Re - Kamala Harris’ concession speech after election loss ( a brief commentary
Cornelius Hamelberg
“The fight, the fight for freedom, for opportunity, for fairness and the dignity of all people.” ( Kamala Harris)
The word “fight” occurs eighteen ( 18) times and the word “freedom” occurs five times in her 12 minute speech, other keywords of course, such as “ heart”, “love”, “ justice” ( for the Palestinian people? The War Criminals?)
She ends the speech waxing a little statesmanlike, visionary, poetic and prophetic in her last minute round up, on the whole, sounding pretty inspirational to her disappointed fans, she vows to keep on “fighting” - she says this several more times during her 12 minutes speech , and it sounds very much like a campaign speech, the kind that she should have made at the beginning of her campaign or in the interviews that she was too nervous and too reluctant to give without the assistance of a teleprompter.
Addressing her American people ( and a curious, worldwide audience), when she said, “ we owe loyalty, not to a president or a party, but to the Constitution of the United States, and loyalty to our conscience and to our God.”, I was wondering how she was going to weave in loyalty to the ungodly notion of ABORTION, and exactly which God she could have been alluding to when she said, “ our God”. Perhaps, the deity of her own mind, one that endorses ABORTION?
She then continued, “My allegiance to all three is why I am here to say, while I concede this election, I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign.” By which I understand her to mean “ The kingdom of God is in heaven, but down here on earth, it’s a luta continua - the fight for Reproductive Rights will continue!” By “all three”, she was of course not referring to “ The Holy Trinity”
And then she launched into the heart of her favourite campaign theme:
“ I will never give up the fight for a future where Americans can pursue their dreams, ambitions and aspiration is where the women of America have the freedom to make decisions about their own body and not have their government telling them what to do. “ ( Kamala Harris)
The above is just a brief commentary on Kamala's speech to her fans.
Having listened to her, for balance I think I’ll listen to the daredevil Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi @https://rumble.com/c/DivineInformation as usual holding forth on current events, his latest :
A Restart Of The Whole World - Election Day & Current Events
Dr. Oohay
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Cornelius Hamelberg
Dr Oohay,
The Krio proverbs that would cover this occasion so nicely, are many. in Krio, about Kamala, we’d say “ ee dae take dry yai coba shame”
True, you hit the nail on the head: In spite of Trump's landslide, Kamala the Sour Grapes Loser was shmiling, not exactly weepy, instead, she was trying to sound defiant as she threw down the gauntlet, almost saying, like Terminator X , “ I’ll be back”, although after such a disastrous performance there’s fat little chance that she would ever survive being pruned at a level field, Democratic Party primary when they want to choose an electable Presidential candidate the next time around.
Well, at least she didn’t say “we was robbed”.
But, her conscience must be asking her, if during your four years as Dear Joe Biden’s VP you performed so marvellously, then why did the American people reject you so resoundingly ? Do you think they are stupid?
In Joe Biden’s Statement After Kamala Harris' Election Loss, he said, “I know people are still hurting, but things are changing rapidly; together, we’ve changed America for the better.” Maybe the Democrats would have done better if Joe had remained on the ticket, and right now the rumour is that Kamala Harris Campaign Fell $20 Million in Debt in Final Week
I really like this bit : “I will never give up the fight for a future where Americans can pursue their dreams, ambitions and aspiration is where the women of America have the freedom to make decisions about their own body and not have their government telling them what to do.”
Not only the government telling your women “ what to do “;what do you have to say to St. Paul: “ Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.” (Ephesians 5:22-24)
Over here in Sweden, wives are known as “Regeringen”, i.e. The Government i.e your wife doesn’t have to be elected President of the United Estates for you to start feeling OPPRESSED. Me? I’m the Minister of Defence.
Maybe, Sista Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie would like to weigh in with her recommendation to the United Nations that “ We Should All Be Feminists”?
Elsewhere her Sista Kamala’s flight of rhetoric is slightly reminiscent of Commander-in-Chief, Sir Winstion Churchill famous Speech: “ We Shall Fight On the Beaches” : : “we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.”
Bravo Donaldo! It’s time for more Latino Celebrations!
Oscar D'Leon. Eusebio and Dania, Stockholm, August 1999.