Sometimes I think about this video from eight years ago. Actually, I think about it a lot these days.
Lindsey Graham, Republican Senator, had tears in his eyes when he was talking about his good friend, Joe Biden. He said Biden was “as good a man as God ever made.” Now we’re supposed to believe that he thinks President Biden is an evil monster who is running our country into the ground? It doesn’t seem to make sense.
There are likely many congressmen and senators who feel the same way as Senator Graham did in this video. They’ve know Joe Biden for 20, 30, 40 years and have worked together with him on legislation and considered him a friend. They know deep down that he’s a decent person who has lived a life of both heartbreak and triumph and done it quite admirably.
They also know he gets work done. They know he can be tough but flexible when negotiating. Just think of all the good things the GOP and President Biden could have accomplished if they had simply worked together. Four years have gone by and, because of their hatred but mainly their fear, Republicans have passed very few bills during that time and instead spent it playing childish games.
It’s hard to believe how many of the GOP have turned on their friend and accused him of terrible but untrue things. They collaborated in the 2020 presidential debates on the best way to make Biden get upset and stutter. They have dragged his only living child through the mud just to hurt him as a devoted father.
Politics shouldn’t be so personal, but the GOP’s attitude seems to be to strike a man when he’s down and prey on any signs of weakness. President Biden’s former “friends” call him senile, make fun of the way he walks and even manipulate video to try to make him look forgetful and demented.
These days, Republicans and Democrats always stick together, just not with each other. The truth is that it’s wrong to take the full measure of a person only based on their political party. People are more complicated than that, of course, and it’s crucial to remember that in such a divided country. There are always people who take it too far, but we are human beings who thrive on connection with others. We need each other, even if we’re not always willing to admit it.
If members of the GOP still think of President Biden fondly yet want to destroy him, it creates a battle within their own souls. Awash in guilt and shame, they go on TV and tell lies about Biden and then feel the harsh conflict stirring inside of them. They know they have to do this; it’s part of the deal on being on Donald Trump’s side. Still, it must be devastating to their psyches to betray their own belief systems.
Checking back in on Lindsey, he’s fresh from a hit on Fox News where he called President Biden a felon. It sounds a lot like projection, but it’s a sign that the transformation of his soul is also complete. Ironically, he should have had tears in his eyes during this interview when talking about Biden, if only for his own shame.
The GOP certainly doesn’t deserve a break even if they feel they are forced to say these things. They know right from wrong. They know what they are doing is dangerous. They have strength in numbers, but it doesn’t matter if not one of them is brave enough to stand up. The few politicians who have been brave and spoke the truth have all been ostracized, which still seems like a better fate than living a lie.
This just in from Lindsey Graham:
Lindsey on Presidential Immunity
“I think he’s (Biden) subject not only to a lawsuit, but criminal prosecution — if there’s not presidential immunity.”*
Honestly, President Biden should never forgive him, but he will because he’s a decent and compassionate person. He knows that disagreements take away from the greater good, which is helping the American people as he promised to do when he was sworn in. If every politician took their oath as seriously, imagine what this country could look like.
*Fox News article by Emma Coulton on June 23, 2024
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