“…. Bastard”

Created
Sat, 06/01/2024 - 10:30
Updated
Sat, 06/01/2024 - 10:30
I finished it for him. This was the opening speech of Biden’s campaign and he is making it clear how he sees the stakes and he is 100% right. Unfortunately, we are clearly going to have to fight much of the media at the same time we will have to fight Trump and the MAGA cult. CNN’s commentary after the speech was dismal. Gloria Borger complained that it was “very personal” ignoring the fact that it’s a presidential campaign and Biden is running against Trump! Of course it’s personal. And all he did was use Trump’s own words. (He didn’t even call him old or fat or make fun of him, which I think is the actual definition of “getting personal.”) Then former Republican Charlie Dent said that people are sick of all the “extremistm” and are looking for something different than Trump who they think is crazy and Biden who is too old. Then he brought up No Labels at which point I changed the channel. *sigh* Some more highlights: Some other highlights: There’s a lot of work to do to get people to pay attention to what Trump has in store if he gets elected again. This was a good start. Update –— I thought this piece in Politico Playbook framed the issue well: BIDEN SETS THE STAKES — One way to think about the last three years of American politics is as an ongoing effort to hold DONALD TRUMP accountable for his actions on Jan. 6, 2021. It started as…