The Distraction of Joe Biden
What genocide? What war? What militarism?
Joe Biden has become a major distraction. Much like Donald Trump, he’s demanding far too much attention.
As genocide continues in Gaza, as war continues to rage in Ukraine, as America continues to pursue militarism both at home and abroad, all the press can talk about is whether Biden should stay or go.
The answer is obvious: he should go.
Sure, Biden remains capable of having a “good” day in the sense of doing OK at a rally while reading prepared remarks from a teleprompter. Yet it’s impossible to ignore brain glitches where he introduces Zelensky of Ukraine as President Putin and suggests his vice president’s name is Trump instead of Harris.
America faces serious issues, especially working- and middle-class Americans who are struggling to make ends meet. Their stories are rarely told in the corporate-owned media as Biden’s flubs and stubbornness and Trump’s lies and showboating grab nearly all the attention.
A new (and desperate) ploy I’ve seen on Twitter/X is Biden supporters arguing that a failing older man is better than a lying one as president. That argument assumes Biden has a strong record as a truth-teller when it was gratuitous lies and flagrant plagiarism that ended his presidential campaign in 1988. Besides, is it really true that Biden, a man visibly in mental and physical decline, is the only choice Democrats can muster to defeat Trump in 2024?
Let’s look at one chart that shows Biden’s record. Since he became President, military spending has soared as social spending has dipped.
And this man, Democrats say in reverent tones, is the new FDR?
I suppose their counter would be: Trump will be worse! So, it’s the old “lesser of two evils” argument.
Biden and Harris continue to run a campaign devoid of any message other than vote for us because Trump will be worse. That empty message, and Biden’s visible decline, produce images like this:
Exactly. Which “job” is the Biden/Harris team so intent on finishing? No one knows since they’re not saying. Vague messaging and a confused candidate are almost certain to lead to a Trump victory in November.
And if that happens, those to blame will be clear, starting with Biden, the DNC, and all the scheming powerbrokers behind the scenes like the Obamas and the Clintons.
Glenn Greenwald has written a terrific essay that starts with the fact that all the Dems who want Biden out start with saying what a great man he is, all the good he has done, how much they admire him. Greenwald goes into a detailed history of Biden's political life to show that he is definitely not the nice guy and humanitarian these people claim he is.
This fawning is a kind of pledge of allegiance that must be placed ahead of any criticism and we see it in even the mildest criticism of Israel that must begin with professed horror at Oct 7 not mentioning a word of the awful plight of the Palestinians for three quarters of a century under the boot of Zionism.
In both cases it shows only a fear of the power of the entity that is about to be even mildly criticized. Protect the ass before being critical.
If Biden were to drop out, I have no idea who would be best positioned to run in his stead. They are ALL awful. In creating a gerontocracy, Dems have prevented truly talented and smart people from percolating to the top of the party. The only races that interest me are the Kennedy and Trump races.