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Letter to the editor from an acquaintance disparaging Joe Biden over his abuse allegations:

Stop Joe Biden

EDITOR: I just watched a Jon Stewart clip from 2015 showing Joe Biden leering at and touching the female family members, including children, of people being sworn into the Senate. The victims were clearly uncomfortable. It was a truly sickening spectacle. If he behaves this way when he knows he’s being photographed, I can only imagine what he is doing behind closed doors.

Biden wasn’t my first choice among the Democratic primary candidates, but I was willing to support him as the lesser of two evils. Not anymore. I’ve been an active Democrat all my life, but I will not vote for creepy “Uncle Joe.” Not even if it means another four years of Donald Trump.

No point in exchanging one sleaze bag for another, especially if it illustrates that there is no difference between Democrats and Republicans after all. If Democrats claim to represent any sort of moral high ground, we must oppose Biden as president. I, for one, will be supporting someone with integrity. Or no one.

Jane Smith

My response to Jane’s letter:

Dear Jane,

I just read your letter to the editor in the newspaper. Did you say that you see no difference between Republicans and Democrats based solely on your perception that Biden shares trump’s lack of integrity? It’s pretty apparent that Joe Biden is a touchy-feely sort of person. Some people might find his style uncomfortable; I see it as the innocent actions of a man who cares deeply about people and isn’t afraid to show his affection publicly. If he’s guilty of anything, it’s his failure to pick up on peoples’ vibes when his actions make them uncomfortable.

It’s important to remember that the allegation against Joe is unproven, whereas the president has been seen and heard on national television bragging publicly about how he likes to grope women’s private parts. And then there are the hookers he has obviously paid off to keep quiet about his adulterous liaisons. How can you weigh the two and find them of equal import?

Personally, I don’t believe the woman’s claims. That sort of behavior is totally out of character for the Joe Biden I see and hear, and her accusation completely lacks corroborating evidence. The PBS News Hour did an in-depth segment on the Biden allegation Friday night. I believe it’s archived online at KQED. The way I see it, Joe’s no more a sexual predator than Sponge Bob is. I’m not one for conspiracy theories, but I strongly suspect someone in trump’s or the Russians’ orbit paid her to falsely accuse him.

Besides that, your statement that you won’t vote for Biden even if it means another four years of trump is astonishing. Do you realize what you are saying? Do you want another conservative justice to be appointed to the Supreme Court? Do you want to see Roe vs Wade overturned? Do you want to see children remain in cages at the border? Do you want to see our country to continue to be pitied abroad? Do you want to see trump and Barr finish their job of dismantling our government’s system of checks and balances? Do you want to see the rescinding of what few environmental regulations remain?

Are you prepared to own your share in bringing about the end of life as we know it?  Because, if that monster gets another four years in the White House, that is what your vote, or you’re not voting or throwing away your vote by writing in someone else will help bring about.

Words have power, and your words, published in a newspaper, just might sway a few votes away from sanity. Whatever you think Biden did or didn’t do, is it so bad you’re willing to risk your children’s’ futures over it?

If your answer is yes, then I’m sorry, but I have nothing more to say to you.  

Tim Konrad