President Joe Biden’s speech to America started last night at 8:00 pm Eastern time and ended a substance-filled 12 minutes later. His message was crisp, clear, gracious and without hyperbole.
“I have made the choice to put aside my personal ambitions and to pass the torch to a newer, younger generation of leaders starting with my Vice President Kamala Harris,” said President Biden.
Biden, inarguable, is one of the most successful and accomplished presidents in our nation’s history. During his low-key conversation with us, he unselfishly reminded us of several of his most significant achievements, among them what he did when he walked into a faltering economy and devastating pandemic handed to him by the previous administration.
Looking at us through penetrating eyes, President Biden threw down the gauntlet and told us that history is squarely in our hands, and with it a choice between respect and hate, unity and division!
Joe Biden, definitely one of most consequential and transformative people to ever occupy the Oval office, concluded his brief message to America with a baton of hope for America and the best of America.
Wrote the late poet Myra Angelou, “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, forget what you did, but never forget how you made them feel.”
So to you, Joe from Scranton, you will always be our man. Always.