Political Thoughts of Timothy A. Raty

Events of the past month have turned the most boring Presidential race since 1956 into a historic one. Former President Donald J. Trump (R) was nearly assassinated and a major pressure campaign has been launched to convince President Joseph R. Biden (D), who gave the worst televised General Election Debate performance in history, to end his campaign in favor of a (hopefully) more electable replacement. Rumors are that President Biden, while recovering this weekend from Covid-19, is seriously contemplating ending his campaign. Time will tell the validity of such. Prior to these events, I believed that this election would be as close as in the year 2000, when Vice President Al Gore (D) beat Governor George W. Bush (R) in the popular vote by 0.5%, but lost the Electoral College 271 – 266 – 1. Biden was likely to win the popular vote again, but flipping a coin to guess who would win the Electoral College would have been appropriate, as everything would come down to turnout. The only diff...

This article is directed towards those who are already well aware of the dangers which former President Donald J. Trump (R) poses to the U.S. Constitution (calling for its termination ), to the Western world in general (encouraging Russia to invade it), and potentially to the existence of civilization (encouraging Russia to potentially go to war with nuclear powers, such as Great Britain and France) – yet who are also hesitant to “pull the lever” for President Joseph Biden (D) this coming November. The hesitation may stem from any number or combination of things. For some, it is ideological, as the American brand of liberalism becomes more adjacent with democratic socialism. For others, it is because some of the Biden Administration’s policy decisions have been disasters. For others, it is primitive tribalism, where members of the opposing tribe are mortal enemies and can be shown no quarter. For others, it is personal, with concerns about Biden himself – whether it be his age and h...