OPINION:
We are in a real mess and have no good choices for getting out of it. The options are as follows: 1. Biden clings to office. 2. He resigns and we get Kamala Harris for president. 3. He’s impeached and we still get Harris. 4. He’s removed by provisions of the 25th Amendment and — you guessed it — we get Harris. 5. He dies. We get Harris. 6. Both Biden and Harris are somehow removed from office — and we get Nancy Pelosi as president.
Any of these scenarios assures chaos, confusion, turmoil and U.S. weakness. The consequences of further polarization of the country, if that is possible, are unimaginable.
In any event, we are in big trouble. It will be only with the passage of time that voters in 2022 install Republican pluralities in both houses of Congress, or at least in one of those chambers.
Next comes 2024. What then? We’ll have to figure that out closer to the time. Until then, Heaven help us. The Constitution and the Republic must be preserved.
JOHN K. LAMBERT
Silver Spring, Md.
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