jerry shenk
Although it's a little too early for the 2024 presidential election, I published a column in July 2014 explaining why Hillary Clinton might not become president.
My liberal editor at the time laughed at my prediction from more than two years ago. He, and probably everyone he knew, thought Hillary's presence was “inevitable.”
But who's laughing now?
I wrote this: “Hillary becomes less likable when she speaks. She is a terrible campaigner with terrible political instincts, an arrogant sense of entitlement, and an unreasonably belligerent attitude. Hillary is vain, thin-skinned, vindictive, In a stump speech, his voice can cut glass.”
President Joe Biden(ish) also has difficulty speaking and has done little campaigning. In fact, Biden shares most vulnerabilities with Hillary, including strong evidence of personal corruption.
Hillary has virtually no track record in the Senate, and her time at the State Department was a disaster on foreign policy.
As a senator, Biden worked closely with racist, anti-busing factions in the Senate and sponsored the infamous 1994 crime bill that led to mass incarceration that disproportionately affected black men. There is no rational way to defend Biden's current foreign policy.
Biden's only advantage this year may be the good fortune of running against someone the left so thoroughly condemns.
But former President Donald Trump also has an advantage. He is pitted against an old man who is failing, incompetent, mentally and physically deteriorating, and whose public approval ratings are disastrous.
The main problems causing Biden's declining approval ratings – inflation, illegal immigration, crime – are interconnected and cannot be fixed by Biden before November.
Food, housing, and utility costs are putting pressure on household budgets. Interest rates have been raised to curb inflation, putting homeownership out of reach for many Americans.
Jared Bernstein, chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers, once wrote: [W]We learned in the 1990s that…the surest way to reconnect the fortunes of working people of all skill levels, immigrants and native-born alike, to a growing economy is to tighten the job market…A tight job market means fewer jobs. The main pressure to promote employment is to offer wages to attract and retain needed workers. One surefire way to break this beneficial dynamic is to turn off immigration whenever wages for one group increase. ”
“Tags?” In 2021, Joe Biden has opened a fire hose to 10 million illegal aliens, including criminals, traffickers and drug cartels so far. As a result, opportunities for job seekers forced to compete with illegal aliens similarly undermine public health and safety, and the additional demand for goods and services generated by millions of foreigners contributes to inflation. It becomes.
The cost of feeding, housing, educating, and medical care for illegal aliens is bankrupting American cities, towns, schools, and hospitals.
Ironically, while Biden is trying to buy votes by illegally redistributing student loan debt, recent polling data from the Harvard Kennedy School shows that 18- to 29-year-olds, like older adults, It became clear that they were most concerned about the cost of living. The top five are inflation (64 percent), health care (59 percent), housing (56 percent), gun violence (54 percent), and employment (53 percent). “Student loan debt” (26%) came in last.
There is a widespread perception that Democrats are interfering in the election by locking Trump up in a series of Soviet-style trials because they know they can't beat him fairly, but this is a form of fraud. , which has backfired spectacularly, especially in minority communities. Where Trump is growing his power.
Additionally, immigration-related crime and drugs are creeping into their communities, and anarchists are supporting Hamas murderers, rapists, and kidnappers to disrupt, occupy, and destroy campuses. That's alarming the college-educated suburban women he's recruited. .
Additionally, the Monmouth poll shows Republicans with a 27-point lead in voter enthusiasm. Biden isn't…exciting anyone at all, but Rasmussen reports that an overwhelming majority of voters, particularly those under 40, think Biden is too old.
In fact, Jurassic Joe could face-plant before the convention or Election Day, but if he remains semi-living, desperate convention superdelegates may decide to give Biden a younger There is also the possibility of negotiating a backroom deal to replace him with a different person. But they would first need to buy an even less popular and unelected vice president.
If the election were held today, Donald Trump would win, as nostalgia for the peace and prosperity of the Trump era is on the rise and MAGA concerns fueled by the administration and media are losing momentum. And Mr. Trump can win a fair November election — emphasizing “fairness.”
If Joe Biden is nominated and lasts until November, only censorship, propaganda from the obedient media to which Slow Joe outsourced his last campaign, and lots of fraud stand a chance of saving him – maybe if you do…
Contact columnist Jerry Shenk at jshenk2010@gmail.com.
