Something to be reckoned with
Time Magazine chose Volodymyr Zelenskyy as their person of the year. I happen to think it was an excellent choice. Zelenskyy will go down in history as one of the great leaders. He most definitely deserved to be chosen.
There were many nominees. But I’d like to talk about someone who needs more attention for their greatness. Actually, it is a whole group of people. The women of the Democratic party There are millions of women across the United States.
Even now, as I write this, some of those women are with their families. Others are at work. All over are women attorneys and doctors and teachers and nurses. Others are enjoying some peace, perhaps walking quietly along white-sand shorelines or laughing in the outdoors as they make snowmen with their children and enjoy the sweetness of the day.
And many of these women voted. It is said that 72 percent of women aged 18-29 voted for Democrats. They showed up to crush the “red wave” that republicans thought had been gathering and usher in a new wave of soaring blue.
These women came out because they’re smart — they’re powerful, and they’re angry. And women were part of what saved us. They are a HUGE part of what saved America. We must give them their due.
Minority women showed up. College women showed up. All over the country, the doors of homes opened, and out stepped women — beautiful, glorious, heroic women who showed they were unafraid and they were ready, willing, and oh so able to step up for their country. They protested with their votes the hard and sharp turn to the right that the GOP had made. They voted for their independence — for their autonomy and for their freedoms.
So let’s celebrate this mystical, beautiful thing — this turning out of American women who gave a big “up up yours” to the GOP. They proudly and forcefully took back our country and, in doing so, showed women are something to reckon with.
