And so it ended. Not with a bang, and hardly even a whimper. After the triumphant, overwhelming election of Biden as the Presidential nominee of his party earlier this year, polling showed Team Biden that they could not win in November under any circumstances, after the catastrophic debate revealed his cognitive problems for all to see. From 90% support of his party to doing an LBJ in only two months is some kind of record. It’s as if Democrats were the biggest victims of the massive gaslighting that has been done, on their behalf, by the MSM over the last few years, and not their target audience, which is everyone else.
Biden differed from LBJ in that his version of “I will not serve” was not delivered by a televised speech from the Oval Office but instead a text on X. Over the last three weeks, the political news had been followed avidly on X, as well as other social media platforms, to the detriment of all other media. If you want breaking news or interesting comment or even whacko conspiracy-mongering, it’s all there. And its the fastest way to get the attention of the whole world, as even Team Biden understands. Lefties regard this as a weird and bad thing. One suspects the criticism comes more from the fact that it is a popular platform where Lefties don’t control the narrative.
Biden has not been seen for several days, which is unheard of in a modern Presidency. But then again, many other unheard of things have happened in the last few days. First up is Biden himself. He flew back unexpectedly from campaigning in Las Vegas as he reportedly had contracted Covid. Reports now suggest, however, that he also had a medical emergency in Vegas, such as a mini-stroke, and hot-footed it back on Air Force One (AF1) to the East Coast for treatment. Emily Goodin (Daily Mail) was on that flight and posted after AF1 landed, “AF1 flew so fast the plane shook.” Is there anything at this point that will not be covered up by the most deceitful White House in history?
Even weirder was the immediate reaction from Democrats and MSM folks (I repeat myself) on what a wonderful, selfless decision to quit the campaign had been made by a great, nay, the best President. Lefty rags such as the Orlando Sentinel were all in on the tongue bath: “Joe Biden has been as good a President as any and better than most… Yet he stood down from his re-election campaign to allow someone younger and more the picture of vigorous health to finish the work of keeping the nation, and the world, safe from Donald Trump.” One believes that the Sentinel got the last phrase the wrong way round. Trump would rightly feel that he has to be kept safe from the world, especially one that has a Secret Service that is increasingly looking like deliberately incompetent, as opposed to just incompetent.
And then came the politicians. My favourite was from the appalling Jerry Nadler, congressman from New York City: “Joe Biden, like FDR and LBJ before him, will go down as one of the most consequential Presidents in American history having led our nation’s recovery through one of its darkest chapters.” Sorry, Jimmy Carter, Democrat pols have used up all the superlatives appropriate for really bad Presidents and there will be none left for you when the time comes. At least we know now how ‘Top Democrats’ got ‘President Get-Off-My-Lawn’ to step down. He has been promised his legacy and his place in history is secured – well, at least when history is written by the Left.
Missing from the cringe-fest was any mention of the fact that Biden has another six months to go as the bestest President ever. He cannot be a candidate due to his serious mental issues, but he can be President. After all, for some, being the most powerful guy in the world is just a part-time hustle akin to working as a customer greeter at Home Depot. And that was, and still is, the weirdest thing of all about Biden this week.
The Top Democrats’ election strategy also included their ‘chosen one’ for the nomination. A second tweet on X appeared after the campaign resignation tweet and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the choice of whoever was behind the resignation strategy. Biden’s resignation had the usual synchronised messaging, as can be seen by the same words being used over and over, as if quoting from a script – “selfless”, “patriotic”, “putting the country first”. But this had to be delayed with Harris, as presumably she was not that popular a choice within her party, and initially, folks were slow to get onboard. But the next day, normal service had been resumed. Harris was now showered with praise. The script this time had no specificity, due to her stunning lack of any notable accomplishments, so there was now a lot of “smart”, “strong”, “skills”, “strength” and “character.”
Harris is the worst candidate the Democrats could anoint, other than Biden of course, judging by opinion polls. But it is easy to see why the Democrat big brains put their money on Harris. Her name is on the campaign already as VP, so she is able to use the Biden campaign money for her candidacy. This does not apply to anyone else. In addition, they have been quietly working for the last week to provide momentum to ensure Biden’s delegates will now vote for her at the convention and so avoid an open convention. No-one wants to show the chaos that always lurks under the surface in American politics on TV. This happened back in 1968 after LBJ dropped out, and the results were disastrous for the Democrats (although not for the country), as they lost the Presidential election.
It does not bother Top Democrats that they have branded themselves as the party that will save “democracy” from the “fascism” that is Trump. Folks like Randi Weingarten, head of the biggest teachers’ union in the country and committed Left-wing activist, rant 24/7 about how Trump will become a fascist in the future and so destroy democracy. Democrats prefer to trash democracy in the present. The party members that voted for Biden in the Democratic primaries, all 14 million of them, have now had their votes ignored and given to someone else entirely, whom they may or may not support.
Cover for these kinds of contradictions with Harris’s candidacy will be provided, as always, by our MSM. In this case, it will be by ignoring them. A more sinister approach is evident in how they wish to address other criticisms of her. CNN has already launched a salvo this week against folks calling Harris a “DEI hire”. Republicans have labelled her this because, well, she is. Biden said before he was elected that he would pick a woman as VP and then further specified his choice by narrowing it down to four black women. Nothing was said about their capabilities – gender and colour of skin were enough. Two months ago Biden was all ‘DEI VP’ again: “To me the values of diversity, equality and inclusion are literally… the core strengths of America… And it starts at the top with the Vice President.”
CNN’s response to this criticism of Harris was to park the bus in front of the goal by flat out calling it “racist”. Their reasoning was surprisingly not based on pointing out that Biden does not know what he is saying these days, but rather based on calling someone a “DEI hire” would be grounds for dismissal in corporate America. It has not occurred to the crack journalists at CNN that DEI is gradually being kicked to the curb in corporate America. Even very Left-wing media like Axios have picked up on this.
For regular folks this is the least of all criticisms against Harris. As a candidate, she has two much more serious weaknesses. America just does not like her, due mostly to her word salad manner of speaking, and the fact that we all twigged several years ago, when she was running to be the Presidential nominee for the Democrats, that she has no principles but just articulates whatever is the mantra of her party at any time. Her party shares America’s opinion. Similar to today, she won no delegates on her own merits four years ago after running a disastrous campaign.
Her biggest issue, however, is her policies. Her lack of any foundational principles has led her to attach herself to all of the far-Left nonsense that Democrats have been hawking for the last twenty years. Her support of any and all illegal immigration and the deliberate evisceration of the forces of law and order are the two biggest examples. The consequences for us have been dire. And, as in so many cases with Democrat policies, women are the hardest hit. By coincidence, an investigation into the explosion of rape in NYC was published by the NY Post early this week. The existence of over a hundred thousand illegal immigrants has contributed to this issue, with these folk being both offenders and victims. The NYPD is down significantly in terms of manpower, while soft-on-crime prosecutors such as Alvin Bragg in Midtown Manhattan deliberately do not prosecute many offences, such as murder and rape. Defending these policies will be a tough road.
The last two weeks have been among the craziest ever in American politics. It started with a Presidential candidate being shot and ended with his opponent stepping out of the race. And yet, nothing much has changed. Talk of unity and turning down the temperature evaporated very quickly, and our MSM is back doing what it does best: acting as a mouthpiece for the Democrat Party and their policies, while also muting any possible sympathy for Trump from the assassination attempt by ignoring it. Trump is back to in court as the Democrat lawfare agenda seeks to both bankrupt him and stop him from campaigning. And the Democrats have, as a candidate for the Presidency, a vapid, unlikeable puppet who will defend whatever nonsense they want to push down the throats of the American people.
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