The time for women to lead the country and a woman to claim the presidency of the U.S. is now.
All the capable men, Republicans and Democrats alike, for the last several decades have chosen the good life by pursuing money and sex. When they are exhausted, instead of reading it as a sign nature sends to them telling them to stop, that’s enough, they weirdly resort to chemicals to enhance their performance and get deeper into non-political endeavors. The last several years have revealed the decaying of the sense of patriotic and civic duties in American men. Their political behavior has been unfocused, presenting a danger not just from the outside, the Putins of the world, but also internally such as the January 6 riot.
Look at those billionaires. Many say strange things such as taking back the right of women to vote, betraying a shallow understanding of American politics because they do not care to try to understand it. Others choose not to roll their sleeves to get involved in the running of the country but standing aside playing the wise men once in a while giving occasional advice to people in power in order to have access to power. They let the country run by less than sufficiently competent people or by the people who pursue money by way of politics.
Over the years, the competency of women in politics have been proved. Their brain is as brilliant as men’s, but their emotion is many cuts better, much calmer and much steadier. After sex on a yacht (so many male politicians want to have sex on a yacht) men just don’t want to think. They don’t want to act but because they are in important positions, act they must, but their acts are not guided by clear thinking.
On the Republican side, the choice is almost certain between Florida governor Ron DeSantis and former president Donald Trump. Most of the Republicans probably don’t want the former president to run, not much because he may present a clear and present danger to Democracy and the country, but because they are wearied that he would not be able to win. In 2020, he was riding the crest of political electorate influence, and lost. After years of repeating the tiresome refrain “rigged election”, they would not believe he would win, except for the supporters of the former president whom he himself calls parasites hitching his wagon for fame and profits.
Mr. DeSantis has played the role of an extremist Republican well. He is aggressive, ruthless, and fierce not just politically but personally. That extremism and fierceness may have played well in Florida politics but not in Peoria (I borrow the expression). The term “macho” is still not, politically, an English word nationally, and may put off a lot of voters. Not many people outside of Florida, including Republicans, approve of his arbitrary dissolving the Disney Company’s debt-issuing district, or suspending an elected State Attorney for vocally (not in action) supporting transgender people.
That is how, I surmise, the Democrats look at the Republican 2024 presidential political field.
Then, they look at themselves. What do they find? No male name out there is recognizable, let alone a male potential candidate. But several female names figure prominently.
The first name, naturally, is the vice president, Kamala Harris. The last two years did not do her well. Or more bluntly, she has not done well for herself. One can only guess but doesn’t know for sure whether that is all she is, or a Machiavellian plot behind the scenes pulls her down. She therefore is in a disadvantageous situation.
The second lady is the formidable Hillary Clinton. A lot of Americans especially women still consider her the embodiment of excellence as a woman and as a politician. In 2016, she beat Donald Trump by 2.9 million votes. That is an incredibly large number of voters. In terms of presence in front of the camera, she even beat the popular TV show host and a hovering massive body (Mr. Trump was well aware of it and consciously tried to exploit it) in the debates. So, she can be said first among the three equal potential female candidates.
But there is one big almost insurmountable hurdle that she, and her Democratic supporters, must overcome: the revengeful, efficient, and effective Republicans who have been dead set against seeing her in public life. Unless they could find an antidote, something similar to her husband’s “quick-response” team but more ruthless, the Democrats would probably pass.
That leaves Nancy Pelosi, the grandmotherly twice Speaker of the House, friendly, approachable, no scandal, as familiar with American politics and maneuverings as any politician alive. She has just added some foreign affairs experience to her attributes.
Some may raise the issue of age and health. Female longevity is 82, and male is 76. So, she at 82 years old is as young as the former president and younger than the current president. As to health, everyone can observe that she walks faster and more briskly than both the former president and the president. And more importantly, she has full command of what she is talking about.
Nancy Pelosi for President! It does not sound farfetched. In fact, it sounds desirable.
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John P. Le Phong, Esq.
