I was on board with Biden as the nominee right up to the point where he determined he would step down and endorse Kamala. Then I was on board with her. I applauded his decision to put the good of the country before his own ambition. I contributed, volunteered, knocked doors, made calls. Because that's who I am. And I'm not changing from being a loyal Democrat one bit. I believed our leadership telling us Trump was an existential threat to democracy because I'm informed enough and know enough about it to see that he is.
The more I've thought about it, and read about it, post election, as well as some of the analysis of the vote and how things transpired, the less I like how this was done. Party leadership should have gone to Biden before primary season, had a heart to heart, and pointed out what they obviously knew then, that they didn't think he could win. I know, he's been around a long time, he has a long record of service, he was VP, I know. I will always have a lot of respect for President Biden. But if he really was interested in the good of the country, as opposed to his own political ambition, he should have been willing to step down back then, too. Would it have made a difference? We won't ever know that. I think it would have neutralized the media dominance Trump has had for four years.
And what's happened now is not very convincing, at least as far as I am concerned, that the conviction about Trump's danger to democracy was as big a deal as it was made during the campaign. We sure let the justice department drag its heels over Trump's prosecution without putting the kind of pressure on Garland that would have said, loud and clear, that Democrats believed Trump was an existential threat to democracy. Because the way that was allowed to be handled sure didn't communicate that.
We lost control of the narrative, never had it really, and never saw Biden get his name and face in the media coverage much during these past four years. That's one big reason why we needed him to step down and have an open primary. We lost a great media spokesperson when Jen Psaki left for MSNBC.
I'm not convinced at all that the party F***ed Biden twice. Nope, not at all.
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