Why the Hell Can’t Leftists Just Get Behind Joe Biden?

I’ve always been a bit of a raincloud. When I was a little kid, adults described me as “somber.” I went 90s-goth as soon as I hit puberty. I’ll admit to thinking that it’s fun, at least sometimes, to be dark and dramatic.

I take absolutely no joy, though, in the utter bleakness of this election. The knowledge that our best possible outcome this November (or December, or January) is Joe Biden makes me genuinely sad and weary. If you, like a lot of my friends, are a proud Democrat, hearing that probably pisses you off. It probably seems…