It is an axiomatic fact that the mainstream media functions as the propaganda wing for the Washington Democrat establishment. In fact, the news media should not be seen as a separate entity but instead as a department within the Democrat party.
Reading an op-ed in the NYT or the WaPo or watching a show on
MSNBC doesn’t provide an insight into what the editors or presenter are
thinking, but instead what the Democrat Establishment is thinking or wants
their voters to think.
The NYT was among those who actively promoted Joe Biden during
the Presidential contest in 2020 and cheered his ‘victory’ claiming that the
adults were back in charge.
Almost a year and a half late, following the myriad disasters
that Biden has preceded upon, the paper still remains his cheerleader, but prominent
cracks are beginning to show.
The
NYT recently interviewed 50 Democratic officials, from county leaders to
members of Congress, and 2020 Biden voters who are frustrated
with Biden’s “struggle
to advance the bulk
of his agenda” and who doubt “Biden’s ability to rescue the party
from a
predicted midterm trouncing”.
These Democrats are also alarmed about Republicans’ rising
strength and extraordinarily pessimistic about an immediate path forward.
There is also great disappointment among Democrats over
Biden’s repeated
failures to the
far-left agenda.
The NYT admits that Democrats are struggling to
explain the 40-year high inflation, surging
gas prices, a lingering
pandemic, mass shootings,
and a Supreme Court poised to end
the federal right to an abortion.
The NYT doesn’t mention the open border that causes an influx
of migrants, human trafficking, and smuggling of illicit drugs. They also don’t
mention the supply chain crisis or the shortage of baby formula or the various
crises abroad.
The NYT says that the Democrats are tired of
Biden’s relentless gaffes on
the global stage that needs to be walked back by his White House staff. They
also noted that Biden has done fewer interviews than any of his recent predecessors.
The NYT makes the case that there is a need to look beyond
Biden.
“The presidency is a monstrously taxing job and the stark
reality is the president would be closer to 90 than 80 at the end of a second
term, and that would be a major issue,” conceded David Axelrod, the chief election
strategist for Barack Obama.
Veteran Democrat Howard Dean thinks Biden hasn’t achieved
enough of what he has promised. "We need to have specific examples of how
we’re dealing with things; it can’t just be pie-in-the-sky and kumbaya,"
The NYT speculates about the options Democrats have if Biden
drops out?
Kamala Harris, who
has had a series of political
hiccups herself is
seen as a spent force by Democrat insiders.
The likes of Senators Amy
Klobuchar of Minnesota, Bernie
Sanders of Vermont, Elizabeth
Warren of Massachusetts and Cory
Booker of New Jersey; Transportation Secretary Pete
Buttigieg; and Beto
O’Rourke, get a mention but there is clearly not much excitement. Surprisingly Hillary Clinton doesn’t get a
mention.
It is revealed that Democrats realize the midterms could tip
the balance of power in Congress to Republicans, hobbling Biden’s agenda for
the second half of his term.
It is also revealed that Democrats are lamenting a stark
enthusiasm gap between Republicans and that they haven’t advanced their
far-left agenda.
There is also frustration about Biden’s inability to persuade
centrist Democratic senators to side with him.
Younger Democrat voters are lamenting “a great national loss
of hope” and hoping for a younger individual to run on the Democrat ticket in
2024.
They reveal an Associated Press poll showing Biden at just 73
percent approval among Democrats. Most sitting Presidents, including President
Trump, have a 90+ approval in their own party.
The NYT article states that even some of the earliest
supporters of Biden’s 2020 campaign are now questioning whether he can lead the
party through another challenging election cycle against Mr. Trump.
The NYT interviews Democrats, who fear that their relentless
failures will prompt the voters to stay away during the mid-terms.
The article concluded with a statement by a Democrat official
“Democrats need fresh, bold leadership for the 2024 presidential race. That
can’t be Biden”
Recently, the NYT carried an op-ed on Biden’s
inflation crisis and a few other articles where the portrayal
wasn’t complimentary.
These articles reveal nothing that fair-minded observers didn’t
already know. The only group that may be startled is the NYT reader base who
probably prefer the chimes within echo chambers over inconvenient facts.
The question remains why is NYT taking on Biden when the mid-terms
are just four months?
Why not wait until the shellacking and then take Biden out
after placing the blame on him?
We have to understand that the NYT will never even lift a
finger without approval from the Democrat leadership.
Perhaps they know of the considerable losses that the Democrats
will face in 2022 and are preparing for 2024 in advance.
Perhaps this is a strategy for the mid-terms. They place the
blame for all failure solely on Biden, hence implying that the Senators and House
members and Nancy Pelosi who are contesting the mid-terms are blameless and
hence deserve to be voted for.
Beyond that, it probably is a matter of retaining some credibility
for the NYT.
The NYT would have gladly concealed Biden’s failures if they weren’t
as colossal and obvious. If Biden had delivered 5/10 on most issues, they could
have gleefully disguised it as 8/10 by selectively picking facts. But Biden has
delivered ranging from 1/10 to 3/10 on many fronts such that it is obvious to
all and impossible to disguise. They have no choice but to be factual.
The Democrats probably realize that Biden is at a point of no
return and are using the NYT as a channel to urge him to pack up.
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