Joe Biden's New York Times editorial

[DFW]

These things appear late over here, so I didn't see it until yesterday afternoon.

It was about "re-opening America."

Besides enunciating the obvious failures of Trump, he also offers concise, "should-be-obvious-but-isn't" observations, such as "...there needs to be wide-spread, easily available and prompt testing--and a contract tracing strategy that protects privacy. A recent report from Mr. Trump's Department of health and Human Services made clear that we are far from achieving that goal." Sounds obvious, doesn't it? And yet, I haven't heard a peep about any such efforts.

None of Biden's suggestions seem like rocket science, and he says so in so many words right in the middle of the editorial: "This isn't rocket science.: it's about investment and execution."

It's really a great, quick read. It's the sort of thing one might hope for from, say, a competent president of the United States who is aware that he is addressing Harvard professors, Alabama strawberry farmers and Newport Beach surf shop owners in the same article.

If you missed it, too, link here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/opinion/joe-biden-coronavirus-reopen-america.html

[DarthDem]

1. K&R

A great piece. Thanks. And well said about Joe addressing a diverse audience simultaneously.

[DFW]

2. It's amazing that he seems to get that where so few others do.

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Maybe you have to have traveled as much as an 8 year VP does to remember that, but it's one any president needs to master if he's to have any degree of domestic success. It's easy to tailor an address to any one narrow constituency. It's an art to tailor it so that it will resonate with very diverse groups that barely realize that others even exist. The likelihood of the Alabama strawberry farmer even meeting the Newport Beach surf shop owner is slim to none. But the need to address both of them is something no president in his right mind deliberately ignores. Not that every president IS in his right mind, of course...........

[canetoad]

5. Good points

And well stated.

[DarthDem]

6. +1,000

Right on, DFW.

[handmade34]

3. President Biden says...

We know what we have to do. We have the tools, expertise and, now, hard-won experience. The American people have already paid too high a price in illness, death and economic loss. This time, (we have) to get it right.

[Cha]

4. TY, DFW.. and Joe Biden!

[IcyPeas]

7. so Biden pens an editorial piece in the NYT

while trump gets about 12 hours of free publicity -- with high ratings -- on practically every network in the united states for free.

biden is getting drowned out IMO

how can you compete with 12 hours of free ad/campaigning time?

[Hortensis]

8. Beginning to end, it protects the citizenry while recognizing

the importance of getting our nation back on its feet as safely and expeditiously as we can manage it.

Completely different from what the Republicans want, with their attempts to forego almost everything they can manage to, while pressuring people back into still-dangerous, uncontrolled workplaces.

Thank all the forces that the people put a Democratic majority in charge of the house in 2018. What would be happening without is really scary to even contemplate contemplating.