The Harris Meltdown

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Kamala Harris appears to be melting down. 

Actually, "appears" is the wrong word because she hasn't. Apparently, she isn't even talking to her supporters. The hangover from last night's binge drinking must be brutal. 

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Everybody is noting that she hasn't, apparently, called to concede the election nor spoken to the nation yet, and that is bad enough. But little noticed is the fact that she has exhibited tremendous disrespect for all the people who put in on the line for her and her party over the past few months and years. 

In what was supposed to be a symbolic move, she held her "victory" party at Howard University, a historically black school that she attended. She clearly wanted to leverage the site for the message that America elected a black(ish) female to the presidency, breaking the so-called "glass ceiling."

Selfishly, she didn't want to face the crowd and face the music, never once thinking about the fact that she owed what little success she had to the people gathered. 

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As with all elites, once the little people were no longer useful she treated them like dirt. They were supposed to be props, nothing more. 

Ironically, the site really was symbolic for reasons she didn't intend: Kamala treated her mostly black audience exactly as she thinks of them: people who only matter when they can help her and her elite class, not as individuals deserving dignity, respect, and gratitude. 

If Kamala didn't want to concede there and then she didn't have to. She could have come out and thanked everybody for their hard work and support, but she likely didn't give a damn because, in her eyes, they failed her. 

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This is how our elite sees all of us: as disposable drones whose role is nothing more than a worker bee. One is as good as another, meaning not much at all. We are all, in the end, deplorable. 

From this attitude, much of what is wrong in America can be explained. The people who have been running things neither understand nor care about the people who do the actual work. 

I vehemently disagree with the people in that crowd who supported Kamala Harris, but they deserved better. 

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David Strom 1:00 PM | December 09, 2024
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