Biden desperately wants to run for a second term, eat a lot of ice cream and then fall asleep. The Democrats desperately want him to go away. Most people still refuse to believe that Biden wants to run again. The one bipartisan position of Republicans and Democrats for a Biden reelection campaign is, “Seriously? That’s not going to happen.”
It might not. I think the odds of the Democrats doing everything possible to stop him are pretty good. But Biden wants to do it. And this incident is more revealing than it may appear.
Biden told the Rev. Al Sharpton that he will seek a second term in a private conversation at the White House last month, Sharpton informed his National Action Network staff in Washington later that day.
“I’m going to do it again,” Biden said as he posed for a photograph in the Roosevelt Room with Sharpton, who is also an MSNBC host, according to an official of Sharpton’s National Action Network who recounted Sharpton’s description. “I’m going.”
Why would Biden tell Sharpton? To Democrats of a certain era, Sharpton is the kingmaker. Even though his actual influence over black people is highly debatable, around the oughts every Dem who wanted to run for president would come down and kiss his ring.
Biden especially needs that ring because he only survived the Dem primaries because of black voters. If he runs again and retains black support, which he might, the Dems won’t be able to stop him. At least not unless they find a single candidate who can tap in to the white lefty and Latino vote. The last time around, Bernie did well with both, but not well enough.
Also running Bernie against Biden negates the whole, “he’s too old” line of attack.
Biden soliciting Sharpton shows he’s out of it, but no more so than Hillary or Gore or any of the others who spent time courting the anti-semitic racist.
Some will ask, are we sure Biden meant he’s going to run for a second term?
“I’m going to do it again,” is pretty ambiguous. He might have meant anything from using the bathroom to sniffing the receptionist’s hair. But we’ve known for a while that Biden wants to run again. Why wouldn’t he? After a lifetime of being a failure and a joke, he’s a failure and a joke in the White House. Which is much better than being a failure and a joke anywhere else.
What this really means is a frantic bidding war in which Biden works even harder to solicit black voters through black leaders with increasingly insane giveaways and preferences.
It also means that Dems will have to work twice as hard. Meanwhile, they’ll ignore Latino voters who will tilt further Republican. And the last remnant of the white working class will slip away.
The future is unknown, but if he continues down this track, Biden will help wreck the electability of his entire party.
It might also mean I’m going to steal it again.
LOL! You’re right about that!
It’s the other way around. The black racists are dictating all the terms. Biden makes the perfect puppet.
Their goal is, of course to get away with their crimes. To bully and punish whoever stands on their way. And rip off working class until there’s nothing left.
Thanks Daniel! Interesting and insightful.
“[I]f he continues down this track, Biden will help wreck the electability of his entire party.” From your lips to God’s ears. Actually, Biden would say this whether or not he actually plans to run again. First, he’s a pathological liar. Second, to say anything else would instantaneously render him a lame duck.
Biden is a yes man for our nations enemies, why would any REAL American stand with or vote for anyone in the democrat party?
How bad does a Presidency have to be to warrant flirtation with thermonuclear war as a minimum distraction at election time?
Keep commenting. Your comments are good.
One of Clinton’s political confidants once asked him what good is getting elected if you don’t have a political platform of agenda items? To which Clinton responded what good is a platform if you can’t get elected?
Clinton managed to do quite a bit without a platform but that only works one way and Republicans don’t even really bother these days.
Ha, ha HAW!
Even before he succumbed to Alzheimer’s, Slow Joe was a delusional retard who never made the the grade. The Dirtbagocrat party would NEVER allow him to run again, and it’s a moot point because his Alzheimer’s affliction will soon render him a human vegetable incapable of standing erect, much less running for Resident. In fact, he’ll likely be dead before 2024.
I would ask why conservatives think otherwise but I’m addressing the same people who took two and a half years to even notice and admit that Diaper Joe has advanced dementia or dementia of any kind.
Dream on. He’s gone.
Cretins.
You don’t have to be an extremist to be aghast (won’t say ‘shocked’ – for people who would recognize it from a certain movie) but how can we be seriously discussing one of the world’s best known extortionists – Al Tawana Sharpton? What pits of hell has this citizen body descended to? When O was first elected I said ; just wait, A.S. will be @ the WH on a steady basis for lunch. I said that as a bit of bitter sarcasm. Unfortunately not only did it become true – but how do you also give the new Moloch credibility? By giving them a slot on a major network. (maybe not so major but it doesn’t matter – it still white washes them.). Should I keep wringing my hands or just take Elon Musk’s offer to get us to Mars soon? First thing is : We need truly educated citizens if we are to avoid following such a false nay, Satanic prophet. Demagogues like A.S. w/only an expertise of how to move up in the jungle – it’s a street thing and how gang leaders operate – hold the floor make a couple of cute remarks and steer the group to the thing they want : pretty soon everybody is going along. But a civilization receives the leadership it deserves & this is a prime example of that. Would a thug like A.S. gotten ahead at any earlier time? Even as recently as 30 yrs ago? Doubt it. Could you imagine him being listened to in 1945? or 1955? even as late as 1975? We have to take responsibility for ending up in the muck. I still believe that theater can educate people to think and so every person has to choose his or her battle: mine has become writing plays that inspire people to carefully inspect the world they are living in and what the consequences are from just making a living, paying their taxes and then pursuing some form of entertainment and escapism. So I wrote The Assassination of J.Kaisaar and the Rise of Augusto – the Sopranos Meet Mad Max’ (https://youtu.be/tKk1tqyrDeU) based on J. Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra taking place after WWIII to compare the differences &similarities to our present state (has rcvd 2.1 k views on you tube – it’s struck a chord.) and just last month ” Darkness After Night: Ukraine” in which a Russian commander goes over to the Ukranian side is recaptured by the Russians and executed – with a tragic romance threaded through it. The most common response was an enthusiastic one that said how absolutely timely it was. We’d like to revive it again ASAP. If this interests you feel free to reach out: stephanmorrow@juno.com. Citizens Awake!
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