One step closer to making history…Again
After eight years of political chaos and witnessing a psychologically damaged man with unresolved childhood issues defile the office of the US presidency, a new day is finally coming, and I dare say it’s about time. By all visible indications, and from my hopeful mind to God’s ears, we will finally be able to collectively exhale next week when Vice President Kamala Devi Harris is elected and assumes the title, “Madame President”, or colloquially, “Madam POTUS”. Making history once again in her remarkable legal and political career. But this potential first for this country casts a shadow over the historic event. For generations in numerous other democratic nations, e.g., the United Kingdom, Australia, and Germany, women have been elected to the most preeminent position in their governments. Consider the following: Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel (1969 –1974); Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (1980 –1984); Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany (2005–2021); Theresa May, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2016–2019); Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan (1993 –1996); Corazon Aquino, President of the Philippines (1986 –1992); Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979–1990); Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy (Assumed office in October 2022); and most recently, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, President of Mexico (Assumed office on October 1, 2024).
