This Carbon Based Life

By David Glenn Cox

Hooray! For the moment at least, it appears the Democrats won’t start a knife fight over Kamala Harris. Everybody is being cool, everybody except the media. “Aren’t there some Biden aides who are very angry at this turn of events? After all; fourteen million people voted for Joe Biden. They didn’t vote for Kamala Harris, did they?” Never ever invite these people to your birthday party. They will just talk shit about how much older you are. How you really look your age. Before you could mention, those people voted for a Presidential ticket. It was a given that in the event Joe Biden was unable, Kamala Harris would replace him.

It’s the old pro/con dynamic. If I say corporations are killing the planet with pollution. Then you say, “Yes, but corporations provide jobs and make our world a better place.” Thus, deflating and defeating the question of pollution through hyperbole and deflection.  I hit the ball over the net, and you hit it back Winston. I say that Joe Biden sure is old Winston. Then you say, “maybe too old.” Then when Joe Biden steps down from the race, the question of who is too old to be the President? Just simply goes away, all by itself.

Hillary Clinton was asked a hundred times why she didn’t leave a husband with the morals of an Arkansas alley cat? Notice nobody asks that same question of Malaria Trump. They know why she stays! When you lie down with dogs, you wake up with money! She made her mandatory five-minute visit to the convention to smile and wave to the crowd. Then she was out of there as fast as her Eastern European getaway sticks could take her.

If ever in the entire history of human divorce, there was a dream case. Where a woman had just grounds, this is it. But there’s no need to talk about it, is there? Character questions are only for Democrats! Why should we talk about the man’s bankruptcies and lawsuits? The man built a casino and lost money. Do you know how difficult that is? You’ve got to be stealing more than you are reporting. “Yes, but that’s business. That’s in the past. We have to appear to remain neutral. Sure, the Nazis invaded Europe, but they brought jobs. No pay involuntary jobs. But why bring that up?

The media guide the agenda and if they want to talk about how old Joe Biden is, you can’t stop them. And if they DON”T want to talk about how old Donald Trump is, you can’t make them. No mention of his rambling babbling burbling nonsense called speech. No mention of the adoration by Mr. Trump of a fictional cannibal. How many times has he watched that damn film? America needs to know!

But with so much going on in such rapidity, it’s hard to find room on your plate for everything. It is a rare and noble thing Joe Biden does. Even if forced, there are few who relinquished power upon request alone. Take, for example, one Donald Trump. Donald Trump wasn’t going to relinquish power; he was going to steal it. He was going to steal it from you and from me. Trump was saying to you and me, Fuck you, I’ll do what I want! You heard it here first.

But now, thanks to the apparent overwhelming force of common sense. The party has appeared to coalesce around Kamala Harris. All have bent a knee and sworn fealty. Thank God! It’s a new world and the slate is wiped clean. Now, what were you saying about Joe Biden being to old to run for President? Who is too old to be the President now?

But give the devil his due. Within hours of the Biden announcement Republicans already had attack ads up and ready to go. I smell overtime. “How long did Kamala Harris hide Joe Biden’s mental decline?” Not as long as Ronald Reagan’s people hid his. Possibly longer than Eisenhower’s people hid Ike’s heart attack. Definitely not as long Woodrow Wilson’s wife hid the President after his stroke. But see? There it is again set in stone. Biden’s mind appears to be fine, but his health is failing him. He had the flu before the debate and now Covid.

Now the Democrats have a clean slate and can start fresh. Who is too old to be the President now? How come he keeps bringing up cannibals? That’s sort of sick, don’t you think? He had sex with a porn star. That’s sort of sick, don’t you think? He lives in a creepy old mausoleum in Florida. A sort of San Simien meets the Addams Family. But it’s resort hotel without a resort, oh boy! That’s not a bit unusual. Lots of people live in gaudy decadent mansions imitating the 19^th Century and take in borders. Conveniently located at 1313 Mockingbird Lane.

Joe Biden’s departure illustrates the stark contrast of our choice. A man who would relinquish power for the good of his Party and of his country, even at great expense to himself. While at the other end of the spectrum we have a candidate who lies cheats and steals. A man who would be king and who would ride you into the ground like a pony.  Because you mean nothing to him.

Who is too old now?

“The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word ‘crisis.’ One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger–but recognize the opportunity.” ― John F. Kennedy