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Tuesday Thought #3

 

I Didn't Say It ...Women Speaking Truth To Power

Hillary Clinton, speaking at the DNC, urging Democrats to vote:

“I know something about the slings and arrows [Kamala will] face. And believe me, this former district attorney and attorney general can handle them all. For four years, people have said to me, ‘I didn’t realize how dangerous he was.’ ‘I wish I could go back and do it over.’ Or worse, ‘I should have voted.’ Well, this can’t be another woulda coulda shoulda election. Don’t forget: Joe and Kamala can win by 3 million votes and still lose. Take it from me. We need numbers overwhelming, so _____ can’t sneak or steal his way to victory.”

I don’t care if the day of the election polls say Biden has a 95% chance of winning, I will cast a goddamned vote.

I want no doubt left in the traitor’s mind that America is through with him.

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Gabby Giffords, former Congresswoman who was a victim of an assassination attempt in 2011, speaking at the DNC about her recovery:

“I've known the darkest of days. Days of pain and uncertain recovery. But confronted by despair, I've summoned hope. Confronted by paralysis and aphasia, I responded with grit and determination. I put one foot in front of the other. I've found one word and then I've found another. But I have not lost my voice,. America needs all of us to speak out even when you have to fight to find the words."

The word is Vote. Vote Blue. Vote Biden-Harris.

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Michelle Obama, at the DNC:

“Let me be as honest and clear as I possibly can. Donald _____ is the wrong president for our country. He has had more than enough time to prove he can do the job, but he is clearly in over his head. He simply cannot be who we need him to be. It is what it is.”

He’s asking us to vote for him because he, claims, he fixed the economy once and can do it again. But the numbers of unemployed, the numbers of those evicted, the numbers of businesses closing, are ALL directly related to his bumbling pandemic response.

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Kamala Harris, accepting the Democratic Party's historic nomination of her the first Black and first Indian American woman to be nominated as vice president by a major party:

"We have a chance to change the course of history. We're all in this fight... What an awesome responsibility. What an awesome privilege. We’re at an inflection point. The constant chaos leaves (us) adrift. The incompetence makes us feel afraid. The callousness makes us feel alone. It’s a lot. Here’s the thing. We can do better and deserve so much more. We must elect a president who will bring something different, something better, and do the important work. A president who will bring all of us together—Black, white, Latino, Asian, indigenous—to achieve the future we collectively want. Let’s be clear—there is no vaccine for racism. We’ve gotta do the work. We must elect Joe Biden."

But you can ease the racism, by removing the Racist-In-Chief.

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Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker, at the DNC:

“As Speaker of the House, it is my honor to bring you the greetings of the Democrats of the House—the most diverse majority in history: more than 60 percent women, people of color, and LGBTQ. This month, as America marks the centennial of women finally winning the right to vote, we do so with 105 women in the House of Representatives. Proudly, 90 are Democrats. To win the vote, for three quarters of a century, women marched and fought and never gave in. We stand on their shoulders—charged with carrying forward the unfinished work of our nation advanced by heroes from Seneca Falls, to Selma, to Stonewall. … As Speaker, I've seen firsthand Donald _____'s disrespect for facts, for working families, and for women in particular—disrespect written into his policies toward our health and our rights, not just his conduct. But we know what he doesn't: that when women succeed, America succeeds. And so, we are unleashing the full power of women to take their rightful place in every part of our national life. [But] who is standing in the way? Mitch McConnell and Donald _____. So here is our answer: we will see them in November. We will elect President Biden—whose heart is full of love for America—and rid the country of _____'s heartless disregard for America's goodness.”

You may not like Biden’s stance on certain issues, you may not agree with him, but you must acknowledge that he will not demonize people, demean people, name-call people. It’s time for decency in the White House again.

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Kristin Urquiza, speaking at the DNC about her father, who died in June of COVID-19, and blaming _____for his death:

“He had faith in Donald _____. He voted for him, listened to him, believed him and his mouthpieces when they said that coronavirus was under control and going to disappear, that it was okay to end social distancing roles before it was safe. A few weeks later, he was put on a ventilator. And after five agonizing days, he died alone in the ICU, with a nurse holding his hand. My dad was a healthy 65-year-old. His only preexisting condition was trusting Donald _____, and for that he paid with his life. The coronavirus has made clear that there are two Americas: the America that Donald ­­­­_____ lives in and the America that my father died in. One of the last things that my father said to me was that he felt betrayed by the likes of Donald _____. And so, when I cast my vote for Joe Biden. I will do it for my dad.”

So sad that her dad listened to bumbling ineptitude, but he did, and so the fault lies, yes, with the father, but also _____ and his ilk who spread lies and misinformation about the virus, about reopening, about masks.

Donald _____ killed all those people.

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Jill Biden, our next First Lady, giving a personal and emotional speech at the DNC, recalling the personal losses that her husband experienced in 1972, when his wife and daughter were killed in a car crash, and in 2015, when their son Beau died of brain cancer:

"How do you make a broken family whole? The same way you make a nation whole," she said. "With love and understanding—and with small acts of kindness. With bravery. With unwavering faith. You show up for each other, in big ways and small ones, again and again. It's what so many of you are doing right now for your loved ones, for complete strangers, for your communities. There are those that want to tell us that our country is hopelessly divided, that our differences are irreconcilable. But that's not what I've seen over these past few months. The burdens we carried are heavy. And we need someone with strong shoulders. I know that if we entrust this nation to Joe, he will do for your family what he did for ours: Bring us together and make us whole. Carry us forward in our time of need. Keep the promise of America for all of us."

I am so tired of a president who treats people the way he does, who lies the instant his lips part, who despises women who speak up, who has erased the LGBTQ+ community from the White House, who put kids in cages, called Mexicans murderers and Muslims terrorists.

It’s time to end this nightmare and I hope, the day after the election, every single effing newspaper in this country bears the headline:

America to Donald _____: You’re fired!

Let’s do this.

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Smart Woman. Passionate Woman.

Jill Biden, wife of Veep Joe Biden, spoke at the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network's (GLSEN) 2009 Respect Awards last night:

Change is not easy, especially when it comes to ending bigotry and fear, but I am confident that together we will succeed. That is why I am proud to tell you that the Obama/Biden administration shares your commitment that every student has a safe school. Each child, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression, deserves an education.

But she went further, discussing bullying, and the suicides and murders of children, saying:

How can we expect kids to learn when they are taunted by their classmates? We know the horrible price of not confronting a hostile school climate, where bullying and harrassment can be daily occurrences.

Watch her speech: