Listen to him; three words saved a Presidential candidacy and shook my world as I embarked upon the ever-narrowing track of the sunset years of my life.
I do not intend to wax lyrical about a particular judgment delivered by the highest court in the land of the star-bangled-banner other than briefly observing that I, too, am alarmed by its ramifications for American democracy and, of course, to share my sympathy for the groundkeeper at Mount Vernon having to contend with trying to stop George spinning in his grave, again. Nor do I intend to allow my alacrity to be consumed too much by the words of the song “You’re once, twice, thirty-four times a felon”, other than observing that no good comes from letting one’s mushroom out of the packet. No, I intend to address two topics: Ageism and President Biden’s final words, which were spoken at the press conference: ‘Listen to him’.
Without any equivocation, Biden’s performance at the debate was lousy; however, the opportunistic and predatory nature of the American media never ceases to amaze me. Joe Biden is not blessed with John F Kennedy’s eloquence, nor is he blessed with Barack Obama’s smooth and elegant oratory charm, but for the love of Christ, cut it out with the ageism, you blood-hungry circling morass of amateur beat-street-reporters.
As someone now on the wrong side of 55, the moment I hear the words ‘too old’, I am consumed by the thought in response: “For whom? Your momma?!?” Winston Churchill was 77 when he was reelected to be the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1951, and he remained a Member of Parliament until he was 90. Her late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, ably served as the monarch until she passed at 96 years of age, and I certainly did not hear any members of the House of Commons calling for her to abdicate because of her age. The President of Ireland, Michael Higgins, is still toiling away for the polity of Eyre at the graceful age of 83.
Joe Biden has been managing so many domestic and foreign challenges, not to mention that his economic agenda is making the American economy great again (that will cause a few jars of moonshine to hit the floor at GOP Central). All the Fox News parrots like to carp on about age until you ask them about the age of their dark overlord, Rupert ‘Montgomery Burns’ Murdoch, being no fewer than 93 excruciating years, and then watch them fawn away about how sprightly Darth Sidious is. So, forget the ageism, please, as a person should not be immediately redundant because of their age; by the way, Donald Trump is no spring chicken himself at 78, and he looks like he is a hamburger short of a myocardial infarction.
The issue of ageism then leads to Joe Biden’s final enlightening words at the end of the NATO press conference: ‘Listen to him.’ Sure, Joe Biden got some names muddled up, but guess what, sniping morass of media sharks, who doesn’t? The youthful Justin Trudeau forgets names, and he is a spring chicken. However, let us not forget Donald Trump has referred to Joe Biden as being Barack Obama. He also referred to Nikki Haley when he should have said Nancy Pelosi, and, rather cringingly, he even misspelt his wife’s name (not to mention speaking about Hannibal Lecter as a natural person).
So, what is in a name? Not much, instead, what Trump says or doesn’t say should be the focal point of this presidential campaign. Donald Trump has not said he will accept the outcome of the 2024 election if he loses. Indeed, he said there would be a “bloodbath” if he loses the election, so Mike Pence may wish to stay home on January 6 2025. Donald Trump said he would encourage Russia to do “whatever the hell they want” to any NATO member, so it is safe to say Vladimir Putin is rooting for Trump to win the 2024 Presidential Election. Then there is Donald Trump’s desire to be a dictator, even only walking it back to one day (that is all a dictator needs), as well as using Adolf Hitler’s rhetoric of referring to Latin American people as being vermin. Donald Trump’s stated economic agenda of reducing taxes, including abolishing corporate tax, has been dismissed by economists and business leaders as nonsensical and will increase inflation, not to mention the economic disaster he caused during his first term.
Joe Biden is right: Listen to what Donald Trump says, and what you hear will terrify you.
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