Uncle Joe!

Hey he wasnt my first choice. He wasnt even my second choice. He may not have even been third or fourth. But I am and have always been a Joe Biden fan boy. I think the man is as real as it gets right down to the gaffes and the pauses as he gets his thoughts together to avoid stuttering. The Republicans, who support a one man blabbering fool of a cult, take stuttering or any disability as a weakness and attack it as dementia or senility which is failing. Biden is a scrapper who never tolerates bullies and people who punch down , the 2020 version of an actual American political party.

Years ago, Joe Biden wasn't even veep yet, he was running for the 2008 Democratic nomination for President (remember that?) and came to Omaha to appear at a local independent bookstore just blocks away from my Moms house. I wanted to go, Mom wanted to go, and we piled into the car for the short ride. Well needless to say the crowd waiting to get in was David Sedaris worthy. Way too many people for my Mom to wait in line with so we left. The Biden appeal even in purple Omaha was evident. Joe of course didnt last long in that campaign but he remained in the eye and became Barack Obamas running mate and Vice President.

This is a serious time folks. There is a real threat to not only American democracy but to America itself. A fascistic moron is leading a cult of fellow fascists and white supremacists to bring the iron hand of authoritarianism down on the people. Though I wish the Democrats had another Obama or anybody under 70 rising to the forefront the Democratic voters decided that 3 people over 70 were the way to go. I get it. I do. My desire to send Trump into oblivion and hopefully prison made me never ever not put Biden in my thoughts. He is Uncle Joe. He is the cool uncle, the relative everyone loves, the buddy who when he asks you how you are really means it. He's a decent man. My hope for progressive policy and Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders was always a house of cards. Decency was what America needs.

When Bidens candidacy was saved by Rep Jim Clyburn and the black voters of South Carolina and the sudden dropping out of Mayor Pete, Amy Klobuchar, and Mike Bloomberg "saved" the party from Bernie Sanders Joe was the apparent man. Lets face it, Sanders was a risk that could have been taken in 2016 but in 2020 wasnt a risk worth taking. Biden was the safe choice. The choice of the cautious. And dammit, cautious is what we have to do to rid ourselves of this fascist menace.

So here we are. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.A 78 year old white man and a 58 year old woman of color. Against a 74 year old loudmouthed strongman and a admiring closet case. Its not ideal but it is what it is.

Biden gave what is called the speech of his life Thursday night. He was forceful, decent and there were no gaffes. The Republicans sat there in awe, and could only rebut it with their normal far left obsessive screeches and the teleprompter insults. As if being able to read is a flaw. Why not be like our guy, a dyslexic Adderal addict with a tendency to go off the rails and tell people to inject bleach.

Decency. Normal. Fuck policies, those never get done anyway. We need the stability of a guy who can calm down a fractured society. Once that happens, policy becomes a fight again. But the only way for that to happen is to vote out a party of racists, dummies and fascists and send them back under the rock. Look, the GOP has become the National Socialist Party of America 2020. Everyone who is a decent person has abandoned this band of thugs and bullies by now. The only ones left are the deplorables. For that is never ever to be forgiven. Even after these adoring collaborators are voted out of office, they shall forever be known as American traitors, Vichy type cowards, spineless suckups and never to be taken seriously again. Yeah Im talking about you Ben Sasse.

Vote dammit! Uncle Joe is what we need now.