CommentsLEANING RIGHT--It's not hard to conclude that most of those seeking to oust President Donald John Trump, and replace him with President Joseph Robinette Biden, did so seeking to replace President Trump with a more centrist individual to both unite the nation and rule from the Center:
1) It's not hard to conclude that rewarding Pennsylvania for having this battleground state come out for Joe Biden did NOT include killing the jobs-creating, energy-independence-creating Keystone Pipeline while waiving sanctions on the Russia-constructed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany, thereby ceding American energy-exporting dominance to Russia.
Because that's a Bernie Sanders, and not a traditional Joe Biden, sort of policy.
2) It's not hard to conclude that rewarding Arizona for having this battleground state come out for Joe Biden did NOT include ripping open the Trump-stopped border crisis with a new crisis tearing through the American Southwest.
Because that's a Bernie Sanders, and not a traditional Joe Biden, sort of policy.
3) It's not hard to conclude that rewarding Jewish voters, who by and large voted for Joe Biden over Donald Trump, and who know full well the effects of socialism throughout the former Soviet Union, did NOT include an empowering of the Democratic Socialists of America. Because that's a Bernie Sanders, and not a traditional Joe Biden, sort of policy.
4) It's not hard to conclude that those who were happy with the Mideast Peace efforts (the Benjamin Accords, which got ferociously-ignored press coverage) of former President Donald John Trump, but who voted for President Joseph Robinette Biden, did NOT support the empowering of Hamas, a terrorist organization who clearly started and still promotes the civilian killing of both Palestinians and Israelis by their recent warmongering because that's a Bernie Sanders, and not a traditional Joe Biden, sort of policy.
5) Similarly, it's not hard to conclude that rewarding Jewish voters who came out for President Biden over President Trump did NOT include the threatening of Jewish diners in the Democratic stronghold of Los Angeles by a pro-Palestinian caravan of hate-crime promoting fascist troublemakers. Because that's a Bernie Sanders, and not a traditional Joe Biden, sort of policy...despite the fact that, in name only, Bernie Sanders is Jewish.
6) It's not hard to conclude that the sentiments of those who were tired of President Trump's alienating foreign leaders, and who voted for newly elected President Joe Biden, did NOT include the brushing off of Biden by world leaders such as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Because that's a Bernie Sanders, and not a traditional Joe Biden, sort of policy.
(Way to go, Joe--you've just established Netanyahu's political dominance for years to come.)
7) It's not hard to conclude that those who sought American national unity by voting for President Joe Biden did NOT uniting both centrist Democratic leaders, as well as both moderate and conservative Republican leaders, throughout the nation against the anti-Jewish rabblerouser and the well-known bigot Ilhan Omar. Because that's a Bernie Sanders, and not a traditional Joe Biden, sort of policy.
8) It's not hard to conclude that the sentiments of those who sought a groundswell support in our military by electing President Joe Biden did NOT include a figurehead who recently had to beg Coast Guard graduates for an applause at their graduation. Because that's a Bernie Sanders, and not a traditional Joe Biden, sort of policy.
9) It's not hard to conclude that the desires of those who voted to replace an anti-press, trash-talking Donald John Trump with a Joseph Robinette Biden into the White House did NOT include a President who jokes about running over a reporter asking about Israel. Because that's a Bernie Sanders, and not a traditional Joe Biden, sort of policy.
10) And it's not hard to conclude that the hopes and presumptions of Democratic, Independent, and even some Republican voters who rejected the socialist leanings and policies of Senator Bernie Sanders to come out overwhelmingly for President Joe Biden did NOT include the socialist leanings and policies of Senator Bernie Sanders to be the "new normal" coming from Washington, D.C.
Because America came out for Joe Biden, and NOT Bernie Sanders, November 2020.
And to think this all went down within six months of the new Presidency in Washington, D.C.
And if President Joseph Robinette Biden wants to prove that American voters will experience widespread "buyer's remorse", he's doing a gangbusters great job in an amazingly short period of time.
(Kenneth S. Alpern, M.D, is a dermatologist who has served in clinics in Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside Counties, and is a proud husband and father to two cherished children and a wonderful wife. He was termed out of the Mar Vista Community Council (MVCC) twice after two stints as a Board member for 8-9 years and is also a Board member of the Westside Village Homeowners Association. He previously co-chaired the MVCC Outreach, Planning, and Transportation/Infrastructure Committees. He was previously co-chair of the CD11 Transportation Advisory Committee, the grassroots Friends of the Green Line (which focused on a Green Line/LAX connection), and the nonprofit Transit Coalition, and can be reached at [email protected]. The views expressed in this article are solely those of Dr. Alpern.)
-cw
