Posted on 07/03/2019 3:02:06 PM PDT by Kaslin
Last week’s Democratic debate marked the end of the beginning of this winding campaign season. With so many miles to go, most of the events witnessed so far will fade from view. But we saw two trends likely to remain with us for the foreseeable future: the slow, steady decline of Joe Biden from frontrunner to afterthought; and the relish of the current occupant of the White House to seize back the national conversation from those seeking to unseat him.
Let’s begin with Biden. There has been plenty of discussion about the exchange with Senator Kamala Harris, D-Calif., that left him looking unsteady, unprepared and just plain old. Kudos to Harris for her preparation and execution of a takedown under the klieg lights. Moments like that don’t happen – they’re made behind the scenes through careful planning and practice.
Harris’ evisceration of Biden cut deep because it highlighted the two fatal flaws of his candidacy: he’s past his prime and he’s out of step ideologically with the party he wants to represent. Litigating the ins and outs of a topic as antiquated as busing reminded voters that the 76-year-old Biden has been in politics for nearly half a century. He’s been a denizen of D.C. longer than anyone under the age of 46 has been alive.
Biden’s rambling rebuttal was as unpersuasive as it was incoherent. Gone was the feisty 2012 Biden that bested Paul Ryan during the vice-presidential debate. Back then, if there was a knock on Biden’s debate performance, it was that he was overly combative. Not so this time around when bewilderment had replaced aggressiveness. Eventually, Biden managed to sputter out that he didn’t actually oppose busing in and of itself – he just didn’t want it at the federal level.
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Watching the debacle that is the Democrat primary “campaign” (really, circular firing squad), the responses of Team Trump almost write themselves.
Target-rich environment.
Many of us around here have said all along that Biden would not be the candidate and there is some validity in all of the reasons given.
However, the #1 reason has been and will remain this - he is a poor national candidate. Always has been and always will be even prior to his party veering to the very far left.
The really fascinating thing is the change in media coverage he now gets without being wrapped in the warm cuddly blanket of his prior partner-in-chief. The same guy who refuses to endorse him or even say a kind word about him.
If you want to know just how much the media sucked up to Obama - look no further.
And he’s a white male. The Dems are not going to nominate a white male. ID politics is too strong with them and they are neither white nor male. And even if they should nominate him, they are not going to show up on Election Day to vote for a racist white male who’s past his prime. The last time the Dems nominated a white male and then showed up in sufficient numbers to elect was when they nominated Bill Clinton and that will be 24 years ago on Election Day. In fact you can also add white females to that list since they did not get Hillary elected.
I live in the Peoples Republic of Montgomery County right next to D.C.
I work with the public. I was shocked at how many just thought Trump bringing tanks to D.C. was beyond the pale.
Had one women today who kept bringing up social issues and we were in total agreement and then she started to slam Trump. I couldn’t understand how you could have a clue but be so disconnected from the facts.
As if Trump doesn’t have enough on his plate, I really wish he would work on disconnecting public schools from the Feds i.e. Socialist school system. i.e. Common Core.
That would be a good start. And a necessity.
For the sake of old timers everywhere, I hope he decides to fight.;-)
This is a sad note to his career, despite his general worthlessness, maniacal camera/mic chasing, and sh!!te-eating grin.
Kamala played the little black girl card thus destroying her acceptability
Worse, she is from California
A black california woman is an American disaster
Biden ... out of step ideologically with the party he wants to represent.
That's actually his biggest asset.
...he’s past his prime ... the 76-year-old Biden has been in politics for nearly half a century. He’s been a denizen of D.C. longer than anyone under the age of 46 has been alive.
Thanks Kaslin.
Kamala makes for an interesting conversation we can have with our liberal friends and family. “When the forced busing that the democrats support happens where do you think they will bus your kids?”
Kamala makes for an interesting conversation we can have with our liberal friends and family.
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Can’t wait to see this woman on the receiving end of prosecution. Just answer me “Yes” or “No”, Ms. Kamel Hump & Harass!
Excellent point.
BOL.......answers will be interesting
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