I said this 5 years ago…
Joe Biden has developed a reputation over the years of being the idiot that even the villagers have lost patience with.
Okay, I will admit that he has his supporters, some of them quite rabid in their support, thing is, the actual numbers are vanishingly small. And the thing is, Biden is not going to be picking up any significant support given the platform he’d have to run on. That being a continuance of the policies of the Obama administration. Notice that at least to some degree everyone that was on that stage the other night at the Democrat debate, attempted to separate themselves from the wildly unpopular Obamaism, in varying degrees. Biden apparently understands he would be less able to perform such an Obama- ectomy, than the rest of them, given that he by far was more directly involved with that administration than the rest of them, even more so than Hillary Clinton, arguably.
How much the much ballyhooed death of his son entered into his decision, I don’t know. I suspect that the reason that was hit on so heavily was trying to elicit a sympathy vote. That’s of course about as cold and as calculating a move as you would expect to see from any of them, including Hillary Clinton. I would normally consider it a stretch for him, but given he still has advisors doing a lot of his thinking for him, I wouldn’t put it past him.
And that was 2016.
Arguably he came back and stole the election this time around in 2020. Or so the Democrats believe.
It’s a little presumptuous to be doing a victory dance though, Democrats, when the military ballots haven’t even been counted yet and aren’t even due until next Tuesday…and because of the last minute rule changes that you put forward in every state that is running so far behind ostensibly because of covid-19 we’re still counting ballots including apparently the illegal ones. all of that will result in court cases which will probably stretch until at least February.
But all those little technicalities aside, let’s drop an anchor here with the help of Tammy Leavy, who is somebody that I have known for about 40 years now.
Today is 3 days after the 2020 election. Gasoline is currently $1.80-2.10 per gallon. Interest rates are 2.65% for a 30 year mortgage. The stock market closed at 27,848, even though we have been fighting COVID for 9 months. Our GDP growth for the 3rd Qtr was 33%. We had the best economy ever until COVID and it is recovering well. We have not had any new wars or conflicts in the last 4 years. North Korea has been under control and has not been testing any missiles. Isis has not been heard from for over 3 years. The housing market is the strongest in over 20 years. Homes have appreciated at an unbelievable rate and sell within hours of going on the market, with multiple offers. I hope our new leadership can build on these things and can keep them going, but if I were a betting person I would bet that the only place we will see these results will be in this post. (Copied)
Keep a copy to compare later. 11-6-2020
Probably a wise idea, so I’m keeping a copy of it here as well.
I’ve been saying for years now that the biggest motivation to vote against the Democrats is Democrats in power period once you see the results of their policies, you will be crawling over broken glass to vote against them. I suspect so it will be after 4 years of watching Joe Biden bumble his way through the presidency.
It’s going to be interesting to see whether or not the GOP finally takes the Rockefeller wing of the party… The John McCain’s, theMiitt Romney’s, the Jeff Flakes of the world, by the scruff of the neck and boots them forcibly from the party. That’s a point I’d like to revisit in 4 years as well and I’ll be working between now and then to facilitate precisely that.
But that’s another post.