How is it, in the USA, a country with 334 million people, the choice of President comes down to two aged men, one of whom is a liar as well as a criminal, one who appears to be on his way to dementia. Surely a democratic country can put up better?

Biden is also older and showing some signs of slowing. However, he is in reasonably good shape, is a healthy weight, exercises regularly, eats a balanced diet (with an occasional ice-cream cone). There is no evidence that he is or has suffered from any cognitive decline. Though he has struggled with a life-long stuttering affliction which he has learned to cope with and effectively overcome. He trips on a phrase or two here and there (like every other politician). Biden is a long-time public servant and virtually everyone who has known him or worked with him during his long career have high praise for his integrity, empathy and resilience. He was a lawyer and a statesman for decades before elected to the role of VP of the United States and then to President , with one of the most successful administrations in the modern era. His administration began in the midst of a raging worldwide pandemic that claimed millions of lives and negatively impacted billions. He quickly acted to mitigate the worst economic and health effects, by helping to ease the economic strain of workers and families who were either furloughed, lost their jobs completely of had succumbed to COVID. He saw about widely distributing vaccines as soon as they were available. As the pandemic began to subside, he oversaw the swiftest and greatest recovery in US history, where we now have record low unemployment, record job growth, GDP growth & stock market growth. Inflation, caused primarily by supply demand issue resulting from the pandemic and felt worldwide have left many prices higher, though that was caused by neither Trump nor Biden. However, there are signs of prices gradually beginning to ease. Biden kept not only most of his campaign promises but many of Trumps unrealized ones as well: we got improvements to the highly successful ACA (Obamacare for you MAGA folks-that Trump failed to “repeal and replace with something far better” as he promised), He got the infrastructure bill passed that Trump also promised but failed to deliver. Biden not only continued construction on the wall, but finally DID get Mexico to pay for part of it (Mexico’s President told Trump to go pound sand). Also, despite the misleading RWM rhetoric-Biden not only didn’t stop drilling for oil, but there has been more oil and gas production on his watch than ever before (and record FF industry profits as well). Even with that, he has taken initiative to push forward on the green energy and climate agenda, accelerating America’s move towards a cleaner and more sustainable future-something no other president has ever had the political courage to do. He got the most sweeping gun safety legislation put through in over 40 years. He has been a staunch proponent for civil rights in general and LGBTQ rights in particular, while the other guy has done nothing but pander to the prejudices of the religious right by spreading xenophobic and homophobic vitriol.

No, these are not two young men in their prime, as much as we might wish they were. But these are the two choices we are faced with as Americans on Nov 5th.

So, explain to me why you feel this choice is so difficult?

How is sex with a woman for gay men?

Yes, one is a liar and a (convicted) criminal and many far worse attributes too numerous to mention here. He is relatively old, never exercises, is addicted to junk food, is morbidly obese, physically out of shape (despite what his “doctors” say) and has not only exhibited signs of cognitive impairment (no other reason he would have been asked to take a test for it) but has also repeatedly demonstrated his innate stupidity and lack of intellectual awareness. His professors at Wharton have publicly stated he was among the dumbest students they’ve ever taught. His clownish visage (accented by a ridiculous yellow-dyed coiffe and excessively applied orange makeup) is a testament to his vanity. For some reason, we cannot be allowed see his college transcripts, nor his tax returns (which he promised he would release before the 2016 election, as have every other US Presidential candidate since Nixon). He comes from money and though he inherited hundreds of millions from his father, he managed to lose it all on failed business deals, multiple bankruptcies, fraudulent organizations and bad loans, all while managing to leave his stakeholders holding the bag and screwing as many people as possible, including most of his employees and contractors. In an act of desperation, he managed to spin his failed business career into show business success. Suffice to say, his TV persona was a total fabrication and he convinced millions that it was real. He is the de-facto standard bearer for the party of “family values, yet he has cheated on all three of his wives, has engaged in (and been found guilty of) sexual assault with several women, has hung around with known pedophiles and publicly brags about his misogynistic and predatory exploits. In his first term, he kept none of his campaign promises (aside from lower taxes for the wealthy and ending Roe v Wade) , initiated damaging and divisive policies that left the US vulnerable in so many ways. Aside from the most sycophantic of his followers, the majority who have worked or dealt with Trump throughout his business, show business and political career (including his cabinet and other members of his administration) do not have many kind things to say about him-as the flurry of published books expressing severe disdain for him can attest to. He cozies up and capitulates to the world’s dictators, while denigrating and alienating our allies. He has made himself and the US Presidency a laughing stock on the world stage. His administration was by far the most corrupt of any in US history and dozens of his inner circle were indicted or convicted. Trump was impeached twice (the only President ever to have that distinction) and faces 91 criminal indictments, 34 of which he has already been found guilty of. He ran up more debt than all previous presidencies combined. His inflated ego and sense of victimhood led him to claim fraud in an election even before it was held. He then refused to accept his loss or engage in the peaceful transfer of power, ultimately using every possible means (both legal and illegal) to try to overturn the result, eventually inciting his rabid cult followers to an attack on the US Capitol while our leaders were engaged in discharging their duty. In short, he is egregiously corrupt, incompetent, racist, misogynistic, a pathological BS artists and bully, who lacks any empathy for his fellow human beings, is totally self-absorbed and simply put-a severely damaged human being neither worthy of nor well-suited to public office.

Let’s look at the two men who are running for POTUS in 2024: