I was honored to arise this morning to see that I was tagged into several Facebook posts from real life friends, like Attorney Brandi Thomas, saying that they couldn\u2019t wait to hear my interpretation of President Joe Biden\u2019s State of the Union address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, I failed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I failed because the annual North Florida pollen dump has had my allergies going haywire over the last two weeks, so after dinner I popped a Zyrtec and was soon in a deep, coma-like sleep until my alarm rang at 5:00 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While I truly wanted to watch the rewind via YouTube earlier today, I didn\u2019t\u2014and still haven\u2019t\u2014and probably won\u2019t now that I\u2019ve had a chance to read through a transcript!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And I did get a chance to see a few excerpts online, enough to understand why journalists from my two favorite major media outlets, the NY Times<\/em> and the Washington Post<\/em>, lauded Biden for having the fire and presence of his much younger self.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fire and presence are important, particularly to combat the idea that Biden is senile\u2014a smear that I\u2019ve never believed. But elocutionary fire is easy to stoke for any experienced orator, and presence is easy to fake for actors, but when I measure the political man or woman, I do so by their policy positions and accomplishments\u2014not pomp or circumstance!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Overall, in my opinion, Biden has delivered in those respects more than he has not over the past four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, there have been many times when I have watched every minute of a presidential address or debate through the years, even when sick or exhausted from the work grind. But perhaps I slept early and well last night because my mind has been made up for a VERY long time\u2014and my vote will be cast for Joe Biden this coming November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ultimately, I will vote for Biden because overall, we align on issues that are important to ME!<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a middle class man, I worry about being overtaxed; as a proud Black man, I worry about the white-washing of Black History and the lingering presence of systemic racism across America\u2014and I\u2019m always fretful about some angry or reckless police officer ending my life due to some minor infraction like speeding; as a man with hypertension and diabetes, I worry about the costs of health care and prescription drugs\u2014costs that run high because the Republican Party stays in league with the major pharmaceutical corporations worldwide; as a supporter of women\u2019s rights, I fully support a woman\u2019s right to choose to have an abortion\u2014and a couple’s right to in vitro fertilization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I will vote for Joe Biden because I have no desire to go back to the daily NASTY social media messages from Donald Trump; as a middle class man, I worry about inflation that rose on Trump\u2019s last watch, so much so that a 3 piece with red beans and rice costs $13 dollars at Popeyes; as a Black man, I will never forgive his calling KKK members \u201cgood people\u201d or his hateful diatribes about \u201cshit-hole\u201d African nations; as a man with health issues, I could never support a Republican hierarchy that\u2019s increasingly anti-science; as an advocate for women, I detest the way that Trump has treated and condescended toward women throughout his 77 years on Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I will vote for Joe Biden because I trust his 50 years of experience with regards to foreign affairs far more than I do Donald Trump, a man who has a clear affinity for Vladimir Putin, King Jong Un, and other tyrants that he considers \u201cstrong\u201d across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As I occasionally warn, and the President did to an extent last night, the Russia-Ukraine War still has the potential to turn into a global nuclear war, as does the lingering Israel-Hamas War that has the potential to escalate should Israel and\/or the United States get into a protracted fight with Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On that last point, I have been VERY critical of Joe Biden\u2019s tone deafness about the plight of Palestinian civilians since the war began last October. But I am still willing to wager that Palestinians in Gaza have a far better chance at obtaining peace, reparations, and the long elusive goal of an independent New Palestine under a Democratic administration than they do under Donald Trump\u2014the same man who agitated Muslims worldwide during his term in office with his unconstitutional \u201cMuslim Ban\u201d AND his encouraging Israel to move its capital from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem\u2014a city extremely holy to Jews, Christians and yes, Muslims!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last, Joe Biden may not move or think as fast as he once did, but he did an excellent job laying out not only his accomplishments and future goals last night, while distinguishing himself from his \u201cpredecessor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not to mention for the umpteenth time that Biden hasn\u2019t been indicted in four separate jurisdictions and is facing scores of years in prison. And of all the charges Mr. Trump is facing, the worst to me are those stemming from the January 6th<\/sup> MAGA riots, a disgusting, morally repugnant, and utterly inexcusable moment in American history that threatened to end the Republic. Trump\u2019s actions in stoking that rebellion made the Watergate Scandal from 1972 look like child\u2019s play\u2014but at least Richard Nixon had the common sense to exit the main stage after the truth of his bad acts came to light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Donald Trump has no such common sense and because of that\u2014and all of the issues raised herein\u2014I will vote for Joe Biden without hesitation this November. Thus, as the President noted last night, the State of the Union is strong\u2014as is the Biden \u201824 campaign!!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n By Chuck Hobbs \u00b7 Hundreds of paid subscribers<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Real Politics in Real Time”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was honored to arise this morning to see that I was tagged into several Facebook posts from real life friends, like Attorney Brandi Thomas, saying that they couldn\u2019t wait to hear my interpretation of President Joe Biden\u2019s State of the Union address. Well, I failed! 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