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> HIV-oozing Nazi whore.

Self-abuse noted.

It won’t be the economy. It won’t be the price of gas. It won’t be the 
raging wars, the scene at our border, the way white women vote or 
accusations of being too “woke.” 

If the Democrats flop in November — and their unchallenged presidential 
nominee, Joe Biden, goes down in unholy flames, as looks increasingly 
likely, putting Democracy itself in peril — the only thing any of us will 
have to blame is the party responsible for thrusting him into the ring in 
the first place. 

Elitism and brazen arrogance may well prove to be Democrats’ undoing, as 
foretold in small-town diners and midwestern grocery stores since the 
beginning of time. 

Isn’t it ironic? At the highest levels — the ones that matter, where the 
levers of power are pulled — liberals, or progressives (or whatever you 
want to call them) clearly think they’re smarter than the rest of us. 

Worse yet? Party leaders appear to believe that the average voter in 
America is so dumb — and they’re so brilliant — that with the right mix of 
messaging, strategy and moxie they can convince enough crucial swing-state 
voters to ignore what their eyes have long made obvious: Biden, bless his 
heart, is too old and frail to battle with Donald Trump with the fate of a 
nation hanging in the balance. 

It doesn’t matter if he’s the vastly superior candidate in every way. 
Perception does, fair or not. This election has never been entirely about 
facts or reality, which is both terrifying and undeniable. 

The first Presidential debate of 2024 put Biden’s biggest weakness on 
prime-time display. Now, barring the miraculous or unprecedented — the 
President finding the fountain of youth or a late-stage, desperation 
nominee swap — the next five months promise to be even harder to watch. 

DEBATE DISASTER 
I won’t pain anyone with a blow-by-blow recap of Thursday night’s CNN 
showdown, which like all presidential debates in recent years arrived with 
a mix of trepidation and existential dread. 

Suffice to say: It did not go well for Uncle Joe. He bumbled. He stumbled. 
He muttered. The president appeared vulnerable, bewildered and 
unintelligible — far too much of the time. 

In short, Biden looked as old and unfit for the task as he has at many 
times over the last four years, regardless of his administration’s policy 
achievements, or the job numbers or the straightforward reality that the 
2024 election will almost certainly come down to a choice between an 
accomplished octogenarian and Orange Evil Incarnate. 

That’s precisely the problem, isn’t it? We’ve all seen it. But since the 
day Biden launched his reelection campaign, if not long before, Democratic 
party leaders have insisted that gaslighting voters into questioning their 
instincts is the surest path to victory. 

For a group largely made up of Ivy League overachievers and career 
politicians, that’s about as stupid as it gets. 

DENYING THE OBVIOUS 
Four months ago, I warned of the perils of Biden’s presumptive nomination 
in a column written shortly after the release of special counsel Robert 
Hur’s damning 388-page report outlining a federal investigation into the 
president’s handling of top-secret documents. 

Hur, whose controversial report characterized the President as “a well-
meaning, elderly man with a poor memory,” didn’t pull any punches. 

He’s also a Trump-appointed Republican, as many progressives and diehard 
Biden supporters were quick to note, including those who filled my inbox 
and DMs with well-articulated, college-level essays voicing their 
disappointment. 

How dare I question Biden’s fitness for office, they suggested, especially 
when the stakes are so high? That’s my point, I responded, as calmly as 
possible. Hur’s likely bias isn’t. 

The idea that Biden is the only Democrat capable of uniting a nation and 
fending off Trump’s most terrifying play for power to date has always been 
asinine — not to mention counterintuitive. 

Even then it was essentially too late to change course, of course. The 
party had made its bed with Biden and appeared resolute to sleep in it, 
for better or worse. 

After Thursday night? It all feels like an entirely preventable nightmare. 
Mostly, it feels like worse is on its way. WAKE-UP CALL Here’s the cold, 
hard truth, provided for the sake of a party pushing us headfirst into the 
precipice of a potential Constitutional crisis. 

I don’t know who Democrats could reasonably pivot to at this point. And I 
don’t know if this mystery candidate — be it Kamala Harris or Gavin Newsom 
or any other political hopeful — has what it takes to beat Trump. 

I don’t have to. What I do know should be basic for anyone who spends time 
with everyday people outside of the Beltway or the Whole Foods produce 
department. 

Political insiders and elected leaders often know what’s best, even when 
it runs contrary to popular opinion and the low-brow memes that fill our 
Facebook feeds. 

In times like these, they’re obligated to stand up for what’s right. But 
there’s a catch, and it’s a big one — revealing an immutable Achilles heel 
for a party that loves nothing more than to consider itself the smartest 
in the room. 

To be worthy of the power we give them, these same leaders have a 
responsibility to shoot straight with us, just like Uncle Joe is famous 
for, even when it’s inconvenient. 

The American people don’t know everything, but they can still spot an 
obvious dupe when they see one. 

They also deserve the truth. Attempting to conceal it — even in pursuit of 
an all-important goal, like the preservation of our Democracy and keeping 
tyrant out of the White House — is a recipe for the type of disaster we 
witnessed Thursday night. 

This story was originally published June 28, 2024, 3:48 
PM.https://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/article289621748.html