In an appraisal of the nature of the MAGA horde’s campaign for Donald Trump, a former host of a low-quality television game show, we would echo the dynamics of an only fractionally more enthralling waste of leisure time, the “Antiques Roadshow” (PBS)*. The latter featured the appearance of appraisers and experts to discover the value and history of antiques and collectibles. Viewers were fascinated with the professed value of previously ignored or overlooked items. The same might be characterized by a discovered watercolor painting of a National bank by John Dillinger, a partially used container of flea powder owned by the celebrated canine saliva scientist, Dr. Ivan Pavlov, a set of, now tarnished, 14-carat silver tweezers employed by Dr. Percival P. Pooke, the first man to put cotton in aspirin bottles or perhaps a set of stained glass windows, portraying scenes from the life of George Liberace.
With meager available references to the accomplishments or virtues of their flawed candidate, the supporters of Donald Trump have been sadly relegated to the transmogrification of their campaign into an asinine replication of the (titled) eponymous game show. In keeping with the stereotypically sophomoric level of MAGA reasoning including the populist attraction for diverting and irrelevant demagoguery or simplistic “put-down,” MAGA has undertaken the specious, thoughtless, (and, in this case, irrelevant), campaign banner of “Ageism.” Aside from any possible lack of merit in such a desperate and prejudicial position regarding President Joseph Biden, its lack of any modicum of clear perspective, similar in acuity to the gross distortions of a funhouse mirror, is manifested by the ironic fact that their candidate is merely three years younger than his purportedly, age- disabled opponent.
That aside the salient and thematic point is that any rational and empirical determination of the issue of mental capability is, empirically found to be individually and singularly nuanced and circumstantial; thus, rendering abortive and fruitless, such a desperate attempt by the MAGA folk to maintain their tactically manufactured critique. Traditional experience in this sensitive and significantly important context, instructs that any rational and appropriate determination is necessarily based upon an objective evaluation of personal efficacy; the latter, objectively by the discernable demonstration of empirical performance. The record speaks of Biden’s capable leadership and profusion of successes. By bright contrast, Donald Trump’s one term of Presidency, demonstrated incapability, lack of Presidential perspective, absence of moral compass, and mortally impactful irresponsibility; which evident, egregious propensities, as he has demonstrated and plainly stated, alarmingly persists to the present.
As a matter of objective (and evaluative) record, the now 80-year-old Joseph Biden, during his few years of Presidency has accomplished a plethora of spectacularly positive accomplishments demonstrative of his experiential acquisition of mature perspective and wise exercise of capable judgment. This is to be compared with Trump’s grossly negligent proclamations and atavistic policies, when President, regarding the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, assessed by experts as causing hundreds of thousands of preventable mortalities, Biden’s policies got the Pandemic under control and then, virtually eliminated as a National risk.
Biden’s Presidential term to date has, among other useful accomplishments, seen the passage of a huge and Nationally needed infrastructure bill, the amelioration of inflation, the unbiased and responsible appointment of capable and dedicated members of his cabinet ( as contrasted with Trump’s crony policy of appointment of incapable, but personally loyal, politicians), a historic decrease in unemployment and notably the significant increase in employment, the empathic lowering of prices for medication, a desired, substantial decrease in the crushing impact of lifelong debt for advanced education tuition, the existentially vital, repair of damage to America’s relationship with NATO and many foreign countries (caused by the ignorance and autocratic policies of Donald Trump), the return to the Paris Accords and other fruitful policies of environmental policies including global warming, the delicate rebuilding of accord with America’s traditional allies, damaged by Trump, the wise and diplomatic handling of the Ukraine-Russian conflict and of the Hamas-Israel War, the outspoken and earnest opposition to unregulated guns, sincere promotion of equal rights, protection and support of America’s labor unions, earnest efforts to ameliorate the[jh1] complex immigration issues, his championing of the women’s’ natural right of abortion and women’s’ rights in general [ N.B., female Vice-President, appointment of scholarly and capable SCOTUS black Justice), support of established programs of compassionate capitalism including social security, disability, food and federal support to hungry and needy Americans of all ages, support of health and safety regulations, including the amelioration of environmental concerns, maintenance of the traditional relationships with our historic international partners (contrasted with agitation of our allies and Trump’s exotic friendships with Putin, China, North Korea and Hungary).
We have in various past writings, described Trump’s copious ignorant incapacity, as well as his intentional treason and his criminal acts, (71 indicted felonies) serial mendacity, and demonstrated lack of moral compass, including his illegal pay-offs to silence prostitutes with whom he has, apparently, had brisk commerce, his neurotic eccentricity, initiation and encouragement of violent and deadly insurrection against the United States, founded upon Trump’s autocratic election denial (the “BIG LIE”), his gross violations of the Emolument Clause, support of dangerous Nazi-oriented White Christian militias, and above all, his ominous, publicized declaration of intent to be a dictator. We, if, it were conceivably necessary, might cite additionally reported, egregious acts of this deplorable persona, but are of the view that it has been ample demonstration that the next Presidential election will be far more existentially, decisive, and fundamental to the endurance of our Democratic Republic, than the inane tactical and sophomoric diversion of the contemporaneous MaGA’s “ ANTIQUE ROADSHOW.”
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