Presidents are human beings.
They have all been men (so far), and they have all been flawed. There have only been forty-six of them; some may have had heroic attributes, but all of them have had their craven moments as well.
Recently, we lived through the chaotic and criminal presidency of the 45th man to sit in the oval office. His Presidency ended with a failed and hapless attempt at insurrection that he waged in a desperate and feeble bid to retain power, though the real motivation may simply have been to assuage his mad vanity…
The 45th President had one significant legislative achievement, he passed a massive tax cut that added trillions of dollars to the federal deficit, the benefits of which went to the wealthiest 3% of Americans. The gimmicks he and his party used to get the bill through, resulted in lower and middle class workers having a tax bill due at the end of the year, when formerly they could have expected a return.
Under the 45th President’s administration the economy slowed to a crawl, more jobs were lost than at any time since the Great Depression, we faced a global pandemic called COVID-19, and nearly 1.5 million Americans lost their lives from the virus, while he lied, obfuscated and shirked responsibility for the crisis.
The current president is a long serving government official, former Senator and former Vice President. Joseph R. Biden is the oldest man ever elected to the office. He promised stability and his administration has provided it.
The economy is roaring, all the lost jobs have been recovered, the stock market is at record highs, he has passed more meaningful legislation than any president since the 1960’s. His singular achievement was a bill that invested trillions of dollars into American infrastructure and jobs in construction, in manufacturing, supporting industries that shorten our supply chain, keeping vital good closer to home.
Joe Biden has passed many other bills supporting the common good, setting price caps on prescription drugs and annual out of pocket expenses for Medicare, using his executive authority to forgive federal student loans, supporting veteran’s and more. While accomplishing these things and spending all that money, his team has managed the inflationary fallout as well, avoiding a recession while bringing real wages and earnings up for the American worker.
This is a welcome change, since the government is meant to be there to work for us…to work for all of us…not just a few of us, but for everyone.
Joe Biden is getting the job done for the American people.
There is a lot of work ahead of us, and I do not know if we are up to it, but at the moment we have a president who understands that it is his task to hold us all-together, both at home and in our alliances abroad.
Today marks two years since the despot, Vladimir Putin, launched the invasion of Ukraine.
Joe Biden and the man he defeated in the 2020 election, are both seeking the presidency again. There are many people who are unhappy about this on account of their age, primarily, of course there are disputes over policy as well.
The former president has been found guilty of fraud in the state of New York (his home state), he has been fined 350 million dollars and barred from serving as an officer or director in any New York business for three years. Another New York court has determined that he is a rapist, and fined him 80 million dollars for defaming one of the women who he sexually assaulted. He is facing thirteen criminal charges in the State of Atlanta, and ninety-one criminal charges in two separate federal courts, related to his failed attempt at a coup and his mishandling of our nation’s most sensitive secrets.
On the campaign trail the former president continues to undermine American foreign policy in favor of Russia and China and other bad-actors on the world stage. He and his supporters in the Republican party threaten tare blocking military aid for our allies in Ukraine and Taiwan. They are blocking necessary aid that is needed to resolve the conflict between our ally Israel and Hamas, guaranteeing that the people of Palestine will continue to suffer. They decry the current state of affairs on our southern border but have blocked bi-partisan efforts, led by good-faith republicans in the senate, to address the matter…stating publicly that they would rather have the political issue for the campaign year…well they can have it.
The former president has openly stated that he hopes the American economy crashes during this election cycle so he can have that for a talking point, and together with his republican allies they have relegated women to the status of second class citizens by denying them the right of self-determination and governance of their own bodies.
There is more to come if the 45th President should become the 47th.
The would be tyrant has told our allies that he would withhold all support for Ukraine in their fight for freedom against the Russian invaders, and that he would encourage Russia to attack them if they do not “pay-up,” treating the NATO alliance as if it were nothing more than a protection racket.
He has made filings in federal court, related to his criminal defense, that as president he should be absolutely above the law, and immune from all prosecution, even going so far as to state that he should be allowed to order United States military forces to assassinate his political opponents, to jail their families, to shut down media outlets he does not like and to profit from his office by taking money from foreign governments.
We have a clear choice in front of us, America.
The current president is a flawed man, like all presidents have been, flawed and perhaps even craven at times, but he is committed to republic, to democratic norms, to the rule of law, to our alliances, to our traditions. He himself comes from a working class background, he is committed to lifting up the American people.
The choice is clear.
On this President’s Day I am asking all of you to set aside your reservations and support his candidacy. To support his political allies in whatever party they may belong to, and put this autocratic movement down.
Keep hope alive!
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