This entry is being revised from the original entry, which accidentally was deleted by the author, for which I apologize. I will be brief in summarizing my ideas on this entry with the same title, and anyone who had commented on the original entry, I would ask to submit a similar comment, and again, my apologies for the blunder, which has never happened before today, and will not happen again!
John F. Kennedy (Catholic); Barack Obama (African American); and Hillary Clinton (female), all faced discrimination and bias due to their uniqueness as Presidential candidates in 1960, 2008, and 2016, respectively.
In the first two cases, the issue of Catholicism and of race were overcome, while Clinton, although winning the popular vote by 2.85 million, was unable to win the Electoral College.
Now, Kamala Harris who is the second woman to seek the Presidency and has Asian Indian and African-Jamaican heritage, is facing critics who are claiming she is unqualified on intelligence and on abilities and knowledge, to occupy the Oval Office.
Harris has had more government experience than most Presidents, more than all Presidents since 1900, except for Lyndon B. Johnson, Gerald Ford, and Joe Biden.
Harris is also much more intelligent than some Presidents, including Warren G. Harding, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump since 1900; and also more qualified to be President than some Vice Presidents who succeeded to the Oval Office, including Andrew Johnson and Calvin Coolidge.
So the negativism around Harris in some circles should be seen as not worthy of being considered, and hopefully, she will break the barrier as the first woman President in American history!
With regards to Hillary Clinton losing to Trump in the 2016 election, not by “Popular Vote, but by Electoral Votes” the “Colective Wisdom Theory” proves itself accurate once again. The Colective Wisdom of the voting citizens knew well that Trump never should have walked into the White House!
“Collective Wisdom,” also called “Group Wisdom” and “Co-intelligence,” is shared knowledge arrived at by individuals and groups.
Collective intelligence, which is sometimes used synonymously with collective wisdom, is more of a shared decision process than collective wisdom.
“Collective Wisdom” as an example, is when one asks a large enough number of people to guess the number of jelly beans in a jar. Then you total up the guesses, then divide by the numbers you took to add them up, to come up with the averaged answer.
This average answer is likely to be very close to the correct number.
The sumation lesson here is, “The crowd is smarter than any individual.”
“Collective Wisdom” is put to good use to tackle many kinds of problems, and complexities.
Now if we extend this thought with the application to Trump winning the Presidency in 2016 only on Electoral Votes, as he has never won the Popular Vote.
So in concluding sumation, to reiterate, the Collective Wisdom of the voting population knew Trump should have never been put into the White House.
Trump made offensive remark about Harris’ mental acuity at dinner with donors
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/12/politics/new-york-times-trump-offensive-remark-harris/index.html
The press was really bad at doing their job this week.
https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/press-breaks-record-for-worst-week
Harris is going to have an interview on Fox News on Wednesday.
Trump sways and bops to music for 39 minutes in bizarre town hall episode.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/lets-just-listen-music-trumps-townhall-event-gets-weird-rcna175449
If Biden or Harris did that it would be media mayhem.
Trump is mad that Fox News is going to be interviewing Harris.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/14/trump-criticize-fox-news-kamala-harris-00183614
Charlie Sykes has endorsed Harris.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/wisconsin-republican-endorsing-kamala-harris-donald-trump-rcna175321
Geraldo Rivera Endorses Kamala Harris Over ‘Sore Loser’ Trump
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/geraldo-rivera-endorses-kamala-harris_n_670d501fe4b0c5b8c0aed74f
Harris responds to Trump’s….ummm….dance party?
https://www.axios.com/2024/10/15/trump-town-hall-music-medical-emergencies
Hmmm.
Drugs?
Dementia?
Or just plain weird?
SNL is going to have a field day with the dance party.
Trump keeps canceling interviews. This one was with CNBC.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-cancels-mainstream-tv-interview-on-cnbcs-squawk-box
Oops…..Trump tells voters in Pennsylvania to vote on January 5 instead of November 5. LOL!
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-wrong-election-date_n_670e0be7e4b094567cfe0856
The New York Times generated dozens of stories about Biden’s cognitive decline and just one about Trump’s, long after it was apparent. Maybe they need to do a follow-up?
Trump losing his marbles must be the October surprise.