Tuesday, August 15, 2023

The State of the Race

I've lost track of the number of indictments Donald Trump is facing. He may beat some of them, it is unlikely he will beat them all.

It is relatively clear Joe Biden should face something like the same number of indictments for all the times he took bribes to lobby for foreign interests. And at least once he bragged about it on TV. The only way he gets tried is if Republicans win the next election both in Congress and the White House. 

Nevertheless, the probability is high these two fine gentlemen will be our presidential choices roughly 15 months from now. A charismatic roué vs. a geriatric hack, both of them amoral fabulists. Somehow our political system has painted itself into this corner and can't get out.

Those of us who follow politics could bore you to death with the why and the how, but that's TMI. This should not happen. Our country deserves better. What's more, there is relatively wide agreement this is true. It's possibly a majority view.