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Congratulations, ladies!
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A huge milestone.
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I'm not a fan of Kamala but she's the new VP so she deserves credit. As I've said before though, if I were Biden I wouldn't accept any food or drinks from her. Once he moves into the White House, maybe Biden should add an official taster to his staff.

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And 60 years coming:

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Seriously?  Celebrations and dancing in the streets because Kamala Harris is the first female to become Veep?  That's no better than saying "Congratulations, so-and-so, because you're the first person with polydactylism to be elected to office."  The one has very little to do with the other.

Surely there must be other — and better — reasons to congratulate our new incoming vice-president than the fact that she was born without a penis.
(and just for the record, it might be worth noting that no one had a chance to vote for or against her specifically, but she was part of a two-person package.... once the DNC selected her as Biden's running mate at the convention, she was along for the ride no matter what happened from that point on)
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We did it 41 years ago, for the top job not second choice. (And again four years ago.)
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Thanks Meade, for remembering that women have governed the kingdom well for centuries. (Other kingdoms, too!)

I do prefer a leader chosen, rather than born.
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Yes: for the past 183 years we have had six sovereigns: four kings (52 years between them and one of them was less than one year) and two queens (131 years).
Per BSG:

I do prefer a leader chosen, rather than born.
I'm not disagreeing; but there is something to be said for the idea of a head of state and a head of government being different people.

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ex-khobar Andy wrote:
Sun Nov 08, 2020 3:16 pm

I'm not disagreeing; but there is something to be said for the idea of a head of state and a head of government being different people.

We also had two female prime minsters....
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”

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