Dwain Northey (Gen X)

Are we at one of those very consequential moments in our history?

There have been moments in the past that if the tides had gone a different way the world would be a different place. In the early 20^th century if America hadn’t elected FDR in 1932 and Hoover had retained the Presidency would we have gotten out of the depression? For sure we would have had the New Deal, social security would not be a thing. Would the United States stayed out of WWII, would we even have supported Great Britian in the late 30’s when Hitler was blitzkrieg London?

Thankfully these are questions we only can hypothesize on our current timeline.

Lots of those historical What Ifs linger in our collective consciousness.

What if Nixon beat Kennedy?

What if Nixon refused to resign in 1974? Would he have been impeached and removed from office setting a historical standard that we could have followed after Trumps impeachment? Hell, what if Ford hadn’t pardoned Nixon and let him stand trial for Water Gate? Wouldn’t that have been something…   

I really think if we had exercised the actual wheels of democracy in 1974 that the unindicted crimes of Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush would have never happened. But we have let crimes go unpunished for the sake of decorum and president.

For the first time in our history we are holding a former President accountable for his criminal actions something that if Nixon had been held to account no future office holder would have attempted. Nixon was a politician that became a criminal while Trump was and is a lifelong criminal, and due to the electoral system this country has, became a politician.

This country so craves Royalty that we elevate celebrities to that level of nobility. Trump is a C list celebrity at best but has ambition to be King and we can not let that happen.

We have been told that this coming election is the most pivotal election and 2020 certainly was if Trump would have retained the Presidency, I am not sure that he would have ever relinquished it. He’s the only office holder in our history that refused to concede after losing the election then attempted to stay in office by inciting an insurrection. This nation was built on the smooth transition of power after an election and a winner is declared. Trump would not acknowledge that he did not win the election in 2020 and in 2016 he stated during his campaign that he would only accept the results if he was the victor. In both 2016 and 2020 he did lose the popular vote but based on an antiquated electoral system he was able to win. He wholeheartedly tried to corrupt that system in 2020 but wasn’t able to because of the overwhelming number of citizens that actually voted.

In 2024 I know the argument that Biden is old and can’t do the job. Which is true but look at Donald 3.5 years younger than Joe and in far worse condition physically. The accusations that Biden is senile and confused but also the mastermind behind a crime family make no sense at all. If he is senile then what does that say about the Republicans that he continues to out flank at every turn.

Yes, Joe is 80, but he is getting shit done. He is getting shit done that has never been done before, historic lows in unemployment, an infrastructure package that rivals the interstate highway projects of Eisenhower and the New Deal programs that saved us for the Great Depression. Trump promised infrastructure and a better health plan than the ACA, he delivered on none of it.

Yes Joe is Old but if Donald is the alternative I will that Joe ‘old’ over Donald ‘unkept promises’ any day.

Thanks for suffering through another rant.