PRESIDENT JOE BYE-DONE: THE DEBATE AND... THE NEXT DEBATE
PRESIDENT JOE BYE-DONE: THE DEBATE AND... THE NEXT DEBATE
The "President" is going to participate in the next debate - allegedly.
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Nancy Pelosi speaks on behalf of Biden - not a good idea. She slurs, sounds like she has spittle in her mouth, and has a bit of a brain freeze.
Anyway, word has arrived that Joe Biden will not drop out of the presidential race, and that he will participate in the next debate in September.
We recognize several things and, further, let’s hope Trump exploits more things, too:
Biden will be almost three months further along into his dementia (July, August, most of September…). I’m witnessing the decline of a family member formally diagnosed with dementia six months ago. It progresses steadily - then begins to accelerate. Too many of us know this from first-hand experience. Will Biden be able to handle a debate in September… even in abysmal fashion?
Trump has no liability in regard to 1. Three months from now, he’ll be clear-of-mind, and he’ll have even more of Biden’s activities and record to riff on. I hope Trump gets a bit more empirical and hammers some things in crystal-clear fashion. He has room for improvement in this next debate (if it happens). A couple ideas - let’s see:
Biden invites Russia to take parts of Ukraine - so they do, then mount a full-on war. Biden has us on the cusp of WWIII by committing support to Ukraine, and further with NATO troops now operating in Ukraine (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65245065). Make this point with a prudent measure of detail.
Biden eliminates our southern border in a time of terror and associated attacks (the northern border is being breached, too). He halts the wall; he sells off stocked material; he drops remain-in-Mexico, his administration sues AZ and TX for attempting their own barriers, he halts deportations, etc. Make these points with a prudent measure of detail.
Biden implied that illegal migrants raping (and killing) women isn't so bad because, by comparison, women are raped by their in-laws, their spouses, and brothers and sisters! Make this point with a prudent measure of detail.
Biden $pends trillion$ in escalating inflation. He drains the strategic oil reserve while refusing to drill and frack. He imports “dirty oil” (in terms of production). He cancels walls and pipelines. With every step he destroys U.S. sovereignty, security, economic health, military preparedness, education… Biden doesn't believe in States' rights (as highlighted by the abortion issue being returned to the States and his/Dems’ problems with that). And on, and on, and on... Make these points with prudent detail*.
*President Trump: When debating, don’t speak to the politically savvy and informed members of your base/constituents: You must speak to people who vote, but who do not follow the issues with enough examination: You must provide a mini-education prefacing each answer so that answers have context; people must understand the answer’s full import. Granted, this is not easy. Debates are constricted; attention spans are short; moderators are buttholes. But this can and must be done.
Joe’s doctors will have learned something from this past debate… or at least will think they did. They’ll tune his cocktail of drugs. Of course, they may merely make things worse in “treating” a man who will be three months further into his dementia and ever-worsening physical condition. I’m hearing rumors that Joe is going almost straight into “debate prep” for this next debate. A week wasn’t enough for the first one - nearly 10, 11, 12 weeks might be enough for this next one. Rest easy - it’s only a rumor, and my DC insiders have informed me that Joe will be “on the job” throughout the summer, in the White House 3 or 4 days a week for his routine 2-, 3-hour workdays, and at the Delaware beach house for 3- and 4-day weekends. Whew! I can sleep soundly tonight…
I don’t know what anyone is worried about, Dem-wise. No less than the wisest of our people has assured us that Biden won the debate. Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris brought their deep analytical skills, their empirical measures, their wisdom, their balance and general acumen in assuring not just their constituencies but the American people in general that all is not only well with Biden, but that he is the best version of Biden ever.
Jill spoke to him in that Happy!! Happy!! Happy!! voice usually reserved for small children, quote: “Joe, you did such a great job! You answered every question! You knew all the facts!" After that, I expected to hear her say, ‘Good boy! You’re such a goooood boy!!’
Problem is: He, and the people propping him, around him, and hidden behind him, are destroying the country with profligate spending, open borders (North and South), dilution of the military, the dilution of the American electorate, and the selling of America’s sovereignty to China, et. al.
A few more takes on this first (and possibly only) debate:
It appeared Biden had Botox injections – or perhaps even some minor cosmetic surgery, to “widen” his eyes. His eyes, normally slits these days, were clearly more open even at rest. Given his eight-day seclusion for “debate prep,” I’m wondering if that’s long enough for actual cosmetic surgery to heal to the degree that cosmetic strips and makeup could conceal it. Clearly something cosmetic was done. I don’t know if you caught it, but there was one point where Biden looked at Trump and deliberately widened his eyes in some sort of incredulity, presumably, which then made them extremely open, and grinned – he looked positively garish. I’d like to get a still pic of that moment.
Many people also noticed that he hardly blinked – a very unnatural thing. Also, I noticed within seconds of the start that he was definitely jacked on something. But it wore off before even a third of the debate was over, and he clearly struggled with the floor dropping out of his falsified energy. As to focus, whatever they did to him simply failed – from his first words I knew he was in deep trouble.
Did you catch Jill helping him off the two steps of the stage? Newsmax zoomed that moment on replays, and you see her holding him up, as he brings one foot down a step, then the other foot to the same step. Once there, he steps to the next, then the other foot to that same step. Then to the floor. You have to see it to fully appreciate it.
Biden’s challenge to Trump for a golf match – I burst out laughing. Trump is known to be a very, very good golfer (I’ve seen recent clips of him hammering balls at the driving range – very impressive). And carrying his own bag? Unimaginable that Biden could even lift a golf bag and remain on balance/standing. Biden claiming he has a 6 handicap, Trump literally calling him a liar, and Biden then immediately saying his handicap is 8. Proving his own self that he just lied. Gawd!
Trump was pretty good. Much he could have done better. As two more examples:
Afghanistan: At the time of Biden’s withdrawal, the situation was stable; no American casualties for 18 months. Less U.S. troops there (2500) than we have in Spain (2800) – there’s some perspective for ya. Strategic Bagram airbase, which we built – located strategically to China, Iraq, and Iran – gave it up. Pissed away 85 billion dollars in equipment and ammunition. Not only did Biden kill 13 U.S. servicemembers, he killed our Afghani partners (military, civilian team members, translators) - they were executed. Trump could have articulated all of this. Again: Make these points.
NATO: Trump told NATO members that they had to pay their fair share – AS CONTRACTED. Before Trump, NATO members were paying an average of only 7% of their agreed to, contracted, payments for their own membership in NATO and their own protection. The U.S. was, simply, being ripped off for years and years. Trump has articulated this very well in the past; he should have done so the other night – as it was, he made the case in rather broken language – IOW, there was time. Make these points.
Ok, a third thing: Trump said (upon election) literally, “We’re gonna bomb the shit outta ISIS.” And did it. He bombed them to 10% of their former territorial control. Talk about deterrence. Biden re-enabled ISIS. Trump barely alluded to this. Sigh - again, make these points.
Ok, a fourth: During Obama, Putin took Crimea. During Biden, Putin took Eastern Ukraine – and may well take all of it. In between, what did Putin take during Trump? Nothing. Trump made that point, but rather inexpertly and I’m not sure most independent/ignorant viewers quite understood the importance and deterrence factor that was (and will be, hopefully) Trump. Make these points empirically and clearly.
$2 gal. gas; No wars; Secure border; remain-in-Mexico/deportations…
You just gotta hope that Trump is not, um, “removed,” that the voting machines aren’t rigged (in 2016, my machine tried to switch my vote to HRC three times on the Confirm screen, and I had to keep hitting “Go Back” to reselect Trump), that illegals are not “registered” to vote, etc. We also need to hope that if Joe is actually swapped out for either Newsom or M. Obama, that there are not enough stupid people who will vote for either of them (but I fear there are).
They won’t run Harris. I don’t even think they can cheat her into office. They won’t, can’t, run Michelle Obama. She has no appetite for the job - when has she ever displayed that? I doubt she has the political chops. She’s not up for all the commitments, travel, focus (on her), criticisms, international crises… there’s probably going to be another 9/11-scale event in someone’s next term - think she wants to deal with that? She’s not strong enough. She’s not Trump-strong.
Well, these were all somewhat random, semi-edited, somewhat studied thoughts on the debate and all the collateral issues.
Over and out ‘till next time.
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David Scott Strain is a U.S. Army veteran (HQ, 500th Military Intelligence Brigade [Japan]; 1st Personnel Command [1st PERSCOM, Europe]; Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans [ODCSOPS, Pentagon], more) and a retired Fortune500 I.T. executive (Young & Rubicam, Inc., DC-NY; Burson-Marsteller, LLC, DC-NY; ShuffleLabs, Inc., Virginia, more) as well as employment at major non-profits (Nat’l. Food Processors Assoc., N. VA [now GMA]; Water Environment Federation, N. VA, more); as well as TS contract work for clients. Mr. Strain has passed three FBI background checks in association with his work. He is also the author of the novel THE GRIM GRIND OF LIFE: A PI’s strange bounces through a surfeit of eateries, juke joints, and dark doorways (2020) and A Bohemian in a Precarious Belfry - Vol. I: Poetry & Prose (2023). (Available on Amazon - Kindle and paperback). Prior, he authored the MBA-text I.T. WARS: Managing the Business-Technology Weave in the New Millennium (UofW, UofMD, more than a dozen others). Expanded bio also on Amazon.