America, FYI: you know Joe.
You have had about 40 years of his public life to poke, prod and examine. He has made his share of mistakes and he has sometimes been wrong, but he has always been a strong, decent, honest man who genuinely sought to make America a better and stronger nation. He has an exemplary record of public service despite personal tragedies that would have utterly defeated many of us.
Over the next couple of months, however, you will be repeatedly asked to forget what you know. Trump's allies have already deployed billionaire-funded PACs---just one of which is starting with a 30 million dollar budget---to tear Joe down; to smear and defame him with any bit of filth or mendacity that they think may persuade you to dislike and mistrust him.
You may hear from women claiming sexual impropriety, Ukranians claiming that he or his son acted corruptly and, of course, thousands of on-line trolls accusing him of everything from cannibalism to cooperation with space aliens. If you value our democracy and the future of your children and grandchildren, you must ignore these efforts to purge reality from our public discourse.
You know Joe---and you sure as hell know Trump.
Vote for the American.