To the Editor:Re “Learning to Love Joe Biden” (column, Aug. 16):Jennifer Senior gives us a cleareyed mini-portrait of Joe Biden, and then ends her piece with a cleareyed question: If Joe Biden doesn’t win, could we survive his loss? Because I believe that the survival of America as a democratic nation, and the survival of the planet as ecologically sustainable, will be at great risk if he loses, I am working extremely hard for him and Kamala Harris. He wasn’t my first, second or even third choice in the primaries, and I don’t “love” him. But if he is elected, I believe he will surround himself with a top-flight group of advisers, and an extremely competent and honest cabinet and administration — which would be the exact opposite of what we have been forced to endure since Jan. 20, 2017. I will be able to take deep breaths once again, knowing that while mistakes will undoubtedly be made, they will come from the best of, rather than the most corrupt, intentions.

Source: New York Times August 24, 2020 18:20 UTC