Posted on 11/25/2020 4:23:09 AM PST by Kaslin
After spending two years avoiding serious questions about his policy preferences, his team and his prospective presidency, we now know what Joe Biden intends to do should the Electoral College, as expected, vote for him in December: He'll reopen the swamp for business. The media spent four long years suggesting that President Donald Trump was steeped in corruption, ensconced in partisanship, enmeshed in dangerous foreign policy fiascos. The media assured us that they would defend democracy from Trump's brutalities, that they would spend every waking moment fighting to prevent anyone from accepting Trumpian standards as the "new normal."
Instead, the media suggested we needed to return to the old "normal" -- by which they meant a system in which the media and Democrats worked hand-in-glove together to lie to the American public about the content of policy ("If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor!" -- former President Barack Obama); in which conventional wisdom was treated as gospel truth, no matter how wrong it was ("There will be no advanced and separate peace with the Arab world without the Palestinian process" -- John Kerry on Israel); and in which cozy relationships between corporations and government were considered de rigueur.
They meant a system in which all difficult political questions were put off for another day; in which scandals were brushed off without a second thought; in which even anti-journalistic efforts by Democrats were dismissed as out of hand. It was a system in which constitutional boundaries were routinely overridden in the name of left-wing policy priorities; in which nasty rhetoric by Democrats was written off as a natural byproduct of the right's innate evil; in which alternative news sources were treated as conspiracy outlets.
That's the "normal" the media and Democrats wanted.
And it's the normal they'll apparently be pursuing. Biden is stacking his administration with all the members of the establishment Democratic gang. Tony Blinken, most famous for embracing the Iran deal and encouraging more American troops in Syria, will be headed to the State Department. Janet Yellen, fresh from her tenure as Federal Reserve chairwoman under Obama, will be headed to the Department of the Treasury. Jake Sullivan, Biden's national security adviser when he was vice president, most famous for the suggestion that the Iran deal was a stellar piece of negotiation (it wasn't), will become the White House national security adviser.
Meanwhile, the media will continue to cover Biden in sycophantic fashion. This week, The Washington Post ran an entire piece devoted to the wonders of the New Biden Era, titled "Washington's establishment hopes a Biden presidency will make schmoozing great again." The piece celebrated the old normal as "respect for experience and expertise," as "civility and bipartisan cooperation," as an opportunity to "bring people back together." One wonders what sort of peyote the editorial staff of The Washington Post must be ingesting in order to remember the Obama Era so fondly; then, one quickly realizes that they're simply high from huffing Democratic flatulence.
The old normal wasn't good. That's why Donald Trump was elected. It's why Democrats nearly lost the House, and why they seem poised to not take back the Senate despite Trump's personal unpopularity. The old normal stank of cronyism and oligarchy, of corrupt relationships between the Democratic infrastructure and the Democrats' praetorian guard in the media.
Today, the media celebrate the return of the old normal. That celebration is likely to again result in a backlash they can't control. And they'll be just as puzzled as ever about why everyone else wasn't as overjoyed as them about the return of the establishment Democratic swamp.
Five counties gave Biden/Bidan the “win”.
They had up to 300% voting of their entire citizenry
including babies and those in coma and dead.
“Return” is a euphemism for THEFT.
If we hang horse thieves, what is the penalty
for stealing a country and its future???
Given Ben is a long-time never-Trumper, hope it causes him discomfort.
Ben is acting like he wasn't part of that problem. He always had to virtue signal and detail any number of Trump's shortcomings in terms of "rudeness" or overuse of Twitter or other things which offended Ben.
All of that virtue signaling? It wasn't helpful.
Chairman Jao will put out the mandates and the unwashed masses will obey. /s
Another cuck who made money bashing President DJT.
Just return to normal, slow, orderly, decay.
It reminds me of a personal experience I had a couple of years ago in a chat room I used to go to.
One of the chatters accused me of being 124 years old. I was born in 1941. My mother was born in 1909, so she must have had me before she was even born. I guess "miracles" do happen.
No. Biden will either resign or be removed by 25th Amendment shortly after inauguration. His mental deterioration is more pronounced every day.
Nancy was pushing the idea of the 25th Amendment. A lot of people thought she was targeting Trump, but that was a feint. Joe was always the intended target.
Would not read a word
From the guy who tweeted “irresponsible!!” about Trump claiming victory on election night.
I am afraid you are confusing him with Guy Benson, who has written several negative op-eds about President Trump
I cannot help remembering the Obama years.....2% quarterly growth, being told ‘this is the new normal, get used to it’.
Trump proved them wrong and they cannot stand it. Hillary only lost because they didn’t think they had to cheat that hard. Agenda 21 turned into Agenda 2030, all because she lost. If our ‘protectors of the LAW’ buckle, our country is no more.
Shut up Shitpiro. Only if Jebby was running. Right pal?
The last thing (and probably biggest thing) that makes some righties hate Ben Shapiro is that Shapiro has been very critical of Trump. If you go on The_Donald, Shapiro is villified right up there with Michelle Wolf and Nancy Pelosi. Shapiro made it clear during the 2016 elections that he wanted someone else and has continuously criticized Trump ...
I believe as you do. And this will probably go to SCOTUS. I really have to believe that PDJT was warned about this election and had taken steps to set a massive trap for the treasonists. He just keeps giving them more rope. Am I 100% certain of this...no, but this man is not one to give up and I am sure a hell of a lot smarter than the majority of the insurrectionists.
Thanks, Ben for helping us all get to this point. I guess Mark Dice is a big joke to you even though he has always been correct, more so than you have ever been—and not been an arrogant snot about it.
Biden is not normal.
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