Authored by Caitlin Johnstone via Medium.com,
Back in January, well before the Democratic primary race had taken on its current composition, independent journalist Ruth Ann Oskolkoff reported that a source had heard from high-level Democratic Party insiders that they were planning to install Joe Biden as the party’s nominee, and to smear Bernie Sanders as a Russian asset.
“On January 20, 2020 at 8:20 p.m. PDT I received a communication from a reliable source,” Oskolkoff wrote.
“This person had interactions earlier that evening with high level party members and associates of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) who said that they have now selected Biden as the Democratic Party nominee, with Warren as the VP. They also said the plan is to smear Bernie as a Russian asset.”
Now, immediately before Super Tuesday, we are seeing establishment candidates Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar drop out of the race, both of whom, along with former candidate Beto O’Rourke, are now suddenly endorsing Biden. Elizabeth Warren, the only top-level candidate besides Sanders who could be labeled vaguely “left” by any stretch of the imagination, has meanwhile outraged progressives by remaining in the race, to the Vermont senator’s detriment.
The day before Super Tuesday also saw The Daily Beast, whose corporate owner IAC has Chelsea Clinton on its board of directors, publishing an article titled “Kremlin Media Still Like Bernie, ’Cause They Love Trump” which aggressively smears Sanders as a tool of the Kremlin.
Prior to the South Carolina primary, Russian state media were touting Bernie Sanders as the most likely Democratic nominee, and it won’t be surprising if they do the same after Super Tuesday https://t.co/mH98PVmcjr
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) March 2, 2020
This latter development is becoming a conspicuously common line of attack against Sanders and, while we’re on the subject, also tracks with a prediction made by journalist Max Blumenthal back in July of 2017. Blumenthal told Fox’s Tucker Carlson that “this Russia hysteria will be re-purposed by the political establishment to attack the left and anyone on the left — a Bernie Sanders-like politician who steps out of line on the issues of permanent war or corporate free trade, things like that — will be painted as Russia puppets. So this is very dangerous, and people who are progressive who are falling into it need to know what the long-term consequences of this cynical narrative are.”
So we’re seeing things unfold exactly as some have predicted. We’re seeing the clear frontrunner smeared as a tool of Vladimir Putin, accompanied by a deluge of op-eds and think pieces from all the usual warmongering mass media narrative managers calling on so-called “moderates” to rally around the former Vice President on Super Tuesday.
Sanders has not been pulling in anywhere near the numbers he’d need to pull to prevent a contested convention. This means that even if he gets more votes than any of his primary opponents, party leaders can still overrule those votes and appoint Biden as their nominee to run against Trump. Establishment spinmeisters as well as all Sanders’ primary opponents have been working to normalize this ahead of time.
"Whatever the case for either Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren…neither is going to be the nominee. And…it’s not going to be Mike Bloomberg either. So it’s Bernie Sanders or Joe Biden." Tomorrow, if you live in one of 14 states, you can choose Biden.https://t.co/btuPbGtWxG
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) March 2, 2020
And the prediction markets have seen a massive surge for Biden and plunge for Bernie…
With Biden now surging into the lead
The only problem? Biden’s brain is turning into sauerkraut.
There are two new clips of video footage making the rounds today, one featuring Biden at a rally telling his supporters that tomorrow is “Super Thursday”, and another featuring the former VP saying (and this is a direct quote), “We hold these truths to be self-evident. All men and women created — by the — you know, you know the thing.”
I’ve written about Biden’s recent struggles to form coherent sentences before, and it seems to be getting worse. There’s simply no comparing the befuddled, fuzz-brained man we see before us today with the sharp, lucid speaker we were seeing even a few years ago. The man’s brain does not work.
And yeah, it’s unpleasant to have to keep pointing this out. I’m not loving it myself. I resent Biden’s handlers and the Democratic Party establishment for making it necessary to continually point out an old man’s obvious symptoms of cognitive decline. But it does need to be pointed to, and it’s creepy and weird that they’re continuing to prop up this crumbling husk of a man while pretending that everything’s fine.
Imagine putting all your eggs in the Joe Biden basket. https://t.co/nRPX4gqol5
— Krystal Ball (@krystalball) March 3, 2020
Not that Biden would be an acceptable leader of the most powerful government on earth even with a working brain; he’s a horrible war hawk with an inexcusable track record of advancing right-wing policies. But even rank-and-file Americans who don’t pay attention to that stuff would plainly see a man on the debate stage opposite Trump who shouldn’t be permitted near heavy machinery, much less the nuclear codes. And Trump will happily point that out.
It’s been obvious since 2016 that the Dems were going to once again sabotage the only candidate with a chance of beating Trump in favor of a scandalously inappropriate candidate, but wheeling out an actual, literal dementia patient for the role is something not even I would have imagined.
2020 is weird, folks. And it’s going to get a whole lot weirder. Buckle up.
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Just a setup to get to Hilliary or Mike O?
A charade. That’s why the DNC (Clinton) took out the black candidates early on. Have the Deplorables registered as Democrat to vote Sanders to cause more chaos?
Sanders will not be the nominee anyway.
Don’t worry, the bio-weapon – er, I mean bat soup virus – will either cancel election and House of Representatives will elect (((global money cartel))) + MIC candidate of choice, or bat soup virus will lead to technological progress where on-line voting is rolled out as convenient permanent fixture where (((global money cartel))) + MIC candidate of choice is elected by computer bug for eternity.
“2020 is weird, folks. And it’s going to get a whole lot weirder. Buckle up.”
I agree. Things that are normally statistical outliers, like a Democrat contested convention, are on the table this go-’round. As far as things getting a whole lot weirder, my input is that you keep your sense of humor as we watch this Dem Dumpster Fire of a “nomination process” as well as the typical cultural confusion puppeteered by shady “think tanks” etc— just keep checking in w/websites like this:
https://babylonbee.com/
https://www.accredited-times.com/
Biden shouldn’t be allowed to drive a car much less be president. He’s exactly what our owner’s want-a brain dead zombie who will do precisely what he’s told.
Doubt Biden has driven himself for the last thirty years. “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
Last real job he had he got in a fight with CornPop.
We have a struggle between the two major factions of the Democrat Party. They are the sincere naive Marxists with Chekist tendencies and the amoral pedophile fascist crony capitalists with Gestapo tendencies. The only difference is the armbands.
We have a struggle between the (((two major factions))) of the Democrat Party. There, fixed it.
“But it does need to be pointed to, and it’s creepy and weird that they’re continuing to prop up this crumbling husk of a man while pretending that everything’s fine.”
The same thing was done for HRC. She clearly had problems, perhaps stress related, but problems none the less.
Maybe partially retarded (Manchurian) candidates are easier to control?
With both Sanders and Biden, they are mostly irrelevant. It will be their VP choices that are relevant and all telling.
isn’t it obvious that they’re leaving the Pres race between 2 basically senile people in order to shove a woman (soon to be VP, Warren) into the Pres position once the old white man leader “succumbs to coronavirus” 😉
My money’s on Stacey Abrams as Biden’s VP pick. Woman, check, African-American, check. It’s all about intersectionality, you know.
And amazingly even dumber than Biden…
“And Trump will happily point that out.”
And when he does, the leftist media will smear him for making fun of an elderly man with dementia not realizing the irony in their smear because irony has long been dead to them.
Have televised debates – lots of debates. It will become self-evident then.
Hey Caitlin,
Stop promoting your felling fellow FEM-TARD columnists on Medium.com that nobody reads!
Men-I hope you skip straight to the commentary like I do.
THIS BITCH WAS A MEDIUM WRITER TOO:
Biden – Warren. Oh hell, if that happens I am going to find myself praying for Creepy Joe’s health.
WTF did the socialist-democrats have a primary for in the first place? The DNC knew who they wanted as their candidate from the git go. Now, if Smokin’ Joe steps in it again, the super delegates can slide Schrillary in as pinch hitter. Mini Mike, the turtle man is there for monetary support only. The DNC would never allow him as a real candidate. They just need his cash.
They’ve admitted in court filings that the primary is just for entertainment of the rabble, with no obligation to give the voters an actual choice in the matter. What’s funny is that every liberal I’ve confronted with this fact (none of them knew, go figure) simply shrugged their shoulders.
Political parties should choose their own candidates. They should do it ON THEIR OWN DIME, and not by consuming millions of tax dollars to pay for primaries and hooker-filled conventions. The ONLY reason why this charade is staged, is to get people excited about something none of them would otherwise be excited about.
A government with so little power that it could NOT directly influence the daily lives of its citizens, could not steal their money, destroy their property rights, force them to purchase goods and services they do not desire, could not decide who could and could not operate a business, etc. would have nobody standing at the door handing out bribes to purchase control. Simply disgusting what we continue to put up with.