We have something very special in President Joe Biden. We have an ancestor. One who is like our spiritual kin that is full of knowledge that we might not have. That many have not lived through and is willing to pass it on. We have someone grounded in history. We have someone who has lived and lived well. He has loved and loved well. He has lost and lost badly and he is still standing. He is not perfect, he is human. A human who has made mistakes and learned from them. A human who has had success and not let it drive him to excess. He has wealth and still he cares about workers, the poor, the climate, the fate of the weak and weary. He cares about the fate of all of us who have, at times, what seems to be little power against the power brokers, the oligarchs, the morbidly rich, the judges who think they are supreme and think of little else. And he is changing the face of our economy. A sea change that brings with it fear. Change always creates fear in the weak. And fear is a mind killer. I would add to that, that fear is a soul killer as well. His long history is something to cherish, not to throw away with hand wringing at the slight test that failed to quench all our fears in one fell swoop.
He gets up everyday and puts the thought of the people of this country forefront in his mind. He goes to work and it is 24/7 work, not 8 to 5 and he has done it for years and years. He deals with wars and bridge, road, train and natural disasters. He has not once said that he will not put the whole of the government to work if the need of a “red state” is the one in need like “someone” else did with “blue states”. He has put together a crack team of people dedicated to this country with their heart and souls to make it work for all people, not just the ones who agree with him. They are clever and educated public servants and have stuck by our President throughout his presidency rather than the revolving door of that “someone” else. There is always a crisis somewhere and he and his team deal with it and they take responsibility for it (unlike “someone” else).
What we are going through has happened before. If you don’t know that read Rachel Maddow’s book “Prequel”. It is all just more of the same fascist, Christian Nationalism that reared it’s head in the 30’s as Hitler was coming into power before WWII. What we have in Joe Biden is someone who has the fortitude and the will and the guts to stand up to it. But he can’t do it alone. And everybody who has their heads up their butts, well just pull them out right now! We have a very special person in the Whitehouse and he needs everyone of us to be aware of that and what he, we and the country will be able to accomplish if we win against the deluded evil, lying liars in our midst once again. Once again weak, evil people want to reek havoc against a good and decent thing and call themselves patriots while they do.