What a choice!

 

Biden/Trump 2024

Donald Trump just told Israel that they were doing the wrong thing on Israeli TV. Here's the thing: Trump's a scumbag, and a professional heel (as in professional wrestling). He's a real-estate con man and narcissist.

But he's not a mass-murderer like Biden. He knows what appeals to his audience. That's pretty much the stock in trade of a con man. So he talks big and says all kind of shit that he knows his audience loves to hear - or do you believe that he's really an evangelical Christian?

War scares him. It's too big for his level of relatively petty criminality and graft. That's why he was the only President in decades not to start a new war. He even tried to shut down a war, and the generals and military-industrial-Congressional complex jerked the reins out of his hands and flat-out refused to end it. They only ended it for Biden because they knew the resources were needed for the upcoming war in Ukraine.

The DNC has been pushing the idea of Donald Trump as the Antichrist, Satan, and Hitler all rolled up in one turgid package. They see terrifying their voters about Trump as the only way to get them to swallow the shit sandwich that is #GenocideJoe. But Biden is actually killing children every day, probably close to 20,000 by now. He's jailing more refugee children at the border than Trump did. He's happily denying millions of American children (and their parents) basic health care, while he and his family enjoy the best health care in the world for life, paid for by our tax dollars. And don't get me started about Biden's penchant for grabbing little girls and smelling their hair. The guy's a senile creep!

Biden's the genocidal fascist. Trump's a sleazy crook and con man. They're both rapists, of course. But between the two, Trump is clearly the lesser evil. Because genocide, particularly of a population which is half children, can never be anything but the greatest evil possible.

Biden also serves the oligarchs and the military-industrial complex with unquestioning loyalty (or at this point his puppetmasters do, since his brains seem to be mostly tapioca). He's brought the world closer to the brink of World War III than any President since JFK. Trump's ego is so huge and his need for applause is so deep that sometimes - only sometimes, mind you - he unintentionally foils the will of the oligarchs.

Both of them belong in jail. Neither of them deserve to be within a hundred miles of the White House. They're both contemptible. But selling the DNC's painfully-concocted lie that Trump is the Ultimate Evil (a lie they've used in every single election for the past forty years) is just ridiculous.

A Ceasefire, Of Sorts

I'm absolutely convinced that the "ceasefire" proposed by Joe Biden is a TEMPORARY ceasefire. The plan is to get Hamas to release all hostages, followed by resumption of the genocide by Israel and the extermination of the Palestinian people.

Biden's puppet masters really believe that the public is stupid enough to fall for that. Their contempt for the working class is boundless. We are nothing but cattle, in their eyes.

The Big, Big, BIG Lie

Now this makes all kinds of sense to me. The supposed "great economy" in the USA has been a lie all along. It always seemed strange to hear that claim; it went against everything I've been seeing and feeling. The cynicism behind the claims of the success of Bidenomics would be stunning if it weren't so predictable.

Genocide Joe

Gaza isn't the only genocide that #GenocideJoe enables...

https://armenianweekly.com/2024/02/20/why-im-voting-uncommitted-in-michigans-democratic-primary/

Response to an "over-the-top" Biden supporter

The facts are in the public record, and I'm not going to go back over them just because you deny them. #GenocideJoe went around Congress twice to send billions of dollars worth of weapons purchased with our tax dollars to Israel. He did so knowing that they would be used to murder thousands of children and adults. He vetoed a ceasefire at the UN three times. He is a war criminal and sociopath. Dementia is no excuse.

But that's not all that he's done. He promised to add a public option to Obamacare, and broke that promise. He promised to veto Medicare for All if it ever came to his desk, even though he, his family, and everyone in Congress gets the best health care in the world for life, paid for with OUR tax dollars. Meanwhile millions of American children go without basic healthcare. Billions for Israel and Ukraine, but Americans don't matter to Joe Biden.

Now he's offering to reinstate the worst Trump border policies if Congress will only authorize more billions in weapons for Israel and Ukraine. That includes putting even MORE refugee children in cages at the border - cages which he and Obama built.

And that's just the crimes he's committed against CHILDREN. There are lots more atrocities he's inflicted on the rest of the people of this country. Your candidate is one of the greatest monsters in the history of the human race. What's wrong with you, that you support him so fervently?

In Old Blood

Say Joe Biden had personally strangled a Palestinian toddler. Put his hands around that helpless little neck and squeezed until it broke, giggling softly all the while. Would Democrats and their supporters still be talking about it not being "too late" for him to earn a second term? Is that a sin that can be wiped away with a quick political pivot, in your book?

If not, why is his complicity in the murder of over 13,000 children somehow BETTER than that single murder? Not to mention another 17,000 or more adults?

I'll wait for a reply.

? = ?

 

Either/Or

The Democratic Party leadership don't give a shit about democracy. If they did, they wouldn't have put a visibly demented, doddering old  octogenarian up against Donald Trump. 

OR, this is all just a game between the two major political parties and who wins is meaningless - the oligarchs win either way. In which case we don't have democracy and probably haven't had it for decades. If ever. 

The Unforgiveable

For the record: even if #GenocideJoe drops out and is replaced by someone else, I'm still supporting Jill Stein. Gavin Newsom is a sleazy scumbag; take a look at his record in California, and you'll see that pretty much everything he does is a betrayal of poor and working Americans.

Hell, even if Bernie Sanders was the nominee I wouldn't support him. He sold us out too many times, and proved himself a shill for the oligarchy. The entire Democratic and Republican parties are complicit in the genocide of Gaza, and for that there can be no forgiveness - ever. 

#FreePalestine

I Forget

The special counsel tasked with investigating Joe Biden's keeping of classified documents in his home during his time out of office has declined to prosecute, saying that Biden's memory is shot. Apparently he doesn't remember when he was vice president or even the year that his son died. I can't say that I'm surprised.

I keep an eye out on the Daily Kos occasionally to see what dyed-in-the-wool Democratic supporters are thinking. In this case, they were virtually unanimous: it's no big deal.

"I'm 63 and I forgot my wedding anniversary. This is totally normal."

"I'm 81 and I forgot my debit card PIN. Joe Biden is the greatest President in history."

"I'm 47 and I just forgot my own last name. Four more years!"

Sticking your head in the sand and refusing to acknowledge reality is such a classic Democratic coping mechanism! But I fear we're going to see some truly epic Democratic tantrums after election day.

I just wish I could see them all without having to suffer through another term of Trump. People really need to wake up and realize that both parties are killing off our species. 

Can I post pics?

Joe wants money?

Sure, Joe. I'll donate just as soon as you resurrect the 30,000-plus Gazans you've murdered, including the over 11,000 children. While you're at it, you can also restore the limbs of the thousands of children who've had amputations WITHOUT ANESTHESIA because of your bombs. Oh, and rebuild Gaza.

Then just institute Medicare for All, cancel student debt, and hold REAL primaries. My contribution will be right on it's way! You have my word as a Biden on it. 🤮

#AbandonBiden
#GenocideJoe
#FreeGaza

The Biden Bump?

In the last day or so I've seen several stories in the mainstream press claiming that new polls show that Joe Biden is receiving a flood of support, so much so as to give him a clear edge over Donald Trump.

I'm not buying it. This is triggering my troll-sense. I suspect that someone high up in the political establishment has decided that it's time to fake it 'til they make it - or try to, anyway. Maybe (they think) if we tell everyone that Biden is in the lead, they'll believe it and surrender to the inevitable! After all, the DNC has been convinced all along that enough progressives and other weak-minded recidivists (as they see it) will break as the election draws nearer and flock to the Biden banner.

From how they've behaved lately I think they've been getting pissed off by the strength and durability of the anti-Biden crowd. Nancy Pelosi thinks that protesters are Russian agents one day, Chinese agents the next. In either case she wants to sic the FBI onto them. Hillary Clinton is no doubt seething with rage. Perhaps just a bit of falsehood will be enough to speed up the process and get those childish and recalcitrant young voters/Moslems/African Americans to cease their caterwauling and fall obediently back in line.

I'm pretty sure that they're in for a disappointment, though. I've followed politics closely for about fifty years now, and I've never seen this level of rage directed at a candidate from their own prior supporters. The #GenocideJoe hashtag has caught fire, and many of the pro-Biden comments I see online seem like poorly-done shills.

It's an interesting situation. If I had to place odds on it, I'd say that Donald Trump is extremely likely to win. The wild card, of course, are third party candidates. Personally I don't see any of them other than Jill Stein as having much chance, since most of them simply don't have the necessary ballot access. I'm also quite sure that the Democrats will stop at virtually nothing to keep all third party candidates off the ballot. Even so, I'd bet good money (if I had any) that Biden will be soundly thrashed on Election Day.

Response to a Democrat (Vote Blue No Matter Who)

So you're saying we should support the man who:

A) is responsible for the deaths and maimings of tens of thousands of civilians

B) is bringing us closer to World War III than anyone else in history

C) promised to veto Medicare for All if it ever reached his desk, while he and his family receive the best medical care in the world for life, paid for by our tax dollars whether we like it or not,

D) has a credible accusation of rape against him, just like Trump,

E) is visibly in a state of advanced dementia

F) was the primary mover behind the 1994 Crime Bill that put millions of black Americans in prison, depriving their children of parents

G) rigged the 2020 Democratic primaries, depriving voters of a fair vote,

H) cancelled the 2024 Democratic primaries, depriving voters of a chance to vote again,

I) was the primary mover behind the 2005 Bankruptcy Bill, which deprived millions of young Americans of the option to escape crushing lifetime debt,

J) armed and is STILL arming actual Nazis in Ukraine

K) broke up refugee families and put them in cages at the border, including thousands of children - many of whom were subsequently raped by staff,

L) is offering Republicans the reinstatement of Trump's most savage treatment of refugees at the border just to get more weapons for Ukraine and for Israel's genocide?

There's lots more I could come up with, but if that's not enough nothing is. As for your suggestion that Trump would be worse on Gaza: perhaps you're right. But it's well known that Trump and Netanyahu hate each other, quite probably because they're both thugs. And for all his evil, Trump is politically pretty canny - and he's cheap. Those are all reasons to suspect that Trump wouldn't be willing to write Netanyahu unlimited checks, unlike Biden.

All that said, genocide - particularly of children - is very personal to me. It's a red line that I will never, ever cross. A vote for Biden is a vote for the continued extermination of the children of Gaza, among many other terrible policies which are bringing the end of the human race closer every day. I'm a father. I WON'T support that.

The DNC's plan after losing:

So Nancy Pelosi believes that some Gaza protesters are working for Russia. She wants the FBI to investigate. 

So much for free speech. So much for plausibility, too. I guess it's not surprising that Nancy Pelosi, a sociopath without a conscience, can't understand people who object to the mass murder of children. They must seem as alien to her as creatures from a distant galaxy.

So what I suspect we have to look forward to after Joe Biden's inevitable loss to Donald Trump (thanks in large part to his support of Israel's genocide in Gaza, and his absolute tone deafness about the economy, enhanced by his blatant dementia) is a witch hunt by the Democrats for Russian agents and a replay of the post 2016 Russia Russia Russiagate.

And of course progressives will be their target. I wouldn't be surprised if it works up to a full-blown replay of McCarthyism.

Response to "But TRUMP!!"

So your canned response to criticism of Joe Biden is to try to scare people about Donald Trump? There's nothing positive you can say about Joe Biden to get us to vote for him? Looks like the Democrats and the DNC are the REAL terrorists. In any case, bad as Trump is, #GenocideJoe is worse.

He's taking our tax dollars and making an end run around Congress to murder thousands of children in Gaza. What did those children do to you?

He takes our tax dollars to have the best medical care in the world for himself and his family, along with every other flunky and Congressperson. But he promised to veto Medicare for All it ever came to his desk. Millions of American children go to bed hungry every night, and live without health care. What did those children do to you - or to Joe?

And how much longer are you going to settle for a supposedly "lesser"  evil that murders children? Shouldn't Americans be able to go to the polls without having to choose between two evil old sociopaths? Me, I'm going to vote for Jill Stein. Her policies are great and humane. You have to put your foot down some time​ and say "ENOUGH!".

Why, Joe?

You are using our tax dollars to mass-murder children - CHILDREN! - in Gaza, Joe Biden. Exactly how do you reconcile that with your supposed conscience?

Meanwhile you and your family (and every Congressperson and Senator) are receiving the best medical care for life, paid for with - once again - our tax dollars. You didn't ask our permission; you just took that money for yourself. Meanwhile you've promised to veto Medicare for All if it were ever to reach your desk, which the Democrats in Congress will never allow anyway. Why? Why are you willing to make us pay for your healthcare while denying it to the rest of us - including America's children?

And you built the cages on the border where terrified refugee children are kept like animals. You STILL keep them there, and have offered to put even MORE children in cages if the Republicans will only allow you more money to send to bomb and kill children in Ukraine and Gaza.

What's wrong with you? What kind of a monster are you? You're going to lose, #GenocideJoe, and you're handing the country back to Donald Trump.

Why?

Refuse the Uniparty

You don't have to compromise your principles or accept complicity in the cold-blooded murder of thousands of children. You can vote for Jill Stein or Claudia de la Cruz. They both have great stances on Gaza, and you'll find that their policies are outstanding across the board - far more in line with what Americans want, rather than the oligarchs.

No matter what we do, Trump's going to win anyway. But we don't have to accept the DNC's cynical forcing of another Biden/Trump contest on America.

It's the economy, stupid (STILL!)

When I moved into my apartment eight years ago I was paying $1,035 a month (utilities not included). Now it's $1,895 a month. That's an 83% increase. In the same time the price of groceries and everything else has gone up by approximately 50%.

The biggest hits to rent were since the start of Covid, about three years ago. I was hit with two 25%+ increases over two years. Meanwhile my income was going up about 2% a year, which was actually considered GOOD at the time. I'm eating through the last of my financial reserves at a furious pace.

I asked around. Most people have seen rent increases in the 50% range over the past three to four years. The number of people losing their homes is through the roof.

So if the rate of inflation is slowing, that doesn't do a goddamned thing to bring down those unsustainably high prices. NPR economists keep happily announcing that the new higher prices are the "new normal", the baseline; the most we can hope for is for the rate of inflation to be maintained at a "healthy" 2%.

So basically the rich took a HUGE bite out of everyone else, pushing a lot of us to homelessness and putting the rest of us in mortal fear of the same fate. And they won't be giving it back. And that's why Joe Biden is going to lose big.