Why Biden’s Chances in November will Depend Largely on the Anti-Trump Vote.
Parikia, Paros Island, Greece, March 7th, 2020.
Salaroche


How many people are sick and tired of Donald Trump’s shameless lies, divisive rants and barefaced abuses of power? How much bad blood has Donald Trump thus far really accumulated against himself? The answer to those questions would very likely determine whether Biden beats Trump in November or not.

Biden does not have a magnetic personality and he is by no means a charismatic speaker. His policy proposals are nothing innovative and his legacy as vice president for eight years is largely unremarkable.

Besides not having blundered too seriously in the past, Joe Biden’s electability assets amount to his being perceived as a well-intentioned, friendly guy, willing to meet his political rivals half ways for the benefit of harmony. Other than that, the only thing he has going for himself is his zero resemblance to Donald Trump.

I voted for Biden in the Democrats-Abroad primaries because I see him as the only candidate who may stand a chance to snatch the presidency from Trump, but I am in no way inspired by his candidacy. To my eyes, he is a lackluster character. There is nothing pioneering in him or in his policy proposals enough for him to merit the title of leader.

Yes, he looks like, and probably is, a good man, particularly when compared to that twisted Trump, but to win the presidency he is going to need a lot of luck and a lot of votes from people who can no longer stand the rotten likes of Trump, which only partially includes me.

I am not a newcomer to rejecting Trump. I was never able to stand the likes of that orange creature. From the day he launched his candidacy, I was always aware of his high level of amorality and felt he would only end up throwing the country down a troubled, uncertain road, which thus far is exactly what he has done.

So, Biden’s only path to the presidency would be through the vote of as many Americans of my kind as possible, meaning the vote of people who are not in the least excited about having him elected, but that would vote for him with the explicit purpose of getting rid of Trump.

We cannot kid ourselves. Biden is popular only in a relative way. The number of votes that would lift him over the top to reach the presidency would not be that of those Americans who see him as a leader, but the votes of those who can no longer stand the likes of Trump and see a much, much lesser evil in Biden than in Trump.

Biden, therefore, would be wise to start stoking the anti-Trump fire that is already burning in the minds of millions of Americans, for it is the vote of those people that may get him elected, thereby rescuing the nation from the dire straits the Republicans have set it on.

And let us also wait and see to what extent does that anti-Trump sentiment prevail in the minds of those disenchanted Warren followers and even in the minds of those frustrated Sander’s followers, should he lose the nomination, which at this point looks quite likely to happen.

More important still, let us just see how smart and effective the Democratic Party’s leadership turns out to be in unifying the Democratic electorate under the imperative purpose of defeating Trump, as nothing short of the destiny of the Democratic Republic of the United States will be at stake in November.

Let us keep in mind that the Democratic Party has often failed to present a unified front when it comes to passing legislations. Usually, the guys who switch camps and cross to the other side of the isle are the Democrats. The Republicans hardly ever do so.

Party allegiance is not the Democrat’s distinctive trait. In their ranks there are always those Republicans in disguise who often throw a monkey wrench in the legislative process, which is one of the reasons I am a Democrat only by default, as there is no other viable alternative against the Republicans.

Hopefully, this time around, the great majority of Democrats will not be as skeptic, blind and stupid as to abstain from voting as, in so doing, they might just be paving the country’s road to perdition.

So, to the Democrat electorate I say: If your candidate was Elizabeth Warren, sorry guys, maybe next time we will get an equally competent woman elected, but, for now, just bite the bullet and do the best you can, which would definitely be voting for the Democratic nominee.

The same goes for those who felt the Bern: This is no time for letting our frustrations and resentments get in the way of achieving the best possible outcome in the coming elections: Beating Trump.

Once we get the presidency in the hands of a Democrat, we can talk about sharing the pie and assigning both Warren and Sanders, and some of the rest of the others, to important Cabinet posts and the like.

Fellow Democrats who are not Biden followers: Don’t drop the ball out of personal frustration and resentment. The future of the country is at stake. Get out and vote for the Democratic nominee in November, whoever he may be.

Salaroche