Calm Down, Dems!

The intensity of the Dems freaking out over Biden’s poor performance on the ‘debate’ stage is directly related to the intensity of fear and loathing they–and many of us–feel at the possibility of the Republicans’ succeeding in the culmination of their long-game authoritarian take-over of America. They’ve been working in the shadows, and not very deep ones at that, for the past 50+ years. They counted on Americans being so distracted that we would not notice what was happening until it was too late. But we did!

Now they just have to intimidate and exhaust, continue to distract, and manipulate us into thinking President Biden is a worse choice than Trump. After Biden’s lackluster performance on the ‘debate’ stage, many in the Democratic Party have reacted exactly as the Republican Party bosses want them to.

The wails and demands that Biden should step aside because he didn’t give Trump the drubbing they wanted to see offers no truly better chance with another candidate, and in fact, the best strength we have is to rally in strength behind Biden, to emphasize awareness of all the actual progress he’s cause to be made during this past 3+ years to benefit the nation. What we must not do is dither and moan and split all our votes between other even more doubtful candidates.

There are plenty of reasons to keep Biden in office, to keep his team at work for the American people, whom the Republicans have abused and neglected since Nixon. Which is not to say the Democrats are the best choice: Until we have ranked-choice voting, they will only be the better choice, better than what the Republican Party promises and threatens.