Dancing to Disaster  ✡️🌻✡️🌻✡️

One Step Forward: Last night Joe Biden held a news conference where he demonstrated once again his substantial knowledge and expertise and talked about the significant accomplishments of his administration. He had some notable gaffes, but there’s nothing new about that as he’s long been gaffe prone and his stumbles pale in comparison to those of his vindictive opponent who’s obsessed with sharks and windmills, running on a retribution platform, routinely lies and misidentifies international leaders, and who is so enamored of dictators and autocrats that he spent part of yesterday with one of them, Hungary’s Viktor Orban who probably hand delivered messages from their mutual friend Putin. There’s no question that the orange autocrat wannabee who counts Xi, Kim, and Vlad as his besties, is dangerous and ill-suited to be president, so much so that yesterday the Editorial Board of the NY Times, which has spent the better part of the past few weeks twisting a knife in Biden’s back called Trump “unfit to lead.” Maybe they should have thought about the consequences of their relentless attack on Biden before they spent so much time harping on his age?  Or maybe they’re just enjoying the consequences of their actions because Trump while awful for the country is good for their bottom line?   

Two Steps Back: We’re living through bizarre times when the loss of support from an A list actor who lives mostly in Europe and who in June lobbied the White House on behalf of his wife who maybe not so coincidentally has been advocating against Israel at the International Criminal Court is likely to be the final straw that ends Biden’s run for reelection because despite his rather strong performance last night, the lead-ins to today’s stories are all about Biden’s gaffes and the George Clooney led stampede out the door with the strength of Biden’s press conference performance and his mastery of international policy mentioned only as an afterthought. We know life is unfair. Ginger Rogers danced backwards in high heels, yet it was Fred Astaire who got most of the accolades but at least Fred really was a spectacular dancer.  Though he’s the son of a Fred, Trump is no Astaire, he can’t dance, he is also old and dangerous, his policies are awful, he spews venomous vitriol, lies endlessly, and yet with the help of the pundit class and a slew of skittish Democratic politicians, many of whom are expected to try to try to push Biden off the ticket as early as today, Trump is on a glide path to victory.  When all the attention should be on his meanness and incompetence it’s instead on Biden’s age.  I get it Biden is old, has lost some steps, and is not ideal, but an old Biden with a very competent Vice President Kamala Harris in the wings, is far better than a vile Trump and whichever toady he selects for his running mate.  Moreover, it would be crazy to believe that the messiness of replacing Biden with a consensus candidate, if that’s even possible, won’t further distract from the disaster that is Trump. Maybe not but the fact that Trump and his rightwing media echo chamber are emboldened and thrilled should scare us very much.  😱 🤯 

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