Presidential Preference
(Democratic Ballot Only)
NOTE: You may vote for one. Candidates are presented below in the order they appear on your ballot.
Reason for my Endorsement: I don’t know who “No Preference” is. I need a name before I jump ship, and there’s no place to write in Sherrod Brown.
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Biden’s primary opponent is “No Preference,” and a sizable protest vote for “No Preference” among the young and some progressives will likely and understandably shake out. No hard feelings. And full disclosure, I endorsed and voted for Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Presidential primary and would again today if he was running. (I realize that likely ticks off a bunch of the rest of my readers too.)
And I get some may a feel an instinct for marking “No Preference” too. I get pissed off at Biden all the time.
I got really pissed at him during the Anita Hill hearings back in 1991, where I stayed glued, like a lot of us women, to the TV hearings, teeth gritted and fist shaking. And there’s a lot of good, strong talk about voter rights, but too many opportunities lost on that front. Then there’s the handling of the Israel-Hamas war. While I fully support Israel’s right to fight back against the slaughter of its citizens, Biden seems to have forgotten that Netanyahu is a far right, authoritarian dickhead who is now responsible for 25,000 innocent civilians killed in Gaza. How FUBAR is that?
But truth is, I happen to really admire Joe Biden most of the time, have for years since he became an outspoken, solidly progressive senator, and I believe he has done a decent job with the hand he’s dealt–weaving and dodging landmines from the half-baked lunatics (including Manchin and Sinema) in Washington. Sometimes I wonder how he’s gotten anything done at all:
— It was a historic moment when President Joe Biden became the first sitting president to join a picket line, and it made my heart sing. “I’m ‘the Most Pro-Union President In American History. And I Make No Apologies for It.”
— Proposed and signed the American Rescue Plan to change the course of the pandemic and jumpstart the economy. The American Rescue Plan funded a massive vaccination campaign, safely re-opened schools for in-person learning, helped 200,000 child care providers keep their doors open, and delivered relief to American families.
— Announced his support for marriage equality more than a decade ago, before the Obama Admin was really wanting him to, becoming the highest-ranking U.S. government official to do so at the time.
— Signed historic bipartisan legislation protecting marriage for same-sex and interracial couples.
— Put Ketanji Brown Jackson on the Supreme Court.
— Insisted on debt relief for college students for middle- and working-class families (to the utter disgust of Congresswoman Virginia Foxx, bless her heart).
— Rallied the world to support Ukraine against Putin’s invasion.
— Strengthened strategic friendships and partnerships around the world that Trump had partially dismantled through borishness and authoritarian demands.
— Pardoned all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession and urged governors to do the same.
— Reversed the discriminatory ban on transgender service members in the military; strengthened non-discrimination protections in health care, housing, education, and employment; and ensured that transgender Americans can access government support and services.
— Encouraged many new sign-ups for health insurance, producing currently the most people insured in our history.
That’s not everything but that’s not nothing either.
No Preference
I don’t know who “No Preference” is.