There are many who are disgusted that the upcoming presidential election is again going to pit Joe Biden against Donald Trump. They don’t feel either one will be a good leader. With a self-satisfied smirk, some declare they are not going to vote at all. That will teach the two major parties to provide such poor choices. Others, more discerning, are seriously concerned and are wrestling with how they should react. They don’t eschew voting, but wonder how they could support either candidate.
I can understand the problem. Joe Biden has not delivered on some of the promises made. No president has. And some decisions have not gone the way his supporters would like. No president’s decisions do all the time. And there is deep concern about the idiocy of Donald Trump and fear of what he will bring to the oval office, especially in view of how he demonstrated his craziness while in that office and for all the time afterward.
But it’s time to get real. The next president is going to be either Joe Biden or Donald Trump. Not some crazy third-party candidate. Not some sensible middle of the road candidate whose utterings might be exactly what the country might need now. Not some wishful miracle.
It’s going to be Biden. Or it’s going to be Trump.
Doesn’t it make sense to accept this and use your vote to aid the person who in your mind is less bad? That may not be a terribly satisfying thought, but it is a realistic and a practical one.
Let’s make a few comparisons of the two realistic choices.
People are unhappy with the candidate’s ages, saying they are too old to be president, that they stumble sometimes physically and certainly mentally as verified by oral gaffs. Again, that doesn’t matter. One is going to be president unless an act of God interferes with our election. So what do we make out of the age concern? Biden is older by about four years. Believe me, at the ages of these men four years is nothing. But physical differences are important. Which candidate is in better shape. Biden maintains his body. Trump climbs in and out of a golf cart. If I were to bet on which candidate is most likely to survive the stress of four more years as president, I’d bet on Biden. When it comes to mental acuity, they both have made mistakes in talking. I don’t consider that a big deal. I do think it’s a big deal that Trump seems to confuse Obama and Biden at times. I’d like to see Biden challenge Trump to a push-up contest.
I read of one voter who said neither man, while in office, has united the country. Well, that’s true. I would point out that of the two, Biden and the Democrats have tried and tried to compromise with the Republicans, including reaching a tentative agreement on the immigration crisis. However, that deal was killed at the instigation of Trump who, by the way, loves Putin and I’m sure will help him defeat the Ukrainians. Biden at least says he wants to unite the country. Trump has promised a term of revenge on those he feels have slighted him and a promise to pardon the criminals who took part in the January 6 riots.
As a last example, consider the student loan forgiveness question. People don’t like the fact that Biden was unable to finish the deal. Although they don’t complain that the Republicans are against it and the courts have shut it down. Biden has taken executive actions that are in his powers, but he is limited.
And beyond all the relatively minor concerns, there is the major fear of what another Trump term could do to our nation. I think it’s clear that it could destroy us by withdrawing our country from world leadership and riding over our democratic institutions.
I can’t understand how anyone would be willing to abdicate responsibility to save our nation.
It’s time for people to get real.
I can understand the problem. Joe Biden has not delivered on some of the promises made. No president has. And some decisions have not gone the way his supporters would like. No president’s decisions do all the time. And there is deep concern about the idiocy of Donald Trump and fear of what he will bring to the oval office, especially in view of how he demonstrated his craziness while in that office and for all the time afterward.
But it’s time to get real. The next president is going to be either Joe Biden or Donald Trump. Not some crazy third-party candidate. Not some sensible middle of the road candidate whose utterings might be exactly what the country might need now. Not some wishful miracle.
It’s going to be Biden. Or it’s going to be Trump.
Doesn’t it make sense to accept this and use your vote to aid the person who in your mind is less bad? That may not be a terribly satisfying thought, but it is a realistic and a practical one.
Let’s make a few comparisons of the two realistic choices.
People are unhappy with the candidate’s ages, saying they are too old to be president, that they stumble sometimes physically and certainly mentally as verified by oral gaffs. Again, that doesn’t matter. One is going to be president unless an act of God interferes with our election. So what do we make out of the age concern? Biden is older by about four years. Believe me, at the ages of these men four years is nothing. But physical differences are important. Which candidate is in better shape. Biden maintains his body. Trump climbs in and out of a golf cart. If I were to bet on which candidate is most likely to survive the stress of four more years as president, I’d bet on Biden. When it comes to mental acuity, they both have made mistakes in talking. I don’t consider that a big deal. I do think it’s a big deal that Trump seems to confuse Obama and Biden at times. I’d like to see Biden challenge Trump to a push-up contest.
I read of one voter who said neither man, while in office, has united the country. Well, that’s true. I would point out that of the two, Biden and the Democrats have tried and tried to compromise with the Republicans, including reaching a tentative agreement on the immigration crisis. However, that deal was killed at the instigation of Trump who, by the way, loves Putin and I’m sure will help him defeat the Ukrainians. Biden at least says he wants to unite the country. Trump has promised a term of revenge on those he feels have slighted him and a promise to pardon the criminals who took part in the January 6 riots.
As a last example, consider the student loan forgiveness question. People don’t like the fact that Biden was unable to finish the deal. Although they don’t complain that the Republicans are against it and the courts have shut it down. Biden has taken executive actions that are in his powers, but he is limited.
And beyond all the relatively minor concerns, there is the major fear of what another Trump term could do to our nation. I think it’s clear that it could destroy us by withdrawing our country from world leadership and riding over our democratic institutions.
I can’t understand how anyone would be willing to abdicate responsibility to save our nation.
It’s time for people to get real.
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