Two little girls with mom in checkout line turn around and say, "Did you hear we are going to have a girl PRESIDENT?!

[Amaryllis]

This happened to my friend yesterday. She was in line behind a mom and two little girls chatting excitedly. They turned around and said to her, "Did you hear we are going to have a girl PRESIDENT?!"
They proceeded to have a conversation about it. My friend said it made her day.
President Harris will change lives in a multitude of ways.

[riversedge]

1. That comment is a keeper!! "Did you hear we are going to have a girl PRESIDENT?!"

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spelling corrected. Actually it is not a phrase now that I think about it--it is a complete sentence.
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AZ8theist

[CurtEastPoint]

2. Love it!

[stopdiggin]

3. tickled the hell out of me. keep it coming!

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[mucifer]

4. That happened with the Hillary Clinton campaign in 2016. So many sad

little girls there with us when she lost.

Hoping it's way different this time.

[LymphocyteLover]

38. I hope so too. The vibes seem different and maybe enough people have learned the lesson of 2016

[Dulcinea]

47. How well I remember!

In 2008, when she was in elementary school, my older daughter asked me, "Mommy, have we ever had a girl president?" I replied no. She was crushed when Hillary lost. She's now 22, proudly voted for the first time in 2020, & will vote for VP Harris in the fall. The same goes for my younger daughter, who voted for the first time in 2022. Their generation has seen firsthand what happens when bad candidates get elected. It's likely that we'll see a lot of young people voting this time around.

[yorkster]

5. That is adorable.

[Lonestarblue]

6. Republicans want to put women and girls in a box. Democrats want to give them wings to fly.

[BattleRow]

24. When will anyone

drive the point home that it isn't what's between our legs but what's between our ears that count?

[niyad]

25. Welcome to our DU family. Sadly, those misogynist reichwing assholes do NOT

want ANYTHING between our ears, because that would mean we can figure out what they are doing.

[BattleRow]

40. Thank you

It's a pleasure to be here.

[Bucky]

7. I've been saying "girl boss"

I only recently discovered it's also a tv show.

Still can't wrap my head around "brat"

[Crunchy Frog]

8. When I was a little girl I was really excited that Shirley Chisholm was running for president.

I hope today's little girls will be able to actually have a woman get elected and serve in the Oval Office.

[NBachers]

17. I saw a guy walking down the street with a Shirley Chisholm shirt on a couple of days ago. I wish I'd stoped to talk

with him about it.

[mucholderthandirt]

26. I remember that!

I wished I was old enough to vote, because I would vote for her.

[Crunchy Frog]

45. I was nine, and it was the first presidential election I was even aware of.

[misanthrope]

44. I remember hearing about Shirley Chisholm and Barbara Jordan as a kid

in the years immediately before the Bicentennial. It made me and other classmates proud to see changes like these, especially since we were growing up in Birmingham, Alabama less than a decade after the MLK assassination.

[Walleye]

9. Now that's what I'm talking about

[mainer]

10. My 10-year-old granddaughter came to a startling conclusion

She's being raised in a conservative town -- her other set of grandparents are Republicans, they hated Biden, they complain about DEI, etc. etc. (Much to our sadness.) We had her to ourselves the other day, and were talking about the election, and she expressed confusion about "which side are we supposed to be on?" And when I said "we might have our first woman President," her eyes lit up and she said, "That would make all girls believe they could be President too!"

[Amaryllis]

11. You should make this its own post. It is wonderful.

[Amaryllis]

12. How do you answer "WHich side are we supposed to be on?" What a challenging situation.

[mainer]

14. It is challenging

When our families get together we don’t talk politics.
I’m just glad they’re not ultra MAGA.

[Amaryllis]

15. i was wondering about when you are alone with your granddaughter and she asks you

"What side are we supposed to be on?" I guess you just have to talk about how different people have different points of view?

[mainer]

16. Exactly. We explained what a rainbow flag means

That it means “all are welcome” and it was another moment of revelation for her. But we’re careful not to criticize the other half of the family.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

13. Where I now reside, some of the female residents resemble HIM..

Sour faced, angry, devoid of joy, negative.

The other day while in the elevator heading downstairs, one female resident complained about Kamala Harris and used the "DEI hire" line.

I said to this resident..."Did you come up with that phrase all on your own? Or did you hear it repeated on FOX News?" She and her walker left the elevator in silence.

I can suggest using that retort if anyone uses that term in reference to Kamala Harris. See what reaction you get.

[NBachers]

18. You could probably even have asked, "What does DEI mean? "and she would've been clueless.

[ShazzieB]

22. I dont think most of them (the RW) know what DEI stands for.

And even if they know the words those letters stand for, they can't explain what they mean. So I approve of this tactic.

On MSNBC, Alex Wagner showed a montage of clips (see below) of Republican politicians and media personalities accusing Kamala of being a DEI hire, and it was patently clear that they had no idea what those three letters actually means. They just parrot it over and over, because it's useful as a racist dog whistle.

One guy* even said DEI stands for "Diversity, exclusion, and equity," which isn't even the right set of letters.

*If you know who that galoot is, please fill me in!

?si=kyj940i0dNE4C6BU

[3catwoman3]

37. I think it is Larry Kudlow.

[ShazzieB]

39. Thanks!

[Zoomie1986]

23. I always tell them that they didn't have a problem with

Mediocre white men being affirmative action hires for over 200 years in this country, so they're the very last people to talk about special treatment at hiring time.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

19. kick

[Martin68]

20. It's about time. Clinton was robbed.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

28. WE were robbed

Robbed of 3 decent Spremes, robbed of 4 years of action on climate alteration, 4 extra years under our stewardship spent cleaning up after the last 4 instead of concrete action. Maybe, if we'd begun acting on climate change and reducing emissions in 1980, we'd begin to see the worst of climate start to subside. Now it'll take 80-100 years to get us back to today.

Paupering all of them wouldn't be enough of a fine

[electric_blue68]

41. I remember Reagan taking down Carter's WH Solar Panals. Grrrrrrr

[calimary]

29. Yes indeed, DAMMIT!

My first vote for a viable female candidate- after decades of only having men to vote for. I STILL would vote for Hillary TODAY.

[nolabear]

21. The best thing ever! For girls and boys!

I had the weirdest experience on July 4th. Watching local (Seattle) coverage of fireworks I realized that all the commentators were women. It wasn’t mentioned, it wasn’t touted as special, it just was. Somehow I got choked up. This is what little girls need. To just be. To be anything. I so want to help make that happen.

[Demobrat]

27. If Kamala picks a straight white male

because the ticket needs a SWM, he will be the ultimate DEI hire.

But she won’t. She will pick one because that is who has had the opportunity to rise to a level to be considered.

[RicROC]

36. I hope Pete's still being considered. He would rip hostile interviewers apart.

[Towlie]

30. Walmart removed this t-shirt from its shelves 30 years ago:

[red dog 1]

31. President Harris and (hopefully) Vice President Kelly.

[Trueblue Texan]

32. Joy! Just JOY!!! nt

[Rubyshoo]

33. I Love That !!!

[Wounded Bear]

34. Do it for the children! nt

[Dem4life1970]

35. I cried when Hillary accepted the nomination...

...I will cry when Kamala does too. Inching closer to a more perfect union....it has taken a while, but we are getting closer.

[SunSeeker]

42. Love it!

[HeartsCanHope]

43. How awesome!

That little girl is a keeper! Shirley Chisholm ran for president in 1972. I was so excited about her run, and when we had a mock election I wrote her name in on the ballot. I was teased about it by my classmates, but my teacher was cool about it. He proceeded to talk about how important it was that everyone is able to vote for their choice. I have been waiting since 1972 for a woman to be president. I'm happy that these little girls won't have to wait as long as I have. Thank you so much for this post! It made my day, too!

[progree]

46. Women who ran for president before women had the vote. And Congress

https://www.google.com/search?q=women+who+ran+for+president+before+women+had+the+vote

MPR Minnesota Public Radio had a segment, maybe a whole half hour or hour on this about a couple years ago that was fascinating. As I remember it, there were no constitutional prohibitions to a woman being president (although one would have to get more votes from men than voted for any other candidate).