The One Concerning Headline About Joe Biden That Nobody Talks About
Saturday, July 13, 2024
Do I think Biden should’ve run again? Absolutely not.
Nothing to do with the headlines about his age.
Nothing to do with the headlines about the debate debacle.
Everything to do with the headline, “Biden Campaign Brushes Off Idea of Reforming the Supreme Court.”
Joe Biden has a record of historic accomplishments. Still, while he may not be forcing us backwards, he’s hardly propelling us forward.
He’s the embodiment of the conservative Democratic establishment’s bizarre fetish for mediocrity and preserving the status quo. Aim for the mediocre. Pander to the middle. Put up with the middle. Protect the status quo. Accept the middle. Compromise relentlessly and refuse to have the upper hand in any situation. Accept the lose-win compromises. Respect the other side while they crush you to death. Refuse to fight fire with fire. Refuse to fight fire at all. Do the things we should’ve been doing for 20-30 years and call it accomplishment.
Don’t get me wrong. Joe Biden has my vote. But I am not hopeful.
Joe Biden has my vote.
I’m not impressed with the distraction drama game the media is playing.
I will vote for Joe Biden the way I voted for Hillary Clinton.
If Joe Biden somehow wins on a platform of save-our-democracy (a benign concept lost on most American dipshits because gas prices are the president’s fault and crisis at the border and more immigration and critical race theory and poisoning our soil and jobs for only Black people but affirmative action bad and gold painted sneakers are shiny plus Bible, flag, troops, Afghanistan, and also Marjorie Taylor Greene), I’ll look forward to another four years of historic accomplishments that just barely move the needle to left (which has ultimately become the center-right since the far-right has pulled and slid the entire measuring scale along with them in their ascent to outright fascism).
But I am disappointed, once again, with the Democratic Party. Joe Biden’s not the sleepy one, the party is. It’s so sleepy it’s wearing a CPAP machine and a fuzzy pink sleep mask with opened eyes painted on, swallowing a steady dose of Ativan and having sweet dreams.
They have got to do better next time if, universe willing, we have a next time.
And this is quite likely the last time I’m going to write about a headline that mentions Joe Biden.