JOE BIDEN - THE TROJAN DONKEY

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The Trojan Donkey by Jeff Thomas - Since earning the nomination as the 2020 Democratic candidate for the presidency, Joe Biden has stated that he is a "transition candidate." This was an odd statement, especially for someone who has hardly begun his formal campaign. (He’s not even in office yet and he’s discussing being on the way out?) Yet this was not just another one-off Biden gaff, as has been suggested by some. Since announcing his pick for vice president, he has stated, "Look, I view myself as a bridge, not as anything else." So what’s up here? The candidate is only a place-holder for the real, intended president? Well, let’s have a look at that possibility. Joe Biden, by any measure, is a poor candidate for the office. After almost half a century in politics, he’s had a career mostly as a political hack who would support any issue that seemed popular at the time. Similarly, his voting record in the Senate has been that of a man who supported whatever bill would please his peers and further his career. Seemingly, he either has no inner core of belief, or he’s been willing to sacrifice it at a moment’s notice, if it might help his next election. After forty-seven years of elected office, he’s not regarded as having a commitment to… well, anything. And yet he became the choice of the Democratic party as one candidate after another dropped out of the presidential race. Clearly this was a party that was not only leaderless, but couldn’t even seem to invent a leader for the sake of the election. Kamala Harris, his presumptive vice president, dropped out of the presidential race in December 2019, when her popularity amongst democrats dropped to 3.4%. Since democrats make up roughly half of the population, this means that less than 2% of Americans would have wanted her as their president. And yet, as stated above, candidate Biden announces, "Look, I view myself as a bridge, not as anything else." That’s quite curious. He apparently is stating that his only purpose is to win the election, then pass the baton to the next leader. Presumably, his vice president. This has never occurred in US politics, although it is true that, at this point, Mr. Biden may well be too far gone to even begin to handle the job. And that leads us to the possibility that the deal has already been brokered – that Mr. Biden would win the election, then have, let’s say, a "medical emergency," at which point he would pass the reins to the new president – Kamala Harris. Clearly, Ms. Harris could not have been elected on her own merit, as even democrats found her to be fundamentally lacking last December. Even the more radical elements of the party have sensed that she is untrustworthy and even dangerous.