We were watching Biden getting the Medal of Freedom, with distinction [View all]
and wondered whether he should have been our candidate.
But then I dismissed the idea, concluded that the yahoos wanted Trump, wanted to flip their fingers at the world regardless of who the other candidates - in both parties - were.
My spouse, however, wondered whether Biden would have carried those states where the margin was very small. And I immediately thought - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania should have been a sure winning for Hillary; Biden is from Scranton, Hillary's father was form Scranton. Yet, it was a voter from that area who said that "a man should have the job of a president..."
Biden may have also carried Michigan, with his famous quip: GM is alive while bin Laden is dead..
On the third hand, yet, Biden has a long record where many gaffes, votes and expressions could have come back to haunt him. He was not a good candidate, though I considered him back in 1988 and in 2008 before he dropped. Also, I don't think that he would have carried women and minority voters. Not that Hillary excelled with them. Last year a woman friend of mine expressed her disgust with Biden after she watched a documentary about Anita Hill and the way Biden treated her. I kinda remember something like that from the actual hearings in 1992.
Even with his heartfelt farewell talk yesterday, it was getting a bit too long.
As I've posted here weeks ago - time to look forward. Whining about how we were robbed and cheated - yes, we were - is not going to help us with 2020, not to mention 2018.
But I think that both he and Obama can offer wise observations and suggestions.
The main goal - I have said it since I noticed the young age of the Republicans in the clowns care - is to actively visit communities across the country and recruit young Democrats to run for City Halls, School Boards, Boards of Supervisors and other elected offices.
Time to leave 2016 behind and plan for 2018.