I think he can! Although the electorate may be a tad slow to catch on that he's doing it.
Blacks and women are hardly under-represented in elected and appointed governmental positions these days. Nobody thinks twice about it, any more than they think of the ethnic origin of a surname. We already had a two-term black president. True, we haven't yet had a woman in the tippy-top slot, but Clinton was the nominee of one of our major parties (and even though I wasn't gonna vote for her, I DID find that a bit exciting!)
I'm on the Editorial Committee of our state bar association, and at a recent meeting the editor of my fave magazine (for which I frequently write) asked our opinion of a submission spotlighting past female presidents of the state bar association. There've been seven of 'em.
i couldn't resist: I said: "That'll guarantee you at least 8 readers: the author and the seven subjects!"
The younger woman on the committee, and of course all the men, had said it was a great idea, a D.E.I. coup. The woman had to admit that, as I pointed out, women are now if anything OVER-represented in the legal profession. A slight majority of all law students are now women. Why publish an article that makes it sound like we're dogs walking on our hind legs? "But women are still under-represented in the big firms," she said. I wanted to retort: "Well, women have lotsa other important things to do, like making homes and…..oh yeah, perpetuating the species!" But I didn't. Courage has its limits.
My point is women do not need patronage and protection at this point.
And HEY! Neither do black people, IMHO. There is no place, no profession, no ANYTHING in this country now, which a black man OR black woman could not step into. So why should Kamala Harris be entitled to super-sensitive pussyfooting around about race?
Didnt you find it kinda …..patronizing (if you remember) when McCain ran a pro-Obama ad the night of the DNC in 2008, congratulating him for being the first black nominee? I did. But that was 26/years ago now, he went on to be a 2 term prez. So why aren't we over that? Blackness, or "color" as Ol'Jo[k]e put it, is one of Harris' attributes, and it's the reason HE picked her, as he himself expressly said—but for the rest of us, by this time, it's really no more significant than any other ethnicity.
So why is it "racist" for Trump (when asked) to point out that earlier in her career, she herself stressed that she is of Indian heritage?
Surely by this time, blacks and women and black women who run for office oughta be tough enough to take having the kitchen sink thrown at them, just like opponents do to each other all the time.
Of course, it'll be interesting to see how JD Vance handles all the bigotry directed at us rednecks. If anybody reads his book, the idea that he doesn't respect women is quite ludicrous. The book has heroines : his grandmother, and of course, his wife. No heroes, except JD the protagonist.
But hey! The bigotry against rural Americans is at least a bit fresher: sump'n new, we aren't inured to it yet. So we can expect to see a LOT of it on display in this campaign. JD honey, you hang in there! Show 'em we hillbillies are just as good as any other Americans!
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