There is nothing graceful about Biden s withdrawal from the race – spiked
And so the spin begins. Within minutes of Joe Biden announcing that he was dropping out of the presidential race, his sycophants were gushing over his grace . The New York Times marvelled like a wide-eyed idiot at the historical rarity and fundamental humility of a president bowing out for the good of the nation. Celebs lauded his integrity in stepping down to save democracy . He has restored honesty to politics after years of scandal and chaos , said Mark Hamill, as if Old Joe was Obi-Wan Kenobi to Trump s Darth Vader. One Democratic governor hailed Biden for setting the ultimate example to the American people. That example being what, exactly? That you should stubbornly stay in your job even when you know you can t do it any more?
The propaganda machine is in full swing. The spindoctors are working overtime. They re determined to depict Biden s retreat from the race as an act of unparalleled altruism. As a brave effacement of the self in order that democracy might yet live. As something utterly extraordinary , in the words of the NYT. Be awed at the bigness of what Biden just did , it says. Get a room. History is being rewritten in real time. And we cannot let it stand. Not in order that we might kick Biden when he s down, but in order that we might uphold the truth. The truth here being that Biden s late retreat, and his anointing of Kamala Harris as his rightful successor, speaks not to the integrity of his administration but to its chaos and corruption.
Brendan O’Neill.
Exactamundo. I mean really. Does anyone actually believe the rot that the Dems are issuing now? Politics has always been stupid; but has it always been this stupid? Yes, to be sure, the GOP has its share of utter nonsense. But the Dems win this round.