Swans, And Oher Songs

(Swans, And Oher Songs)

Last night at the Democratic Convention in Chicago, President Biden gave his swan song address. It was delivered past Prime Time and those who watched had to stay up past their bedtime. It had surely been past Biden's. The Party could not take a chance on giving the President more exposure as his speeches could be gaffe ridden and a further embarrassment. That being said, Biden's tone was angry. He referenced former President Trump at numerous points in the speech, referencing Chancellorsville and January 6th. That was the public face, that of a sad man of the Robert Hur interview who should not be prosecuted.


What had been revealed last evening was the President had no real power. He could be tossed aside at any time when he became politically inconvenient. Biden had always maintained that his was to be a "transitional" Administration then passing the torch to Vice President Harris. However, when that scenario gave way to Biden running in his own right because, at the time it was believed, Biden had been the only one to beat Trump. Then he was not and the Powers that be recruited Harris to be the replacement. In his own mind, Biden possibly believed that he could still defeat the former President even after the debate. No one in the Democratic Hierarchy could take the risk. But Biden is not bitter.


How much of a risk is Kamala Harris ? Her statement about price controls and so on is already controversial. More details will be forthcoming. What then will be the role of the media ? So far it has been a beneficial relationship but how long will that last ? At some point, the media such as it is, will see that they would need an interview with the Vice President and not necessarily the soft-ball type. The media had been good to Biden while they savaged Trump.


There should be no illusions here. There is a public face to everything but what can be more significant is what happened in the darkness. It is said that democracy dies in darkness and what happened Joe Biden was definitely non-democratic. The term "democracy" is from the Greek, meaning "by the people." Democrats cannot take the risk of allowing people to decide because they can decide wrong. Look at Donald Trump ?

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