Fussing over Biden saying he might consider a Republican running mate? His Democratic rivals include

[Hortensis]

65. Sorry to hear it. Perhaps your neighbors are

responding in kind to your behaviors? Frankly, my smiles at conservatives can be pretty fake these days also, but I know they're not going anywhere. They'll always be with us. Even more certain is that this will pass and we will live in whatever comes next, much better or dreadful.

My thought is that we should create and embark on a new liberal era of advancement of national wellbeing. Now. When that does happens (preferably now, not 40 years from now while climbing out from some dreadful national holocaust), fear and hate will be replaced by the security and confidence we knew during the last liberal era that ended in 1978.

With better times, people will get nicer again and more generous. People will also reject extremism and the calls of destructive leaders. Conservatives will reject calls for hate and elect better conservative leaders. We know this because these things always happen when fear is replaced with feelings of security. And, back to what we were discussing, most RWers will choose to forget and deny they were part of what their party became, and political divisions will once again narrow to merely generating the contempt and irritation that remind people not to talk politics.

My top reason for supporting VP Biden for president is that he's the one candidate who calls for rescuing and strengthening our democracy and restoring confidence and national wellbeing as our top priority. The giant, critical, existential goal all other goals are dependent on.

That's why he talks to all Americans, and because our presidents must represent their nation, not one party. But there's not a chance he'd choose a Republican running mate, he'd be more likely to stick a butter knife in his eye to see how that worked.