Dear Joe Biden #03: Go Left. Go Big. Or Go Home

Dear Joe,

As spring flips to summer, and we start our sprint to the conventions and the 2020 Presidential election, it sure seems like you can't possibly lose this election.

Right?

I mean, one: you're surging in the polls. Check.

Two: Trump launched his 2020 campaign with a surreal low energy shit show whose most enduring image will be the empty seats reserved by k-pop fans and tik tok tweens.

Three, Trump's empty vows to jail protesters for one year who burn the flag or ten years if they "disrespect our heritage" and topple the statues of Confederate leaders has many asking: is this fucken guy running for President of the United States, or is he running for the Duke of Hazzard county?

As Donald Trump continues to flounder and flail, it might be a tempting campaign strategy to play it safe, win the electoral college, push Humpy Dumpty Trump off of his wall, and waltz to victory without much of an effort. You must be thinking that you can run a Hillary Clinton style campaign with only a few minor tweaks to convince some white people in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin to relegate Trump to the ashbin of single term Presidential failures.

But Trump also knows he can't persuade a majority of Americans to vote for him. Instead, Trump's only path to a 2nd term is widespread voter suppression, the abuse of the executive branch to suppress dissent, and lies repeated enough to create an alternate reality.

If Trump's first campaign revealed him to be a reality TV candidate and President, he is now clearly pursuing an alternate reality TV campaign. The alternate reality of a Trump 2nd term will be the consolidation of power of some of the most disgusting interests and inclination of the far right.

And, make no mistake: Trump must be stopped.

But let us also recognize this moment as one that calls for something so much more significant than the old Joe Biden middle of the road mentality. What do you say, Joe? You've got the votes of the centrists, corporatists, and the Karen Democrats all locked up. They are not going anywhere. If you pursue a traditional campaign, with watered-down melba toast policy demands, you risk the same fate as Hillary Clinton.

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