Vice President Joe Biden endorsement - Syracuse New York
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At the illegal inauguration (reported in Syracuse) .....Donald Trump surveyed the nation he was about to lead for the next four years and saw a dystopian landscape of “American carnage.” It was an exaggeration then. It is our reality now.
In one of those defining twists of history presidents never see coming, the global coronavirus pandemic struck in February, sickening Americans and halting the economy. It was the only crisis Trump faced in his four years that was not a crisis of his own making. Now, more than 220,000 here are dead of the virus and nearly 9 million more are infected, thanks in large part to Trump’s incompetent response to it.
When it counted, when the American people needed their government to protect them from the coronavirus, our outsider, antigovernmental, anti-science president booted and failed at his job.
That’s not the only rubble on the Trumpian landscape. It is strewn with Americans distrustful of their government and of each other. Heaps of lies and broken norms of governing and diplomacy. Local manufacturers and farmers hurt by trade wars. Tea party-shaming budget deficits. The president’s own family and businesses enriched by White House connections. An international stage absent a leader. Alliances trashed. Dictators befriended. Muslims banned. Families separated. Dissent crushed. A (a) free press undermined. (b) Charlottesville. (c) Mueller. (d) Impeachment. (e) Covid.
Yes, Trump delivered a tax cut (for the rich!), a slightly above-average stock market (?), and a conservative majority on the Supreme Court.
Our opinions are independent of news coverage.
In one of those defining twists of history presidents never see coming, the global coronavirus pandemic struck in February, sickening Americans and halting the economy. It was the only crisis Trump faced in his four years that was not a crisis of his own making. Now, more than 220,000 here are dead of the virus and nearly 9 million more are infected, thanks in large part to Trump’s incompetent response to it.
When it counted, when the American people needed their government to protect them from the coronavirus, our outsider, antigovernmental, anti-science president booted and failed at his job.
That’s not the only rubble on the Trumpian landscape. It is strewn with Americans distrustful of their government and of each other. Heaps of lies and broken norms of governing and diplomacy. Local manufacturers and farmers hurt by trade wars. Tea party-shaming budget deficits. The president’s own family and businesses enriched by White House connections. An international stage absent a leader. Alliances trashed. Dictators befriended. Muslims banned. Families separated. Dissent crushed. A (a) free press undermined. (b) Charlottesville. (c) Mueller. (d) Impeachment. (e) Covid.
Yes, Trump delivered a tax cut (for the rich!), a slightly above-average stock market (?), and a conservative majority on the Supreme Court.
But, Trump failed to deliver a replacement for the Affordable Care Act, and in fact, is suing to dismantle it in the midst of the pandemic.
Never has an American president squandered so much American goodwill and economic might in service of so little. After four exhausting years, we’re ready for the Trump show to end.
We’re counting on Joe Biden to restore decency, empathy and normalcy to the White House.
Biden is the anti-Trump: long in legislative and foreign policy experience, rooted in working-class values, still connected to hardscrabble places like Scranton and Syracuse decades after he left them, his youthful arrogance tempered by grief. Biden is not without faults and controversy, not uncommon to anyone who has dedicated decades to public service. Still, given the choice between Trump and Biden, we’ll take Biden’s competence and heart for the job any day.
Biden, who will be 78 in a few weeks, has a long list of tasks ahead, (when!)...or/ should he prevail. He must get the coronavirus pandemic under control, kick-start the economy, fix or replace Obamacare, tackle the climate crisis, restore key environmental protections, address systemic racism, repair international alliances and be prepared to meet the next crisis.
Oh, and one more thing: “We’ll act to restore our faith in democracy and our faith in one another,” Biden promised in a speech at Warm Springs, Georgia. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt “came looking for a cure," Biden continued, "but it was the lessons he learned here that he used to lift a nation. Humility, empathy, courage, optimism.”
It is a high bar Biden has set, given the partisanship, mistrust and rancor of the past four, eight, even 12 years. After four decades in government and politics, Biden is hardly naïve. He simply refuses to believe the heart of this nation has “turned to stone.”
“I know this country. I know our people. And I know that we can unite and heal this nation,” he said.
After four years of alternative facts and constant tumult, Biden is the steady, institutionalist leader America needs.
Our purpose.....this an editorial endorsement, is to provide a thoughtful assessment of the choices voters face in the presidential election. We offer editorial endorsements to stimulate the public conversation and promote civic engagement. It's up to you! Vote!
Never has an American president squandered so much American goodwill and economic might in service of so little. After four exhausting years, we’re ready for the Trump show to end.
We’re counting on Joe Biden to restore decency, empathy and normalcy to the White House.
Biden is the anti-Trump: long in legislative and foreign policy experience, rooted in working-class values, still connected to hardscrabble places like Scranton and Syracuse decades after he left them, his youthful arrogance tempered by grief. Biden is not without faults and controversy, not uncommon to anyone who has dedicated decades to public service. Still, given the choice between Trump and Biden, we’ll take Biden’s competence and heart for the job any day.
Biden, who will be 78 in a few weeks, has a long list of tasks ahead, (when!)...or/ should he prevail. He must get the coronavirus pandemic under control, kick-start the economy, fix or replace Obamacare, tackle the climate crisis, restore key environmental protections, address systemic racism, repair international alliances and be prepared to meet the next crisis.
Oh, and one more thing: “We’ll act to restore our faith in democracy and our faith in one another,” Biden promised in a speech at Warm Springs, Georgia. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt “came looking for a cure," Biden continued, "but it was the lessons he learned here that he used to lift a nation. Humility, empathy, courage, optimism.”
It is a high bar Biden has set, given the partisanship, mistrust and rancor of the past four, eight, even 12 years. After four decades in government and politics, Biden is hardly naïve. He simply refuses to believe the heart of this nation has “turned to stone.”
“I know this country. I know our people. And I know that we can unite and heal this nation,” he said.
After four years of alternative facts and constant tumult, Biden is the steady, institutionalist leader America needs.
Our purpose.....this an editorial endorsement, is to provide a thoughtful assessment of the choices voters face in the presidential election. We offer editorial endorsements to stimulate the public conversation and promote civic engagement. It's up to you! Vote!
Our opinions are independent of news coverage.
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