This afternoon, I briefly visited the grounds of the Carter Presidential Library and Museum here in Atlanta. Of course, these facilities are closed due to COVID-19. Fittingly, it was a miserable rainy day although the grounds were quite beautiful. Hopefully there will come another day to visit the grounds and with it a chance to give it the appreciation it deserves.
The 39th President is nearing the end of his life. However long Carter has to live he can take comfort that a majority of Americans will no longer view him as the worst one term President in this country's history. For all of Carter's shortcomings, he never roused his supporters to violence against Ronald Reagan nor any other Republican.
Donald Trump demeaned and disabused the office of the presidency and his Republican apologists in Congress and in the states continue to do so. But whether they like it or not, Joe Biden is the President of the United States.
It remains to be seen whether Biden will be a one term President be it by design or defeat. But not yet a month into his presidency, Biden retains a good deal of goodwill though a critical mass fallaciously believe his election illegitimate. Merely behaving like a rational adult and refraining from late night tweets telling people 2+2=5 goes a long way in retaining that goodwill. Notwithstanding this goodwill, Biden is going to need to produce results namely the passage of the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill as well as the not so small task of inoculating 300 million plus Americans from the aforementioned deadly disease.
At least for the moment, Joe Biden's very presence in the Oval Office restores honor to the presidency and makes Presidents Day a meaningful holiday once more.
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