Let’s be honest here, anytime a big election comes around, the best and worst come out to show support or run for office. The 2016 election certainly had its own highlights and bloopers on both sides (thanks Jeb Bush for all you did). This year, of course, most newsworthy stories are coming from the Democratic camp. With all the recent drop outs, can the left find a good candidate that will provide an actual challenge to President Trump?
Let’s take a look at who has risen to the top: Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders. Joe Biden stands out as the only viable Democratic candidate, due to his political experience and somewhat moderate ideals. Bernie Sanders is somehow still around, which is incredible if you ask me. Who would have ever thought that a Democratic-Socialist candidate would make any sort of progress in a presidential election? Why would he make a legitimate candidate? Maybe it’s the juxtaposition of him and President Trump. One successful business man who was able to take advantage of his earnings vs. someone who believes that such wealth should be redistributed. Such a radical idea is certainly strange, and even more so when taken in context.
Bernie Sanders is reported to be worth around $2 million, which is fine. Good for him to be able to amass such a nice financial cushion. Makes you scratch your head, though, seeing as his big deal has been redistributing wealth en masse. I would be interested in learning how much Bernie Sanders gives in charitable acts. Not as a quantifying measure, necessarily, but to show in good faith that he actually believes in his ideas. To use a wildly different example, you wouldn’t trust someone who says that Italian food is the best when all they eat is Chinese, right? You would want to trust someone who can show in their own lifestyle why their idea is the best.
Then there is Uncle Joe, who had direct ties to the impeachment happenings. Let’s take a step back and refocus on that circus. Joe Biden and his son Hunter were at the center of what President Trump was trying to get a closer look at. While some may argue that President Trump was using his position to influence the election, others say that he was honestly trying to root out corruption. Imagine Joe Biden wins the election. How strange would it be that the new President of the United States has direct ties to a corruption investigation in a foreign country. Would you rather someone be investigated for having corrupt associations within their family, or the most powerful person in the country actually have those same associations? I think that’s a point that a lot of people missed, and one that is important.
So when it comes November, who do you vote for? I would stay away from the left. We have had real, meaningful progress in the last 3 years, and I would be happy to see another 4 starting in 2021. Progress for the sake of calling something “progress” is not necessarily good. Let’s leave the Farce to be Reckoned With behind, and continue to hope and pray for our leaders to do right by our laws and for our collective good. Hopefully, the candidates that will run for office in the future will continue to learn and become better quality leaders for all of our sake.
Bayou Observant 