Thanks Joe

Two weeks ago I was at the beach teaching. The big discussion was what was going to happen in the election. It was post the debate, pre the shooting at the rally. I went to breakfast with two dear friends, one red and one blue. The red one, who I love and adore, asked me what I thought was going to happen.

I said, “I think Biden will drop out, but not until after the Republican convention. It does no good to give Trump that time to figure out what he is up against.” I followed that up by saying I was not blogging about it because I am just tiny bit superstitious and did not want to jinx it from happening.

That night I also discussed this possibility with the friends I was staying with. We all agreed that both candidates are too old and not good choices and the best thing that could happen would be to have a new, younger, choice.

Today I was teaching mah Jongg from 1-4. My watch kept blowing up, but I could not stop to see what was going on. Towards the end of class one of the students told me why she had kept looking at her phone. It was general excitement on all our parts.

Joe has done an extraordinary job. He has gotten more done in four years. He steadied the ship. He got us through the pandemic. He renewed our standing in the world. He got infrastructure money passed and has started rebuilding important bridges, roads, and transportation hubs all over the country. He brought American manufacturing jobs back and ensured that America can provide vital parts with the Chips act. The stock market is up, inflation is coming down, wages are up, especially for the lower and middle class. Crime is down.

Joe deserves credit for all these things and now he has done the selfless thing of dropping out. Something rarely done in the world. Most people do not recognize their own decline. Trump certainly does not recognize his. He can hardly put two sentences not on the teleprompter together. It is pure selfishness for him to run, but then again he is doing it to try and stay out of jail. September and Judge Merchan are coming.

For all those people who said they would not vote for Trump or Biden because they both are too old, there is a new choice. It’s time to save America from the project 2025 fascist plan. It’s time to save democracy.

For those who vote Red because they think it will better for their personal fortunes, the conservative Moody’s analytics said that a Trump win will be very bad for the economy. Trump added more to the debt and not because of the Pandemic, but to give tax cuts to the rich.

And then there is the issue which needs to stay at the top of all women’s’ and those who love any woman minds, protection of women’s health care rights. Trump and the ones in his pocket are at war on women. We must not allow these men to continue to try and take women’s rights away.

Thanks Joe for all you have done. Finish strong and hand a good country off to Kamala.