So, the best thing about Biden's speech is that there was so much in it that I thought was bad policy and disagreed with; but that it was so "normal" to be disagreeing with him about this stuff. I didn't have to fight my way through Trumpian dreck (like "buying Greenland") /1

or Trumpian existential threats to democracy and the rule of law (like trying to steal an election) or massive Trumpian incompetence that kills people (like the 400,000 excess Covid deaths). It was just plain old normal stuff like "nah, I don't think we should raise /2

taxes like that" and "nah I'm not down domestic protectionism." But it was so very very comforting to have those kinds of thoughts instead of the jibbering dread that was Trump. Thank you, President Biden, for being a normal liberal. Now if only the Republicans /3

could dump Trump and return to normal conservatism. At least I can dream /fin