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By John Kanelis<\/strong> \/ johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

It clearly is no surprise to regular readers of this blog that I am thrilled to be able to speak of the president of the United States the way I normally speak of that individual.<\/p>\n

That is, I have restored the use of the term “President” directly in front of the name of the person who holds the title.<\/p>\n

As in “President Joe Biden.”<\/p>\n

I have written previously of my boycotting of that terminology during the presidential tenure of Donald J. Trump. I refused for four years to attach the title “President” directly in front of Trump’s name; indeed, I will continue to follow that dictum even in Trump’s blessedly forced retirement from political life after the 2020 election.<\/p>\n

My desire was to see a return to normal dignity and decorum in the nation’s highest office. It returned when President Biden took his oath on Jan. 20.<\/p>\n

Trump’s conduct after the election was even worse than the four years prior to it. He incited the insurrection on Jan. 6 and got impeached a second time by the House of Reps. Indeed, he still hasn’t formally acknowledged that Joe Biden is the duly elected president.<\/p>\n

That’s in the past now. Perhaps soon it all will be forgotten. I welcome that day.<\/p>\n

For now I will just relish the notion of being able to comment on presidential activities by referencing President Biden the way I have (almost) always referenced presidents of the United States. Yes, even those for whom I didn’t cast my vote.<\/p>\n

Along came Donald Trump to relegate that title to the back of the lowest shelf I could find.<\/p>\n

President Biden will make mistakes. He’s made a couple already. His behavior while serving as our head of state\/commander in chief, I am certain, will be fitting that of our president.<\/p>\n\n

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