With Biden We Lose. 110 Days Left

oscar
4 min readJul 18, 2024
Photo by Luther.M.E. Bottrill on Unsplash

There’s a good bit of show business in politics.
Biden is aware of that and proof of it is his having appointed a former Disney executive to co chair his campaign committee. He also had Hollywood stars do fundraisers for him. One of them dropped out.
But in the end, it is about the candidate himself.
On that count, democrats are failing.
Biden is no longer exciting as a candidate.
Sadly, he doesn’t see it and neither all those around him who are choosing to cover their eyes instead.
Biden looks anxious, begging for attention and approval. ‘Look at how good I’m doing! See, I didn’t use the wrong word, wow! and I didn’t forget that, and look, I didn’t call Zelensky Putin, or Kamala Trump. See, I’m getting it!’
But he looks desperate and watching him makes me feel dejected.
There is no awareness in Biden of the damage he’s doing to the nation, ignoring the ravages of age and believing that only him, only Joe Biden, cat beat Trump.
And if he doesn’t, oh well, he tried his best.
But that is not enough.
We can and must beat Trump. We still have time to get a candidate to replace Biden.
Trump is riding high right now, with the true believers convinced he’s been sent by the heavens to Make America (Trump) Great Again.
He’s got a boost from Elon Musk’s endorsement and his promise of putting 45 million bucks into his campaign every month. (Democrats — consider not buying a Tesla). I think the deal Musk made with…

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oscar

Writer and psychiatrist. Writing is thinking -> integrating -> connecting -> enhancing our being. Though we can think without writing.