By TIM BARTO
The 2024 presidential election was already interesting but, let’s face it, it is now the most interesting of our lifetimes.
The incumbent, a mind-wandering geriatric who is arguably the worst president in American history –- scratch that; it’s not even arguable –- vs. a bombastic and twice-impeached former president who is arguably the most hated chief executive in history – scratch that, too; there is no president who has ever received the hate that Donald Trump has received.
We the public have witnessed the ravaging progression of dementia upon Joe Biden. Those of us who have endured the pain of watching our loved ones stumble down that path of confusion and deterioration have also cringed through three and a half years of seeing it happen to the most visible government official in the world; the suffering exacerbated by the hair-pulling frustration that comes with watching the Democrat party ignore, or more often blatantly lie with committee-researched-and-approved phrases about the president being “focused and on point.”
The public has also seen a legal assault on the former president, Donald Trump, by the incumbent and his political cronies, the likes of which are usually reserved for dictators wearing stern gazes or gawdy uniforms full of meaningless medals.
The use of political power to bring 88 felony charges against a political opponent because he is feared even more than he is hated, is an embarrassment for our legal system and a much bigger threat to democracy than the allegations that Trump himself is a threat to democracy. Again, the frustration factor in watching this happen is elevated by the complicity of the Democrat party and (just as with the dementia issue) a complicit mainstream media.
A stumbling, bumbling Biden performance in the June debate was painful to watch, even for those of us rooting heartily against him, and it became too much for even the most ardent Biden (or more precisely, anti-Trump) sycophants to bear. A few brave Democrats, fearing a November election loss more than the damage a non-present commander-in-chief could do to our country, began declaring publicly that the emperor wears no clothes . . . an equally unpleasant and not unlikely scenario if not for Dr. Jill hovering over her husband like a mother watching her three-year-old child.
Palace intrigue indeed.
On July 13, a would-be-assassin took a shot at the president’s opponent and came within an inch of being a full-fledged-assassin, taking place two days before the challenger’s party convention. It was enough to bring over the Trump-hesitant Republicans, including former Trump primary opponent Nikki Haley.
Trump takes a bullet then stands up defiantly.
Biden takes almost as long ascending an airplane stairwell as some Secret Service agents take to holster their weapons.
One can expect energy and enthusiasm to emanate from a party convention –- at least when John McCain or Mitt Romney aren’t the banner carriers –- but when Gold Star Family members take the stage to shout the names and tell the stories of their loved ones who died in military operations and, in doing so, expose front and center Biden’s lie about being the only president to not have any troops die under his command, the president and media could no longer ignore the drumbeat.
The increasing tempo became a deafening roar when Rep. Nancy Pelosi, (no clear-minded spring chicken herself) let her private conversation with the president leak to the press.
And now it looks like Kamala Harris, the most incoherent person to ever hold the office of vice president, is the Dems’ frontrunner despite approval ratings even lower than those of her boss. While Joe Biden mumbled his words due to dementia, Vice President Harris jumbles her words due to gross incompetence. If the Peter Principle needs a poster child, it needs look no further than the grand philosopher and her favorite, albeit meaningless, word salad, “What can be, unburdened by what has been.”
Nevertheless, a woman (despite being a word that’s difficult to define), and a woman “of color” to boot, is exactly the type of policy imperative the Left is seeking. Competence and coherence have no place when intersectionality reigns supreme. Donations that were withheld from Biden by millionaire Marxists will now flow into the collectivist coffers.
Meanwhile, Trump’s running mate is a man who has pulled himself up out of poverty by the bootstraps (a concept the Left abhors) and served in the United States Marine Corps. No president or vice president has ever held the title of U.S. Marine, and it’s about time to change that.
Will the Dems stick by Harris? If so, who will be her running mate? If not, who will be on the ticket? Will their Chicago convention be a repeat of the chaos of 1968? Will non-partisans and moderates support either ticket? Is RFK Jr. now more of a viable choice for voters?
Lots of questions and only four months to go, folks. It’s getting interestinger and interestinger by the day.
Tim Barto is a regular contributor to Must Read Alaska, and is Vice President at Alaska Family Council. During the Reagan Administration, he wore the uniform of a United States Marine.
True, Biden is a stumbling, bumbling mess BUT…
That will NEVER EVER excuse the fact that he is a crook and sexual predator!!!! I DO NOT, and NEVER WILL excuse his crimes!!!
The globalists thank you for your service. As the USA continues to sink into subservience, you are there helping it along.
Who are you talking about?
I can’t finish that video of KH….I am nauseated beyond nauseated .
“interestinger” Oh My!
it’s a made-up word…a joke. Please learn not to be so literal.
The candidate talking about the bad economy is a convicted liar who has gone bankrupt 6 times. This is all about tribalism and maintaining white privilege.
40 out of 44 of Trump’s cabinet members refused to endorse him. Thats rather telling.
They probably won’t endorse him as Trump more than likely has dirt on them
white privilege? explain what that is for m,e rocket scientist, because as i see it, an african american woman is vice president of the United States of America. So what’s your excuse?
Oh “Frank”…
Frank, what’s with the racism huh?
It is not a privilege to have to work for the government to take 25% of my earning so that wellfare mommas can support their 7 fatherless children.
It is not a privilege for me to have work to earn money to pay for a car when so called underserved can get a car given to them for free, just because they come from another country.
It is not a privilege to be lied to and gaslighted by the government, the media and other low consciousness voters such as yourself, placing blame on people like me for your problems in life.
We just want to live free and not have to pay for all the freeloaders and be able to spend our own money on things we want and to pursue happiness without government oversight.
So stop blaming us and calling us names. We are not the enemy. You, it is you who work for the enemy.
An interesting side note in all of this is that the Supreme Court has given total immunity to a guy with six months left to serve and no f’s left to give!
When did SCOTUS grant anyone total immunity? Oh right, yet another in the long list of completely fabricated leftist talking points.
Child, do you not get enough attention at home?
Is that why you act out and say nonsensical things? So someone will notice you?
TMA, you seem to be the first one who notices me every time. It’s like your stalking me.
Both, Lisa & Mary have propagated this political morass and chaos!
Both have expertly played the ‘feminist’ victim role and continue to do so.
Both need to be replaced at the next available opportunity.
Both have absolutely “NO” intrinsic value to Alaska and/or Alaskans.
… “Never Forget // Never Forgive!”
The Democrats have dug down to the bottom. Harris couldn’t even get past Iowa in 2020.
She’s kind of a worn out little service dog from Willie Brown and CA Assembly days. But here she is, the Democrats new queen. Even Democrat Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii said Harris isn’t qualified or competent for the job. Her days servicing men should count for something though. The best receptical Democrat money can buy.
Tulsi Gabbard rejected the democratic party quite a while ago calling them out for the sham that they are.
Sham? Who is selling gold sneakers and bibles? Who had to pay twenty five million dollars to settle a lawsuit about his fraud university?
Who took money from China and got his kid to be his bag man? A traitor to his country. And he ended up with a effed up family. Trump’s children are topnotch. Biden is the biggest crook and criminal to ever sit in the WH. A demented old man with his LGBTQ guards running the show. Despicable and pathetic. But he does like our ice cream.
I wonder if Bill Clinton is going to take a shot at her. One more notch in the Lincoln Bedroom would seal Clinton’s Last Act.
Perhaps even Bill wouldn’t touch that, on second thought
I guess he would.
Well, Well, Well(!!!) … Absolutely crazy times we’re experiencing.
Begs the Question: “Does KH come out on top or, does she blow it?”
@RobB.:
Kamala’s preferred position is in genuflexation.
That got her up the flagpole.
Unfortunately, her flag only flies at half staff.
Upon exiting the Constitutional Convention Benjamin Franklin was approached by a group of citizens asking what sort of government the delegates had created. His answer was: “A republic, if you can keep it.”
We should strive to get back the republic that we were unable to keep.
It is interesting to watch the political party that professes to wanting to ‘save democracy’ has deep sixed the candidate duly elected by democrat voters in the primaries. Now we have the DEI adorned VP who is ready to pick up the mantle and help finish ‘Joe’s job’. Kamala currently polls behind Trump. There is a little less than a month before the DNC convention. However, there is plenty of time for people to be turned off by word salad spouting & cackling Kamala. Getting to know Kamala is generally a turn off. So, is it possible that with Kamala’s cratering polls that the democrat cabal might turn to their ‘white knight’ and slide her into the top spot? Yes, it would be difficult to turn aside the first black, South Asia, and female candidate (she checks oh so many blocks!) in favor of a white & entitled Hillary Clinton. Do they dare try it? It will be a hoot watching all that ‘democracy’ at work in Chicago.
Donors raised $81 million for her in 24 hours! Trump will lose. KH has integrity and sincerity among other valuable qualities. Trump is not intelligent,curious, honest, believable or trustworthy. Truly a threat to America.
Off topic – whose jacket is “Clinton” wearing in that photo? It looks a bit snug around the waist and too short in the sleeves. Lol
What a photo. Leaders of our great nation. A crook from Arkansas who lied, cheated, and philandered his way to the White House. A criminal who stole and betrayed his country all the way to the White House. And a Willie Brown concubine who flexed her middle shakras to the front door of the White House. With the known reputations of these three nincompoops, it’s a wonder we still have a republic.
They are called…….
Democrats. Keep your powder dry this fall. Open season begins soon.
The ghastly trio.
I’m looking forward to a Harris/Newsom ticket and with any amount of luck, they’ll win. That’ll give the Democrats another 4-8 years, maybe more to finish destroying this CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC.
The main thing this shows us is just how communistic the left has become.
They forced out the leader of their party for the good of the party. Khrushchev is looking up smiling.
How many democrat voters were just disenfranchised by the party trying to “save democracy”?
The Dems won’t even notice. Their decisions are made for them and beamed into their skulls by the news media they consume on TV. They are just s bunch of NPCs running as a program. Their instructions have already changed and contradicted themselves over and over and all they can do to respond is to call us names, say Trump is literally Hitler and complain about how they are oppressed, even though they have every opportunity given to them to prosper in this country.
One point of clarification. It was Trump hater turned trump VP pick JD Vance that referred to him as “America’s Hitler”.
You two LGBTQ idiots are a couple of old fogies who live in the past. Trump was too liberal for Vance, initially. Vance learned after Trimp’s four spectacular years in the White House. The next four are going to be *ss kickers. Pack your bags for Key West, fellows. Your LGBTQ men (and boys) will welcome you to your gay world. Enjoy your strangeness.
I finally agree with Donald: It would be a huge mistake to elect the oldest candidate in American history.
We are indeed living in interesting times.
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