{"id":46167,"date":"2021-01-20T18:17:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T18:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=46167"},"modified":"2021-01-20T18:17:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T18:17:00","slug":"unity-is-elusive-but-not-impossible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=46167","title":{"rendered":"Unity is elusive, but not impossible"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By JOHN KANELIS \/ johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

President Biden laid down a critical marker that in any other time would sound like just another platitude.<\/p>\n

This isn’t just any other time<\/em>. Joe Biden has become president of a nation still reeling from the tumult, turmoil and terror of recent weeks. He stood on the steps of a Capitol Building that just two weeks ago bore witness to a violet insurrection of terrorists hell bent on inflicting grievous damage to our democratic process.<\/p>\n

Biden’s inaugural speech spoke of unity, of healing, of reconciliation. He wants us to be able to disagree politically but not do so out of anger.<\/p>\n

Yes, the president has set the correct tone as he now moves forward along with the history-making vice president, Kamala Harris, who becomes the first woman, the first African-American, the first woman of Asian descent to become VP.<\/p>\n

It has been quite a day. A moment for the ages.<\/p>\n

Can the president achieve the unity he seeks? Sure he can. It will be tough climb. He inherits the highest office in a deeply divided land.<\/p>\n

Let’s not be coy about the barriers standing before him. President Biden succeeds a man — who he never mentioned by name in his inaugural speech — who sought to sow division and who governed with no sense of the diversity our nation’s citizenry.<\/p>\n

Moreover, Biden offered a moment of silent prayer for the 400,000 Americans who have died from the pandemic. When did his predecessor ever do that?<\/p>\n

President Biden’s immediate predecessor is now gone, but the cult that formed upon his election four years ago remains. Yet, Biden spoke to them<\/em> today, vowing to work just as hard for those who opposed his election as he will for those who endorsed it.<\/p>\n

Whether the opponents hear and heed that message remains to be seen and heard. Oh, man … I hope he can deliver the goods.<\/p>\n

All in all? This has been a good day for the United States.<\/p>\n

I want to make one final point: President Biden spoke of the fragility of our democracy. I concur to a point. Fragility, though, does not mean it breaks easily.<\/p>\n

Thus, our democracy remains as strong as tempered steel. We saw that strength today.<\/p>\n\n

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