POP GOES THE WEASEL

Sometimes a picture is worth a million words. On New Year’s Eve Joe and Jill Biden were “interviewed” by Ryan Seacrest. Predictably it was the ultimate softball interview, and on New Year’s Eve that was probably appropriate. Like most people who value their time, I did not watch this live. I only saw the video that is now circulating the globe.

Joe Biden looked and sounded awful. He frankly did not look his age, 78, he looked like he was 88. If he was reading from a teleprompter, then the person who wrote this script should be fired. If he was not reading off a teleprompter, the person who let him do that should be fired.  But the real star was not Joe, it was Jill Biden, who tried and failed to pop one of those silly Chinese paper confetti poppers. It did not come close to working and eventually just completely broke apart in her hand.  Following is a link to the video that was Published in The Sun.

Joe and Jill Biden’s confetti popper fails to go off as they urge Americans to get Covid vaccine (the-sun.com)

I deliberately used The Sun, to show this was literally shown round the world. The setting was beyond absurd. The Biden’s were appearing on a huge outdoor screen being interviewed by Ryan Seacrest, literally standing on a platform located on the other side of the street. Talk about a visual reminder of the media trying to interview people using social distancing.

I also didn’t watch Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper get drunk live on international television. But the video is everywhere. After downing shots of tequila, they showed Mayor de Blasio pushing the button to start the crystal ball’s descent. Then de Blasio was seen dancing with his wife on a stage built for the event. The optics were so bad that Anderson Cooper just grimaced, while Andy Cohen went on a rage:

Andy Cohen leads hoards of critics tearing into Bill de Blasio for dancing during NYE | Daily Mail Online

That’s how I felt when I saw Mayor de Blasio dancing just now,’ Cohen said as Cooper grimaced from the shot. ‘I did not need to see that at the beginning of 2021.’

He then addressed de Blasio directly on television, shouting: ‘Do something with this city! Honestly, get it together!’

Again, I used an overseas news outlet, the Daily Mail to show that this was an international event.

It was impossible for anyone watching these videos to have any confidence is a brave new world led by someone like Joe Biden. I have always predicted immediate buyer’s remorse if Joe Biden becomes President. Thanks to the New Years Eve broadcasts, the entire world got “pre-buyer’s” remorse.

I doubt that this will change anything, because most of the people who are able to save the world from this fiasco are members of the U.S. congress and few of them possess anything resembling common sense and those who do were born without a spine. But, if they were watching this, and they still vote to elect Joe Biden President of the United States, it will be one of the worst political blunders in world history.

Like most of you, I was glad to see 2020 go. But if this is any indication, 2021 may make 2020 look good in comparison. There is still time and opportunity to fix this. The evidence of voter fraud continues to pile up and the odor may reach a level so pungent that even congress will notice. I do believe that Republicans will act if the evidence is strong enough to give them cover. I question whether Democrats are even capable of doing that, but this new House has an extremely narrow margin in favor of Democrats. There is very little room for error, and error is inevitable.

Today, there are 233 Democrats in the House, 1 Libertarian and 5 vacancies. On Monday, when the new House convenes, there will be 222 Democrats, 211 Republicans, 1 independent and 2 vacant seats. This means if only 6 Democrats break with the party, Republicans win 217 to 216. There are more than 6 Democrats in the House who are more than a little concerned about the Democratic leadership.

What a week. I predict nothing. The least likely outcome is anything approaching normal. It would be naïve to predict common sense to prevail. The vote regarding the electoral college is likely to have more fireworks than we saw on television Thursday night.

On New Years Eve, last year, most people were still optimistic. We had no clue that 2020 would turn out to be such a disaster. This year few people are optimistic. We are all hoping for some sign of encouragement.

In the meantime, Democrats exposed themselves all over the world with the Pop Goes the Weasel video and the incredible shot of Mayor de Blasio dancing with his wife, in an empty Times Square, oblivious to the obvious.

At a minimum, 2021 is going to be very, very different.

TDM