Here are my observations and opinions from my select news of the day.
THOSE SUBURBAN WHITE WOMEN, who the media pundits want you to believe are opposed to the reelection of President Trump, are the subject of a piece in The Lily by Caroline Kitchener, “These suburban white women are ‘mortified’ they voted for Trump. But they’ll do it again.”
Patricia Murphy, who lives on the outskirts of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and a couple friends, are the subjects of Kitchener’s feature. They are among the “hidden Trump voters,” women who voted for Trump, but don’t talk about it, and will probably vote for him again.
Murphy was embarrassed with Joe Biden’s performance in the last debate and as far as Bernie Sanders is concerned, “No way.”
THE EVOLUTION OF TRUMP’S CABINET has been interesting to witness. As an outsider in 2016, Sen. Jeff Sessions was the lone voice of support in Washington, and he was rewarded with his appointment as attorney general, however, he had to go.
Over the first three years, his early choices for key roles in Defense and at State were dubious. With leaks emitting from within, he didn’t know who was loyal, who he could trust. The West Wing was filled with Obama holdovers.
Kramerontheright believes he now has the right people in the key positions with his recent appointment of Mark Meadows as his chief of staff. It wasn’t that Mick Mulvaney wasn’t loyal as chief of staff, but he had been in an acting role, all while leading the Office of Management and Budget. I still have my doubts that Chris Wray is the right man for the FBI.
With Bill Barr as attorney general, Mike Pompeo at State, Mark Esper at Defense, Robert O’Brian as National Security Advisor, and soon, Mark Ratcliffe as Director of National Intelligence, the president has an outstanding team going into the election.
MORE MEDIA SHAME – When Princeton University professor Eddie Gluade said “This (the virus) may be President Trump’s Katrina,“ MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace eagerly said, “Let’s just lean into that for a minute … this has the makings, structurally, of the same kind of moment.”
NBC’s Chuck Todd had a similar thought, as he said, “This (the virus) could be Trump’s version of what the Iran Hostage Crisis was to Jimmy Carter,” and went on the remind viewers that Carter’s poor leadership cost him the presidency with his loss to Ronald Reagan, seemingly suggesting Biden or Sanders could cite Trump’s handling of the virus to defeat him in November.
BIDEN AND THE CLYBURN ENDORSEMENT – “Jim Clyburn Saves the Democrats,” is the headline over Peggy Noonan’s Wall Street Journal column. We heard the anchors and political pundits spin the story of how Clyburn saved Apology Joe Biden’s campaign in South Carolina.
I disagree. Despite Biden’s lackluster performance in Iowa and New Hampshire, he was always going to win in South Carolina, where black voters were going to vote for him.
Noonan and others were taken in by Clyburn’s heartfelt speech, in which he spoke of his late wife’s love for Biden. And he told of being called to the side of an elderly lady in her upper 80s while attending a funeral of a friend. She wanted him to tell her who he was going to vote for.
Wrestling with whether to make a public endorsement, it was in that moment that Clyburn supposedly decided to endorse Biden. It made for a good story. However, if as he said, “Nobody with whom I’ve ever worked in public life is any more committed than Joe Biden. I know Joe … but more importantly, Joe knows us,” why was he hesitating?
It was that story that captured Noonan, who has made a living writing speeches and books, like “On Speaking Well,” in which she shares her secrets to becoming a persuasive speaker.
She particularly liked Clyburn’s line – “No one is better suited, better prepared … than my good friend, my late wife’s great friend, Joe Biden.”
“It was beautiful,” Noonan writes. Hook, line and sinker.
Failed Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris is late coming to Biden’s side. Now, an expected win for Biden in Michigan on Tuesday would help him going into the next debate.
(Courtesy of Gary Varvel)
Standing toe to toe with Bernie Sanders will probably determine his future, not Clyburn’s endorsement. If he doesn’t get the best of Sanders, how can he be expected to do against President Trump?
BIDEN’S MENTAL CAPACITY still haunts him. During an appearance in Missouri on Saturday, he seemingly lost his train of thought. “We cannot get re-elect, we cannot win this reelection, excuse me, we can only reelect Donald Trump,” Biden told bewildered supporters, according to Bronson Stocking in Townhall.
At one point, Biden referred to himself as an “Obiden Bama Democrat.”
I MISSED IT, TOO – “There was a special election the drive-by media is not telling you about,” said Rush Limbaugh. I missed it, too. I would never pass up an opportunity to write about a GOP win. It was in Kentucky’s 99th Congressional District, where Democrats have held the seat for 33 years and outnumber Republicans by double digits. Richard White won the seat left vacant by Democrat Rocky Adkins, who became senior advisor to the governor.
I ONCE ADMIRED the voice of Linda Ronstadt, especially her rendition of the popular music of my day – What’s new? … What’ll I do? … I’ve got a crush on you … to name a few.
She no longer has the ability to perform as she has Parkinson’s disease. I was disappointed to hear that she recently told CNN that America is just like Nazi Germany – “It’s exactly the same … I said that Trump’s going to be like Hitler, and Mexicans are going to be the new Jews. And sure enough, that’s what he delivered.”
How pathetic.
“Those little girls will have to wait another four years.” (garyvarvel)
SOMETHING TO PONDER – Larry O’Connor, tweeting @LarryOConnor, wrote: “Elizabeth Warren was rejected by Democrat WOMEN in the primaries. Clearly, sexism is the only excuse for this transcendent hero to be kept from ascending to her rightful place in the Oval Office.”
May God continue to bless the United States of America.
