A depressing reality. [View all]
This is worse than 2016. At least then we could console ourselves that we won the popular vote. And Trump was then a relatively unknown quantity; and not an insurrectionist; and not a convicted felon.
A depressing reality is beginning to sink in. And I hope female readers don't take this the wrong way: it's the reality as I see it; I wish it were otherwise. America simply will not deliver an electoral college majority for a female president for the foreseeable future. A popular vote maybe -- as with HRC -- but not an EC majority. I suspect it is a psychological relic of the macho frontier era.
I've heard all sorts of theories for Kamala's loss. I think this is the only one that holds any water. Anyone who cannot grasp the sheer gulf in class between the two candidates should watch the debate.
There was a time when Catholicism seemed an insurmountable barrier; JFK broke that one. And being of African-American origin: Obama broke that one. But gender bias is the one prejudice that seems refractory to change.
Realistically picking a male candidate with an enlightened approach towards women's rights is probably as good as it gets.
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