Could "radical leftist, Antifa-supporting, violence-inciting" Joe Biden be any more clear that Trump is a shameless demagogue?
"The deadly violence we saw overnight in Portland is unacceptable…. I condemn this violence unequivocally. I condemn violence of every kind by any one, whether on the left or the right. And I challenge Donald Trump to do the same....
"We must not become a country at war with ourselves. A country that accepts the killing of fellow Americans who do not agree with you. A country that vows vengeance toward one another. But that is the America that President Trump wants us to be, the America he believes we are.
"As a country, we must condemn the incitement of hate and resentment that led to this deadly clash. It is not a peaceful protest when you go out spoiling for a fight. What does President Trump think will happen when he continues to insist on fanning the flames of hate and division in our society and using the politics of fear to whip up his supporters? He is recklessly encouraging violence. He may believe tweeting about law and order makes him strong – but his failure to call on his supporters to stop seeking conflict shows just how weak he is. He may think that war in our streets is good for his reelection chances, but that is not presidential leadership–or even basic human compassion.
"The job of a President is to lower the temperature. To bring people who disagree with one another together. To make life better for all Americans, not just those who agree with us, support us, or vote for us.
"Donald Trump has been president for almost four years. The temperature in the country is higher, tensions run stronger, divisions run deeper. And all of us are less safe because Donald Trump can’t do the job of the American president."
Finis.
"Deficiently responsive" is the media's new narrative about the Democratic nominee, along with witlessly citing Rasmussen's post-RNC polling that purports the race has narrowed to a six-point lead by Biden. A fucking Rasmussen poll, for Christ sake, which sits at the children's table at Thanksgiving dinners and draws nothing but groans from adult pollsters.
Must we really suffer another two-month media extravaganza that untruthfully dwells on Clinton's Biden's vulnerabilities rather than reporting the plain and obvious facts, such as Biden's forceful response today?
Yesss... for a media that’s purportedly in the bag for Biden, they sure do a shitty job of promoting him. Not that we should want our news to propagandize in favor of any one candidate (I know, I know...), but do they have to make such an effort to do so against him?
Posted by: Jason | August 30, 2020 at 08:28 PM
"Must we really suffer another two-month media extravaganza that untruthfully dwells on Clinton's Biden's vulnerabilities rather than reporting the plain and obvious facts, such as Biden's forceful response today?"
Yes. Sorry about that. They don't do plain and obvious. Sigh. Get some sleep. Take a multivitamin. It's going to be a long 2 months. Hopefully in doing so they won't do real damage so they can they doom us to another 4 years of Trump and then make an extravaganza of that hellscape.
(Thank you by the way for "A fucking Rasmussen poll, for Christ sake, which sits at the children's table at Thanksgiving dinners and draws nothing but groans from adult pollsters." *Snicker*. Perfect - and funny - description.)
Posted by: Freesia | August 30, 2020 at 10:38 PM
It all makes perfect sense once you remember that the owners of the media, and the higher-ranking staffers of the media--"mainstream" as well as openly wingnutty--are rich people, and rich people never want the Democrats to control both elected branches of the Federal Government, because then the Democrats might, just might, raise the taxes of rich people.
Plus, Benedict Donald is colorful, and so he sells ads.
Posted by: Ivory Bill Woodpecker | August 31, 2020 at 11:53 AM
Cleve R. Wootson Jr. at the Washington Post claims to have found an undecided voter in his article a couple of days ago. Where in the hell did he find this guy? There are no undecided voters after nearly four years of Trump. Remember that the 2018 midterms were a referendum on Trump, and that was before the pandemic, racial unrest, unemployment and a tanked economy. Nobody believes the media anymore. Let them rant. It turns out that old, boring Joe Biden just happens to be the perfect candidate for this time of total chaos.
Posted by: Halster | August 31, 2020 at 07:24 PM