white horse ,so we can expect every trick by every traitor pulled, writing bold on the wall already. It’s the last hurrah, folks
Wouldn't he have to already be VP for that to happen? Not sure how this works, but Kamala is the sitting VP through J6 certification and until inauguration. Of course, Heritage and MAGA used 2020 as a trial run to test for weaknesses in the fences, so no telling how this will turn out. Ugly stuff.
You say Palm Beach, I’m hoping it’ll be free room & board in a Federal slammer, and preferably not one of the country clubs (his crimes demand maximum security). In any case, the notion of his being taken down by a MIXED RACE WOMAN BORN OF IMMIGRANT PARENTS is so delicious it’s fattening.
It is certainly encouraging and she is clearly the vastly better option and the most effective counterforce to the various authoritarian and kleptocratic initiatives seeking to diminish democratic process and popular will. But let’s reflect on where overconfidence for team maga got them. And let’s be attentive to whatever electoral shenanigans they may be working on ahead of 1/6/25.
Trump and the GOP have spent the last 4 years rigging the election in swing states and Republican ones. They fully intend to throw this election, through the electoral college, into chaos and TO THE SUPREME COURT. You KNOW how that will end, don't you? Where is the federal government security agencies? How, will they protect this election? The GOP knows they can't win, listen to Trump, he knows he can't take the White House with votes, that not what they're planning. What is our government going to do to protect us when so much of it is made up of Republicans!?
President Biden will declare martial law and order the U.S. military to put down the insurrection with deadly force if necessary. My cousin won the silver star for taking on 90 Iraqi T72 battle tanks at Khafgi Saudi Arabia in the middle of the night with just jeeps with Tow missiles on the back of the jeeps. He told me he was vastly outgunned until the A-10 warthogs Air Force planes showed up and 30 minutes later all 90 tanks were destroyed. I suggest a run of the Warthogs next to the Pillsbury doughboy insurrectionists and let them see the power of the depleted uranium Gatling gun in the nose of the aircraft. They will surrender just as the Iraqi tank crewman did rather than be destroyed by the Warthogs! Time to take out the Trump trash forever!!!
We're in this current predicament because J-6 was not handled as an insurrection. This time around we must be prepared, as you say, and bring the hammer down as needed.
I like the hopium but...whoa! KH is off to a great START but she must continue to hit all of the right buttons if she is to stay one step in front of Trump. The Dems must have a plan for countering the inevitable blizzard of b.s. that is soon to be heading Kamalas way. Being out in front of those attacks may be the key to her potential success.
This is especially important as Trump has denounced any affiliation with project 2025 and Dans, the director of the project has resigned. But most sane people know full well that Project 2025 and 47’s proposed policies are closely aligned. And who can trust anything that Trump says? As a born liar, he has proven time and again that nothing he says can be relied on, and his apparent rejection of Project 2025 is no different.
Meanwhile Trump is truly sounding like he has lost his mind.On "Truth Social" he posted a photo of FBI Director Wray pointing at him with the caption:
“WHAT DID YOU KNOW AND WHEN DID YOU KNOW ABOUT IT? RETRUTH IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO ORDERED THE ASSASSINATION OF DONALD J TRUMP.”
He is suggesting that the attempt on his life was part of an FBI conspiracy.
In another resurfaced video, Vance seems crazier than Trump as he harps on his ludicrous attacks on childless couples: "Final point I’ll make is you go on Twitter, and almost always, the people who are most deranged and most psychotic are people who don’t have kids at all.” – J.D. Vance
No wonder many in the GOP are calling on him to step down. What a shit-show!
The Coup de grace could be Harris taking a page out of President Lincoln's "A Team of Rivals", and name either Cheney, or Kinzinger as VP. Of course, this won't happen, but it would be pure genius if it did. Just saying...
Daniel Pink's idea in this WAPO article is fantastic. After Harris chooses a running mate, Mr. Pink suggests that she announce her cabinet and other high level agency choices and run with the slogan, "Tgether We Can Do It," as a foil to Trump's, "I Alone Can Fix It," "I am the Chosen One," and "I Had God On My Side," referring to the assassination attempt. Brilliant!
"Pure genius"? More like pure ignorance. Name one or both to cabinet posts if necessary if she wins. Cheney voted with TFG 95% of the time and was a 3 term Rep in a solid red state. Not sure about Kinzinger's voting record. Look, I appreciate what both said and did around J6, but that doesn't qualify them. We need our people, our policies, and our platform.
And neither one of them has anywhere near the experience to be VP. As I said the last time this happens, you'll lose a lot of democratic support and give TFG's campaign and MAGA world all the ammo they need to stop the Harris momentum. "See? The democrats know their policies are so bad they decided to put a Republican on their ticket. Vote for us and get the full R policy agenda." Even though that would be bullshit, enough people would hear it and agree. Stop the silliness please.
So, I have a lot of respect for Pete B, but he's even less qualified (based on experience) than Cheney or Kinzinger. What you're saying without saying it is our democratic policies and field of candidates from democratic state governorships and Senators is so pathetically weak or thin that we need to go with a republican. Not your intention, but effectively what you're saying. That's quitting on our party and America. Not our job to fix all the problems TFG caused and continues to do so by appeasing some small ass group of voters.
Never read it but am familiar with it just the same. FYI, this isn't 1860, so only when white men could vote. That's what you want to base this insanity on? Different world, different news sources and speed (instantaneous instead of days or weeks), different political parties. That is a sure fire way to lose now. It's not on Harris or the democrats job to appease the fucking idiots who pledge loyalty to TFG instead of the Constitution or to undo all the damage in what you perceive as unity. Neither one of them is qualified nor has the policy bonafides to be the D VP. Cabinet members is a possibility. You admit it's never going to happen, yet post this every day. Seriously, WTF. Glad you're not advising Harris.
As the saying goes, from your mouth to God’s ears!
We need to give attention to the latest news that some 70 election deniers are in positions of election control. In county and state levels they are charged with certifying election results. They have indicated they will not certify the results.
This will instill chaos into the election process.
The last week has been unlike I've ever seen in politics in my 65 years. I don't remember Kennedy. The exuberance and sheer joy of Vice President Harris is remarkable. It's no time to let up. Let's ride this wave into November and then the White House.
Her energy is so fresh and clean, she radiates not only competence but goodness and wellbeing.
I do remember Kennedy, because I turned 14 the year he launched his campaign, and my parents were political junkies so we watched Cronkite every single night. :) I sense Harris's resemblance with Kennedy and also with Obama.
I remember Kennedy well. I was in college, under 21, and couldn’t vote. But I was captivated by the campaign and followed it closely. I never forgot it: the energy and hope it brought. I sense some of that with Kamala.
Agreed! And the legends of groups getting their zoom calls, mass meetings and even those that are smaller have all ‘gotten the assignment’. Thought the Obama Blue wave was huge with enthusiasm but this Harris campaign is becoming a Tsunami!
What now still seems to be a tight race could, with explosive enthusiasm and hope, transform the election into a Democratic rout of Republican fascism.
At 12-years-old, my politically active Democratic uncle, who knew then House Speaker John McCormack, as well as the Kennedy family, took me by train to the Nation’s Capital for JFK’s funeral. The triumvirate of events I witnessed and participated in -- standing curbside as the assassinated president’s funeral cortege bearing his body on a horse-drawn caisson solemnly passed by, filing past his flag-draped coffin in the Capitol Rotunda, and finally, visiting his freshly-covered grave illuminated by the Eternal Flame atop Arlington National Cemetery -- have left indelible memories freighted with both sadness and hope. Within five years, two other national icons of moral justice and passionate idealism -- Martin Luther King, Jr. and the president’s brother, Robert F. Kennedy, would similarly perish from assassins’ bullets.
And yet, ironically, the hope that survived those national traumas has persisted and become indomitable because the spirit of goodness eventually triumphs over evil, as it will again in the face of the mass psychotic delusion of Trump MAGA fascism. May Kamala carry the torch into November and beyond!
Much of that Kennedy-inspired, patriotic optimism is now in the national air. I can’t wait for Kamalot!
I remember when Bobby was shot. I remember our teacher telling us he had passed. It still brings tears to my eyes even today.
“Some men see things as they are and say why, I dream things that never were and say, why not”. - Robert Kennedy from George Bernard Shaw
It is my deepest hope that Kamala Harris rides the giddy optimism of the first week of the campaign into the convention, through to November and then the White House.
David, thank you for that beautiful quote read by Ted Kennedy at his brother Robert’s funeral.
Ken, that’s some potent memories you have there of that very sad period of time. Thank you for sharing your recollection.
Much obliged, Shirley. I believe that it's important to share experiences that appear to have significant continuity and connection with current states of affairs, for historical, moral and practical political action-related reasons.
I remember the Kennedy/Nixon campaign. The debate with Nixon’s sweaty lip. I remember my Sunday School teacher had a pin that said, if I remember correctly, “ I’m With Pat”. It was a fierce fight, but still respectful. Nothing like now. Trump has lowered the bar. It is an exciting time for sure. And the Convention is on it’s way!
The sentence: “ He makes Sarah Palin look like James Madison, and she is as unstable, ignorant and dishonest at a level I still haven’t quite figured out how to articulate after 16 years.” Is priceless! I’m still chuckling to myself!
There is nothing like a good 'Schmidt Storm' to clear the air!
HAAHAAH!!!
Same! Steve shoots off some really funny stuff. LOL
His writing often makes my day!
Two points:
1) All of this is taking place BEFORE the Democratic National Convention, after which there will be a real and sizable bounce.
2) He will not retire down to MAL. He will be standing trial and more than likely serving some time behind bars.
Where he so magnificently belongs. Yay!!
Criminally insane convicted felon dump will contest the election results no matter how big Harris’s landslide is. He will push it to the Supreme Court, and the shameless six will declare him the winner. The only way that’s not going to happen is if we add four justices to the Supreme Court right now.
It's a waste of energy to think there will be additions to SCOTFG in the next 3 months. Focus on what we can control and help get more people registered and provide the info they need to overcome the misinformation MAGA will inundate them with. This isn't practical and doesn't fix the long term problem and will actually cost Harris and the Ds votes. Not a smart move to do this.
Biden sadly is an institutionalist oblivious to the danger MAGA represents....he has been presented with the concept of adding judges...and SCOTUS HAS fluctuated in number over the course of American history....but he like the other octagenerian Nancy Pelosi says...NO. even to save the republic these loser Democrats never think boldly.
Will not be possible: like the Traitor says: will be to big to rig!
I saw a clip of Vance talking about the attacks on his wife by “some White Supremicists.”
Whew. Good thing it is only some White Supremicists. Would hate to inflame the base.
The magas are attacking their own by going after Vance’s wife. Red hatters hate others. They hate people who look or talk differently from them.
Good one John!!
And it was Cruz weak sauce defending her. Does he not see them as a big part of maga? Talk about blind ambition.
😂😂😂😂
Ahahaha hahaha 🍻
From your lips to God’s ears…please.
I second that
My sentiments exactly Jeff!! 💯
I fear none of this matters. Harris could win every state, but the red state votes won't be certified. It will then go to SCOTUS where it will get tossed to the House, and each state gets one vote. Trump wins. He keeps saying as much when he tells his side they don't even have to bother to vote. This is the Heritage Foundation's wet dream.
Steve, this is where your attention should be paid going forward. This needs to be a landslide so that none of this can make any headway. They do have a plan, and that plan is maga election official plants in many of the swing states.
Very scary. Their plan is to try to steal the election, not to win it.
They can't win, and are well aware of that fact. They know their positions are wildly unpopular.
Agree!! Rachel Maddow on this frightening subject
https://youtu.be/of9OP_a6MNg?si=gKy9qHv42yY_cSmk
Yes, she pretty much nailed it.
Agreeing to Robbie Roberts text
SCOTUS: "Landslide, schmandslide."
Prior to their ruling giving the President immunity for "official acts"*, I wouldn't have thought they had the brass to do that.
*Republican prez=official, Democratic prez=unofficial. They anointed themselves arbiters.
It does seem like that is the plan.
You are quite right. Why are we not preparing for this? Our very survival is at stake!
Yes! The Heritage goon said they have plans that we are not prepared for, (we) haven't thought of yet.
He also said, "It will be bloodless, if the Left allows it."
Planting the seed, correct I heard it at first utter, gloves off folks….
We The People … a landslide Blue has got to hold in any such brazen scheme /Supreme Court/Heritage F. /Et Al
Or what….it’s Civil War? The next voter cycle takes them out or impeaches/jail terms/clears out the swamp. Cut and dried rarely rides in on a white horse ,so we can expect every trick by every traitor pulled, writing bold on the wall already. It’s the last hurrah, folks
Kamala and the team best have Plan B ready.
Loved this Steve Schmidt ,wohoo! 👏
💙💙VOTE BLUE LETS END THIS COUP💙💙
Exactly!: 💙💙VOTE BLUE LETS END THIS COUP💙💙 (That need to be a slogan!)
Let it be so! Thanks Lisa🫶
Rachel Maddow makes this frightening point …
https://youtu.be/of9OP_a6MNg?si=gKy9qHv42yY_cSmk
This is what will happen in Texas. Abbott has so rigged the election process, there is no way Harris can win here
I don't think Ds are counting on winning Texas no matter what. I believe the last democratic POTUS candidate to win Texas was Carter in 1976.
Vance has already said he will do what Pence wouldn't!
Wouldn't he have to already be VP for that to happen? Not sure how this works, but Kamala is the sitting VP through J6 certification and until inauguration. Of course, Heritage and MAGA used 2020 as a trial run to test for weaknesses in the fences, so no telling how this will turn out. Ugly stuff.
You say Palm Beach, I’m hoping it’ll be free room & board in a Federal slammer, and preferably not one of the country clubs (his crimes demand maximum security). In any case, the notion of his being taken down by a MIXED RACE WOMAN BORN OF IMMIGRANT PARENTS is so delicious it’s fattening.
At this point, I'd settle for a 72-hour stint at Rikers.
It is certainly encouraging and she is clearly the vastly better option and the most effective counterforce to the various authoritarian and kleptocratic initiatives seeking to diminish democratic process and popular will. But let’s reflect on where overconfidence for team maga got them. And let’s be attentive to whatever electoral shenanigans they may be working on ahead of 1/6/25.
“Trump tried to hang his last VP and now his new choice of VP is going to hang him in November”. Love it! May it come true!
Trump and the GOP have spent the last 4 years rigging the election in swing states and Republican ones. They fully intend to throw this election, through the electoral college, into chaos and TO THE SUPREME COURT. You KNOW how that will end, don't you? Where is the federal government security agencies? How, will they protect this election? The GOP knows they can't win, listen to Trump, he knows he can't take the White House with votes, that not what they're planning. What is our government going to do to protect us when so much of it is made up of Republicans!?
President Biden will declare martial law and order the U.S. military to put down the insurrection with deadly force if necessary. My cousin won the silver star for taking on 90 Iraqi T72 battle tanks at Khafgi Saudi Arabia in the middle of the night with just jeeps with Tow missiles on the back of the jeeps. He told me he was vastly outgunned until the A-10 warthogs Air Force planes showed up and 30 minutes later all 90 tanks were destroyed. I suggest a run of the Warthogs next to the Pillsbury doughboy insurrectionists and let them see the power of the depleted uranium Gatling gun in the nose of the aircraft. They will surrender just as the Iraqi tank crewman did rather than be destroyed by the Warthogs! Time to take out the Trump trash forever!!!
We're in this current predicament because J-6 was not handled as an insurrection. This time around we must be prepared, as you say, and bring the hammer down as needed.
I like the hopium but...whoa! KH is off to a great START but she must continue to hit all of the right buttons if she is to stay one step in front of Trump. The Dems must have a plan for countering the inevitable blizzard of b.s. that is soon to be heading Kamalas way. Being out in front of those attacks may be the key to her potential success.
This is especially important as Trump has denounced any affiliation with project 2025 and Dans, the director of the project has resigned. But most sane people know full well that Project 2025 and 47’s proposed policies are closely aligned. And who can trust anything that Trump says? As a born liar, he has proven time and again that nothing he says can be relied on, and his apparent rejection of Project 2025 is no different.
Steve, I want the Traitor/Rapist/Fraudster/34X felon to spend some time behind bars!!!
….the rest of his life would be good….
Meanwhile Trump is truly sounding like he has lost his mind.On "Truth Social" he posted a photo of FBI Director Wray pointing at him with the caption:
“WHAT DID YOU KNOW AND WHEN DID YOU KNOW ABOUT IT? RETRUTH IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO ORDERED THE ASSASSINATION OF DONALD J TRUMP.”
He is suggesting that the attempt on his life was part of an FBI conspiracy.
In another resurfaced video, Vance seems crazier than Trump as he harps on his ludicrous attacks on childless couples: "Final point I’ll make is you go on Twitter, and almost always, the people who are most deranged and most psychotic are people who don’t have kids at all.” – J.D. Vance
No wonder many in the GOP are calling on him to step down. What a shit-show!
The Coup de grace could be Harris taking a page out of President Lincoln's "A Team of Rivals", and name either Cheney, or Kinzinger as VP. Of course, this won't happen, but it would be pure genius if it did. Just saying...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/29/kamala-harris-team-running-mate-comics/
This is fabulous!! I hope she does this. Her own Justice League!!! ❤️🇺🇸💙
Daniel Pink's idea in this WAPO article is fantastic. After Harris chooses a running mate, Mr. Pink suggests that she announce her cabinet and other high level agency choices and run with the slogan, "Tgether We Can Do It," as a foil to Trump's, "I Alone Can Fix It," "I am the Chosen One," and "I Had God On My Side," referring to the assassination attempt. Brilliant!
Thanks Ron.
You're welcome. I agree!
"Pure genius"? More like pure ignorance. Name one or both to cabinet posts if necessary if she wins. Cheney voted with TFG 95% of the time and was a 3 term Rep in a solid red state. Not sure about Kinzinger's voting record. Look, I appreciate what both said and did around J6, but that doesn't qualify them. We need our people, our policies, and our platform.
And neither one of them has anywhere near the experience to be VP. As I said the last time this happens, you'll lose a lot of democratic support and give TFG's campaign and MAGA world all the ammo they need to stop the Harris momentum. "See? The democrats know their policies are so bad they decided to put a Republican on their ticket. Vote for us and get the full R policy agenda." Even though that would be bullshit, enough people would hear it and agree. Stop the silliness please.
If I was advising Harris, I wouldn’t be able to recommend anyone more highly than Sec. Pete B. Also, another unlikely outcome.
So, I have a lot of respect for Pete B, but he's even less qualified (based on experience) than Cheney or Kinzinger. What you're saying without saying it is our democratic policies and field of candidates from democratic state governorships and Senators is so pathetically weak or thin that we need to go with a republican. Not your intention, but effectively what you're saying. That's quitting on our party and America. Not our job to fix all the problems TFG caused and continues to do so by appeasing some small ass group of voters.
Ever read “A Team of Rivals”, about President Lincoln’s VP and cabinet picks? It’s a Hail Mary to be sure, but it worked.
Never read it but am familiar with it just the same. FYI, this isn't 1860, so only when white men could vote. That's what you want to base this insanity on? Different world, different news sources and speed (instantaneous instead of days or weeks), different political parties. That is a sure fire way to lose now. It's not on Harris or the democrats job to appease the fucking idiots who pledge loyalty to TFG instead of the Constitution or to undo all the damage in what you perceive as unity. Neither one of them is qualified nor has the policy bonafides to be the D VP. Cabinet members is a possibility. You admit it's never going to happen, yet post this every day. Seriously, WTF. Glad you're not advising Harris.
Agree that an "old-school" Republican is a bad idea. There's virtually no overlap in the parties vis-a-vis policy.
"The twists and turns of life have put Kamala Harris atop the Democratic ticket."
Interesting and ironic how President Biden's disastrous debate worked in our favor!
As the saying goes, from your mouth to God’s ears!
We need to give attention to the latest news that some 70 election deniers are in positions of election control. In county and state levels they are charged with certifying election results. They have indicated they will not certify the results.
This will instill chaos into the election process.