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| Biden and Trump -- source, CNN |
Whatever one’s politics may be, the New Year promises to be
a repeat of past times, at least nationally. The two leading candidates for
president are former President Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden,
oldies but, their parties assure us, goodies.
The dish on Biden is that he is well past his prime. His
enemies are saying the man is a doddering old fool, while his friends have been
slightly more charitable. He’s just old, and perhaps doddering, but certainly
no fool. Even so, Democrat luminary David Axelrod, former Democrat President
Barack Obama’s Wizard of Oz, has said the old guy should bow out, in favor of
someone else whose poll numbers are… ahem… more encouraging.
Axelrod recently has given aid and
comfort to the enemy by insisting that booting Trump off the ballot in numerous
states would be a disaster worse than… well, the erasure of our southern
border.
Said Axelrod, “I have very, very strong reservations about
all of this. I do think it would rip the country apart if he [Trump] were
actually prevented from running because tens of millions of people want to vote
for him.”
Indeed, Americans can be ornery when they are told by
anti-democrats in black robes that they may not vote for a former president who
likely will be a party’s prime choice for president. This attempt to sink a
rival before he can be sunk in an honest election appears to be, on the face of
it, anti-democratic.
The dish on Trump is that he is a menace to the Republic, an
out-of-the-closet fascist, an enemy of the democracy presently bound and gagged
by Biden-friendly prosecutors.
In the postmodern era, important decision-making agencies,
including the presidency, are held by A but run by B. Biden’s frailties, under such circumstance, may
not be determinative. The U.S. political Land of Oz is a bewitching façade but,
so long as a relatively competent wizard is pulling the right strings behind
the curtain, appearances will continue to be charmingly deceiving. “Who is the
Wizard Running the Democrat Party?” was a much played board game in the old
year. Some said the Clintons, Bill and Hillary, were running the political
shop. Others said no, it was the Obamas.
Still others said President Biden was at the helm
blunderingly guiding the ship of state onto one shoal after another. He touched
Afghanistan, and it turned to ashes. He touched the southern border and it
collapsed. Few noticed the border had disappeared so long as illegal aliens pouring
across – more than ten million souls since Biden laid his hands on a bible and
vowed, “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the
Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability,
preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States"—were
problems only for certain border states. But then border states full to the
brim with illegals began exporting unwanted migrants to Martha’s Vineyard,
Massachusetts, New York City and other welcoming sanctuary states, producing
pandemonium and ethical revaluations.
“More than 10 million people have been reported illegally
entering the United States since President Joe Biden took office in January
2021,” the Washington Examiner reported last
October, “the greatest number in history and of any administration. They total
more than the individual populations of 41 states.”
Passionate political advocates – those leaning conservative
or neo-progressive – seem to be immovable. What used to be called “the vital
center” of American politics is fast disappearing. In 2020, Biden ran for
office as a typical John F. Kennedy liberal Democrat. Having achieved office,
following a kerfuffle at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, Biden tailored
his past policies to new neo-progressive demands made by the left wing of his
party. Most people from both political camps – free-marketer Republicans and
proto-socialist Democrats – might, given truth serum, agree that Biden’s first
term in office was the most radical we have seen in living memory.
It has not taken long for politically observant Americans to
catch on to the shift in the political template. And polls suggest they do not
like an overbearing central government bent on making intrusive decisions
better made by states and municipalities – not to mention most women in the
United States who are happy with their non-electric stoves.
According to a reliable Gallup poll, “President Joe Biden’s
job approval rating is 39%, marking a slight improvement from the 37% low point
in October and November but the fifth time his rating is below 40% in 2023.”
Biden’s most recent approval ratings
are fathoms below water even though, despite dire warnings from Environment
Czars John Kerry, Al Gore and Greta Thunberg, the world’s polar ice caps have
not yet fully melted.
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