De Facto Senator-Elect Adam Schiff made some headlines by going on Meet the Republicans this morning. In Schiff’s view, Kamala Harris will easily beat Trump. Here’s his take on the election.
SCHIFF: […] Given Joe Biden’s incredible record, given Donald Trump’s terrible record, he should be mopping the floor with Donald Trump. Joe Biden’s running against a criminal. It should not be even close. And there’s only one reason it is close, and that’s the president’s age.
I don’t believe this. Schiff thinks that Trump’s criminality is sort of a res ipsa loquitur trait — once people see he’s a criminal, then their moral compass or something else (not clear what) will make them not vote for Trump. This is not how the current electorate works, but it sure a DC-brain-Democrat way of looking at politics. “If only everyone knows that Trump is bad, we’ve got this election in the bag.”
Everyone knows that Trump is bad. No Democrat, not even Johnny Unbeatable, would have this election in the bag.
Schiff doesn’t seem to understand (or articulate) that there is a radicalized hard right in this country, and Trump is their personal Jesus. These people celebrate Trump’s criminality as another thorn in the side of their savior. It is a fucking fantasy to think that Kamala Harris will wipe the floor with Trump, especially after all the chaos that will come from switching candidates in July. Yes she could win, but it sure isn’t the no-brainer that Schiff is predicting, especially after the media narrative that’s he’s on Meet the Republicans aiding and abetting.
Now let’s look at how a more loyal, less clever surrogate handled the Biden age/can he win question:
President Biden can clearly defeat Donald Trump, the most dangerous president in the history of this country. And the choice is quite clear. You got in Trump, somebody wants to take away a woman’s right to control her body, who thinks that climate change is a hoax, And it has turned his back on the working class of this country. And on the other side, you have Joe Biden, first president in American history to walk a picket line; we have put more money into fighting climate change than any time in the history of this country; we’re rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure. […]
And let’s- let me say this, and maybe the most important point, Bob, I want to make this morning: what we’re talking about now is not a Grammy Award contest for best singer. Biden is old, he’s not as articulate as he once was. I wish he could jump up the steps on Air Force One. He can’t. What we have got to focus on is policy. Whose policies have and will benefit the vast majority of the people in this country? Who wants the guts to take on corporate America? Who is talking about expanding Medicare so we cover dental, hearing and vision? Who’s talking about raising the cap on the taxes that people pay into Social Security so we can raise social security benefits and extend the life of Social Security for 75 years? Who’s talking about a permanent child tax credit to cut childhood poverty in America by 50%? Those are the issues he’s talked about. He’s got to bring them up in the floor. He’s got to promise the American people that if they give him a Democratic Senate, a Democratic House, reelect him, he’s gonna do that in the first 100 days. That’s what I think the American people want.
Yep, that’s B-J fan favorite Bernie Sanders in campaign mode, keeping on message. Read the whole thing because, as usual, Sander’s gripe with the Biden campaign is that they need to hit more bread-and-butter working class issues. He would have said the same thing in April and he’ll say the same thing in August. Of course, nobody in the press pays attention to Bernie because they’re like a pack of the stupidest dogs on earth chasing a car, with no idea what will happen once that car is caught. Also he talks about policy, and that’s boring. Palace intrigue and horse races are so much more “interesting”. (Here’s a post by Marcy Wheeler and another from Jennifer Schulze about how the media is totally falling down on the job at reporting Biden’s mental decline, if that decline is indeed recent and precipitous, because of the frenzy and hysteria of the last 10 days.)
Speaking of cars, I have an analogy for those who still subscribe to the New York Times. There are oil change places all over every town and city. Say you started taking your car to one of those places — they’re able to change the oil, but they also tell you that your car is a piece of shit, the wrong color, and that people are saying it’s something even your grandmother would be ashamed to drive. Would you heed their advice and get a new car, or would you find a new place to change your oil? If this last few weeks have shown us anything, it’s that the Times’ inclination to twist facts to fit narrative makes them the journalistic equivalent of an oil change garage that forgets to replace your drain plug. Unsubscribe and tell them why.
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