Monday, September 12th, 2022
Thursday, September 1st of 2022 President Joe Biden gave the Speech Of A Lifetime in Front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This important speech should have been broadcast on every station but incredibly it was only broadcast on MSNBC and CNN.
Gentleman Joe did what he had to do as a responsible person and as well as a responsible President. He called out in no uncertain terms the seriously indecent and undemocratic conduct displayed over the course of the past several years by Donald Trump and his Maga Rpublican Fanatics.
Good for you, Joe.
Good for you
It had to be done and you did it.
It had to be difficult for Joe Biden to give that speech in Philadelphia calling out Maga Republicans. Joe Biden has always been a man who not only talks Bipartisanship. He has always practiced Bipartisanship every day of his political life. Indeed, some of his best friends have been Republicans. In an earlier Bipartisan time His Republican Friends have included people like Lindsey Graham, John McCain and Mitch McConnell, among many other Republican colleagues.
Unfortunately, that Bipartisan era seems to be long gone now.
Maga Republicans, (Namely Donald Trump Loving Republicans) used to be outsiders who "Normal" Republicans seemed to take pains to try to keep in line.
No More
These days it is the Maga Republicans who are in charge of what used to be a Political Party but seems to have turned into a Jonestown Type of Cult which has turned its Ugly Qanon Conspiracy Loving Members Attention into destroying Democracy in America and turning Donald Trump or someone like him into a Dictator in the mold of Trump's Dictator Buddies like Vladimir Putin.
Something else that happened recently was the unveiling at the White House of the Official White House Portraits of Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama. For this occasion not only were President Obama and Michelle invited to the White House but also invited were many members of both the Obama Team and the Biden Team. Quite a few individuals invited were members in good standing of both teams.
Although I was not aware beforehand that this event was occurring, I just happened to luck into watching the ceremony on MSNBC. What a thrill it was to see and hear the former President and the current President and their wives together showing each other and those watching on TV what it looks like when people genuinely love and respect each other as Barack and Joe and their spouses obviously do.
In this rather strange and in many ways terrible "Maga" World we live in we sometimes get buried in negativity and tend to forget that there are people in the world like the Obamas and the Bidens who genuinely love and respect each other and if we let them, can show us just how to treat each other with love and respect.
Unfortunately, for many Americans, especially Republicans, their frame of reference for how to treat other people seems to be the awful example that was demonstrated by Donald Trump over the past several years. That example was, to put it simply, to crush and disrespect those who do not do everything you say and do not agree with everything you do. Why shouldn't Republicans follow Trump's lead? After all, it was a successful strategy that worked well for Trump and up to this point, still seems to be working for him.
Although the Judicial noose seems to be tightening somewhat recently, overall, there seems to me to be little hope that Donald Trump will ever become someone that we can all love and trust and look up to as a decent and worthwhile person. Although, you never know. a couple of years in prison certainly woke Michael Cohen up. I suppose that the same thing could happen with Donald Trump.
At the present time, however, there does not seem to be very much credible evidence that Donald Trump is turning into a nice guy.
He has stolen state secrets and does not seem to be inclined to give them all back. Yet, despite this incredibly serious breach of Presidential Protocol, as well as his serious efforts to promote the successful campaigns of Election Deniers who seem hell bent on not only denying the 2020 election but seem to be, if elected, ready to say 'Screw You" to the legitimate voters of America.
But lets get back to discussing those two real Americans who have been willing to put themselves before the voters as legitimate candidates and who are unwilling to shaft the voters in order to win their elections.
I found myself tearing up listening to the Biden's and the Obama's at this past week's portrait unveilings. The contrast between Donald Trump and either Barack Obama or Joe Biden is like night and day.
I found myself this year and last year reading two excellent books. One Written by Barack Obama and one Written by Joe Biden. I would highly recommend to anyone interested in politics to read these books.
Now I tend to be a slow reader to begin with. If I really enjoy reading a book I tend to slow down even more so that I can savor the pleasure I get out of the book. I read very slowly through both of the following books:
"A Promised Land" by Barack Obama is published by Crown Publishing, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House Publishing. I read the Hardback edition which was listed at 45 dollars regular price although I'm sure that some slightly used discount editions might be available on Amazon or Barnes and Noble by now. It is a long book (701 Pages) but it is a fascinating and uplifting read. Barack Obama was, of course, a best selling Author before he ran for President and this excellent memoir will only solidify his reputation as one of the Best Writers of our time.
"Promises To Keep" by Joe Biden is also a Random House book. The Copy I got was a Random House Trade Publication that I bought at a discount through Amazon.com. It is a memoir that tells Joe's story from his life in Scranton, Pennsylvania and Delaware through his successful campaigns for the Senate up to just before his successful run with Barack Obama for Vice President.
I truly loved both of these books. I was not really surprised by how articulate Barack Obama was. He was, we all know an incredible speechmaker and writer.
What surprised me most about these two books was the fact that I think Joe Biden turned out to be just as good a writer as Barack. And that I believe is saying something.
We are presently at a crossroads whereby the next election once again will turn out to be the most important election of our time.
I would suggest to anyone who does not believe that Joe Biden should run for President again that they should read "Promises to Keep." Biden is the kind of Decent, Caring and Trustworthy person we need in the White House at this important time and in my opinion if he runs again I will gladly vote for him. I think that he has shown himself to be not only up to the job as President but has been an outstanding President even though Republicans have gone out of their way to make him unsuccessful. I wake up every day thankful that it was Joe Biden that won the Presidency in 2020 and not Donald Trump.
I hope Biden runs again and will give me a chance to vote for him again in 2024. "Promises to keep" is evidence, as is the accomplishments of the early parts of his first term, that he is not only a Political Master but that he is a man who cares deeply about people. He always has and I predict he always will. We need him in the White House and we need to back him up with plenty of Democrats in the House of Representatives.
So in 2022 Vote Democrat
And in 2024 Vote Democrat again.
Our Democracy Depends on it.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
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