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Biden’s Candidacy and the Radicalizing Power of Desperation - An unwinnable candidate is the best incentive for breaking the rules.
Front Page Magazine ^ | 18 Sep, 2023 | Daniel Greenfield

Posted on 09/18/2023 5:13:23 AM PDT by MtnClimber

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1 posted on 09/18/2023 5:13:23 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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With the acceleration of the radicalization, I can’t imagine what things will be like by election time.


2 posted on 09/18/2023 5:14:36 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: texas booster

Daniel Greenfield ping


3 posted on 09/18/2023 5:15:13 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

BTTT


4 posted on 09/18/2023 5:17:08 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: MtnClimber
The Big Guy won't be the nominee. Either The *Really* Big Guy will see to it or Rat Party Headquarters will. Governor Hair Gel and The Former Twelfth Lady are the ones to watch.
5 posted on 09/18/2023 5:20:49 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Two Words: BANANA REPUBLIC!)
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To: MtnClimber

Greefield is making a lot of sense.


6 posted on 09/18/2023 5:21:00 AM PDT by marktwain
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I can’t imagine what things will be like by election time.

See the thing is, Biden will win. The American Public hasn’t come to terms with what happened in 2020 and 2022, and so they believe that they will make a decision in 2024. They won’t have a choice. The elections now are about Ballots, not about Voters, and it’s the difference between a Republic and a Fascist State. The ‘Desperation’ will be seen in the maneuvers that will become more apparent to ‘rig’ the election. The public will get a full and upfront view that they no longer have a choice, but the media will do their best to suppress as well as the government attacking those that speak out.


7 posted on 09/18/2023 5:21:21 AM PDT by Pete Dovgan
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The only person who can get Biden elected, is Trump.


8 posted on 09/18/2023 5:21:51 AM PDT by qwerty1234
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To: MtnClimber

I will not comply.


9 posted on 09/18/2023 5:22:28 AM PDT by sauropod (I will stand for truth even if I stand alone.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Yep......

Biden is too far gone to be the candidate


10 posted on 09/18/2023 5:25:18 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Joe Biden is a kleptocrat)
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The only person who can get Biden elected, is Trump.

Quisling comment.

11 posted on 09/18/2023 5:28:41 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: MtnClimber

If the rats can elect brain damaged Fetterman they can elect anyone


12 posted on 09/18/2023 5:30:51 AM PDT by 2nd Amendment
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The author really misses the biggest point.

Having Joe Biden run saves the GOP Beltway establishment the trouble of having to come up with their own candidate. They are perfectly comfortable with a crooked old white cracker in the White House. And because he’s a Democrat they never have to worry about getting blamed for his malfeasance.

13 posted on 09/18/2023 5:42:15 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (“Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.”)
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To: 100American; 21twelve; 2nd amendment mama; A Conservative Thinker; Absolutely Nobama; ...
Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, is a New York writer focusing on radical Islam and leftism.

And yet that is exactly the point.

Biden is the presumptive nominee not because he is a sure thing, but because he can’t win. That would make no sense to.a traditional Democrat’s way of thinking, but the party is no longer run by the old school, but by a new school of radicals. Its goal is not to win elections, but to radicalize the party and the country. A hopelessly weak candidate facing an unwinnable election against Trump or DeSantis serves that purpose far better than a Newsom victory.

An unwinnable candidate in an election they can’t afford to lose will once again radicalize the Democrats and force them to break rules they hadn’t even previously thought of breaking.

To leftists the election isn’t the issue, only the revolution.

Another excellent essay from Mr. Greenfield. Any doubts about the true political nature of the left may now be dispensed with.

Ping out to the Daniel Greenfield Ping! List.

As always, please FReepmail me if you want on or off the esteemed Daniel Greenfield ping list.

Daniel Greenfield's website: The Sultan Knish blog

14 posted on 09/18/2023 5:48:19 AM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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Danny gets it, nailed it.


15 posted on 09/18/2023 5:52:04 AM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Vet, John Adams Descendant , deal with it.)
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A party uniting around an incumbent isn’t unusual, but in a bad economy and with widespread public dissatisfaction, there’s no apparent reason why the party should be clinging to an unpopular old white man from one of the smallest states in the country who has no strong base.

But we are talking about the Democratic Party, which has run off the rails and is now as fractured as the GOP (but they still have the "news" media in their pocket)......

16 posted on 09/18/2023 5:54:13 AM PDT by jeffc (Resident of the free State of Florida)
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To: Taxman

Ping


17 posted on 09/18/2023 5:56:41 AM PDT by Taxman (SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2023 AND 2024!)
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I don't think a Biden-Harris ticket is sure to lose in 2024--they will just have to ramp up the cheating. But if Biden is in even worse physical shape next year, they could pull a switch at the convention. Replace Biden with Fetterman and Kamala with AOC. They could still win.

So far the two worst Presidents in history have been the two Pennsylvania natives, Buchanan and Biden. Why not make it three for three?

18 posted on 09/18/2023 6:07:35 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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“On paper, Biden’s candidacy makes no sense.”

In the 2020 election he hid in his basement and let the Lame Street Media ans the social media campaign for him and it worked.


19 posted on 09/18/2023 6:08:45 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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If we do only ONE THING between now and Nov 2024, PLEASE keep an eye on WHO the Dems run as VP. I believe Kamal Toe is out!

The Dems will drag Joey’s diaper covered ass across the finish line by outright FRAUD if necessary. Even if he dies before then, hell, the DEAD VOTE Democrat so why wouldn’t the Dems run a DEAD candidate? All kidding aside.

The Dems KNOW Joey WILL win with enough VOTER FRAUD. By Feb 2025 Joey would resign and the VP that had ZERO chance to get elected is now Resident and the real slide towards total Communism/Socialism/Marxism can proceed unimpeded.

RINOs will bend over and take it from the Dems like they ALWAYS do. 2024 needs to be RINO SEASON. No Survivors!!

Hey Kentucky, TURTLE SEASON TOO!!!!!!


20 posted on 09/18/2023 6:23:07 AM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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