Posted on 08/23/2019 12:16:59 PM PDT by Kaslin
One of the more poignant moments of Barack Obama's presidency came at the very end, in January 2017, just days before he left the White House. He awarded Vice President Joe Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Obama spoke at great length about their personal friendship and praised Biden's leadership. In response, Biden said he knew that, no matter what, Obama would always be there for him.
Obama: "It was 8 1/2 years ago that I chose Joe to be my vice president. There has not been a single moment since that time that I have doubted the wisdom of that decision. ... Joe's candid, honest counsel has made me a better president and a better commander in chief."
Biden: "Mr. President, you know as long as there is breath in me, I will be there for you, my whole family will be, and I know it's reciprocal."
You didn't have to love Obama to appreciate that there was something sweet about it. But it was all fake. Obama won't be there for Biden. His internal friendship has ended and didn't make it through the next presidential term. Instead of helping his trusted friend run for the presidency, Obama has refused to endorse Biden. According to some reports, Obama repeatedly urged Biden not to run. "You don't have to do this," he warned Biden. Obama, it turns out, cares about one thing: himself. He is obsessed with his political legacy. Every day that Joe Biden stays on the campaign trail, he detracts from that.
As of today, the polls say Biden is the Democratic front-runner. They tell you he has a good chance of becoming president. But don't believe them. Officially, Biden may still be in the lead, but let's be honest, Biden's campaign is not a real campaign. It is a zombie effort and lurches from one blunder to another. Some catastrophe will eventually put it out of its misery. Even Biden's allies want him to stop speaking in public so often. Why? When people see Biden, they realize he's not a distinguished elder statesman but a fading one. Biden thinks Cory Booker is the president of the United States. He believes the truth outweighs the facts. He thinks he was vice president during the Parkland shooting last year.
Mistakes like these don't make Biden a bad person, but they do make his campaign look like what it actually is: a joke, not a serious play for the White House. If Biden were offering something real, a compelling message, he could get elected anyway, but he isn't. He is a Democratic fossil running for a party that sees him as too male, too pale and too stale. Biden is old enough to have public views prior to the year 2008. In American politics, that makes his old policies totally unacceptable to the party's voters. 1995 Joe Biden supported all kinds of things current Joe Biden would never admit to: a secure border, drugs off the streets, criminals in prison even.
The current Democratic Party believes in protecting criminals and even celebrating them. All the energy is with the other candidates and insurgents like Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris. One of these three will likely rise above the rest and take the nomination. That's bad news if you're Obama and all you really care about is your own cherished legacy. Biden is expressively running as a continuation of Obama's agenda. But that agenda has been completely eclipsed by a new radical political agenda. Now, Democrats are demanding single-payer health care, which would be free to illegal immigrants, the ones streaming over our open border with Mexico. Candidates are advocating reparations based on skin color, the abolition of America's history. They want to remake gender relations from the ground up. Obama could be seen as the one who paved the way for all of that. Biden could be seen as the vice president who kept it from happening sooner.
Obozzo hated Biden, but tolerated him as a useful idiot
He needed Biden to shut up Larry Sinclair.
I spoke to a CNN guy here in Hollywood a few days ago and he confided that the reason why there are almost no pics of Obamatard in the press because of how badly he aged with his white hair. They intentionally suppress it because leftards dont like their heroes looking weak.
Obama had a legacy WHO KNEW!!!
Obama is a good actor, as his entire Presidency was pure theater. He was chosen for the role by others, given his lines to read, provided a very nice stage, and given the best media promotion on earth
Sounds about right - they would do anything for that guy
im sure that shine has some black shoe polish left fix his self right up
But Obama said they were. BFFs on facebook
So much for the first clean and articulate story book kind of guy
Because he is a senile old white guy?
Did I get it right?
...as well as unlimited access to some of the world's nicest golf courses.
That's funny. I do think he will get the nomination for the same reason the Republicans chose Bob Dole and John McCain, because it's his turn. He'll choose Kamala because she hits the oppressed minority check boxes. Neither will be selected because they are the best candidate with the best ideas.
It will be interesting if Biden wins the nomination and 0 sort of has to endorse him.
No. Dims play to win. If Biden keeps stumbling he will not get the nomination.
No. Dims play to win. If Biden keeps stumbling he will not get the nomination.
He needs blacks in the southern primaries and if Spartacus and/or Harris hangs around he definitely won’t get them. This could end up being one messy primary season for the Dems with no clear front runner heading into the convention.
Obama chose biden as his insurance policy. Nobody wanted biden to take over. You can read that as what obama is saying, between the lines. Biden is clueless.
Coughaidscough
Another rehash by Townhall.
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