Nation can do better

The experience of the last four years indicates that we all can do and be better. I think a good first step involves choosing a different president.

No one would choose a car if the only thing that worked in it was the horn. Unfortunately, this is what we have in our president—someone who can make a lot of noise but cannot move our country forward. Horn blaring continuously, he will say anything as long as it serves his purpose of the moment.

The president shows no loyalty to anyone but himself. He treats our friends and allies with contempt and cozies up to dictators. He has shown that he can only disrupt; he cannot build. Order and progress are built one thoughtful step at a time, not through the perpetual chaos the president creates and feeds on.

Our freedoms and rights have been purchased at such a high price. After so much time, we all still know they are imperfectly and unevenly protected and advanced across the nation. This is part of the good work we still have to do. But this work can’t be done in the midst of the turmoil and disorder our president promotes.

Many folks around the world don’t have our same freedoms and rights; in other places, these freedoms and rights are under attack. Our country’s contribution to building a more stable, freer world is far from perfect. But whether we like it or not, a more stable, freer world—something that is in our own best interest—depends on American leadership. Our president has shown he cannot provide this leadership.

We can do better. First and foremost, we need a different president— one who seeks to lead, build and unite. This is why I support Joe Biden. KEN ALLEN

Fayetteville