New in PJ Media:
As the Democrats continue to wrestle with their Joe Biden problem, a new narrative is forming: Old Joe is a fine fellow, a deeply honorable man who has selflessly dedicated his life to public service. Now, at long last, it’s time for him, after a wildly successful presidency, to go off into a retirement laden with plaudits and honors.
The idea is to mask the Brutus-knifes-Caesar aspect of what they’re doing as much as it can be concealed and to present the shunting aside of Dementia Joe as akin to giving a valued employee a gold watch as he reaches mandatory retirement age. There are many problems with this; chief among them is the fact that Old Joe has never been a nice guy, much less a decent one, and is unlikely to go quietly no matter how many insincere encomia he receives.
He has already received plenty. The New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof, always a reliable bellwether of the establishment consensus, wrote on June 25: “President Biden is a good man who capped a long career in public service with a successful presidential term. But I hope he reviews his debate performance Thursday evening and withdraws from the race.”
Three days later, Van Jones said on CNN: “I love Joe Biden. He’s a good man, he loves his country, he’s doing the best that he can.” The same day, the New York Times’ Thomas Friedman headlined a column: “Joe Biden Is a Good Man and a Good President. He Must Bow Out of the Race.”
Biden, The Guardian informed us on the Fourth of July, “is widely believed to be a good man.” The same day, leftist political strategist Lindy Li announced: “I went on @BBCNews this morning and told the unvarnished truth about President Biden He is one of the kindest and most compassionate people I have ever met. He is a fundamentally good man. Truly. This is the message America needs to hear. Please help me spread the word.” The following day, the New York Daily News was more definite, asserting that Biden “is ultimately a good and decent man.”
There are many, many more examples of this, but you get the idea. If we didn’t know that the Democrats are scrupulously honest and above board in all their dealings, we might almost get the idea that some talking points went out, and these spokesmen are doing their part to disseminate them to the public. On Saturday, however, Joe Concha, author of the classic “Come On, Man!: The Truth About Joe Biden’s Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Presidency,” took the blowtorch of the facts to the left’s propaganda ice castle about Decent Old Joe.
There is more. Read the rest here.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Precisely! How do you congratulate someone for a job well done, and then state that you are firing him?
I think unless he dies, it’ll be Biden only on the ticket. One thing: he does have the option of replacing Kamala as VP, should he so desire. Maybe replacing her w/ AOC
David M says
They’ll kill him if he won’t resign, & Kamala too, then blame Trump supporters. It solves several problems for them.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
If they do it, Speaker Mike Johnson is next in line for POTUS. As far as the Democrat Party goes, they’ll then have no candidates, may simply have to endorse RFK
David M says
Hillary or Big Mike will come in.
abu taleb says
I just don’t understand how come a pervert and corrupt person like Biden is considered as a good guy. Those who think like that must be either mentally ill or evil, or both.
OLD GUY says
Or they are riding the gravy train loaded with American tax dollars and don’t know where or when to get off before the train wreck happens.
Scotsman48 says
It always seems to me that the Party sends out a chain email to everybody in the Party to use certain words as they all parrot the same words…. Sharp as a tack… hes a good man… and they all follow zee orders Ja.