What amazes me is that whenever I post something on social media that almost certainly critical of Donald Trump (and yes he does give all of us ammunition in any given press conference or Truth Social post or interview)...the first thing some people say in response (to me personally) is something like "Oh, would you rather have Biden in there?" or "It would be worse under Biden!"
I've heard a LOT of that...and the respective answers to both those retorts is "No" and "I agree".
There is a fallacy in thinking on both of those questions, that I was a Biden fan and that I voted for him.
I am proud to say I did not.
I also did not vote for Trump in 2020, and at that point I was again a registered Republican...not a TRUMP-o-phile, but a simple Republican with some basically conservative views.
I have seen and heard Donald Trump for decades...I did not want him sitting in the White House 9 years ago. So for reasons still unknown to me, I registered as Democrat in late 2015 as opposed to staying independent as I had for most of my voting life.
I went to a local caucus in early 2016 where the 2 camps were Sanders and Clinton. Wow, were my eyes opened to the Democrats at that point. I was in the Sanders camp, I liked his direct way of speaking. As the year progressed, Hillary was in and the Sanders camp who ate crow but were willing to cast support to Clinton were pretty much shut out in the cold.
I hated that treatment of a decent group of people who believed in a specific candidate, and the leader of the DNC at that time was not someone I'd have coffee with or say hello to.
As a result, I voted for neither Clinton or Trump in 2016.
Cut to 2019: the Democratic Presidential candidate debates. By this time I had already switched to GOP because of my own principles, not the Trump bandwagon (I know I said this earlier, but it bears repeating). I watched this spectacle that displayed a wide array of talent, lots of YOUNGER talent, who could possibly lead in a positive way. Then it whittled down and down and down...until we were left with Sanders and Biden. I wanted neither, not because they weren't good people, but THEY WERE TOO DAMN OLD!!
If you go back and look at Abraham Lincoln in 1860, he looked pretty damn young and strong at 51. Cut to his last year and he had aged quite a bit due to dealing with the Civil War.
The point is, the Presidency, no matter how prestigious, ages you, even in peacetime, because there are so many issues to contend with regarding the nation.
In early 2020, Joe Biden was 77 and Bernie Sanders was 78...Reagan was considered to be too old in 1981 when he began his regime at 70. Therefore these 2 old farts had no business being in the Oval Office.
It came down to Biden and at that point I began to wonder how the Democratic party operates...to be fair, the GOP is just as corrupt. But I understood later what the likely game plan was, and a buddy of mine and I discussed this back then: Biden was probably seen as to not last even a year, paving the way for his VP Kamala Harris to take over as President, making up for that "travesty" election in 2016.
Biden surprised everyone. I was not a fan, but up until the debate last year, I did hold a respect for him. Liking and respecting can be two separate things. I even respected him after the debate because I saw what 3 1/2 years had done to an already old guy.
From the day Biden got into office, Donald Trump was fully running the GOP and the attacks on Biden by the GOP and Fox News were relentless, all eyes were on Biden's next verbal blunder or trip on a stairway.
Yes, that is the media of today, millions of eyes on you and just waiting for an excuse to pounce, and if there's no excuse, then one will be MANUFACTURED via edited video to create one. The guy had no chance, and I am one who prefers a fair fight.
And then we come to Trump.
I hear what he says and I have read some of what he has typed on Truth Social. The man makes a ton of verbal gaffes, is often low energy in speeches, has tripped on stairs himself, and goes after others, often reporters, in quite an uncivilized manner, in my mind making him a poor role model for today's children.
Yet the mainstream media is afraid of him, particularly due to his attack on "60 Minutes" and CBS...nobody wants to be in his crosshairs except for CNN. The mainstream media have apparently decided that regarding 47, they will stay "nice". That means they compromised themselves in terms of being journalists just to stay in safe harbor...I no longer respect them. They might as well be frying fresh McNuggets for all their impact on the world.
Trump's people just let him roll, and I am familiar with the pattern. It happened with W, it happened with Reagan, and it happened with Nixon (read "All the President's Men" to get an idea). The people standing behind the man go after anyone the man sics them on with a vengeance, and remain loyal until the man is out; then, like weasels, they write books or do interviews to "finally tell the real story".
I now watch independent podcasters with their takes. No, they are not particularly nonpartisan either, but they are not afraid.
The fact is that Donald Trump is also too old to be in there and is showing signs here and there almsot daily the reason why. The difference between his people and Biden's people is that Trump has the Fox News and MAGA folk working for him to ignore the signs of age and mental deterioration, and help attack those who point the issues out. Biden's people were not as ferocious and did not instill that fear of revenge upon his foes. Quite a disservice in fact.
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