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Give me Liberty
Rodger Williamson
If you have followed my thoughts here in this column, it should be obvious that I am extremely disappointed with BOTH the Republicans AND the Democrats who have together dragged our great nation down to our present circumstances.
To quote the great George Carlin (1937-2008), “The word ‘bipartisan’ usually means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out.” Both major parties are responsible for this. Not just the Democrats, but the Republicans, as well; and not just Biden, but Trump, as well, and this leads me to my thoughts for this week.
Breaking the record previously held by Ronald Reagan, Joe Biden is the oldest U.S. president to ever be elected to office, and at age 78 (in 2020) had already exceeded the 77-year-old average lifespan for men in the United States. Biden was a liability the day he won office, and should Biden survive to seek a second term, he will turn 82 years old in 2024, (and “if” Biden were reelected, and “if” he doesn’t die of old age before the end of his term) and will be 86 years old in 2028.
Time stops for no one, not even a U.S. president, so buckle up, because Biden’s capabilities are fading fast, and unfortunately, things can still get worse!
With Biden’s job approval rating currently swimming among our worst-rated presidents, Republican opposition is predictably overwhelming, but according to a recent poll in “The New York Times,” a stunning 64% of Democrats said Biden should stay out of the 2024 race.
Democrats cite Biden’s age more than any other factor, though job performance is close behind. Biden was already given to gaffes and malapropisms, but his staff is in near panic mode every time he speaks, because no one knows when he will go off script, or what he will say next.
Oddly enough, more Americans are opposed to Biden running in 2024 than are opposed to former President Trump running again, which is something, because in a poll by Politico 61% of those polled said that they were opposed to a Trump candidacy in 2024.
Regardless of whether you love or hate Donald Trump, The Don will turn 78 years old in 2024, the same age that Joe Biden was when he won the 2020 election, already exceeding the average life expectancy age for men in the United States, and should he win the Republican nomination, will set the stage for a repeat of a “Walking Dead” zombie president.
In a break from the usual, I finally find myself standing with the majority of Americans, as most all of us agree that neither President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump should run for reelection.
Back in 1780, founding father, (and future U.S. president) John Adams, once wrote that “there is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.”
Unfortunately, John Adams’ fears would come true, as both the Democrats and the Republicans have held dominance over our nation since Millard Fillmore (a “Whig”) left the office of president in 1853. The disunion that we suffer today is because for the last 170 years “we the people” have chosen “the lesser of two evils” to lead our nation.
I know not whom shall throw their hat into the ring in 2024, but it is time for something different. Do your homework. Know what is in the U.S. Constitution, and study basic economics. Study the candidates, and do not vote for whomever will use the power of government to enforce your ideology upon others, but vote for the candidate that will reduce the size and scope of government and give more liberty, freedom and personal responsibility back to the people.
Vote for a candidate that will reduce the federal deficit and the corresponding burden upon taxpayers. Also, vote for a candidate that is young enough to serve a total of eight years in office before they reach average life expectancy.
I have no idea if they will run in 2024, or if so how much traction they will have, but based upon my observations, “We the People” of these United States would do well with a president in someone like Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, or former Congressman Justin Amash of Michigan, or businesswoman Jo Jorgensen of South Carolina.