“Say it ain’t so, Joe.”
The original phrase is attributed to a reporter speaking to Shoeless Joe Jackson, a Chicago White Sox player, about his admission that he cheated in the 1919 World Series. That lamentation regarding Joe Jackson’s fall from grace is well known in the sports world. After announcing he’s running for reelection to the Presidency in 2024, Joe was caught using a cheat sheet with the reporter's name and their question at a Rose Garden press conference with the South Korean President. “Say it ain’t so, Joe”, was heard once again.
Latest polling does not reflect overwhelming support for another term with Joe and the gang at the ship of state helm. According to the latest NBC News poll, 70% of Americans say, “No Joe, don’t run.” They think he’s too old and frankly doesn’t have all his horses at the trough. Nevertheless, the White House basement is being refitted and prepared for Biden to conduct his campaign with perhaps an occasional trip to the Rose Garden. The Delaware basement is ready as well.
The campaign announcement was delivered in a three-minute fawning video that made Joe look like the embodiment of the second coming. Images of the January 6th riot at the beginning and dialog on how Joe was going to save the country from the MAGA Republicans. Not a word about solving the border crises, reducing food costs that are 18.3% higher and lowering the cost of energy, 32.8% more than during the last administration. The overall cost of living is up 14.9% in the last two years. Inflation has averaged 6.4% for the last two years compared to 1.4% measured in Trump’s last month in office.
Not a word about runaway crime in major cities, drug addiction or recruiting and respecting police officers. In fact, Joe wants to “finish the job” he started, which at the rate he’s going, could finish the country. None of the Nation’s real problems were addressed. Instead, he’s going to save the country from the evil, rascally MAGA Republicans who are going to raise taxes and end Social Security. What a bunch of horseshoe. One could surmise that the regime needs more time to make things worse here and around the world.
The idea that Americans would reelect a man who increasingly appears in public looking like a frail, befuddled old fool, is astonishing. His mangled syntax, with alternating yelling and whispering, when giving a speech is truly disturbing. Even the New York Times opined over the past weekend with the following.
“Concerns about age — both in terms of fitness for office and being out of touch with the moment — are legitimate, as Mr. Biden acknowledged in an interview in February with ABC News. His standard line, repeated in that interview, is: “The only thing I can say is, ‘Watch me.” But Mr. Biden has given voters very few chances to do just that — to watch him — and his refusal to engage with the public regularly raises questions about his age and health.”
Usually, a President will regularly take tough questions, televised to the Nation, to prove that he is in command, but Joe has denied the press that opportunity. But when he does a rare press conference, the questioners are predetermined and carefully scripted by his handlers. No wonder there are an abundance of doubters, questioning his cognitive skills and his ability to quickly think on his feet. Wile E. Coyote will catch the Roadrunner before Biden holds an open, free flowing press conference.
The latest example of his Kabuki dance with the Washington press corps was the faux press event Wednesday with South Korean President Yoon, in town for a state visit. Each President took two questions, with Joe appearing to read his answers off a small card. A sharp photographer got a picture of the aforementioned “cheat sheet” with the reporter’s photo and question on it. Proof positive that the questions are planted and reporters pre-selected. He did go off script somewhat when asked about his age and polls that indicate that he should not run. Joe then cited polls that state he is a better choice than the alternative…barely. Even if Trump wasn’t the candidate, he said he would still be running for a second term. This press appearance could never be described as anything other than a tightly planned event insuring the minimal possibility of a classic Biden gaffe. With the reveal of the Joe’s notecards, the plan went south.
The media Gunga Din’s will unfailingly continue to cover for this President throughout the coming campaign. The investigative zeal of reporters like Woodward and Bernstein is rare. The corporate progressive media ignored reporting Biden’s press menu reminder cards. Anyone in the national media with the hutzpah to report the President’s obvious decline should be considered an endangered species.
Elmer Fudd looks Jeffersonian compared to the current White House resident.
Fudd for President.