Power Behind The Throne

(Power Behind The Throne)

President Biden gives a new meaning to the expression "bunker mentality." One can recall, that in the days before Adolf Hitler's suicide, he had lost all touch with reality. He was still ordering phantom formations to maneuver against the in-exorable advance of the Red Army. He had no real friends save the small group of fanatics like Josef Goebbels and his family and of course, new bride Eva Braun. Hitler was at the end and he could tell as much. On April 30th, 1945, der Fürher placed a pistol against his temple, and squeezed the trigger.


Like Hitler, President Biden is discovering he is similarly isolated. Unlike the Nazi leader, however, it has in recent days been revealed that the President has been getting help. It has been said that the Joe Biden Administration can be seen as a third term for Barack Obama. The situation here perhaps is unique because Barack Obama is acting like he still is in the White House. Admittedly, many of his people still are.


President Biden is acting like a King but his subjects are in open revolt. That would include former President Obama and former Speaker Pelosi. Also, there are a number of Congressional Democrats, House and Senate. that also want Biden to remove himself from contention, which Biden has patently refused to do. It is like British King David (?) who abdicated the Throne to marry Wallace Simpson, the American socialite who was able to "charm" the British Monarch.


In any event, there is no confidence that one. Biden could last another four years or, much less win over Donald Trump. The President is set to campaign in Michigan, a "must win" state.  The sooner that Obama and Pelosi as well as other Party "elders," to get Joe to withdraw. The President has to do so willingly and release all the delegates he has acquired to date, If anything, however, the President is resisting. To the extent that he is aware, Biden knows that severing him from the Ticket will throw the entirety of the Democratic machine into chaos.


Democrats need that machine to run the Election. Otherwise, people's votes might determine the next President and that could be Trump. However, the admonishment that President Obama gave to his then Vice President that he did not need to run and probably actively advised against it. It all came to who was still standing and at the time, it was Joe Biden.

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