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  1. The obsession with race of the Harris/Biden administration is very real and very worrisome indeed; one might well argue that the theme of Beijing Biden’s destructive first three months as the Puppet of 1600 is the “racialization of everything.” Two recently-posted essays are essential reading in this regard, the first by Stanley Kurtz at NRO on Biden’s effort towards disseminating BLM/CRT/1619 propaganda throughout our system of public education, the second by Ben Weingarten at The Federalist concerning Ibram Kendi, the Grand Wizard of so-called “anti-racism”, and the corrosive and toxic effects of this pseudo-academic race-hustling grifter on our decadent culture.

  2. Putting aside the shameful conduct of the Fake News during the election, the only reason China Joe is in office is because the Progs stole it for him. And now he has to pay them back. Or let them run the show.

    When I questioned Sen. Sasse, he said Ron Klain was running domestic policy and that Klain is a dangerous radical.

  3. “…because the Progs stole it for him….”

    Um, no.
    This was a finely-tuned, immaculately-planned, professionally-orchestrated Democratic Party operation at the Federal, State and Local levels all the way down.

    Sure, the corrupt media and powerfully twisted info-tech orgs assisted, along with funding from hideously wealthy global ideologues fronted by Orwellian-named perversities; but it was DPUSA all the way.

    And the guilty party will continue to lie, distort, pervert and destroy.

    (It’s just what they do.)

  4. Biden hardly knows whether he’s coming or going.

    Biden’s election (the vote fraud aside) is indicative of the decay of the political culture. Among those in the Democratic Party who were able to set up campaign committees and raise more than a token treasury, you had three quite capable men of business (Bloomberg, Yang, Delaney), one man experienced as an executive in both the public and private sector (Hickenlooper), four men who are experienced public sector executives (one of whom – Schweitzer – can appeal to red state electorates and only one of whom – Inslee – is a manifest tool), and one legislator who is actually something of an independent thinker (Gabbard). Who was actually somewhat competitive? A septuagenarian old Trot, a faculty fraud, a wet-behind-the-ears ambulatory resume, a lapsed prosecutor who treats her staff like dirt, and the odious Biden. Who do they land on? The worst of the bunch, Biden. He’s who the Democratic electorate wanted.

    One can say the Republicans in 2016 had better choices than the man they selected, but he did have (and came to demonstrate) certain properties that made him worthy of consideration. (Accomplishments in business, executive experience, and a willingness to hang tough). Pretty much all the Republican candidates in 2016 brought something to the table (Lindsay Graham and Marco Rubio the arguable exceptions).

    The Democrats in 2016 each brought something to the table; given five choices, the Democratic electorate chose the worst one.

    Repair to 2008; only one of the Democratic candidates had much business running (Bill Richardson), and his candidacy disappeared. The contest was between three lawyers with no executive experience, and the man they nominate is the one among them who never made much of a living in law.

    Repair to 2004: Democrats reject an experience executive who had practiced medicine (Dean), reject a retired Army general (Clark), and give the nod to a rank and file lawyer from Boston notable for his pomposity, biographical fictions, and a habit of marrying women with eight figure sums of money behind them; the runner up was a skeezy ambulance chaser.

    Repair to 2000; the two Democratic candidates were quite similar; their electorate preferred the more dishonest of the two.

    Repair to 1992; you have five notable Democratic candidates. Rank-ordered in terms of quality, you have Bob Kerrey, Jerry Brown, Paul Tsongas, with Bill Clinton and Tom Harkin bringing up the rear.

    Contrast this experience with the behavior of Democratic electorates during the period running from 1968 to 1988, where every year but one they put one of their better feet forward. (The exception was 1972; George McGovern was unsuitable for the Presidency, but he was a good man).

  5. Biden is a Potemkin candidate who was chosen because all the others were even worse. There are millions of Democrats out there (Some are my children) who hate Trump and needed a relatively normal Democrat candidate. The Progs needed the same. Biden was the only one who was passive enough to put up with the crazy left and who looked like a traditional Democrat. He has dementia, one feature of which is sudden bursts of anger at inoffensive stimuli. We will see how this plays out. I doubt the Democrats have mastered vote fraud in 535 elections.

  6. because all the others were even worse.

    They weren’t. He was the worst. The worst is what they wanted.

  7. There are millions of Democrats out there (Some are my children) who hate Trump

    He’s an adulterer? Wasn’t a problem when it was Bill Clinton running (and it wasn’t a problem for John McCain’s media admirers when he was running). He had a vulgar conversation with Billy Bush? Since when have partisan Democrats been suitable candidates for a Dutch Reformed diaconate, ca. 1920? (Maybe they fancy JFK’s yap with Dave Powers over Mimi Beardsley’s fellatio skills was much more elegant). The ‘Trump is abominable’ meme is the issue of some cultural force that has yet to be elucidated.

  8. Art Deco:

    Most of the others were worse in the following ways:

    (1) They might have been less malleable and have more of a will of their own.

    (2) They were less able to successfully present themselves to the public as not being on the left.

    (3) They hadn’t been Obama’s vice-president. That part of Biden’s resume was probably attractive to many voters.

    (4) Because of his long long record in national public office (as well as #3 above), Biden could be promoted as more experienced than they.

  9. Barry Meislin,

    Like hell they didn’t steal the election. When there’s a massive amount of smoke over the horizon, you don’t need direct sight of it to know that something is fiercely burning. The evidence is overwhelming.

  10. Geoffrey, I guess I wasn’t as clear as I should have been.

    I believe—I am absolutely convinced—that the election was stolen.

    I dissented from the contention that the crime was perpetrated ONLY by the “Prog” members (or wing) of the Democratic Party.

  11. (2) They were less able to successfully present themselves to the public as not being on the left.

    I doubt that matters in this context. The Democratic electorate is chock-a-block with people who would vote for a dead dog in the road over Trump. Silly, but that’s them.

    If it did matter, Klobberherworkers and Booty-gag would have done just as well, and they’re still lucid.

    (1) They might have been less malleable and have more of a will of their own.

    Matters to people like Klain, not to primary voters.

    (4) Because of his long long record in national public office (as well as #3 above), Biden could be promoted as more experienced than they.

    Experience didn’t matter to Democratic voters in 2008; Obama’s experience consisted of running the Chicago Annenberg Challenge into the ground. And Biden’s never held an executive position. He’s never run a business. His career in law was limited to a few years as a suburban associate. The legislation he’s shepherded through Congress has been meh. (I doubt any of this matters to Democratic voters, of course).

  12. Sundowner has always dreamed of this glory, he has ran and failed many times in past as everyone knows. Proped up by the Leftists he has grabbed their banner and is charging forward but only for the name he will, he thinks get from it.
    I am absolutely sure the election was rigged.

  13. Art Deco,

    Yes, technically the Democrat electorate chose Biden in the primaries, but there is very strong, circumstantial evidence that it was all choreographed by the party heads. When left to their own devices primary voters were not choosing Biden nor Kamala. When Bernie started gathering too much momentum the others (who were doing better than Biden) dropped out, and in rather short order. I haven’t seen the smoking gun in the form of a recorded conversation, or written memo; but it seems very likely the heads of the Democrat party pulled the other candidates together (Kamala had already exited) and offered future rewards for bowing out and supporting Biden.

    You almost certainly remember who had won which primary states, and in what order, and the timing of who dropped out, when, but the way I remember it there was a very abrupt shift to Biden and Buttigieg and Klobuchar announced their exit and support of Joe very suddenly, with Warren and Bernie following not far behind.

  14. James Buchanan can finally rest in peace now that Biden has won (!) the title of “worst president in American history.”

  15. Neo,
    “’Ive long described Joe Biden as incompetent, corrupt, mendacious, and without any principle save the principle of advancing his own political fortunes –”
    Stop equivocating and tell us what you really think about Biden.

  16. “…advancing his own political fortunes….”

    Um, er, just a few small emendations:
    1. Not just “political” (Why squander “opportunities”…financial or tactile?).
    2. Not just “his”. (Family is so, so important!…see below)

    And one can’t deny that he deserves a lot of credit for:
    a. Being utterly consistent over the almost five decades of public life. (I.e., venally consistent.)
    b. Being a family(!) man.
    c. The remarkable ability to present himself as “Decent Joe Biden” for all these many decades (though he really ought to give most of the credit for this indisputable achievement to the corrupt media….).
    d. His mastery of Eubonics (Giving Hillary a run for her money(!); though I don’t suppose he does “Ozark” as well as she does….)

    Indeed, a man of many talents.

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  18. Cry me a river NRO. if you hadn’t been so anti-Trump we would not be in this position. Idiots!!

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