Hi Joe,
Hey. I get it. No one wants to admit when it’s time to go. That’s probably the toughest of all pills to swallow, especially for someone who’s achieved so much. As we ascend so shall we decline. Different people at different times… it’s the natural order of things. I turn 50 next week… and just typing that sentence makes me throw up in my mouth a little. I’ll soon be reaching a point in my life where they can no longer in good conscience even refer to me as ‘middle-aged’, which is a label each time I hear feels like a slap right across the face. So although I don’t know you personally… I get the resistance. Rage against the dying of the light, and so on. Politics is a tough and divisive gig, and after spending a lifetime doing it you’ve become one of the most powerful, well-liked and respected people in the world. You’ve accomplished great things, especially and most recently within your term in office. I don’t think it’s hyperbole to say your candidacy in 2020 saved America. Now I’m afraid I’m going to have to ask you to do the most difficult, patriotic and self-less thing of all. Step down, please. I know it doesn’t feel right because you’re a fighter. You’ve certainly shown that, and we’ve definitely needed that from you. I also know the attacks and insults from the other side have gotten provocatively personal. Like most of us, you see this charlatan as the existential threat he is to democracy. I understand you want to stop him as badly as anyone else, I see how important this fight is to you… and that it’s not in your nature to back down from a bully. Unfortunately, the best way for you to fight him right now is to stop fighting. You’ve done enough, friend. Let someone else take up the mantle. I hate that I have ask this of you, especially after all you’ve done, but please know that I do so with great respect and deference. You climbed that hill. You are the light. Thank you for a lifetime of service.
Respectfully,
A Concerned Voter