I want to just break down some real truths. No BS, no gaslighting, no alternate facts. The mainstream media keeps reporting to you that Presidential polling indicates that Americans don’t want a rematch between Biden and Trump. They keep telling us that Biden is too old. They don’t seem to have an opinion about age or competency as it relates to Trump.
I challenge you to name viable alternative candidates that have entered the Presidential race to date. Name one. I am not asking you who you think could make a good choice. Name a viable alternative candidate to Biden or Trump who has entered the race.
Let me stipulate that is no non-Trump MAGA candidate. Likewise, let me stipulate, that there is no viable Democratic candidate that is interested in replacing Joe Biden at this point in time. For all the breathless punditry, there is no future Democratic Presidential candidate that wants any part of the 2024 election.
That means all the polling and talking heads is pointless. You have Biden and you have Trump. You have a sitting President who has used his years in government to masterfully repair a great deal of damage that has been done to our nation by the GOP and MAGA. You also have a former President, who had no experience at governing anything ever, who crashed everything he ever touched in life, and demonstrated his ability to wreck the nation by turn it over to religious anarchists. Actually, this was done in the spirit of Ronald Reagan.
He allowed COVID-19 to kill over 1 million people. He allowed the crash of the supply chain so that every day goods became scarce, and the resulting inflation crippled the economy. He killed foreign policy goals only to be dictated by those who flattered his fragile ego. He enriched himself and his family by setting policy initiates that favored those who paid him for access.
This is what the choices in the 2024 election are. They are not what your feelings suggest they should be. The stark reality is simple. You have a sitting President who has successfully addressed the task of fixing issues Trump left behind. Biden will square off with Trump, a whinny self-centered racist sociopath, former President that needs to be elected again, to avoid criminal trials and the potential of spending his remaining years under house arrest.
No matter what the media and polls tell us, this is the only reality we face in the 2024 Presidential, Congressional, State, County, and Municipal elections. We elect people who will restore and improve democracy up and down the ballot or lose it. Now some of you will be deluded into thinking that you have a protest choices like a Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Cornel West, or some other unproven recognition seeking self-indulgent scammer, by casting votes for those folks you’re really choosing the worst between Biden and Trump. You just convinced yourself that at least you didn’t make a direct vote for the racist White Christian Nationalist. Trump is the Putin influenced anti-democracy candidate.
Let’s get even deeper into this. Over 100,000 Arab Americans and Palestinians in Michigan made protest votes to get Biden to withdraw American military funding from Israel over the it’s actions in Gaza. That is basically Biden’s margin of victory over Trump in Michigan in the 2020 election. If they vote that way in November Trump will likely win the election.
Trump will impose a Muslim immigration ban, detain, and deport Arab and Palestinian protestors who object to his policies. If you read the right wing contrived Project 2025 Plan, put together but religious conservative think tanks, they will then implement a plan to nullify Congress and the Judiciary thus making Trump a dictator. Arabs and Palestinians have a right to make their voices heard on Gaza. I cannot stress that enough. However, Trump would allow the right wing Zionists who control the Israeli government to do far more than they are doing now. He would allow the complete annexation of Gaza and the West Bank and the removal of all Arabs.
But here is the question no one is asking. Why does it seem that Biden is not listening to Arabs and Palestinians on his support for Israel? The answer is Iran. Iran backed and trained the Hamas attackers on October 7, 2023. Iran is backing the Yemeni militia firing on ships in the Red Sea. Iran also armed and backs the militia that fired rockets into the US base in Jordan that killed 3 US service members and injured others. The Biden Administration supports Israel in an effort to prevent a larger war in the region.
I am not judging the strategy, I am pointing out that many people have a very shortsighted view of the situation. The Biden Administration has been working on a ceasefire for months. What American protestors don’t mention is that Hamas embeds itself among the citizens of Gaza. They fire rockets at the IDF forces from positions within the areas where innocent citizens flee the bombardment of artillery and airstrikes. Hamas also confiscates humanitarian aid meant for the trapped citizens. But are they condemning Hamas? Are the complaining about Hamas?
I don’t point this out to absolve Israel of any blame. Israeli settlers have stolen land from Arabs. They have been blocking aid shipments from crossing the borders. What is not reported is that the US, Saudi Arabia, and Israeli Moderates were negotiating a potential treaty before the October 7th attack.
There is evidence that Hamas leaders had been meeting with Iranian and Russian advisors leading up to the attack. There is even evidence that Israeli Intelligence Officials had obtained plans of the attack a full year before it was carried out. History shows that Netanyahu supported Hamas over the Palestinian Authority in Gaza. The reason? Hamas, like the Zionists do not want a ‘Two State’ solution.
Because the mainstream media does not report these aspects of Biden governing behind the scenes, some Progressives and potential young voters protest Biden’s position without having the broader perspective. You see, the long game has yet to be completed.
On another matter, I have watched in basic disgust as the so-called enlightened journalists on MSNBC, such as Joy Reid, Alex Wagner, Jason Johnson, and Stephanie Rhule, spew their flawed insights on matters such as these. I give the Arab journalist on the network a break because they live a different perspective, having lived in the region, or having family still living there. It’s OK to be critical of the Biden Administration but they should at least be more informed with their opinions as they seek to provide a broader perspective for their viewers.
Instead of saying, Democrats have a problem messaging, they should be saying that MSNBC is a lone voice in a right-wing MAGA media universe right now and they want to set the record straight. Many times I have heard them comment about what Democrats have not said only to view new social media outlets like ‘The Meidas Touch Network’ airing video clips of Democrats and President Biden saying the things they are accursed of not communicating. I suppose the issue is that MSNBC is owed by Comcast and that media conglomerate has to consider profit first.
What is encouraging, is that ‘The Meidas Touch Network’ airs on YouTube and other podcast platforms, consistently has larger audiences than MSNBC, CNN, OAN, and sometimes FOX. While MSNBC pretends to make some people look like friendly and sympathetic faces: Michael Steele, the former Black Chairman of the RNC, who invited in the Koch backed Tea Party movement into mainstream conservative politics, and Simone Sanders the former Bernie Sanders political advisor, they both had a role in creating the opportunity for the development of the MAGA world we live in today.
Should Biden win reelection, the Democrats flip the House and the Democrats hold a least 50 Senate seats look for the long game t be enacted:
- More members of the US Congress and Senate will be investigated for conspiracy to overthrow the US Government on January 6 2020.
- The Congress and Senate will vote to expand SCOTUS to 13 0r 14 seats thus nullifying the right wing of the court.
- Biden will nominate 4 new Justices in short order.
- Biden will sign new voting rights bills into law which include mail in ballots, secure ballot drop-off provisions, non-partisan redistricting commissions, and automatic voter registration for Federal elections
- Federal investigations into Trump family profiteering for the Kushners.
I want to end this piece by referring you to the brilliant commentary by Lawrence O’Donnell. He reminds us that real governing is not done in front of a camera. It’s not an episode of a fake TV series of a failed business man. It’s a boring process where people have to be committed to learning the intricacies of developing and implementing public policy. You can’t do a rap song and wake up one day after years of neglecting your right to vote and decide you have it all figured out while wondering why no one ever thought to do what you failed to educate yourself about.
The President doesn’t make laws, at least at the moment. Religions don’t dictate policy based on their interpretations of their chosen scriptures to impose on the whole damn country. Small minded bullies who carry big guns won’t win the day if we simply self inform via judicious research, not just open up our minds to anyone tossing dirty water out of the window.
The Long Game Has Yet to Manifest!
A Reasonable Point of View 