Where is the Hope
There's a meme that has been making the rounds in my social media feed of late, which of course I now cannot find, along the lines of "if two 80-something year old firefighters show up at a fire, and one has a hose and the other has gasoline, it's pretty obvious which one is more capable." The insinuation being that Joe Biden and Donald Trump are both old but beyond that the differences could not be more stark. I realize memes are meant to be funny, and that political ones are not trying to be diplomatic or conciliatory when making their point. But that meme is, to me, so sad and so telling. First of all, let me say where I am politically. I agree with what I believe to be the main premise of the meme. Joe Biden, while old, is reasonably capable. Donald Trump, also old, has the potential to be literally inflammatory for this country. So, now that it's likely these are our two choices, I have already figured out who I am voting and rooting for. That said, the