For a positive future

In response to Gordon Swaim’s “Please explain it to us” letter, I’ll confess that my opinion is no more qualified than anyone else’s, but to explain how Joe Biden would be a better president, I’d say the act of drawing a breath would top that very low hurdle.

Numerous editorials have opined on Trump’s lack of empathy, compassion, ability to tell the truth (20,055 false or misleading claims in his 1,267 days in office as of July 13, according to The Washington Post database), admiration for fascist dictators, cronyism, megalomaniac narcissism, and racism … and the list goes on, so I won’t add to it.

Joe Biden may not be my first choice, but he is a known quantity and he’s not Trump! Soon everyone will be in that voting booth, or filling out that mail-in ballot. Hopefully, they will be making their decision as to what direction we as Americans want to see our country go. Will it be more scandals and ineptitude with Trump, or a more cohesive foreign and domestic policy that doesn’t alienate our historic allies?

Myself, I’m voting for a positive future and checking the Biden box.

Oh, and Leslie Rutledge, shame on you for spending my money, our money on your campaign ads disguised as a Rutledge Report PSA. Tom Cotton, what a disgrace to Arkansans and Americans, who is already running for president in 2024. For such an intelligent man it’s sad that the Trump virus has affected his sense of duty to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

STEVE McAULEY

Bella Vista