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| Biden Has No Good Options |
| 2020-06-04 |
| Kurt at TownHall This riot crisis will pass, and then it’s nothing but bad choices ahead for Badfinger Biden, not that he realizes it. He’s too far gone and far too busy watching his stories on the tee-vee to negotiate the crucial strategic decisions he faces if he wants to win. Even if not he has not already disembarked the short bus in Seniletown, he’s at least wandering aimlessly through its suburbs. The calls he has to make — about reacting to the failing Antifa/Democrat insurrection, about picking a veep, and about how to handle the only guy who seemed to grow younger, healthier and sharper in the Oval Office — would not be easy one for someone on the ball, much less someone giggling as he chases a ball around his backyard. The uprising by the Antifa-Democrat axis, where state and local Democrat politicians wink at the violent, militarized wing of their party’s criminal antics in order to intimidate the normal, is going to be a disaster for the Dems. Oh, the media wants to present it as this dire nightmare for Trump, but within 24 hours five people personally (putting aside online folks) told me they were going to become first time gun owners. I’ll take anecdotes over media narratives any day, as President Felonia Milhous von Pantsuit should have. The Secret Trump Vote on 11/3 is gonna be huge. There were several factors that the bad guys (uh oh, assuming genders again!) failed to appreciate when they decided to exploit the protests. First, there was the sense of betrayal it would create. People agreed that the actions of the Minneapolis cops were unacceptable, but they also saw through the cynical effort to leverage that tragedy into an excuse for radical violence. The essential insincerity of Antifa and the Antifa-curious was confirmed when we saw black law enforcement officers dead on the ground and it was received with a collective shrug by the Dem pols, trust fund terrorists and kneeling suburban mommies who wail about their privilege. ...Biden’s big decision is how to react to the crisis. He could babble incoherently in a church — this was hours before Trump made it bad to be around churches — and he could read off a teleprompter, but it’s his strategy that’s the challenge. He has to take a stand, and threading the needle he needs to thread would be tough for someone who wasn’t a step or two away from long talks with invisible bunnies. He can embrace law-and-order, but he gets nothing from that since Trump has captured that high ground. All Biden gets from that option is to alienate the radicals. Or he can continue with his coy embrace of these Antifa scumbags, which Trump will jam down his throats. Neither expands his base; both options shrink it in some way. Trump can only gain support from going law and order...unlike the Dems, he has no pro-chaos constituency. And then there’s the vice-presidential choice. Amy Klobuchar’s going to be tossing dishes at the help because she’s out. Besides bearing the stink of Minnesota Democrats in general, she specifically failed to charge the killer cop the last time he tried to take out an unarmed black man. And Governor Karen from Michigan is out. Between her grotesque love of bossing folks around and her husband’s "Don’t you know who I am" antics, she’s also a person of pallor and modern anti-racism demands that people be evaluated by nothing but their race. Biden can’t choose Big Chief Warren despite her status as a make-believe minority because — and this is the saddest thing ever — she would overshadow him. So, maybe he chooses Stacy Abrams, who has offered subtle and cryptic hints that perhaps she is interested in the job. Governor Abrams (D-Diabetes) would be a great choice in my view, but I’m biased because I want Trump to win. This leaves the politically and otherwise flexible Kamala Harris. She checks the minority box, and they can certainly patch things up over her calling him a racist on a nationally televised debate stage. When he tells her he will "forgive and forget," she can be sure about the forgetting part. But Harris, the former prosecutor, has a record that actually allows Trump to slide to her left on criminal justice (she liked to lock up hopheads and condoned prosecutorial antics) as well as to her right (he supports the death penalty). Who will Hoover’s dad choose? Will he remember who he chose the next day? Now, his advisors might well be expected to strongly recommend a candidate, but you know how stubborn weird old people get. I can definitely see him putting his foot unsteadily down for his choice of Stacy Abrams because she once brought him a yummy oatmeal cookie. And then there’s going up against Trump. Have you seen him lately? He’s slimmer, and he looks like he’s glowing. Most presidents decay in office. Trump is thriving, and he’ll be going up against a guy who looks more like Jennifer Rubin every day. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #21 He's got enough delegates now to the finish line, barring a "Health Issueâ„¢. Dr. Jill will drag his post-rigor hairy-legged ass across the finish line |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-06-04 21:56 |
| #20 Biden couldn’t beat my morbidly obese chihuahua by 10% But Biden *is* still in the game. I find that so surprising that it makes me think there is something else going on - like using him as target to draw Trump's fire now but replacing him later. Let us note for the record that E.C. correctly called Biden vs Warren for Dem candidate. I figured there was no way the Dems would pick a old, senile, white guy over a woke POC Vagino-American, but they picked the old, senile, white guy. What do I know? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-06-04 21:21 |
| #19 I'll be here in November :-) Das freut mich sehr. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2020-06-04 21:19 |
| #18 A few percent, maybe, but more than 10%? I doubt it. Don't know the situation in Germany, but here the polls tend to have a lot of bias which greatly reduces their value for prediction. Example: Hillary was the overwhelming favorite in the last election. It helps to look at where the numbers are coming from, but even Nate Silver missed Trump becoming President. At this point, probably best to think of them as battle-space preparation rather than statistics. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-06-04 20:59 |
| #17 Prepare your "I F*cked up" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-06-04 20:27 |
| #16 I'll be here in November :-) |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2020-06-04 19:54 |
| #15 Biden couldn’t beat my morbidly obese chihuahua by 10%. Bank that EC |
| Posted by: Beavis 2020-06-04 19:50 |
| #14 I know you hate Trump but you're ignoring reality. Even the Dems' own top economists are expecting a strong economy and telling their party to try another tack. As to "The Silent Majority," we've seen this movie before - again and again. There is no way a goof like Biden can win unless he hits the jackpot with 1) suburban marrieds amd 2) white working-class Dems in MI PA and WI. Few suburban parents are going to vote for the party of BLM-Antifa. Few working-class whites in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are going to vote for the "Defund the Police" party. And few black men are going to be inspired to actually show up at the polls and vote for a senile, pathetic little old white man who supported aggressive policing throughout his 50-year career of buffoonery, lying and non-achievement. But there are millions of Americans who are appallled by the violence and who will absolutely vote against anarchy and violence this fall. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-06-04 19:48 |
| #13 A few percent, maybe, but more than 10%? I doubt it. At this point only a magic 3rd quarter will save Trump. I expect the U.S. economy to rebound, but jobs in the service industry will take a longer time to recover. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2020-06-04 19:23 |
| #12 Bradley Effect, EC. Polls understate Trump's support by at least 10 points now |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-06-04 19:04 |
| #11 Fox News polls Arizona: Biden 46%, Trump 42% Ohio: Biden 45%, Trump 43% Wisconsin: Biden 49%, Trump 40% No good options? |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2020-06-04 18:58 |
| #10 No options? He could die. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-06-04 17:51 |
| #9 The only thing required of Biden is that he is not Trump, and that may be enough. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2020-06-04 17:50 |
| #8 #2 - JFM: If I remember correctly, Jennifer Rubin is the Washington Post's so-called 'conservative voice'. I did read a few of her columns years ago, but I can't remember if I gave up on her or the Post first. I don't remember whether she has Nancy Pelosi looks, or not. Good to see you again, mon ami! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2020-06-04 17:14 |
| #7 Joan Crawford Has Risen From The Grave. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-06-04 14:46 |
| #6 the uprising by the Antifa-Democrat axiswhere state and local Democrat politicians wink at the violent, militarized wing of their party’s criminal antics in order to intimidate the normal, , BLM-Antifa = IRA Provos Democratic Party = Sinn Fein |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-06-04 11:32 |
| #5 Mrs. Zimmerman my Cherman teacher has returned from the grave. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-06-04 11:10 |
| #4 Ugh - that's enough to ruin my breakfast, and most of lunch - thanks a lot, Skid! |
| Posted by: Raj 2020-06-04 10:59 |
| #3 |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-06-04 10:34 |
| #2 Why is tha ejannifer Rubin part that funny? |
| Posted by: JFM 2020-06-04 10:03 |
| #1 a guy who looks more like Jennifer Rubin every day. Coffee keyboard alert! |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-06-04 06:20 |