(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . This is it. Biden's simple DEBATE theme to blow away Trump. Especially with swing voters. [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-06-22 Biden says calmly and directly: I’m the guy who can put aside the personal to work with all sides to find best solutions in all areas. Trump is the guy who will put America second. Trump is TOO WRAPPED UP in PERSONAL GREIVANCE AND RETRIBUTION to govern objective. (Now recent events work in Joe’s favor. ) I’m the guy who will still sign border legislation with the very Republicans who celebrated prosecuting my son, Hunter. I can put that aside and even said I’ll respect the courts outcome. Trump is the opposite. Foremost in his mind and speaking is personal revenge. And it clouds his judgement on behalf of the American people. 1. Even from the sidelines: He BLEW UP the very GOP-driven BORDER DEAL that Dems and GOP agreed upon months ago, because it meant giving partial credit to Dems and might weaken his personal campaign. Trump deprived the country to serve himself. 2. Same thing with infrastructure in 2019. Trump announced: no deal because the Dems are investigating me. But I did it, and signed along with the GOP who continue to investigate me. 3. Same thing with promoting masks during the worst of the pandemic. He visited a mask factory on camera but wouldn’t wear one himself, creating an example that put people at risk. He chose his own image over America’s safety. And people died over it. 4. Even in economics. His vindictiveness against environmentalists has him pledging to take away incentives for electric vehicles, when we all know that the world over is switching to EVs, and that will put the US at a disadvantage. (more examples like the CHIPS act, etc….) Although, some of you objected, I’m the guy who could still work with oil companies and drilling leases — and also spearhead the best climate change legislation of our time. The POINT IS: instead of focusing on the best objective solutions with both sides to move America forward (as I have done!), look at the energy and verbiage Trump spends on personal grievance and retribution. (Joe can expand on Trump’s Project 2025 and obsession with bending the justice dept to his personal will.) My fellow Americans: For the past 30-40 years, the opposing side has always looked to investigate and scrutinize the president and his party. (Remember the Iran Contra affair, the Clinton impeachment, the Iraq war investigation with Bush, the accusations Obama had to weather, and on and on...) But even with political bias, trials can only materialize when there is actual evidence to present. As in the case of my own son, or even Democrats like Menendez and yes, Trump. We can agree or disagree with a jury, but You can’t make a trial and prosecution out of nothing. And you can’t keep America balanced and safe by declaring the other side your enemy and governing out of vindictiveness. None of these past presidents stooped to this, because it hurts America. Do we want a president whose focus is so clouded and colored by personal grievance and vindictiveness? To the point of altering our fair justice system (that at present is prosecuting both Dems and Republicans based on evidence) ? To the point of depriving America of needed legislation like the recent Border Deal (yes it was Trump who stopped it!), like infrastructure in 2019, and economics in general? I may not be Mr. Dynamic on the podium (no secret about that) , but my record shows I’m the guy who can work with both sides and keep your future choices alive. Trump is not that guy, and we know it. [If Biden keeps bringing everything that comes up in the debate back to this theme, and does it consistently, I think he could nail it. Let Trump do the screaming and posturing. Let Biden be the sane one.] [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/22/2248018/-This-is-it-Biden-s-simple-DEBATE-theme-to-blow-away-Trump-Especially-with-swing-voters?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=latest_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/