Posted on 07/21/2024 10:03:40 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The Republican convention that concluded early Friday was a four-day celebration of the cult of Donald Trump. Night after night, disciples and flatterers portrayed America as a nation in decline and Trump as its savior. But the real focus wasn’t on making America great again. It was on making Trump president again.
To prevent that outcome, Democrats must stage a different kind of convention. They need to focus on the needs of the American people. They have to present a plan for getting to a better place. And most important, they cannot spend four days in Chicago celebrating President Biden. To win, they must nominate a better candidate.
Biden has spent the weeks since his revelatory disaster on the debate stage denying the reality of his limitations. But his attempts at redemption have only served to confirm his decline. The substance of his speeches no longer matters. Everyone is watching to see if he stumbles — or rather, how frequently.
Many Americans have deeply personal experience of watching relatives fade. They know what they are seeing. They know what comes next. And while it is sad to watch a man no longer able to do the things he did so ably for so long, it would be tragic to let him persist in the attempt.
The votes cast in favor of Biden in the party’s state primaries are not an irreversible judgment. As the facts have changed, so have the views of voters. In an A.P. poll released last week, 65 percent of Democrats said they wanted Biden to withdraw from the race — a devastating vote of no confidence.
The president has said he’d leave the race “if the Lord Almighty came down” and told him to go. He said he’d leave if he was convinced that he had...
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Don’t forget The Times’s cult of Castro.
Jeff Hurd
Republican
U.S. House Colorado District 3
Gabe Evans
Republican
U.S. House Colorado District 8
https://ballotpedia.org/U.S._House_battlegrounds,_2024
Joseph G. McGraw
Republican
U.S. House Illinois District 17
Randell Niemeyer
Republican
U.S. House Indiana District 1
Zach Nunn
Incumbent
Republican
U.S. House Iowa District 3
https://ballotpedia.org/U.S._House_battlegrounds,_2024
“””They {Dems) need to focus on the needs of the American people.”””
Only problem with the NYT’s theory is that the many previously unknown speakers at the RNC, told us about one of two things:
1. How Biden’s policies had HURT them.
or
2. How Trump’s policies had HELPED them.
The contrast is clear.
Shouldn’t the democrats get a candidate that can walk and chew gum at the same time before they develop strategies?
“””They {Dems) need to focus on the needs of the American people.”””
And let me add.
Somehow I doubt the Democrat base is begging Biden or whoever will be the nominee to bring millions more illegals into their communities.
Who was the magic man called “The Lightbringer” whom the Demonrats have worshipped since 2006?
So everyone on the right acts like a cult, over half the country? And this is from someone who we all KNOW is in a cult,the mainstream media. Fascinating dilemma 🤔
Reading that BS, it just occurred to me what the Democrat strategy for 2024 might be evolving into: they let Biden run against Trump as a sacrificial lamb.
This way, although they temporarily lose the White House, they can spend the next four years framing President Trump not as the people’s choice, but as an otherwise loser, who won only because he ran against Joe Biden, who even the Democrats agree is the worst candidate ever.
If they believe President Trump has a good chance of winning in November, this may be their best strategy.
Consider the alternative: they replace Biden with Michelle Obama, who Democrats all believe is Ms. Messiah. But what if President Trump wins anyway? Then, the Democrats are screwed - the make news narrative becomes much more difficult to sell.
It’s one thing if Trump beats the brain-dead President Poopy pants, that’s not saying much. The Democrats can still tell themselves they are the party of the people - but just had a terrible candidate.
If Trump beats the best they have to offer - Michelle Obama - there is no way the fake news can spin it - the whole world will be put on notice that the MAGA Movement is ascendant, and the Progressive Movement has lost favor with the people.
I’m betting the Democrats would rather concede the next four years and blame the loss on Biden, than run Michelle Obama and risk handing MAGA a decades-long mandate if she loses.
“And while it is sad to watch a man no longer able to do the things he did so ably for so long”
Biden? He was a racist, bribe taking, wife cheating, plagiarizing, daughter molesting POS his entire life.
Binyamin Appelbaum.... never heard of him.
Knowing Republicans, even with both houses they will get nothing done.
talk about a coronation, what about obama
The author joined the editorial board in 2019.
Interesting timing...
NYT: “All the news we fit to print.”
Binyamin Appelbaum? You can’t make this crap up. A handle like that will get you hired at the New Yawk Slimes every time. ROTFL!
“””I’m betting the Democrats would rather concede the next four years and blame the loss on Biden, than run Michelle Obama and risk handing MAGA a decades-long mandate if she loses.”””
I agree. The Dems major concern is suffering a huge loss in the Senate and House races with Biden on the ballot.
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