Kamala Harris’ Choice of Tim Walz Speaks to her Core Values as well
By WAYNE KING, View from Rattlesnake Ridge
In choosing Tim Walz as her Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris has not only made a brilliant choice, she has told us volumes about her own core values as well.
Make no mistake about it, this is a presidential election about core values, not issues. Sure you’ll hear about issues, but what you will hear about most are the very things that make us proud to be Americans: Hope, Optimism, and an abiding faith in a brighter future. Unlike the dark, hateful, and dystopian views of Donald Trump.
When Tim Walz talks about women’s reproductive freedom, he talks about families making choices, not the government. He refers to the Minnesota “golden rule”, “Mind your own damn business.”
He proudly declares that he won’t apologize for making sure that kids from his state have full bellies during the school day to be sure that they have the best shot at making their education count. It’s straight talk that a lot of regular folks will identify with, irrespective of their party, race, or income, and it reflects the core values that Kamala Harris has shown us right out of the gate.
Now it’s no secret that I am not a big fan of either political party, so it probably makes sense that I favor a VP choice that knows how to build bridges between people who don’t always agree with one another. Furthermore, I will continue to remind the Democrats that part of the reason that we need to pay closer attention to the middle class is because it has been hollowed out in recent years, with more and more of our citizens falling into the ranks of the working-class and poor.
Both parties have abandoned the working class and the poor, the Republicans just seem to lie about it more effectively right now. If we don’t take seriously the need to give working-class people and the poor – of all races and religions – a chance to build wealth and equity in our future, we will have failed to truly create opportunity for all Americans and the next Donald Trump and JD Vance that come along will be able to summon them with the siren song of the disenfranchised in the very same way they have this year.
I’m ready to work my heart out for the next 90 days to make sure that the next four years opens up an opportunity for us to truly build a new, vibrant future for all Americans.
About Wayne D. King: Author, podcaster, artist, activist, social entrepreneur and recovering politician. A three-term State Senator, 1994 Democratic nominee for Governor. His art (WayneDKing.com) is exhibited nationally in galleries and he has published five books of his images, most recently, “New Hampshire – a Love Story”. His novel “Sacred Trust” a vicarious, high-voltage adventure to stop a private powerline as well as the photographic books are available at most local bookstores or on Amazon. He lives on the “Narrows” in Bath, NH at the confluence of the Connecticut and Ammonoosuc Rivers and proudly flies the American, Iroquois and Abenaki Flags. His publishing website is: Anamaki.com.
