The American voter has shown who is the boss. They have fired Donald J. Trump and hired Joseph R. Biden through the power of the ballot. And talking about power, this is about political and personal power than can unite or divide a nation as the media would like us to believe.
Trump was seen as a polarising figure among Democrats, and the president's unpredictability was seen as inimical to diverse America's interests. The 45th president's was a disruptive force that was both his strength and weakness. He was abrasive and arrogant, and said it like it is. Biden, on the other hand, is seen as an experienced hand.
Incidentally, 48 years ago, on November 7, he won his first election against the odds. Today, he has made it to the highest office in the land, again against the odds. He met with tragedy after his first electoral success back then when he lost his wife and daughter in a road accident.
Joe was sworn-in in hospital as his sons Hunter and Beau recovered from their injuries 48 years ago. He knows what it feels to be alone, he feels pain, he feels about you and me. He has been through it all. He is 'uncle' Joe. He cares.
Biden does not claim to be elitist. Just like he picked up the pieces after that personal tragedy shattered his life 48 years ago, America expects him to steady the social ship in the country. There's only so much disruption the world's oldest democracy can take from Trump. By voting Biden and Kamaa Harris, it has chosen stability over strife.
And Biden, by promising to be president for all Americans, has made a good start. His working class credentials will hold him in good stead. He will lead with a calm; he will change without disrupting. We wish him the very best.
While Republicans harp on conspiracy theories and believe the election had been stolen from their president, Joe Biden is forging ahead. The GOP narrative has been that Democrat- ruled states should only count legal votes.
They falsely claim that dead people are voting for Biden via mail ballots without offering evidence of any illegality. Trump plans to take the vote count to court, which could fall flat without sufficient proof. This has been a fair, albeit slow election process. The wait for a result has been long, and it's time to get it over with. As the race is close, voting officials in battleground states like Arizona, Pennsylvania and Georgia are taking no chances. The closer the result, the higher the chances of a recount or a legal battle, which could spill to the streets.
A combative Trump is not helping matters by sticking to his guns and falsely claiming that the election has been stolen from him.
Biden looks more solid in this scenario where conspiracies abound. A cool head and patience will see him through this crisis. Trump will provoke and could get some extremist elements on the streets, but Biden should keep the faith in the electoral process and ask his party men and women to refrain from resorting to any form of violence.
He who dares shall not win this election; it is he who cares who will be the first past the finish line.
