To the editor: I know there’s not much chance President Biden will read this, but I wanted to get it off my chest and say it directly to him. (“Biden Address to the Nation: ‘I Revere This Office, But I Love My Country More,’” July 24)
I'm 76 years old, not exactly your age, but I'm getting there. And I've noticed a decline. Unlike you, I haven't been involved politically for 50 years. My political career started on November 9, 2016, but, like you, I've been doing it 24/7 ever since. I'm part of what you would call the grassroots infrastructure.
To be honest, I didn't want you to be the nominee in 2020, but I supported you when you got the nomination and beat then-President Trump. If that was all you did, that was enough for me.
But you became the most effective president of my lifetime. You revamped our economy and shored up NATO. You took on climate change and the pharmaceutical companies. And you did it all calmly, even quietly, knowing that calm and quiet were what we needed.
You also did the bravest thing I've ever seen a president do: You got us out of a war we shouldn't have been in. Yes, it was a disaster when we left Afghanistan, but we left because you knew we didn't belong there.
And now you've done another brave thing: you've retired. You've put the country first. What caliber of leader does it take to do that? FDR? Lincoln? Washington? As for the election, don't worry: we've got it all under control.
I am not the only one who thinks this way. There are millions of others who do, and we will be eternally grateful to him for his wisdom, integrity, courage, compassion and statesmanship.
So, Mr. President, thank you. You deserve to rest.
Wayne Liebman, Los Angeles
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To the editor: When Trump was shot, Biden called him and wished him well.
When Biden dropped out of the campaign, Trump called the president “Crooked Joe.”
Biden is always a gentleman. Trump is an indifferent being who only thinks of himself.
Nina Trotta-Sutton, Simi Valley
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To the editor: Columnist LZ Granderson wrote of Biden’s withdrawal: “History will remember this day as one of the most patriotic moments of his career.”
This is typical mainstream media propaganda. Biden dropped out of the race due to public pressure from a growing number of his fellow Democrats to step aside in favor of a stronger candidate.
This is the truth. He was forced to resign and it had nothing to do with patriotism, because if he had been a patriot, he would have refused to stand for re-election a year or two ago.
Giuseppe Mirelli, Los Angeles
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To the editor: Biden should immediately take the next logical step, showing the world how to eat an elephant, bite by bite. By withdrawing from the White House race, Biden took his first bite out of the Republican Party’s presidential hopes, instantly weakening Trump’s campaign.
Biden's main campaign goal has been to preserve democracy by denying Trump the presidency. He should immediately take his second bite of the elephant and resign from the presidency. This would make Vice President Kamala Harris the 47th president of the United States.
Such swift action would give the new President Harris plenty of time to introduce herself to voters as a sitting president, and she would benefit electorally from appearing on the ballot as the sitting president.
Biden's resignation could generate a wave of Democratic support that would significantly contribute, in both Democratic and Republican elections, to his efforts to strengthen democracy. It would be a crowning achievement for Biden's long career of patriotic service.
Tom Egan, Costa Mesa
