We’ve all seen it. Over the last few days, the news media has been trying to sow a narrative of discord and strife inside the Democratic Party. There’s been no end of attempts to stoke the fires of antagonism and self pity. Unfortunately, that’s the other party and their chosen guy, who is heading down the tubes and will drag most of the GOP along with him. Hell, Trump probably won’t even allow you to push that narrative, as he’s obsessed with making sure you are only talking about him.
The ironic part is that part of what has driven the historic rise of the Harris/Walz ticket is just how sick every single person is of the constant negativity and fear we’ve lived in for almost 8 years. We’re all tired of being tired. We don’t want another round of media driven speculative drama about what we should be terrified of next. We don’t want another screaming talking head telling us who is coming to get us. We’re burned out on being burned out. We want to do stuff again. We want to get back into moving on with our lives, not being huddled under our covers doomscrolling our phones.
Maybe there was some acrimony a little under a month ago when Biden stepped aside, but I don’t think it really matters anymore. I’m sure he’s still harboring negative feelings towards some people, but that is not the big story. He’s always been a person who puts the nation before himself, and now that he can see the impact of his decision moving the nation forward, I’m sure his only regret is not realizing it was an option sooner. The last month has been what he’s been trying to achieve in his four years in office: Americans have hope for this nation again.
Winter is ending. There’s a thaw going on, and the nation is coming back to life. Suddenly, we’re not apprehensive when the talks we have with our neighbors bend toward the political. People are listening to each other, and we’re hopeful for the future. Yes, we’re still going to argue about the way forward, but that is what we’ve always done as a nation. We’re rediscovering that we all want to live in a country that aspires to make tomorrow better than today. We’re remembering that we can choose what defines our society: the things that we differ on, or the things that we all agree on.