Greetings! Let’s pump the brakes a bit before we position Kamala Harris as the sweet bird of youth flying into the race for the Oval Office.  Yes, she’s much, much younger than Biden and Trump. But she turns 60 in October a few weeks before the election, an age in which some professions like commercial airline pilots, air traffic controllers and firefighters may subject their workers to mandatory retirement.  It’s worth recalling that Lyndon Johnson announced he wasn’t seeking reelection when he was just 60.  On election day, Kamala will be just two years shy of being eligible to receive social security benefits. It’s possible that a good portion of the voting public may perceive her as an extension of the political gerontocracy.  Prior to Trump, the country had a run of fairly youngish presidents when they were sworn into office: Bill Clinton (46), George W. Bush (54) and Barack Obama (47).  I’m not saying Kamala’s too old.  But voters in their 20s and early 30s may not see the 59-year-old vice president in the same light as the political establishment or aging baby boomers… There’s a new section on the Trump’s website called Harris Dishonest Mondays.  Does that mean The Donald will trash Kamala only one day a week?...Conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer has a post on her website claiming that Claire Kelly, the daughter of Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) who is reportedly being considered as Kamala’s VP, has been “exposed for possession of Ecstasy.” Loomer’s article features an image purportedly from Claire Kelly’s Instagram account with the headline “Pussy molly weed”…If  you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard

Greetings!  In the aftermath of Joe Biden withdrawing from the presidential race, Kamala Harris becomes Public Enemy No. 1 of right wing media. As a  powerful woman of color, she’s long been a prime target of racist and misogynistic barbs from MAGA world and its media, and those attacks will only become more venomous as Kamala works to secure her party’s nomination….Time machine: On March 31, 1968 President Lyndon Johnson announced that he would not seek reelection. That opened the door for Richard Nixon to win the White House and led to one of the darkest chapters in American history with Watergate.  Here’s the 90-second video of Johnson’s historic announcement. To put our current head-spinning situation in perspective, weeks after LBJ’s exit from the race, Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in Memphis. Two months later, Robert F. Kennedy was felled by another assassin’s bullet just after winning the California Democratic primary.  Later that summer, Dems  held their national convention in Chicago, which was roiled by anti-war protests in the streets that were met with unbridled police violence. A  case could be made that the country was even more dysfunctional in 1968 then it is now…It’s a good summer to be in the cable news biz.  Traditionally, ratings for all  news networks drop in the summer, especially on the weekends. Consecutive news bombshell over the past two weekends – the Trump  assassination attempt  and Biden’s exit from the race – have bolstered tepid weekend ratings. What will the last weekend in July bring?…If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard