Do Happy Warriors Kamala Harris and Tim Walz have what it takes to be a dream team? They've already beaten basketball stars. And Barack Obama is blown away.
His team is behind, but he has the ball and is leading the charge: Tim Walz, Kamala Harris’s running mate, has set off a storm of Democratic cheers in the arena at the United Center as the Chicago Blackhawks chase the team. The Chicago Bulls puck is in the basket. In front of the hall, larger than life, Michael Jordan soars, as if Air Jordan is about to soar, and make a powerful shot.
Tim Walz acted like he was still the football coach at his high school in Mancota, Minnesota, and the crowd turned into cheerleaders in their applause for “Coach Walz.” In the United States, a coach often enjoys a mythical transformation—as a “grinder” or as a teacher. The fact that Steve Kerr, the basketball coach of the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco and a former teammate of Jordan’s, was applauded at the party convention was also because he had just won the Olympic gold medal in Paris with Team USA. Basketball fan Barack Obama was stunned.
Golden State Warrior Stephen Curry has taken the “Dream Team” to Olympus with his “golden hand.” “Happy Warrior” Kamala Harris is “glowing” for the team from her home in California, Curry in turn for Harris. So one thing leads to another. Does Harris Walz have what it takes to be the “Dream Team”? We wouldn’t be surprised if Curry and his Warriors were cheerleaders for Kamala Harris in Chicago — and not handing out baskets, but kisses.
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