Vivek Ramaswamy

Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy is 37 years old Indian-American. He is seeking the Republican Party’s nomination to contest for the President of the United States in 2024. He has more famous competitors – Donald Trump and Nikki Haley. Any day now, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will also join the competition. 

Vivek was born in Cincinnati, Oho. His parents immigrated from India. He got his bachelor degree from Harvard College and Law degree from Yale. Vivek is an entrepreneur.  He and his wife Apoorva have 2 children.

Vivek Ramaswamy was a relatively unknown candidate. All of a sudden everything changed last Friday. 

Last Friday morning CNN anchor Don Lemon was interviewing Vivek Ramaswamy. Don Lemon had fiery exchange with Vivek. Per New York Times “The banished CNN star’s visible irritability during the conversation with Ramaswamy on the civil rights movement, black Americans and the Second Amendment “left several CNN leaders exasperated”. 

After his interview with Vivek, Don Lemon was fired from CNN. 

And now, all of a sudden Vivek Ramaswamy is a well-known name in USA. 

(Just an imagination. What if Nikki Haley won the Republican Presidential Primary and she chose Vivek Ramaswamy as her Vice President candidate. Nice to see both President and Vice President candidates are of Indian origin.) 

Here is the exchange between Don Lemon and Vivek Ramaswamy:

Holiday Mistake

A couple for a long time wanted to visit the city of Budapest in Hungary. They bought their tickets. On the day of journey, they went to the airport. Stood in line to check-in. While standing in line, they found that they had by mistake purchased tickets to go to Bucharest, Romania. 

They had brief consultations/arguments between the two of them. They had only 3 options. 1. Cancel the tickets and go home. 2. Cancel the tickets and buy new tickets to Budapest. 3. Go on with the journey and go to Bucharest (of which they know nothing about.) 

They decided to go to Bucharest anyway. They enjoyed their vacation. 

Mistakes during holiday planning and travel reservations can happen sometime. Also, people boarding on the wrong flight. 

Here is an actual incident. This was pre-911 where security was lax. It was late at night. A guy booked his ticket going to Oakland, California from Los Angeles, California. Actually, the flying time is only 50 minutes from LAX to OAK. The plane went on and on and on. After 4 hours, they started serving dinner. They don’t serve dinner at such a short flight. 

The passenger enquired with the flight crew as to what is happening. They said this flight was going to Auckland, New Zealand and now flying over Hawaii. 

The passenger misheard Auckland as Oakland. 

This brings me to another point. Thank God they changed the name of a city in India – Madras to Chennai. There is a city named Madras in the State of Oregon in USA. Otherwise, we would be seeing a lot of passengers landing in Madras, Oregon, with their Black Label Scotch, 555 cigarettes, Chocolates, Cologne, and Perfume.

Challenger to Biden

President Biden is thinking of contesting the 2024 Presidential election on behalf of Democratic Party. Usually, if a sitting President wants to contest again no one from his/her party will challenge him during Primary. He/She will get nominated unopposed. 

Yesterday, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has announced he will be challenging Biden for the Democratic Party’s nomination. 

Who is Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.? 

He has a universal name recognition. He is a Kennedy. The Kennedys are considered  America’s royalty. His uncle was President John F. Kennedy. He was a war hero, became President at a very young age, and was assassinated. He is still the most popular President among the past U.S. Presidents. (I wrote a blog post about him.). People equate him with Abraham Lincoln, Jesus Christ, and Mahatma Gandhi. 

RFK, Jr.’s dad is Robert F. Kennedy. He was the Attorney General during the JFK Administration. He contested for the Democratic Party nomination in 1968. He won the California’s Primary and when he was giving the victory speech, he was shot dead. 

Now RFK Jr. is trying to unseat Biden for the Democratic Party nomination. I said he has a universal name recognition. That is all. In my opinion, the apple fell far from the tree. He is no hero like JFK. He has no popularity like his dad. 

RFK Jr. was educated at Harvard University and at London School of Economics. (All Kennedys are admitted automatically at Harvard because they have donated millions of dollars to Harvard.). He is an environmental lawyer and a strong anti-vaccine advocate. He strongly believes vaccines lead to autism. 

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly has a neurological disorder that affects his vocal cords and gives his speech a strained quality. 

I personally think he cannot beat Biden for the Democratic Nomination. But he has a Kennedy name and still millions of people love the Kennedy family. 

Will see how it turns out.