THE SOURCE ENDORSES JOE BIDEN Joe Biden, the former Vice President and Senator, launched his campaign for President of the United States with a vow to “restore the soul of America.” For many in America, that “soul” manifests differently and perhaps always has. Indeed, a paradox if not a constitutional contradiction set forth on the very beginning of its text as written, “We the people...” Despite promoting such an ideal of justice and liberty, this country’s soul has always been compromised in contradictions of saying one thing yet doing another. These contradictions are a true joy and pain that are a chorus of American life. Nonetheless, the narrative Mr. Biden was referring to in his opening pitch to the American people was one of healing, decency, competence, and fundamental fairness. This narrative represents the soul of character, inclusion, and hope. These traits are more important than politics and certainly more than what we have seen coming from the White House over the past four years. Americans are now less than two weeks away from Election Day 2020 on Tuesday, November 3rd. Indeed, history may record this election as one of the most critical elections in world history. The impact on the global health, economy, diplomacy, and national security is at stake. Every domestic public policy issue is on the ballot, and there are many other immensely important federal and state elections also at stake. This is the Super Bowl of American and global power; however, this is not a game for most of us -- this is an urgent matter of life and death. Mr. Biden and his running mate Senator Kamala Harris (the first Black and Asian woman selected to serve as a Vice President of the United States) are in a pandemic obstacle course with President Donald J. Trump and the Trumpian
Republican Party. Coming off the COVID-19 pandemic disaster and present push to seat yet another conservative judge to the U.S. Supreme Court, Trump and his political allies have already planned and implemented voter suppression tactics, policies, and regulations to reduce voting rights. People have desperately fought and died to obtain these rights to allow them to have a voice in this democracy, especially women, African Americans and the Afro-Latino communities. With this true threat to U.S. democratic ideals, millions have already cast their early voting ballots. The questionable win and undisputed meddling in the 2016 campaign to elect Trump by foreign actors are vivid reminders which haunt voters (and Hillary Clinton) to this day. While Trump certainly has his sizable base of loyal supporters who will follow him to the moon and back (including, his financial beneficiaries and oddly poor white males who apparently see Trump’s positioning and race baiting tied to their false and insecure notion of white supremacy), many are exasperated, burned out, beat down, and angry with Trump’s seeking of an alternative to his leadership and autocratic efforts to rule this nation and the American people. Consequently, many people feel a sense of despair and desperation. This forthcoming election is an opportunity for many to awaken and move away from a horrible experience of pain - a nightmare. Scores of objective observers, former staffers of Trump’s administration, and even his family members have come to the conclusion that the current president and his administration are dangerous and a threat to the national and global community. The long list of Trump’s harmful and hurtful statements, policies, and deficiencies are well known. We
