Katie Couric on Kamala Harris

Couric later posited that anyone but Kamala Harris could cause a deeper schism in the party.  Citing a recent New York Magazine article that said, per Couric, that “it would be very difficult for the Democratic Party if Kamala Harris isn’t chosen” to replace Biden if he steps down and that it would “splinter the party” because “Black Americans would be very angry that the first Black, Asian woman to become vice president was tossed aside for maybe a white man or a white woman.”

Every day it gets worse. 

I’ve always liked Katie Couric.  She’s sparkley, bubley, cheerful.  At a time in her life when I’m sure her world was rocked, she brought colorectal cancer to the forefront of people’s awareness.  I give her a great deal of credit.  But she has missed the mark on this one.

First of all, give Black Americans some credit.  Kamala Harris has done nothing noteworthy in three and a half years.  She was tasked with the border problem.  How did that turn out?  What else has she done? Seriously? 

I am exhausted with the notion that we must “include” a woman; a woman of color, a man of color, ANYONE but someone white if only to demonstrate that we “would”. 

And just so you know – what will splinter the party is bolstering someone up to any of the highest positions in our nation because of their color, ethnic background or sexual orientation.  Can we not as a nation get to the point where we just get behind someone “capable”?

For me, the age of prioritizing a person’s color is OVER.  There is a plethora of choices that could have been made for VP when Biden ran for president.  Kamala Harris, the woman who was campaigning against Biden and dropped out of the race early because her campaign did not have the funding to continue.  – That’s who was picked? 

When someone is selected to serve as VP or any other high profile position because they are female, LGTBQ, black, etc., and they do not perform at the high level expected of the position they have filled, they become the poster child for why we should never do that again.  As a woman, I feel it is even more important to ensure that the person selected delivers on the promise that the position insinuates.

I am happy to get behind a woman who is going to get something done.  But if Kamala Harris is the “solution” to this problem – we will have effectively gone from the frying pan to the fire.