Obama and Party Loyalty Aren’t Going to Save Us.

I don’t care how nostalgic you are, that’s just a reality.

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Throughout the democrats’ presidential primary much of the time spent by the candidates was devoted to praising the record of President Barack Obama, while mastering the careful and delicate art form of aligning themselves as closely with him as possible in an attempt to evoke the sense of nostalgia for the days when he had been the nation’s leader. In doing so, the wide field of democratic candidates perhaps unwittingly paved the way for one of the very weakest of the bunch to step to the forefront, with absolutely nothing but the fact that he was the former Vice President there as a useful crutch by which to prop himself up on.

Now, democratic politicians, pundits, strategists, and vote blue no matter who twitter warriors alike are demanding that the American people swallow their pride and vote for Joe Biden. A man who was the proud author of not one but two crime bills, a bankruptcy bill that was so disastrous it prompted Elizabeth Warren to run for office, promised to veto a Medicare for All bill if it landed on his desk, and has a credible sexual assault allegation against him. Aside from that, he consistently appears to struggle to articulate his thoughts when on television.