Why the Democrats lied about Joe Biden’s frailty

Spiked ^ | 28th June 2024 | Brendan O'Neill

[T Ruth]

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Here’s the truly sinister thing: many of these people who said Biden was fine knew he wasn’t. They knew the White House insisted he always be flanked by minders, lest he stumble physically or verbally, in what was known by insiders as ‘Operation Bubble Wrap’. They knew he had become so frail that even special counsel Robert Hur decreed he should not be charged for keeping classified documents because he is an ‘elderly man’ with ‘poor memory’ and ‘diminished faculties’. They knew he was receiving regular physical tests but not cognitive tests, for fear of what might show up. They knew but they denied and lied and snapped at any uppity member of the public who said ‘Is Biden okay?’.

And why did they cover up Biden’s troubles? For power. In order that they might still rule. Out of naked, brutal self-interest. The Democratic elites and their footsoldiers in the cultural establishment are painfully aware they have few big-hitters who can connect with the public. Kamala Harris? Please. Gavin Newsom? Even Californians have tired of him. So out of desperation, they put blusher on Old Joe, fed him lines they prayed he would remember, and sent him out in a wretched bid to secure their own political clout and cultural hegemony. Behold the ruthlessness of the technocratic class. We now know there’s nothing they won’t do to fortify their authority. We can feel sorry for Biden, but for the rest of them we should feel only contempt.

[USCG SimTech]

Running out the clock until the convention where they’ll choose different president, AND MORE INPORTANTLY WHY, a different VP.

[popdonnelly]

I’ve felt that there’s an emerging oligarchy in this country. It’s political center is the Democratic Party. Its propaganda wing is the legacy media. Its financiers are a few eccentric billionaires and much of the celebrity crowd. The brownshirt contingent is made up of Antifa and BLM. What they have in common is that they think they are special, that they were ordained to rule.

[popdonnelly]

I’ve felt that there’s an emerging oligarchy in this country. It’s political center is the Democratic Party. Its propaganda wing is the legacy media. Its financiers are a few eccentric billionaires and much of the celebrity crowd. The brownshirt contingent is made up of Antifa and BLM. What they have in common is that they think they are special, that they were ordained to rule.

[Real Cynic No More]

More than Biden, the Democratic Party has demonstrated that it cares little about the U.S., that its highest priority is its focus is achieving and remaining in power. Its leadership cares little about protecting the U.S.

These are days of tremendous peril, and our enemies are calculating just how best to take advantage.

Anyone who still supports the current leadership of the Party - or who votes for Party nominees - must be considered to be traitors.

It appears to me that our greatest Presidents - and greatest leadership - have come from ‘outsiders’, not from those who grew up in the political class.