Pa-thet-ic 1. Adjective: Arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness
My father was an avid and passionate Boston sports fan, but a most temperamental one. He would often literally shut off a playoff game if the Boston home town team were playing poorly, even if it was very early in the game. “Dad, what are you doing? There’s plenty of time for a come back!” And that comment was always followed by a few expletives from Dad not printable here. And then he would change the channel.
Well, I was definitely channeling my father last night as I watched grandpa Joe take on the orange turd in the debate last night. As soon as grandpa Joe hobbled onto the stage looking like a dementia patient who lost his way to the bathroom, I knew it was time to change the channel. And that’s what I did. (Blue Lights is a great cop show, BTW) And then I tuned back to CNN and MSNBC for post debate analysis.
Grandpa had only one job last night: to prove he was capable (not too old) to run the country for another four years. To say that he failed that one job would be a gross understatement. It was truly a pathetic performance which made me physically sick to my stomach, as well as sad to see that, given the stakes in this election, a diminished Joe was the best the Democrats could put forward to rid us of the orange turd. It was also sad to see how a once vital and decent man, who has done a good job of putting the country back on track after four years of Covid and Chaos, has let his pride get in the way of doing what’s right for the country. It’s the same pride and hubris that led RBG to not retire when she should have, and now we are left with the abortion catastrophe, among other rights that are now at risk.
We must rally to keep the orange turd from doing any further damage to our country. If we want to ensure our democratic republic’s survival, the orange turd must be defeated. If we want to protect ourselves from his worst impulses—internment camps for migrants, pulling out of NATO, codifying a regime where poor women in red states are denied medical care they need—he must be defeated. If we want to avoid four years of a campaign of retribution against his political foes and pardons for rioters who attacked the capital, he must be defeated.
And let’s face it, Joe is not the guy to do it. Joe Biden needs to have a heart to heart talk with his family and come out of that meeting with a plan to either pass the torch to a new generation of leadership, or, come out swinging and show the country he has the vitality, verve and nerve of a leader that can put an end to the orange turd, and, run the country for another four years. I am hoping for the former, so I won’t have to change the channel any more.
Brad out.
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