Over the last year or so, I and the other writers on the Blog have written numerous pieces on how successful the Biden/Harris Administration has been for the American People.
Especially compared to the tragic embarrassment and threat to Democracy and freedom that came before them in the form of the Trump/Pence Administration and their band of mostly incompetent white nationalist-fascist imitating lackeys.
Since taking office in 2021, The President and Vice President have provided, most of the time, steady and competent leadership.
This is exemplified by a stunning record of achievement that includes:
- Ably guiding the nation to the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Securing legislation like the Infrastructure Law, the CHIPS Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act (which included a Prescription Drug Benefit) that will move the country forward, help combat climate change, transform sustainability, and lift people up.
- Steering the economy to a soft landing from rising inflation caused by a combination of high consumer demand and corporate greed.
- Appointing judges to the courts that will protect basic freedoms and Democracy. Voters should remember that the last guy appointed justices to the Supreme Court who overturned Roe v Wade and made it possible for local officials and courts like the State Supreme Court in Texas to tell women they are not at risk enough to terminate an unviable pregnancy. They also want to restrict access to the morning-after pill.
- Fighting reactionaries that want to take away reproductive freedom, limit what children can read, and put obstacles in the way of exerting our right to vote.
As Blue Meanine pointed out in a recent correspondence, the Misery Index, the measure of the unemployment rate plus the inflation rate, is lower (7.8 % in May 2023) than the months Ronald Reagan (11.4 %,) Bill Clinton (8.7 %), George W. Bush (9.0 %,) and Barack Obama (9.5 %) all won reelection. Consumer Confidence was at its highest in December than in early 2021.
Commenting on the reduction in the Inflation Rate, Biden/Harris Campaign Spokesperson Kevin Munoz posted:
“When President Biden took office, he inherited an economy from Donald Trump that was rigged for the ultra-rich and left in shambles. But thanks to President Biden’s leadership, the U.S. economy has consistently defied expectations, with millions of jobs created, inflation at its lowest level in more than two years, and costs coming down for the American people. The work is far from over, and the President and Vice President are committed to doing more to bring down costs, fight special interests, and create economic opportunity for Americans. If MAGA Republicans have their way next November, the American people can expect a devastating return to the same failed trickle-down policies that would raise costs, offshore American jobs, and provide tax giveaways for corporations and the ultra-rich. Leadership matters, and Americans will choose the leader who has had the back of the middle class time and time again.”
The Biden/Harris have also fully restored, after four years of record-pacing lying, flawed leadership in the COVID crisis, an attempt, through enabling the January 6, 2021 Domestic Terrorist attack at the Nation's Capital, to tear down the Constitution and the transition to power, and two impeachments, the honor of the Presidency.
To those Biden naysayers across the country who think another candidate (including, inexplicably, the one who killed Roe v Wade and who threw the country into an economic and health crisis while he was trying to destroy the pillars of the Republic) could do better: WHAT THE HELL ELSE DO YOU WANT?
Has the Biden/Harris Administration been perfect?
No
But for God's sake, consider the overwhelmingly positive record of the current Administration compared to the last one. It is not even a close call. Voters, even those who feel prices may have risen too much last year, should not welcome a return of the chaos and threats to the American Ideal the previous Administration posed.
Consider the fascist-Hitler laced-white nationalist-themed rhetoric still coming from Trump and even the other Republican Presidential candidates. Not exactly the 'Morning in America' and we love freedom and immigrants stuff you used to hear from the Reagan team.
This holiday season I am thankful Joe Biden and his 50 years of public service is President and Kamala Harris is Vice President.
They deserve to be reelected in 2024.
An Alt-Right outcome next November would be truly mind-boggling, suicidal for the country, and the height of collective stupidity.
Do not repeat the mistakes of 1968, 2000, and 2016. Do not register unnecessary protest votes with third-party (one of whom may be Putin-backed) candidates. Do not stay home.
Turn out in 2024 and vote for the team that has delivered for the American People.
Vote Biden/Harris in 2024.
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