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Not my first choice

Not my first choice 

By Robert Rouse

We are 149 days before November 3 rolls around and we get our first real shot of keeping Donald Trump from a second term.  Right now our sole choice is Joseph R. Biden.  Now Joe was not my first choice, or second, third, or fourth.  No, I never really considered him.  In my humble opinion we would have been better with a woman in power.  Not Hillary, of course, as she wasn't my choice in 2016.  

No, back then, I was a Bernie man, through and through.  But once Trump had defeated Hillary
(although not with the popular vote) I decided then and there that neither Hillary or Bernie should run in 2020 as both would be too divisive and Bernie running again has proven my theory as he has riled up his supporters.   Now, many of them have already stated that because Bernie lost so many primaries they will not vote for Biden.  Some have said they will either not vote, vote third party, or even vote for Trump.  Talk about spite.  I have decided if Trump wins again, I will indeed blame the Bernie Bloc for their derisive votes.

But now Biden has the nomination locked up and it's time to consider his VP.  Biden has already stated that his VP will definitely be a woman, but who.  While I like Elizabeth Warren, she would have made better nominee than Biden, but as a VP, that would put two people over the age of 70 on the ticket and I am a firm believer that there needs to be a younger woman on the ticket to balance it out, not to mention if Warren is chosen, the odds are that the Republican governor of Massachusetts would chose a Republican to take her place in the Senate.

South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn, told NBC News, "I’m among those who feel that it would be great for him to select a woman of color. But that is not a must."  That said, with the events of the past couple of weeks since the death of George Floyd, I think a Black woman would be a great addition to the ticket, but which one?  There are three standouts, California Senator, Kamala Harris, Former Georgia State Representative, Stacey Abrams, and Florida Congressman, Val Demmings.

Harris was my first pick for President, but when she dropped out, she became my first pick for VP.  But what if it isn't a Black woman, then there is really only once choice as far as I'm concerned, Michigan Governor, Gretchen Esther Whitmer.  She is smart, has executive experience and is quite beautiful (not that that's a must by any stretch of the imagination).

In my opinion, only one thing matters, and that is getting Donald Trump out of office before it is too late to change things for the better in both ecological and philosophical terms.  The man is ugly in everything he does and says.

So, in 149 days, do your part to rid our country of this evil infection and vote for Joe Biden, no matter who he chooses as his second.  The future of this country is counting on you, after all, Ruth Bader Ginsburg can't live forever.


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