The Emperor Has No Brain

July 2, 2024


Biden’s epic disaster of a debate performance has led to calls for, and much speculation about, replacing him at the top of the Democrat ticket. It ain’t gonna happen. The Emperor has no brain, and nobody cares.


Shock and Slack Jaw

In the TV series, Mad Men, there’s a scene involving newlyweds Kitty and Sal.  Kitty complains that Sal has been neglecting her wifely needs.  Sal makes the excuse that he’s stressed about a TV commercial he’s directing.  As Sal pantomimes the flirty dance routine of the actress in the commercial, a look of shocked realization comes over Kitty’s face: her husband is a closeted homosexual.

Similar sad epiphanies struck millions of Democrats mere minutes into last week’s presidential debate.  As with Sal in Mad Men, the glaring signs were apparent all along, yet the unpalatable truth denied: Joe Biden has advanced senile dementia.  Even before the debate was over, Democrat bigwigs openly panicked.  Their flying monkeys in legacy media — who for weeks had gaslit the public that footage of Biden wandering off, looking confused & aimless, staring catatonically into space, were ‘cheap fakes’ — turned on a dime.  They were shocked, shocked they told us, to discover Biden’s true state. Calls for Biden to step aside roared down like an avalanche.


A Flock of Birdshit

In truth, as Bari Weiss so scathingly notes , they knew all along, but dutifully praised the Emperor’s New Clothes.  ‘Dark Brandon’ was as massive a fraud as the Great And Powerful Oz.

After years of insisting the geriatric POTUS was as sharp as a tack , the pundits and talking heads are now frantically scrambling to keep up with the latest narrative.  Mere minutes after the debate, David Axelrod suggested Biden withdraw.  The next morning, sociopath Joe Scarborough — who’d recently declared Biden “cogent … better than he’s ever been,” solemnly declared Joe must step down.   Then, as the Dem oligarchs started circling the wagons, the pundits changed direction once again mid-flight, dutifully returning to roost.  Axelrod counseled Democrats accept the likely fait accompli of Biden as their nominee.  Then sour-puss Mika Brzezinski began mopping up the mess on the floor. She chided Biden’s handlers for not ‘managing’ his age (they dragged him through too many time zones, donchaknow) before waxing fondly about how Biden’s age also brings wisdom and experience. In soaring tones, she reeled off his many astonishing accomplishments. “I’m just not ready to count Joe Biden out,” she concluded, voice wavering, “not even close.” I haven’t seen such a performance since I used to watch East German television.


Qui Bono?  Nemo.

Calls to replace Biden ‘for the good of the party’ fall on deaf ears.  For the Democrat Party — every political party ever — is but a loose affiliation of machiavellian individuals and their factions.  Power within the party is a zero-sum game, and every politician is a Tommy Carcetti.  They only care about the good of the party when it also serves their personal ambitions.  They care even less about the fate of the nation.

Why would the cabal of deep-staters actually running the country — Anita Dunn, Ron Klain, Anthony Blinken, Jake Sullivan, John Kirby, Janet Yellen, et al. — toss out the puppet through whom they rule?

Why would Doctor Jill, bolstered by her Rasputin-like “work husband” Anthony Bernal, forsake the thrill of playing White House while channeling Edith Wilson?

Why would the lazy, incompetent, and/or criminal members of the Cabinet invoke the 25th Amendment, jeopardizing their continued graft and cushy positions?

Nor are are Pelosi, Schumer or the rest of the Democrat gerontocracy inclined to shake things up, lest it unleash a whole-scale purge of ossification.

As for the bevy of younger pols dreaming of the White House, why raise even a finger to boost a rival? Either Biden or Trump will serve equally well as seat warmers for their Oval Office aspirations.  In contrast, a successful Whitmer candidacy forces Newsom to wait until 2032, and vice versa.  Likewise for lurkers like Polis or Shapiro, whose machinations are timed to a lane opening up four years from now, not sixteen.

Incumbents facing uphill reelection battles, like John Tester, Jackie Rosen, and Sherrod Brown, must feel queasy about a deadweight at the top of the ticket. But no one’s gonna go out on a limb to rescue potential rivals, who’ve probably already been written off as lost causes along with retaining control of the Senate.

That leaves Kamala.  Biden is her surest (and likely only) path to the presidency.  No wonder she’s shamelessly & insincerely simping for him post-debate.  The Party would love to dump her but, due to their ideological capture, can’t.  Another sticking point: with Biden deleted, the Biden-Harris campaign’s massive war chest may by law only go to Harris.

The DNC likewise has left itself little to no flexibility.  They quashed the primary process to anoint Biden.  The convention, as it has been for ages, was designed as a mere pep rally.  In their minds, the drawbacks of sticking with Dementia Joe are far outweighed by the chaos unleashed, and deep rifts exposed, by a floor fight.


Plan ‘A’ Or Bust

Doctor Jill’s plan has always been to ride Joe until he croaked, (and even then, she’d probably be tempted to turn the White House into Bates Motel.)  Apparently, Jill also harbors delusions of becoming POTUS herself.

For the Cabal, it was always a crap shoot as to how long Biden could last.  While they were able to (and to a diminished extent, still do) fool some of the people all of the time about his mental acuity, there’s no predicting when Joe’s frail (and likely Parkinson’s-ridden) husk will give up the ghost.  It seems their plan was something like the following:

  • Mortally wound Trump with lawfare, ideally forcing him to campaign from a prison cell;
  • Exploit the resulting Blue Wave to expand the Supreme Court;
  • Dispose of Kamala by promoting her up to SC Justice;
  • Replace her as VP with one of their own — John Kirby most likely — confirmed by a compliant Congress;
  • Threaten Jill with the humiliation of 25A if she doesn’t tell Joe to retire, or;
  • Just wait for him to die;
  • President Kirby issues a slew of executive orders, rubber-stamped by the SC, including –
  • Blanket amnesty & voter registration for 40 million, eternally grateful, illegals, transforming America into a one-party dictatorship with the Cabal as a perpetual oligarchy.

Powerball Ticket over Scratcher

The lawfare against Trump, which has backfired to date and has now run out of steam, was a miscalculation on their part.  Their hubris, in presuming they could continue to get away with the Dark Brandon charade, finally bit them in the face.  In spite of all that, through swift and vigorous damage-control they believe they can right the ship.  So far, it seems to be working, although several mega-donors are restive.  The potential pay-off of Plan ‘A’ is so huge, it’s worth still pursuing it in lieu of some ad hoc Plan ‘B’ that necessitates the Cabal relinquish the reins of power.  As noted, it’s in the personal interests of many of the Party’s princelings to go along for now.  The media are already back to gaslighting. And, so long as the Democrat base prefer Biden’s head in a jar of blue liquid over LITERALLY WORSE THAN HITLER, the Cabal is likely to get away with it.

Make no mistake – none among the Dem party nomenklatura believe their own Chicken Little agitprop:  a second Trump presidency will not spell the end of ‘our Democracy’.  Indeed, it could prove beneficial for certain Democrats.  Better to bide one’s time, harbor one’s political capital.  This was precisely their strategy in 2020, when no one expected Biden to win — until covid and the Summer of Love put the election within a few thousand early-morning ballots’ reach.  This year, most Democrat pols are perfectly willing to ride out the storm while praying for black swans and 2000 mules.

It’s all droll in a way, but let’s call this for what it is: a Putsch. Our nation is in the hands of an unelected Junta, facilitated by a complicit media and an irredeemably corrupt Democrat Party. Whether or not Joe Biden is at the top of the ticket come this November, a vote for any Democrat will be a vote for a Banana Republic style tyranny.


(c) 2024 by True Liberal Nexus.  All rights reserved.


Placeholder for President

June 9, 2023

Once again, the Democrat presidential nominee will be selected, not elected.  But it won’t be Joe Biden.

Joe Biden is running for reelection.  No matter that 3/4 of Americans wish he wouldn’t.  No matter that his approval ratings, never good, are at an all-time low.  That his undeniable cognitive & physical abilities continue to worsen, or that he’d be 86 at the end of a second term.  Or his son is almost definitely headed to prison, while his family’s shady influence-peddling schemes have been exposed.  The ground-shaking discovery of evidence that Biden himself took a $10 million bribe leaves Team Joe unfazed.

Whatever palace coup was underfoot during the classified docs brouhaha, it was obviously thwarted.  As an empty-headed marionette, Biden has value to whoever is pulling his strings. It’s his failing body that’s the problem.  Frankly, the odds that Joe Biden is still alive in 2028 are slim to none.  So Kamala takes over at some point.

That cannot be part of the plan. Kamala’s been crated so far, but as POTUS she’d be unleashed and unpredictable.  Nor are presidential aspirants patient enough to sit through six or ten years of a Harris administration.

Piecing together clues, we can suss the Democrat’s real plan.

Not Up For (a) Debate

The Democrat Party has been rigging its nominations since at least 2008. Now the DNC has put the kibosh on debates.  No repeat of the 2019 clown car, which saw the establishment picks stumble, while rogue Tulsi Gabbard stole the limelight and reminded voters that the Democrat Party bore scant resemblance to the party of old.  Before they were fixed, the 2020 primaries nearly elevated Bernie, who actually wanted to implement all those socialist plans the Democrats only ever give lip service.

So this year, no dangerous flirtations with democracy by the Democrats.  The delightfully batty new-age loon, Marianne Williamson, poses no threat. But RFK Jr. does.  Both his pedigree and platform offer stark contrasts between traditional Democrat values & ideals, and the Party’s current authoritarian, war-mongering, globalist, culturally radical agenda. He must not be given a voice.

Then there’s the fact that no amount of Adderall or coaching in his earpiece can get Joe through 90 minutes of hard-hitting Q&A.  Without debates or need to campaign, Biden racks up enough delegates to secure the nomination.

Pump Trump

Believe it or not, Alvin Bragg’s bullshit indictment of Trump was intended to help Trump.  And it worked — Trump’s polling numbers shot up among Republicans, and have stayed elevated ever since.

Trump is the best match-up for any Democrat.  At 76, he can hardly point to Biden’s age as a disqualifier.  Joe may be frail and wan, but the Donald is bloated and pasty.  Divisive, caustic, a raging narcissist, Trump repulses far more voters than he inspires.  Twice, he’s failed to top 47% of the vote, and nothing he’s said or done since gives any indication he could improve on that.

Most importantly, Trump has been wired for demolition.  More serious indictments are coming, and are timed to go to trial after the GOP nominee has been chosen.  Trump’s campaign would be consumed by this.  The Dems learned well from Hillary’s emails.

DeSantis Is In The Details

Biden vs. Trump is winnable for the Democrats; Biden vs. DeSantis is not.  DeSantis is young. He’s a traditional family man who doesn’t pay hush money to porn stars.  He’s able to put critics in their place without being an asshole. DeSantis turned a slim victory in 2018 into a landslide in 2022, winning over many disaffected Democrats.

So the Dems and their flying monkeys in legacy media have waged a psyop against DeSantis — first trying to discourage him from announcing, now calling his run quixotic.  Portraying him as the Devil incarnate plays to the Democrat base, but they know it won’t stick in the general election.  DeSantis scares the crap out of the Democrats. 

Thus the strategy of boosting Trump, then swapping out Biden for someone who matches up better against Trump.  Someone younger and more charismatic.  We have indications of who that someone might be.

Waiting In The Wings

For months now, Gavin Newsom has been running a pretend presidential campaign.  He’s traveled the South to insult Southerners, erected billboards across the country promising expense-paid abortion junkets, ran anti-Florida ads in Florida.  Gavin’s pretend opponent is Ron DeSantis, against whom he’s focused his attacks, culminating in his recent, empty threat to arrest DeSantis on kidnapping charges.  As he did back in 2009, when he parlayed an upstart challenge to Jerry Brown into the Lt. Governor’s spot, Newsom is clearly jockeying for something.

All of a sudden, Michelle Obama is in the spotlight again.  On TV scolding America for its obsession with guns. On TV scolding America for its over-dependence on technology.  Hobnobbing with bootlicker Steven Colbert to accentuate her likability. Did I mention she has a new book out?  Considering the flurry of fact checks insisting Michelle is TOTALLY NOT a candidate, it’s pretty much certain she is.

The Plan Unfolds

The picture becomes clear.  Two Democrat power blocs vie with each other behind the scenes.  The Obamas, currently running the White House, the dominant force ever since shattering the Clintonistas.  The Californians, their strength deriving not just from sheer numbers, but also money.  As a one-party state with few close contests, California Democrats big & small serve as the Party’s milk cow, funneling donations into competitive races across the country.  (Not a day goes by when I don’t receive half a dozen email appeals from Democrat candidates in far-flung states.)

A gentleman’s agreement is in effect.  From now on through the primaries, Biden will be the placeholder.  Shortly before the convention, Joe will be shoved out of the way — perhaps quite literally, with another serious fall forcing him to withdraw. (It’ll need to be a physical issue, as the Dems could never admit they’ve been foisting a man with pudding for brains on the country all this time.)   A fight on the convention floor will ensue between Gavin and Michelle. Both will be on the ticket, with only the order of their names in question.  And may the dirtiest pol win!

Hang On, Sleepy!

The plan is devious, machiavellian, and par for the power-mad Democrat elite.  It has a few holes, however.

The biggest is its reliance on Joe Biden’s mortal husk lasting another year, when the codger could go any day now.  With the placeholder gone, the primary floodgates open. President Harris will certainly run. Gavin will announce faster than he finished on his wedding night.  Amy Klobuchar’s in, Bernie might even give it one more go.  In this cluster scenario, Michelle must now actually campaign if she wants the prize.  Suddenly, RFK Jr.’s polling in the 30s places him in front.

Spoiler Alert

Does Kennedy feel any loyalty to a party he considers a betrayal of its heritage?  Were they to fix it so he can’t win (like they did twice to Bernie,) what’s to stop him from running as an independent with, say, Gabbard as his running mate?

The centrist Third Way may field a candidate.  Andrew Yang might appear on a few states’ ballots at the head of his Forward Party.  A potential spoiler already exists in Cornel West.  Whether West garners 10, 5 or, just 2% of the vote, all of it will be poached from the Democrats’ progressive or black base.  What once looked like a lay-up is getting dicey.

Pray There Is No Plan B

A lot could go wrong between now and next Summer.  FD-1023 Gate is like a manure pile fire — it may not seem like much at first, but there’s really no putting it out, and it can only get worse.  No wonder the Democrats seem extra tense and on edge.  We can only pray that they have no Plan B.  For desperate people take desperate risks, and power-mad people do mad things.  Another pandemic, a war with Russia — you name it, these Democrats would use it.

(c) 2023 by True Liberal Nexus.  All rights reserved.


Barack the Toxic

September 28, 2010

One key job of a sitting president, especially in an election year, is to conduct oneself in a way that helps your Party win races.  If you’re a popular president, you must tirelessly stump for candidates.  If you’re unpopular, you can still act forceful and in-charge. Even if people disagree with you, their primal instincts will push them toward complying with a confident troop leader.

As president, your legislative calendar should be carefully crafted and timed to boost your comrades fighting for office.  Bills should be introduced that make your guys look good, while forcing the other guys to either dodge or take unpopular stands.  A steady stream of feel-good executive orders & speeches should emanate from the Oval Office throughout the Fall.  “Third-rail” issues should be scrupulously avoided.

Needless to say, obama, neither savvy politician nor experienced legislator, much less a leader, has failed on all these counts.  Ultimately, obama doesn’t care: the common complaint among Democratic candidates this year has been that the White House has told them, in no uncertain terms, that they are on their own.

Even worse than these sins of omission, the obama administration has committed several missteps toxic to an already struggling Democratic party:

Health Care Reform

Way back in 2009, 3/4 of Americans favored health care reform, with at least 2/3 supporting universal single payer.  Possessing momentum, a mandate, and a 60-vote majority, enacting HCR should’ve been a slam-dunk.  Yet the entire Democratic machine stood flat-footed as the nascent TP staged protests against HCR, before belatedly dispatching Nancy Pelosi to engage in a puerile pissing match.  The bill went over like a lead zeppelin in congress, ambushed by blue dogs who’d slipped their leashes.  It was in any case an academic exercise, as the HCR bill exited the White House stillborn; a perverted creation of BO’s secret sessions with industry lobbyists, a Health Care Reform with no “care” and scant “reform” in it.

And thus was an eminently popular idea, whose time had clearly arrived, become an albatross draped about the neck of every Democrat running for office, with Martha Coakley the honorary first recipient.

The Oil Spill

As terrible as this disaster was, it nevertheless offered the obama administration a rare opportunity to gain respect, by presenting a striking contrast of executive vigor to Bush’ callousness & ineptitude during Katrina.

Instead, obama ended up looking even more callous and impotent.  Consequently, in the political chess game, Katrina as a dig against the GOP is permanently off the board.    (Maneuverability on this issue was not helped by the self-coronated “Green Economy President’s” advocation a month earlier for expanded offshore drilling.)

Trying to act like he actually cared, BO blurted out some tough guy nonsense about ‘a boot on BP’s throat’.  Which was as convincing as the muttered oaths of the wimp who’s had his lunch money stolen yet again.

A potential fatal blow to the drill-baby-drillers, the oil spill became instead a Democratic failure.  To add injury to insult, a chance to push for accelerating the transition to renewable energy was lost.

TARP

A Bush program that everyone beyond Wall Street utterly abhorred, BO eagerly gobbled up the sloppy seconds.  And, Presto!  The GOP’s plague with the middle class voter, their eternal coddling of the rich & greedy, infected the Democrats as well.

Immigration

A full 70% of Americans favor increased controls on illegal immigration.  Only proglydites, whose vote you presumably already have, and libertarians & capitalists, whose vote you’ll never get, favor illegal immigration. Yet the obama administration went out of its way to combat Arizona’s SB1070 via legal action and public condemnation.  Now, there were many paths to tread on this subject —  decrying racial profiling while simultaneously announcing a cosmetic boost to border patrol, for example, or simply ignoring it — that skirted a controversial, compromising stand.  Instead, obama firmly linked all Democrats with illegal immigration.  Every news story now includes an obligatory reference to ‘conservatives seek stronger border controls, while liberals (!) favor easing restrictions on immigration.’

The Mosque

The political equivalent of a high voltage power line lying in a puddle, sparking and buzzing,  the Ground Zero mosque was unhesitatingly taken up by obama.

Nearly 80% of Americans oppose the construction of that mosque as insensitive and in bad taste.  Yet the administration spent a good two weeks devoting its efforts to defense of the mosque, raising the canards of racism and 1st Amendment rights.  As a result, the Democrats came across as jihadiphile desecrators of hallowed ground.

Legislative Calendar

On Capitol Hill, the White House has chosen to: half-heartedly launch a repeal of DADT without first lining up enough votes; punt on the Bush tax cuts expiration after a three-and-out botching of the accompanying PR spin; threatened to force on its own congressmen a pre-election vote on a GOP-friendly, White House proposal for a $200 billion tax cut to businesses.

The list could go on.

What kind of Party leader repeatedly takes positions that 2/3 to 3/4 of Americans oppose?  One answer is that obama is simply a bungling idiot, & his “handlers” by extension.

Or, realizing BO’s low approvals were irreparable, the White House may have instead consciously chosen to rally its extremist base.   From the Paris Communards to the Moral Majority, this has been a standard, and not altogether unwise, tactic.

Another explanation for obama’s string of toxic stances exists: that he is a manchurian candidate, a trojan horse snuck into the Democratic Party and designed to destroy it from within.  If so, then BO’s intentionally took these toxic missteps (or at least his creators knew he’d take them).

What will it take for the Democratic Party to realize its leader is poison?   Apparently, nothing short of a midterm clobbering.

(c) 2010 by ‘tamerlane.’  All rights reserved.