The real dictator wannabe

In his rambling, semi-coherent letter “Biden dismisses prospect of armed takeover”, in last week’s Timberjay, the writer from Ely apparently insists on twisting Joe Biden’s take on the Second Amendment into an attack on gun rights. He insists that Biden is “mocking” Second Amendment advocates in the process, when, in fact, Biden just points out the obvious: that in any theoretical armed confrontation, the government could bring to bear weaponry light years beyond what the average citizen would have access to.
As for the Jefferson quote, which our Ely writer insists Biden “botched”, Biden, in fact, got one phrase wrong (‘blood of liberty’ instead of ‘tree of liberty’) which he instantly corrected. The rest of Jefferson’s quote was basically spot-on. And here again, the president was only pointing out the obvious, that 18th century weapons were just a tad less sophisticated than now.
And as to the elephant in the room — Biden’s shaky performance during Thursday night’s debate – it doesn’t change the narrative. It still comes down to a clear choice: an aging man who occasionally stumbles over his words but has done remarkably well as president. Joe Biden is a thoroughly decent man with all the qualities — experience, fortitude, compassion, empathy, strength of spirit, etc., exactly what we should expect in a commander-in-chief. The alternative is an aging man who regularly butchers the English language with his constant re-hashing of the same outrageous, well-documented lies and grievances. Donald Trump is a lifelong conman — in effect, a mob boss, with mob boss mentality – who is a complete stranger to Biden’s leadership qualities — a textbook sociopath who thinks being a narcissistic bully makes him a strong leader, instead of the pathetic loser he really is. Has Trump ever, EVEN ONCE, taken responsibility for anything that went wrong, as real leaders do, or has he ever, EVEN ONCE, admitted to making a mistake?
But, as usual, the MAGA fanatics, in their delusion, have everything ass-backwards — there’s only one candidate in this race acting and sounding like a ‘fascist dictator’, and it sure as hell ain’t Joe Biden.
Lynn Scott
Soudan