(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Thank God For Joe Biden [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2022-07-15 President Joe Biden (Carolyn Kaster/AP) Under normal circumstances, this is where I might say to the Democratic politicians who’ve been attacking President Joe Biden, “With all due respect, I don’t agree with your position.” But these aren’t normal circumstances. Actually, they’re not even close to normal circumstances, so my comments to those folks would probably be closer to this: “What the hell is the matter with you? Do you want to hand both houses of Congress back to the Republicans? Do you want to ensure our rights will continue to be eroded? No abortions, even in cases of rape or incest or to save the life of the mother? No more same-sex marriage? No use of contraceptives allowed? No more right for two consenting adults to do what they want in the privacy of their own bedroom? “Do you want to clear the runway so Donald Trump or some extreme alternative like Ron DeSantis has a smooth flight into the White House in two years? That the GOP operation to steal the 2024 presidential election will continue unabated? More voter suppression and voter roll purges? No protection of voting rights? State legislatures able to throw out the will of the people and pick the winner, no matter how the vote tally actually goes? “Do you like your Social Security? Do you like your Medicare? Do you like the way Medicaid is covering most of the cost for your parents or grandparents to be cared for in a nursing home? Do you support the hysterical banning of books that are perfectly fit for your children to read? How about a history curriculum designed to not teach the true story of race in this country? “Do you want a future where the very real threat of climate change continues to be ignored. The same with our gun problem? Where science is an inconvenient truth to be discredited for political gain? Where our health care system continues to fail too many people? Where our burgeoning wealth gap continues to swell, leaving more and more citizens struggling with a smaller safety net to catch them? “Well, do you?” Yeah, that sounds more like it. With all that’s riding on the 2022 election, and the reported trend away from a possible Republican landslide to a more competitive battle for Congress, why are Democrats organizing a circular firing squad so they can shoot themselves in the collective foot? Between the corrupt U.S. Supreme Court’s ending of women’s reproductive rights, the stunning evidence presented by the Jan. 6 Committee pointing to the historic treason of Trump and the GOP, the Republicans’ protection of the gun industry over school children, the party’s practice of voting against measures popular with the American people, its support of white nationalists and domestic terrorists, and its general refusal to govern on any number of key issues, the Democrats have plenty of ammo to take aim at their opponents. Instead, some Progressives in the party prefer to bitch and moan and level false attacks against the president, who happens to be from their own party. These selfish morons, out-out-touch with reality, aren’t just willing to sacrifice the good for the perfect, but their own country in pursuit of their ideological goals and their personal political success. Biden is weak. Biden doesn’t show enough urgency. Biden doesn’t display enough fire. Biden hasn’t done enough. And on, and on, and on. I can understand the pundits and press who are desperately looking for likes and clicks to go that route. But elected members of the president’s own party? The president has spoken out strongly on every issue facing our country. He’s not a great orator, but he doesn’t have to be. When you speak from your heart with genuine concern for your country and the people in it, plain talk is all you need to get your point across. Look what’s he done with a razor-thin edge in the House and no margin for error in the Senate: an historic Covid package, a bipartisan infrastructure bill, a bipartisan gun bill, the turnaround of our economy, tremendous job growth, an excellent jobless rate of less than 4 percent, a successful vaccine program against a deadly pandemic, ending our endless war in Afghanistan, and reinvigorating our relationships with our NATO allies. Not to mention all the good bills that have passed the House and are stalled in the Senate as an example of what could come if Democrats win enough elections. For the life of me, how people can be hammering Biden and giving Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer a pass in all this is beyond me. What the hell does Schumer do down there all day? When we were facing the very real crisis of a second term for Trump, it was Biden who stepped into the breach. It was Biden who was the overwhelming choice of his party – not progressives like Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren. The truth is Biden was the only candidate with a real chance of beating Trump. Even Trump knew that. It was Biden who decided that instead of being home playing with his grandchildren and his dogs he’d accept the double challenge of a mishandled pandemic that had killed hundreds of thousands of people and a devastated economy. And he’d try to solve this mess in the face of Republican obstructionism and sabotage intended to cause him to fail, no matter how much death and destruction it brought to our country. Biden is the president. He’s not God. Like all his predecessors, he has very little control over inflation and high gas prices, no matter how many times Republicans lie to you and say that he does. And no matter how many times Democrats make reference to those issues while conveniently not telling you that either. All the better to make you believe they have a secret formula to save the day. There’s talk that it would be better if Biden doesn’t run for reelection. He’s not a young man, and that might not be a bad idea, but this is no time to worry about that. The only concern should be the 2022 election. Joe Biden is not a perfect man, but he was the perfect man for the job. If all he accomplishes is providing a bridge from the democracy-and-rule-of-law-threatening dumpster fire of the Trump administration to a path to some level of normalcy and progress in this country we will always be in his debt. And if his critics can’t see that past their own stupidity and naked political ambition, well, I’d say that’s their problem, but it’s really our country’s problem. That’s how high the stakes are. That’s how important winning in November is. Winning is the only solution. There are no others. Just winning. Democrats, it’s time to stop whining. Start fighting with the united urgency that this moment in history calls for. Biden isn’t the problem, and if you’re blaming him then it’s time for you to look in the mirror. The real problem will be staring right back at you. *** Thank you for reading my post. If you like my writings you can see more on my blog: Musings of a Nobody. 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