Ben Shapiro’s latest commentary, titled “Joe Biden Just Destroyed Himself and the Media”, evaluates Joe Biden’s debate performance (as the utter disaster it was) and assesses the fallout.
Here is the key segment:
The media were forced to dissociate from Biden, declaring themselves shocked—shocked!—that Biden was sundowning. Biden’s aides, preparing for the inevitable attempt to shift blame from Biden himself to them, began leaking about Biden’s mental incompetence: A report from Axios suggested that Biden’s mental fitness begins around 10 a.m. and ends around 4 p.m.
Meanwhile, Biden’s family—the only group of people who can’t, with any credibility, claim to have been ignorant of his condition—continue to insist that the dementia-ridden president is just fine. That isn’t a shock: The moment Joe isn’t president, the Biden family gravy train, which has been running lucratively for half a century, will come to a grinding halt.
Jill Biden—sorry, Doctor Jill Biden—who now resembles a cross between Lady Macbeth and Edith Wilson, would have to get herself elected to play at the presidency; Hunter Biden would have to find a career other than picking up sacks of cash and finger painting; Frank and James might have to find clients who aren’t ready to pony up cash for the privilege of hobnobbing with a Biden.
And the Democratic Party, which nominated Joe Biden because he represents a papering-over of the vast chasms emerging between the pro-Hamas, pro-socialism wing of their party and the more sane, tax-and-regulate left, is stuck in-between. It can’t dump Biden and substitute someone else—to do so would be to admit its complicity in this debacle. And it can’t keep him—to do so would be to doom the Democratic Party to a likely Trump victory, and in the aftermath, the victory of a rebellious hard left demanding more power.
Which is why desperation is now setting in.
Does Mr. Shapiro make valid points? Your call.
Oh, by the way, as I typed this, Biden’s Press Secretary, “Baghdad Karine” (my new name for her) has announced he is absolutely not dropping out of the re-election campaign.
Do you believe her? Do you believe anything Karine Jean-Pierre – or her boss – says? And, if you do – based on how many whoppers she has told us over her time as Press Secretary, including during this briefing – WHY?
Me? I’ll wait and see.
