Politics

Writing political posts on a sex blog isn’t the smartest move I can make. Given the nearly even split in voters, no matter what position I take, I’m guaranteed to piss off half of my readers. That’s why I haven’t written many. However, the presidential debate last week forced me to break my rule.

Here’s the problem. I am a political moderate. I reluctantly voted for Joe Biden in 2020 because I’m sure that Donald Trump would attempt to cancel the Constitution and become a dictator. Biden has always been a moderate Democrat with a less-than-wonderful record in the Senate. On his best days, he has no charisma and is anything but an inspiring leader. Trump is a liar and most likely insane.

Biden’s debate performance was poor, even for him. He mixed up Putin and Trump several times. Their politics may be the same, but Putin is smarter. Anyway, Biden was having trouble stringing sentences together. He was the personification of a doddering old man. He improved a bit toward the end but still was far from the image of the leader of the free world.

Trump didn’t foam at the mouth. His demeanor was reasonably calm. He did what he always does: he invented facts. The moderators tried to keep him on topic but failed nearly every time. In fairness, Joe Biden never really gave good answers himself. But he didn’t lie.

There’s no way I can vote for Trump. He is a menace not only to the US but also to the free world. He wouldn’t even agree to abide by the results of the upcoming election, even though he was repeatedly asked to do so. The best he could do was say that if the election were “fair,” he would abide by it. He was asked if that meant he would only abide by it if he won. He wouldn’t answer.

My point has nothing to do with the debate itself. Trump was his usual self, while Biden shocked me by his apparent loss of mental ability. Could I vote for him anyway? I can’t support Trump. He isn’t senile; he’s crazy. I can’t support Biden; he’s sane but senile.

I can’t be the only American who feels trapped. The Democratic party has to take action. Someone has to convince Joe Biden to release his delegates. We need an open convention. Biden needs to be replaced by another candidate. I realize that this isn’t likely. Another possibility I could live with is to find a new VP to run with Biden. Harris is to the left of Bernie Sanders. She would make a frightening president. She’s as far to the left as Trump is to the right.

Political reporters discuss Trump Haters and Biden Haters when they discuss the divide in American voters. After last Thursday, we have Both Haters. Sadly, I’m in that group. If I don’t vote, the lunatic wins. If I do, I’m almost certainly condemning the US to wobbly leadership with a VP I could never trust.

Even worse, whoever wins will probably get to nominate two more Supreme Court justices. If Trump wins, they will be super-conservatives, giving the court a unanimously conservative composition. If a Democrat wins, the two will probably be liberals and nearly balance the conservative supermajority on the bench now.

For the last 50 years, the Born Again Christian far-right-wing leaders have been working to take over and turn the US into a Christian state. Our founding fathers understood why doing this would be bad for the country. These people are using Trump as a wedge to get their people into local, state, and Federal offices. They manipulate his ego into supporting views he never held before he got into national politics. Do you think these religious nuts are happy supporting a man with Trump’s morals? They’ll support anyone who will advance their agenda.

Many Republicans are worried by all this. Trump’s support within the party is slipping as he moves further and further right. The Democrats have a different problem. It’s clear that many of them are worried about Joe Biden’s ability to lead. I sure am. Biden may be losing his marbles, but his ego is intact. He isn’t enough of a patriot to admit that his faculties are slipping and that he needs to step down.

Middle-of-the-road Republicans aren’t brave enough to stand in front of the Trump bulldozer, and loyal Democrats are afraid to press Biden to release his delegates. The result is frightening. We are left with two candidates who are obviously unqualified to be president. For me, at least, Biden used to be the lesser of two evils. Now, both evils are equally bad for America.