Summer of 2013 at the White House. Nice guy! Firm Handshake! Did not try to kiss me! He's a lot like he's portrayed on Saturday Night Live. Maybe a little handsy-er but if he were in my family, he'd still be my favorite uncle. Mostly because all my other uncles are total dicks!
(Not you Uncle Richey!)
With that said, *IF* Biden could beat Trump, he'd be a really boring President. Certainly not anything nearly as dangerous or horribly corrupt as this greedy, lecherous, amoral white nationalist fascist asshole we have now, but he'd still likely just meander through his Presidency affecting very little real change, occasionally invading people's personal space, as shit continues to get worse and worse all around him. While this may seem like a vast improvement on the face of it, that's more a reflection of how low we have sunk.
Biden doesn't have a clear understanding of the all encompassing urgency of the climate crisis. To Bernie, it's a National Emergency. To Uncle Joe, it's another talking point to butcher. Just having a warm body that believes in science in the White House may sound really refreshing but at the unprecedented rate the world is heating up, with all the dire warning signs the planet is giving us almost daily, we don't need a guy that thinks "clean coal" is still on the table and better mileage on your new Chevy is something to cheer about. Biden's climate plan scored at or near the bottom of the field by the Sunrise Movement, Greenpeace, 350, Data for Progress and the Center for Biological Diversity. I have no doubt that he'd put together a strong climate team to push far better energy policy than the total disaster we have going but how far do you think he'll go while still collecting tons of money from fossil fuel industry donors? He is not going to put a dent in the climate crisis and this is my single biggest issue with him. But there are several.
It's not a coincidence that healthcare and insurance stocks soared after Super Tuesday. Biden's approach to healthcare costs more than Bernie's and still leaves millions without real health care. Joe will make sure that there is still plenty of enormous profit to be made from people getting sick. Execs are breathing easy. With Biden, they have nothing to fear.
What about income inequality and the death of the middle class? Forget about it! Wall Street loves Joe Biden. They're breaking out their checkbooks faster than a toupee in a Florida hurricane.
But he's best pals with Obama! Yes, yes he is.
But did you know his middle name is "Robinette?"
Think about that for a minute.
Kelly Benjamin
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