{"id":1478975,"date":"2024-07-23T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1478975"},"modified":"2024-07-23T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T01:00:00","slug":"truth-is-the-casualty-of-our-political-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/truth-is-the-casualty-of-our-political-wars\/1478975\/","title":{"rendered":"Truth Is The Casualty Of Our Political Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Truth Is The Casualty Of Our Political Wars<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by J.Peder Zane via RealClearPolitics.com,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

These times are different because nowadays political lies are often in plain sight.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A healthy majority of Americans could see for years that President Biden was not fit to serve another four years. But that didn\u2019t stop Democratic Party leaders and their media megaphones from insisting repeatedly that he was \u201csharp as a tack<\/a>.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Biden\u2019s fractured debate performance \u2013 and his broken attempts to demonstrate command in the weeks that followed \u2013 only confirmed that the emperor had no clothes. It was a game changer only because the power brokers who actually control the party realized that their fraud had been exposed;\u00a0the jig was up<\/em>. Reality finally overwhelmed their narrative.<\/p>\n

In a New York minute they went from proclaiming Biden the savior of our democracy to humiliating him as a stubborn old fool.<\/strong> Never mind the national interest, the diminished president only had to go when he no longer proved useful to party bosses. Given this lightning-bolt 180, one might feel sorry for the president.\u00a0What the heck happened, man?<\/em>\u00a0But he is not just Scranton Joe, he is leader of the free world. His diminished capacity puts America, and the world, at risk.<\/p>\n

The fact that Democrats and their allies are trying to shut down discussion of whether he is truly capable of carrying out the duties of his office as two large wars rage and China is threatening Taiwan shows they are more concerned about their party than our country.<\/p>\n

Pushing Biden out allows Democrats to push the reset button on their palpably false narratives.<\/strong> We are already being told that Biden selflessly put America first when, in fact, he had selfishly refused for weeks, maybe years, to acknowledge his decline. Biden always put himself first; they will insist on the opposite.<\/p>\n

Even though Biden\u2019s job approval rating was dismal even before the June 27 debate, Democrats and their media allies are now pretending that he was one of the most effective leaders in American history. Their strategy is to exploit America\u2019s deep reservoir of compassion and goodwill regarding\u00a0a sympathetic, well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory<\/a>\u00a0to delegitimize critiques of his failed policies.\u00a0We get to say he was a lion; those who complain are nasty jackals gnawing at wounded prey<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Democrats\u2019 new presumptive nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, offers them a new canvas to paint \u2013 though not as clean as ones that might be offered by relative unknowns such Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, whom they could have turned into anybody they wanted. Given that Harris was selected as vice president because Biden promised to pick a woman of color \u2013 an identity that makes her hard to bypass now that Biden is out \u2013 one wonders if the Democrats will be hoist on their DEI petard just as Republicans paid the price for their opposition to abortion in 2022.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, just as they depicted Biden as a vigorous and visionary figure, they will now portray Harris as the hands-down best choice, a bold new leader who has come to the rescue of her party and the country. Even as they attach her to Biden\u2019s supposed achievements, they will cast the president\u2019s unpopular positions \u2013 especially regarding immigration and Harris\u2019 role as border czar \u2013 as backward looking.\u00a0Americans want us to focus on her plans for the future<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Harris\u2019 approval ratings have been lower than Biden\u2019s for a reason. While accomplishing almost nothing as vice president she has become famous for her\u00a0inane<\/a>\u00a0word salads<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0dysfunctional office<\/a>.\u00a0Expect all of the that to be swept under the rug, cast, like the videos showing Biden\u2019s weakness, as\u00a0\u201ccheap fakes.\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Most Americans know better, but Democrats and their media propagandists will do it anyway, because that\u2019s their modus operandi. They don\u2019t just concoct false narratives, they continue advancing them long after they have been debunked. Despite the Mueller Report, they still say Donald Trump colluded with Vladimir Putin to steal the 2016 election. While transcripts clearly show that Trump\u00a0did not praise the neo-Nazis<\/a>\u00a0who marched at Charlottesville or advise Americans\u00a0to inject bleach to fight COVID<\/a>, they repeat such canards ad nauseam. Even though they\u00a0defied the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling on student loans<\/a>, ignored the law to create open borders, sought\u00a0to remove their opponents from the ballot<\/a>,\u00a0and used the courts to undermine their biggest political rival, their main campaign message is that Trump is an existential threat to democracy. No wonder a recent poll found that one-third of Biden voters believe the\u00a0Trump assassination attempt was staged<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This and more would be laughable if it weren\u2019t so serious.<\/p>\n

Of course, Trump and other Republicans spew nonsense all the time. The difference is, the press works tirelessly \u2013 and often tendentiously \u2013 to challenge these assertions. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The American people are fully aware of their missteps and mistruths, while Democrat falsehoods are often hidden, dismissed, given a pass.<\/p>\n

Democrats say that the November election is a battle for America\u2019s soul.<\/strong> Their tactics remind us of the adage that \u201ctruth is the first casualty of war.\u201d <\/strong><\/em>But, as Biden\u2019s withdrawal also shows, sometimes reality wins out.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nTue, 07\/23\/2024 – 17:00<\/span><\/p>\n

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