Maribel and I are celebrating tonight. Not because Biden won. A Democrat in the White House is not something to be celebrated. Kamala Harris as VP is even less comforting. I understand why Biden tabbed her as a running mate; to bring in the minorities of all types and flavors who feel they have not been given enough by this great country of ours. What concerns me is that she's too far left and the thought that she could be the President if something happens to Biden, or will be the Democratic candidate in 2024 is disturbing. Never the less we are celebrating...we're celebrating that the 'Man Who Would be Emperor' has been voted out.
Never has anyone so divided this country like Trump has. This guy is a disgrace. He's disgraced this country and himself, though through his eyes he probably sees himself as a savior, though savior of what I don't know. The ship is rudderless. He's been combative, tactless, graceless and incompetent throughout his four year term, and now at the end he can't even graciously leave the scene. One of his favorite expressions is, "No body has ever seen anything like this." He's got that right.
In a way I even blame Trump for the cancelation of my 80th birthday party this coming December because I didn't want to be responsible for the possible transmission of the virus. Yah, I know that sounds like sour grapes but think about this. If, instead of his initially ignoring the virus, and if he had taken the advice of medical experts seriously, and if he had stopped his absurd speculations about the temporariness and treatment of the virus, might we be in better shape than we are now? Could I have had a party without feeling apprehensive about it? What would a real leader have done? A leader would have defined the goal, (defeat the virus) assembled a team with expertise in line with the goal, explained the goal to the team, assured the team that they will be supported with whatever they need, and then gotten the hell out of the way! But not Trump. Trump has to be center stage in the middle of the spotlight, confusing the public and making his team members walk on eggs for fear of contradicting him with facts that rebut his foolishness. And if they should happen to stray from the Trump line they're dismissed as "idiots" and "disasters". It's not reaching too far to say that his meddling, interference and lack of understanding may in part be the reason for the 250,000 deaths we'll soon be facing, and to this day the lack of a coherent plan to combat the virus.
I think that Biden will do a much better job of bringing some semblance of order and structure to the issues of the virus and the economy. Hopefully whatever his plans turn out to be will help to unite us rather than further divide us. At the very least we'll be back to some sort of normal governing structure. And who knows, maybe I can have an 81st birthday party.
Coincidently and completely unrelated to the announcement today of Trump's election loss we said goodbye to the 'otwor na odbytnice' this afternoon. Somehow it seemed like a fitting day to do it.
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