My Thoughts on replacing Biden

If you ask me, and no one has, the Democratic Party would be foolish to replace Joe Biden at this point in the game. 

Yes, he's suffering from memory loss and is clearly, visibly, unfit to continue in office. But that didn't start when the media lifted its self-imposed blinders after the debate; the general public knew the emperor had no clothes for at least a year now. The time to get a healthier, more viable option was back when the primary season began. 

Now? With a convention coming up and the election what, 100 days away? Changing horses now just tells the voters you either didn't pay attention or didn't care when you should have, and leaves the public trying to evaluate and trust a new candidate at the 11th hour. 

Not to mention a contested  DNC convention in Chicago should spark some superstition. 

I do NOT buy into the argument that a Biden-Trump matchup is an automatic loss for Biden. That is media hysteria as rooted in fact as the "The President is fine" nonsense they parroted for the last year.  I think he's probably, regrettably, the best option to defeat a second Trump term. 

Remove Biden, and I think you seal a victory for Trump. If that's your goal, fine. If it isn't . . . live with your choice. 

This Is Just Sad

I find it hard to believe believe that we exist in a world where people political differences are seen as something worthy of personal division and segregation. 

One of my best friends is a socialist, while another is to the right of me. I doubt a third friend has ever voted. And my late great friend Fred was so far to the right that if he drifted any further that way he'd circumnavigate the globe and wind up on your left.

So what? They're all good Joes.

I know in this era where the self is venerated and identity politics are king,  every opinion in opposition to your own is viewed as evil, dangerous, bigoted, or some combination of the three.  To that I say: grow up.

There are 8 billion people on this Earth with 8 billion different opinions. No matter what Reddit is telling you, your opinion is intrinsically no more valuable than any other. And if you think, at 18 or 20 or 30 or even 50, that your ideas and opinions are infallible, then life's going to do a whole lot of damage to you.

End of sermon.