Wednesday, November 20th, 2024
My Dear President:
Today is your Birthday, President Biden and I know that you will be getting a lot of Birthday wishes today. I would just like to take the opportunity to add my birthday greeting to those others that you will receive today.
I want to take the opportunity today to say thank you for running for President in 2020. You took the opportunity in 2020 to push back against the awful Presidency of your predecessor, Donald Trump.
You were moved enough by the disturbing conduct of President Trump after his shameful comments after Neo Nazis and Klansmen demonstrated their hateful Anti Jewish Rhetoric to get in the Presidential Race and win a four year term as President.
I'm sorry that you had to begin your Presidency under the reckless cloud of suspicion That President Trump falsely created prior to your Inauguration when he lied to his followers about the results of the 2020 election. Although his shock troops eventually left the Capitol they left the capitol building in disarray with broken windows and with shit of the floor of the Capitol Rotunda. In the end Trump reluctantly left the White House taking with him countless Top Secret Files that he had no right to take with him. For a time Trump stopped commenting on how he won the election in 2020 and appeared to be reacting to those Republicans who were in just as much danger as their Democratic counterparts during the MAGA Siege of the Capitol Building. But in the end those Republicans who had criticized Trump, with few exceptions, fell in line with the Republican Party Propaganda and even your former friends in the Senate like Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell fell in line with the MAGA Party Line and opposed almost every thing that you tried to accomplish.
But as you have done all your life, President Biden, you marched into the White House on January 20th, 2021 and started to undo the damage that Donald Trump had done in his four years in the oval Office. In addition, to that you also began to get done what you were legally allowed to do constitutionally to improve the lives of Americans and you have continued to do that for the four years that you were our President. To your credit, you continue even today to do what is needed for the citizens of our country regardless of their political persuasion.
Due to the leadership of Vice President, Mike Pence being put in charge of Covid Relief, when you arrived in the White House as President you hit the ground running in terms of making Covid Vaccines available to all Americans for Free. You also worked hard to get an infrastructure program passed and in operation and time after time you continued to make responsible decisions over and over again.
Consequently, Mr. President, you have accomplished a tremendous amount of Progress for Americans each and every day of your presidency. You have a lot to be proud of and due to your responsible decision making I think that you have made the best decisions that could have been made when it came to Afghanistan, Ukraine and Israel, as well as the United States of America.
In every way you have shown those Presidents who would come after you just what a successful presidency should look like.
But then came the Debate with Donald Trump and it did not go well. Many in your party were quick to abandon you and although I was not one of them as I look back on it now I am glad that you chose to pass the torch to Vice President Harris. You passed that torch with complete support for her in every way possible and I have to say that she not only did a remarkable job as your vice President but she also ran a remarkable and I believe a successful campaign. In the end there were too many Low Information Voters for her to be successful.
What I want to tell you on this Birthday is that although you might think that the best of your life is over ( And in some ways it might be ) You are still in relatively good or at least acceptable shape. When I was Unceremoniously "Retired" from my job in 2011 I was very unhappy. I loved my job and did not feel that I wanted to leave it. But leave it I did and now that I have been retired for over ten years I realize that the people that put me out to pasture did me a big favor. Although I sometimes miss my job as a Family Therapist I realize that I am better off now and I promise you, Joe, you will be too.
It is a tough thing to admit when we realize that we are no longer able to do what used to come so easy to us. You did a Great Job as Senator, Vice President and President.
Jesus, you live in Rehoboth Beach, for God's sake. I know that i have seen pictures of you and Jill hanging out on the beach enjoying the beautiful weather. Now, in a short time you will be able to do that every day.
Do what I did, Joe. Start a Podcast on Spotify. They would love to have you, I'm sure. Write your memoirs and kick Back every day on the beach.
Your Legacy is safe. Nobody can blame you for the Furor that is to come. You did your job and you don't owe anybody anything. Except for your son, Hunter. I think you owe him a pardon as you walk out the door of the White House for the last time. Don't leave him unprotected in Trumpland.
God Bless You, Joe Biden and Happy Birthday to You
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher