It’s a sad bunch. My latest in FrontPage:
Old Joe Biden’s poll numbers are horrifying, if you’re Old Joe Biden, or an affirmation of the common sense of Americans, if you’re anyone else. But the Leftist political and media establishment can see as well as anyone else that in Biden’s handlers’ administration they have a catastrophic failure on their hands, and the search for a replacement has already begun. On Monday, even CNN jumped the sinking Biden ship, publishing an article by far-Left “journalist” Chris Cillizza entitled “11 Democrats who could replace Joe Biden in 2024.” Hang it up, Joe: when a Democrat president loses CNN, which ordinarily plays the role of eager administration sycophant when a Democrat is in the White House, he’s lost the whole ballgame.
Cillizza took due notice of the fact that Jen Psaki just reaffirmed, also on Monday, that Biden plans to try to keep on pretending to be president for eight years, not just four: “The President has every intention of running for reelection.” But he also noted that another premier Leftist propaganda organ, the New York Times, is wavering: on Sunday, it published an article with the heading “Democrats Are Solidly Behind Biden. There’s No Consensus About a Plan B. Leaders with White House aspirations all say they’ll support the president for another term. But there is no shortage of chatter about the options if he continues to falter.”
It’s remarkable enough that the Times admitted that Biden is faltering, but CNN was ready to go farther than the Times, asking “But … what if Biden’s plans change?” Yeah, and what if his regime has become so toxic by 2024 that even the Democrats won’t support him for another four years? Cillizza accordingly offered “a look at the most commonly mentioned names for 2024 contenders and a single line on their viability.”
First we get Kamala Harris, who has “undoubtedly struggled as vice president but she’s still the most likely Democrat not named Biden to wind up as the Democratic nominee in 2024.” CNN would rather do time in Gitmo than admit that any Democrat officeholder has “undoubtedly struggled,” so this is an indication that Harris has been a real disaster. Given the fact that the vice presidency is a largely ceremonial office with hardly any actual responsibilities, this is a real accomplishment. If she’s the post-Biden front runner, the Democrats are in real trouble.
That trouble becomes even more evident as we move down the list. Pete Buttigieg, Cillizza informs us, is “the most naturally talented candidate in the 2024 field,” but what on earth is the evidence for that, given the Buttigieg has completely punted on his job as Secretary of Transportation, and let the supply chain crisis grow while he was staying at home on an unannounced vacation?
Next comes Pocahontas herself, Elizabeth Warren, who will be a spry 75 in 2024. “The Massachusetts senator is still popular among liberals,” Cillizza insists, “and wouldn’t be splitting the vote with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders this time around like she did in 2020.” How does Cillizza know that? Bernie will be 83 in 2024, and doubtless tanned, rested, and ready for another go at pulling the Democrats so far to the Left that Stalin himself will look like a hidebound John Bircher.
After that we really descend into the ludicrous. There’s Amy Klobuchar, who, “other than Buttigieg,” was “probably the best regarded of the losing candidates in 2020.” By whom? By CNN, of course, and whose opinion matters more?
Following Klobuchar is an assortment of nonentities: former North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper; former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu; Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo (who may be “too moderate to win a Democratic primary in this moment,” i.e., she isn’t a total Maoist); Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (in case the Democrats want to go full authoritarian); New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, who must have been thrown in just to show how weak the field really is; and pretend-Governor Stacey Abrams of Georgia, who if she succeeds Biden would give us two faux-presidents in a row.
Cillizza concludes sagely: “If Biden decides not to run, chances are we would be looking at a very crowded field of Democrats seeking to replace him.” Well, thanks, Sherlock. There would indeed be a crowd, but there is clearly nary anyone in that crowd who would make a halfway decent president. However, the Democrats may not be auditioning for a real president at all: Joe Biden has shown us that one can be a workable puppet for socialist globalist forces even if one is non compos mentis. Any one of this “crowded field” can serve just as well in that capacity.
WPM says
The hard core democrats would vote for a glass of water with a D printed on it. Proof is that Biden still has about a 38 percent approval rating even though he is clearly has mentally declined to the point of being unable to even order his own lunch never mind run a country. All the progressive idiots you listed above are in better shape then this man. I personal this they will bring out the witch bitch Hell on wheels Clinton to run.
mortimer says
Quote: “IF Biden decides not to run …”
ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha ,,,
Infidel says
Of the above list:
‣ Que Mala and Boot-edge-edge – clear disasters at their jobs!
‣ Fauxahontas: the fact that she came third in her home state last year should be enough to convince her not to run. Only reason she’s in the headlines is her Twitter spat w/ Elon Musk, but there, she does happen to be right about one thing. Unlike other entrepreneurs, Musk made the bulk of his initial money from government. It’s one thing that NASA is a major SpaceX customer, but another thing that Tesla needed to take a lot of government loans/grants (forgetting which) in order to really get going. But yeah, she’s completely wrong about the rich and taxes, even if Musk happens to be a good example
‣ Klobuchar sounds as ridiculous as any, and her only ‘achievement’ is accomplishing nothing, unlike others like Buttigieg who actually screwed up in their jobs
‣ I guess Roy Cooper deserves credit for winning the governors race twice in North Carolina, where everything else has gone GOP. Gina Raimondo’s husband is a top exec at a VC where China is a major investor – another Hunter Biden problem, but this time w/ hubby, instead of son. Whitmer and Murphy compete for authoritarian, and incidentally, why did they forget Gavin Newsom? If they’re now considering mayors, why not London Breed, who really knows how to get into the ‘spirit’ of things?
At this point, the Communist Party of the US or the Green Party is worth considering if one has to vote for a Dem. At least they’re not (yet) as corrupt
GreekEmpress says
I’d be interested in any thoughts you or other JW readers have about Andrew Yang’s new Forward Party—
Thanks!
Infidel says
Dunno about the party, but not too impressed by him. Yeah, he did have a good description of how universal basic income would work, but having seen the supply chain crisis now, I’m curious as to how his UBI would be very different from what we’re seeing now w/ people staying home. For some of us, $1k may not be enough to park ourselves home, but for many, it just might
I was also unimpressed by Yang saying in the presidential debates that Russia was a bigger threat to the US than China. Anyone who says that is either clueless or has divided loyalties
Doomer says
1. They are all the same.Leftists in the country are evil, making sure IVERMECTIN is being prohibited, a medication that is so beneficial its inventor, DR WILLIAM CAMPBELL won the NOBEL prize in MEDICINE in 2015,
is being used regularly in BRAZIL, and has dramatically reduced death from Covid.
2. CNN,BBC,Vice,Vox,Salon,Daily Beast will never talk about it.They don’t care that at least 50% of the 800 THOUSAND dead from Covid in the US could have been saved.
3. JAPAN is another country fortunately not run by Leftists and today in American Thinker came out this article about the Covid vaccine:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/12/covid_vaccines_pose_7_times_higher_death_risk_than_covid_for_young_people_japanese_experts_warn_.html
which says:
“Experts THERE have warned that the VACCINES
pose a 7 TIMES HIGHER RISK of DEATH
than the VIRUS ITSELF for
people in their 20s .”
CNN,BBC,Vice,Vox,Salon,Daily Beast will never talk about it. If you tell others they will shrug their shoulders, look bored, no reaction, eyes full of apathy.
James Lincoln says
Doomer,
Both hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin both have antiviral properties and have been used off-label by some physicians as part of the treatment of Covid.
Both have been around for years, generally safe, and are FDA approved – but not for Covid.
And, unfortunately, some physicians have been sanctioned by their state medical boards for prescribing these medications for Covid. And pharmacists oftentimes will not fill them if it is for Covid treatment.
I’m not entirely sure why there is such pushback, but here is an article by a physician group that is reportedly having a lot of success treating Covid patients in the outpatient setting using these agents as part of a treatment protocol:
Dr George Fareed and Dr Brian Tyson Early Treatment Protocol
https://www.onedaymd.com/2021/04/dr-george-fareed-and-dr-brian-tyson.html
Roland says
Biden was nominated and elected, defeating Trump by 7 million votes, because of his experience and moderate views. Sanders and Warren are too extreme and cannot win national elections. Trump is a natural-born political arsonist and was driving the republic to a nervous breakdown with his incessant demands for attention and fealty. I like stolid Midwestern Klobuchar.
Keith O says
HAHAHA, you are joking? Right? Please tell me your being sarcastic!
revereridesagain says
Just for starters, both Kakkling Kamala and Pete Buttijig would officially reduce us to the status of the laughingstock of the planet.
gravenimage says
Where Biden is considered moderate you know you’re in trouble…
Keith O says
When I saw this article a mental picture of a parade of clowns at the circus came to mind.
Clive Delmonte says
From 3000 miles away, Mr Trump looks the most impressive to me!
Jesper says
Tulsi Gabbard for president. As a republican. Wise AND beautiful.
She could heal the country.
I suspect Tucker Carlson is in love with her. Notice his smile and eyes, whenever she is on his program. Which is often.
Infidel says
I agree w/ her on some things, but she’s one of the deluded ones who draws distinctions b/w islam and ‘islamism’. Hard pass!
gravenimage says
At least she is anti-Jihad, unlike all too many.
gravenimage says
CNN Dumps Joe, Offers List of 11 Democrats Who Could Replace Him in 2024
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Just sad all around.