I can scratch this off the bingo card of Things I Didn’t Expect to Happen™: Oprah Winfrey articulating why I’m voting for Kamala Harris by talking about the best of America.
Values and character matter most of all, in leadership and in life. …decency and respect are on the ballot in 2024. And just plain common sense.
Oprah Winfrey
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Let us choose loyalty to the Constitution over loyalty to any individual, because that’s the best of America. And let us choose optimism over cynicism, because that’s the best of America. And let us choose inclusion over retribution. Let us choose common sense over nonsense, because that’s the best of America. And let us choose the sweet promise of tomorrow over the bitter return to yesterday.
I also appreciate the way she offered a reminder for partisans of all stripes that most people are just basically decent:
More often than not, what I’ve witnessed and experienced are human beings, both conservative and liberal, who may not agree with each other, but who would still help you in a heartbeat if you were in trouble. These are the people who make me proud to say that I am an American.
They are the best of America. And despite what some would have you think, we are not so different from our neighbors. When a house is on fire, we don’t ask about the homeowner’s race or religion. We don’t wonder who their partner is or how they voted. No, we just try to do the best we can to save them. And if the place happens to belong to a childless cat lady, well, we try to get that cat out too.
