Does anyone on DU have lingering frustrations over Joe's decision?

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36. I don't have a lingering frustration but I do have a lingering sadness

After everything Joe Biden did for the country, all the messes he cleaned up, how he pulled us out of the ditch economically, reaffirmed and strengthened the Western Alliance, all the legislation he pushed and made possible, etc., etc., his decision to step away saddened me at the time and still does.

Was it the right decision? Obviously.

The needle swung quickly to the Democratic party and Kamala's campaign and the fate of the country rests on the upcoming election results which look very favorable.

Do I believe that President Biden is sitting in the WH stewing over the particulars? No, I do not. The press always needs to churn the bottom waters.

But President Biden must have moments when he wonders if the press had not hounded him on the issue of age, age, age; allowed Trump and MAGA world to pretend that Donald Trump was inevitable, the strongman, the only choice; if he had gotten the proper rest and the debate had gone the other way . . . what if?

I'd like to think that Joe Biden in moments beyond such musings has a sense of relief knowing he's been a great, wise president; a good and decent man; and that he's earned the title for the ages as the Guardian of our Democracy.

Still, it makes me sad.