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President Biden’s Commencement Speech at Morehouse College this week in Atlanta Georgia, the New York of the South.
I am glad the President is not deterred at all and has gladly accepted the invitation despite the lies and propaganda being spread around by Trump and his MAGA Crowd and his Insurrectionists who are using Russian Disinformation at the behest of Vladimir Putin to interfere in American politics to the advantage of Trump who is engaged in a treasonous collaboration with Putin to distabilize America in an Election Year the Trump must lose and deserve to lose in a landslide regardless of what the falsified opinion polls may be showing at this moment.
I used to be a speech writer in my Civil Service days in Nigeria.
Say what you want about Nigeria, Nigerian scholars and speech writers are among the best in the world.
Nigeria is no pushover compared to their American counterparts.
Above all, I am a product of the great Obafemi Awolowo University, the Royal Institute of Public Administration in London, the State University of Connecticut, the Yeshiva Jewish University of New York to a mention a few of the great Citadel of Learning I have attended.
The speech I would have drafted for Joe Biden would have been one of a kind and memorable in so many profound ways but with emphasis on telling the truth as much as required and necessary in that kind of setting.
It is not gloating or arrogance. I am just that sure of myself. President Biden ought to acknowledge the truth in the Israeli/ Palestinian conflict and the efforts he has been making to end the unfortunate War.
I would have started by asking America to tell me what is wrong with having a Methuselah but a very experienced dude in good health who has been trained since the age of 29 and for close to 50 years for a job he finally got at 77 years old?
I would tell them I have run for President no less tha two or three times when I was younger, but you guys or shall I say that the voters did not freely elect me until 2020 which as a devout Catholic I consider as God’s and Destiny’s time for me which nobody can change.
I did not because of my previous loss, force myself on the country or stage a Coup or oppose the peaceful transfer of power like my current opponent had done on January 6 and is planning to do again by his own admission. I did not put words into his mouth.
I am a Democrat at heart and a believer in Democracy as opposed to Autocracy or Dictatorship which is what my opponent is canvassing. I respect the Presidency too much than for me to want to tarnish it.
I was a Senator for 36 years without blemish. I was a Vice President for 8 and a President for 4 years compared to a drifter and a pathological liar and psychopath who was a ruthless businessman who did not hold an elective post for close to 70 years of his life, but he narrowly won the Presidency by losing the popular vote by 3 million votes by winning the Electoral College tally by winning 306 out of 570 in an election in which 137 Americans have voted.
I would then define the coming election as a binary choice between saving or losing Democracy for generations yet unborn before going into details about what I inherited from Trump in 2021 and what I have done in 4 years.
I would then explain what I have promised to do in the next 4 years compared to what Trump had done and what he is promising to do if he gets elected. I would acknowledge and thank the Blacks, the Minorities and the Youthof the country for believing in me and what I stand for as a Uniter of the country and not a divider.
I would then go into his civil and criminal conduct and track record in and out of office as a former business man.
I would do that In picayune details and end the speech with how he has become the first former President to be twice- impeached and 4 times indicted for criminal violations and why he has become the first to stand trial and the first to be found guilty of contempt for violating so many Gag Orders imposed by the Court and the first to lead a failed Coup against his own Government and our cherished Constitution and Rule of Law.
I would end the speech by what I have done to improve the quality and standard of education in America and what I have done to cut down on students loans.
I would talk on how the Morehouse College has benefited from my Presidency and what they can hope to benefit from my next 4 years in the White House.
I would not leave the podium without explaining my Middle East Policies and how I have tried to live up to my contractual and fiduciary obligations to the State of Israel while proactively supporting the 2 State Solution for the Palestinians and Israel and fighting for enduring peace in the most volatile region of the World because I feel the pains of both countries and my global responsibilities and obligations to end the War and Carnage as the leader of the Free World and leader of the most powerful country in the World.
Biden is not Trump who has a compulsive need to insult others because he believes he is above the Law.
Mr. Trump has the U.S. Supreme Court in his pocket and he believes he can do anything and get away with it.
President Biden has an opportunity tomorrow to comment on their freedom to peaceful protest within the armpit of the Law and to inspire those students and to congratulate their Faculty members and them on their graduation and future aspirations.
I rest my case.
Prince Dr Wumi Akintide a public affair analyst writes from Oyemekun Terrace New York City
