Take Action: Write to President Biden
It is time for a new generation to lead America. Here's the letter I wrote to President Biden. I encourage you to write to him too.
Like many others, I was aghast at President Biden’s declining vigor on display at Thursday’s “debate.” Not surprisingly, Trump’s mendacity and mean-spiritedness were also on full display.
Neither of these men — for completely different reasons — should be our next president.
President Biden has an opportunity to show extraordinary, even heroic, leadership by ushering in a new generation of Democratic talent.
I wrote to him to suggest that he do that. I’m sharing my letter in the hope that you may want to write a similar letter to him. If you do so, you are welcome to copy any or all of my letter:
Dear President Biden,
Beyond saving us from a disastrous second Trump administration, you and your administration have done more to help ordinary Americans than any administration since President Johnson’s Great Society of the 1960s.
Our country is threatened from within. Provide the selfless leadership that we need to save America from Trump’s fascism and the GOP’s march toward an authoritarian theocracy. Paraphrasing JFK, let your “word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans.” Announce now that you will free your delegates at the Democratic Convention to choose a Presidential candidate from among the new generation of talented Democratic leaders.
Great leaders understand when it is time to pass the torch. Use your wisdom to guide the Party in this transition. Do not repeat Justice Ginsburg’s mistake of letting the inevitable declining health and vigor of old age stand in the way of our beloved country’s progress. Taking this heroic step of leadership will cement your legacy in history as one of America’s greatest presidents.
Gratefully,
Lee R. Nackman
The mechanics of writing to the president are provided here.
I hope that you share your viewpoint with President Biden. I suggest that you keep your message upbeat and couch it in terms of the future success of our country not in terms of “losing the debate.”
Thanks for including the instructions. I will call, email, and send a physical letter. "Thank-you and your administration for allowing my voice be heard. With gratitude for past service rendered, the time has come for a new generation to lead."
Lee, Thank you for this. I also suggest calling the following people - as soon as you can, because doing nothing will guarantee that Biden will be the nominee. As we now know, that this will give us the choice between two old men who each have reduced cognitive capabilities.
White House: Contact Us | The White House: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
Senator James Clyburn (the SC senator who turned the tide for Joe Biden four years ago) who clearly has Biden's ear:
(202)225-3315 (leave your message).
Democratic National Committee:
Chair - Jaime Harrison: https://democraticnationalcommittee.co/contact.html
Co-Chairs: Gretchen Whitmer (Governor of Michigan): 517-335-7858 (leave your message)
Tammy Duckworth: (Senator from Illinois: (312) 886-3506 (leave your message).
Finance Chair: Christopher G. Korge: 305-444-5630 (leave your message) or email: https://www.korgelaw.com/contact-us/?attorney=Christopher+G.+Korge
The NC DNC Chair: Anderson Clayton aclayton@ncdp.org. Ms. Clayton was elected in 2023. The chair is elected by and leads the State Executive Committee (the "SEC"), a body of more than 500 Democratic Party leaders and activists from all 100 counties, which governs the party. She is the youngest state chair in history.
If you live in Orange County, the Democratic Chair: Marian Gilbert Rice https://www.ncdp.org/contact/ 919-821-2777