Another fine mess by the Democrats
"Ollie: Here's an another nice mess you've gotten yourself into." Actually, Laurel and Hardy never dreamed of getting into a big mess like the Democrats.
What a fine mess! A Democratic President who displays his lack of mental acuity in front of a nationwide TV audience. A Vice President who had to drop out of the Democratic primary four years ago when her polling numbers dropped to nearly zero. Biden, the leader of a proud nation, can’t even get the Prime Minister of a pipsqueak country to stop his genocidal fury. All the King’s Men haven’t been able to stop the soaring cost of living for more than a year. Don’t get me started on arms to Ukraine.
Not to worry. Those dear Democratic leaders, who only a few days ago could not say enough about their beloved leader, Joe Biden, are now scheming about how to show him the door.
The Dems seem to be confronted by two options. Keep Biden in place and just give up. Or get a shining knight in armor to save the day. Unfortunately, they have what is called in sports, “a weak bench.” Not too many knights, shining or otherwise, to call upon.
Of course, they could call on Bernie Sanders, who was well on his way to being the Democratic nominee in 2020, until Obama got all the other candidates to drop out, and clear a path for Joe Biden, who everyone had previously counted out. What are the odds that the Democratic leaders could summon the humility to tell Bernie they were sorry they threw a land mine under his campaign in 2020?
While we’re talking about long odds, they could make nice with RFK Jr. Why would they do that? He’s currently running ahead of Donald Trump in head-to-head polling. That alone should make Democrats start to salivate. Any other reason? Well, he is a bona fide Kennedy. There is that recent Kennedy family gathering at the White House, where they were saying pleasant things and endorsed Joe Biden and further said bad things about their own kin. That won’t go away. But the Demos could start a rumor that they were all threatened with loss of jobs and access if they didn’t play along.
Might work, but Democrats like to do things the hard way. Let’s take a look at Governor Nuisance, I mean Governor Newsome. Lots of us in California would be happy to turn him over to the DNC.
There is a problem with Newsome, no, not that problem. Gavin Newsome and Kamala Harris are politically incestual. Sad but true, Newsome and Harris both grew up in San Francisco’s city/county government. Newsome was the Mayor and Harris was the District Attorney. How do you think voters in those swing states would take to the news that the Democratic Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates, Newsome/Harris both used the same water cooler in SF City Hall?
How did Kamala Harris ever become District Attorney? She had a friend, some say a very close friend, Willie Brown, the long-time Speaker of the California Assembly and former SF Mayor. At the time, San Francisco had a very competent DA, none other than Terence Hallinan, brother of Ringo Hallinan, who was eulogized in our previous article (Why Julian Assange Was Set Free).
The problem with Terence (nicknamed Kayo for his boxing prowess) Hallinan was that he was rocking the boat. He was filing criminal charges against cops who brutalized Black people and others. He was clearing out the dirty and crooked cops, and making San Francisco law enforcement respectable. These are things that DAs aren’t supposed to do. Enter Willie Brown and Kamala Harris, who began red-baiting Hallinan, and soliciting big money from Willie’s friends. Kamala won and soon things got back to normal.
There is more to say about both Newsome and Harris, but it might result in brain overload. Forget it Readers, it’s California.