Dear President Joe Biden:
I campaigned for you. I voted for you. I sighed with relief when you won, and since then, we’ve never caught you Confusing 9/11 with 7 Eleven or calling the country the “United Stage.” So, thanks for that.
But… but…. Israel. It’s obvious that Israel owns you / your folks, and no one can accuse you of leaving your family and friends high and dry. What we can accuse you of is approving of one madman’s actions when 34,000 human souls have passed. Because of land because of religion because of sand, because of...
War.
And someone, somewhere, somehow has to end it. You know that. So yeah, you could stop reading, and that’s ok. But here’s the thing - I feel like you still don’t get it. Weird to say to one of the leaders of the free world, eh? But someone has to - apparently - spell it out for you - and your cohorts:
We are in a different age. A new age.
An age when people don’t have to die. People never did, of course - but you could understand that in the past, people had more food insecurity…but that’s not been a problem for most of us in our lives in the USA, has it? For many, yes, but PRECISELY BECAUSE OF GOVERNMENT, the poor still stand a chance.
We need YOU to figure out a new way to wage war, and guess what? I’m like 99% sure that THE ENTIRE REST OF THE WORLD will agree because WHO THE FUCK WANTS TO LIVE IN FEAR OF WAR? Who the fuck wants a leader who throws around nuclear war threats like that’s something you joke about?!
There are certainly better, smarter ways to fight, better ways to disagree. Perhaps you and Netanyahu would be thinking twice if you were on that frontline
Facing down 34,000 dead Palestinians?
babies, so many babies and innocent children
and Netanyahu, friend to Trumpelstiltskin too, he is saying
I’ll go to Rafah no matter what,
I’m gonna kill every last one of them,
No matter what.
So today, this moment is a turning point.
Do we stand with the madman who is calling for mass destruction?
There’s already such a score to settle…
So, President Biden, I’ll vote for you again, but you need to know - the most liberal among us are wavering. Can you believe it?!? Wavering between you and Trump! We make fun of Trumpism often, so it pains me to think that people like my fiancé’s mom, a retired university employee, is so disgusted by your alliance with Israel, she would rather not vote - a vote lost for you.
And I know this may sound like ageism, but she is 75. You can’t ignore these voices, and the truth is, everyone - including the libs - is understandably worried about your age. But here’s the thing, here’s the hope - let’s say you start to show signs of stress - tho it would be hard to tell b/c your new skincare regimen is making your skin TIIIIIGHT! - but let’s just say you needed to retire from your post early, hang with Jill and the kids…then Vice President Kamala Harris would step in.
And I’m just going to say what no one else seems to be saying but what we know will be true and what Trumpelstiltskin and all his Strumpets are really scared of: a black woman will be leading this country.
That’s right folks: a BLACK WOMAN.
She snuck up on you, didn’t she?
Good. It’s about time some stealth action happened in the Dem party - b/c right now, it’s like, “Hey, do you want to Tik Tok about it, or should we all send out text messages at the same time?”
But if, God forbid, something happened to you, President Biden, then…A black woman will be leading this United Stage, and it’s about damn time. I’m not black, and I don’t want to pretend to speak for anyone of color, or anyone but me, frankly. But on behalf of this woman, I am incredibly excited that we will have our first female president. And if anyone can get this country in shape it’s… a black woman.
Vice President Harris will make sure we are all ok, Joe. So don’t fret your fine head of whiskers on that. I have faith in her. She has been through hell, and SHE HAS PERSEVERED!
So really, I suppose, this is a letter to Kamala, too. We love and support you. And I thank you BOTH for your leadership in times of great change, innovation, and social justice. Much has been accomplished under your leadership, and peace here has been maintained. And so please know, I write with utmost respect, and all the best wishes.
Now get us out of war. :) Peace is possible. We just have to keep it on the table as an option, and can never align ourselves with anyone who knowingly destroys the lives of innocent people.
Love and peace,
Rachael