a slight silliness
Jun. 22nd, 2020 10:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
brainwane[JOKE STARTS HERE]
As a woman of color over 35 years old who is a US citizen, I was of course approached by the Biden campaign as a potential vice presidential nominee.
Bio: Tech entrepreneur since 2015; has served on multiple nonprofit boards and testified before state legislature and city council committee hearings; first woman of color to be a maintainer of the Python Package Index; has memorized several US Presidential campaign theme songs via Oscar Brand's Smithsonian Folkways album.
How seriously is she being considered?: Opinions differ on this point. Sources in the Harihareswara camp say she's "quite a contender" but Biden staffers suggested that "who?" and "how do you spell that?"
Signature issues: Has championed sustainability and inclusion in open source software; worked towards open data in government; played a high-profile role in ensuring consistent supplies of biscotti in her household during the pandemic; as a project manager, consistently used time zones when referring to times (e.g., "8am ET") in meeting planning emails, rather than leaving others to guess.
Relationship with Biden: They are not close, but have multiple times been in the same city at the same time.
Pros and cons: Harihareswara is among the 20 best-known leaders in the key "Dreamwidth feminists who also use emacs" demographic, and her fanvidding skills may come in handy in case the digital media team needs help at crunch time. Also, even though she cannot fluently speak Kannada or Hindi, some Americans of South Asian descent will be mildly more likely to vote for a ticket with an Indian name on it (although Biden's opponent can point to his many appointments of South Asian-Americans to counter this factor). However, she is a less prominent voice on issues that party insiders feel will be more central to this year's election, such as domestic politics, international politics, the economy, health care, policing, the environment, food security, reproductive rights, constitutional law, tax policy, the role of religion in public life, racism, the Due South Ray Wars, and agriculture.
On being considered for vice president: "Was this in an email? I'm behind on email."
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As a woman of color over 35 years old who is a US citizen, I was of course approached by the Biden campaign as a potential vice presidential nominee.
Biden, 77, says he wants a running mate who is ready to assume the presidency, who shares his priorities and with whom he is “simpatico.”
Bio: Tech entrepreneur since 2015; has served on multiple nonprofit boards and testified before state legislature and city council committee hearings; first woman of color to be a maintainer of the Python Package Index; has memorized several US Presidential campaign theme songs via Oscar Brand's Smithsonian Folkways album.
How seriously is she being considered?: Opinions differ on this point. Sources in the Harihareswara camp say she's "quite a contender" but Biden staffers suggested that "who?" and "how do you spell that?"
Signature issues: Has championed sustainability and inclusion in open source software; worked towards open data in government; played a high-profile role in ensuring consistent supplies of biscotti in her household during the pandemic; as a project manager, consistently used time zones when referring to times (e.g., "8am ET") in meeting planning emails, rather than leaving others to guess.
Relationship with Biden: They are not close, but have multiple times been in the same city at the same time.
Pros and cons: Harihareswara is among the 20 best-known leaders in the key "Dreamwidth feminists who also use emacs" demographic, and her fanvidding skills may come in handy in case the digital media team needs help at crunch time. Also, even though she cannot fluently speak Kannada or Hindi, some Americans of South Asian descent will be mildly more likely to vote for a ticket with an Indian name on it (although Biden's opponent can point to his many appointments of South Asian-Americans to counter this factor). However, she is a less prominent voice on issues that party insiders feel will be more central to this year's election, such as domestic politics, international politics, the economy, health care, policing, the environment, food security, reproductive rights, constitutional law, tax policy, the role of religion in public life, racism, the Due South Ray Wars, and agriculture.
On being considered for vice president: "Was this in an email? I'm behind on email."
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