I don’t know who thought it was a clever idea to have Joe Biden address the nation regarding the nation’s “Soul,” but it was a monumental mistake. Even the usual suspects found extraordinarily little about this worthy of mention. Most of the networks didn’t even bother to broadcast it. In some cases, they broadcast reruns instead.

This was Biden at his worst, or best, depending on perspective. If you are a Democrat and this was designed to help with the midterms, then you should be extremely disappointed. If you are a Republican and hoped that Biden would only embarrass himself, then this was by far his best performance.

He insulted at least half of the population, certainly all of the 70 million who voted for Trump and probably a high percentage of those who may or may not have actually voted for Biden. The setting was awful. The speech was awful. The delivery was awful. This was so bad that even Don Lemon noticed, which is a remarkable accomplishment.

Only a few people even pretended this was good and today most of them are probably having second thoughts. Perhaps something else will happened between now and November, but if not, this could easily go down as one of the worst political blunders in American History. One reason you know this was bad is that it is barely mentioned by the MSM. They aren’t even trying to pretend this was good, just hoping no one will notice. But the problem with this fiasco is that Joe Biden practically demanded everyone pay attention, or else. In addition, the man can’t take a hint, so he is out there again saying the same thing.

This is frankly so bad that it makes one wonder what we are missing. I mean seriously, does anyone think this will help Democrats in the midterm elections?

It is not like Republicans are not trying to grasp defeat from the jaws of victory, the Mitch McConnell wing of the party seems determined to do that. But today the New York Times warned that Democrats have a lot more problems in the Senate than is being reported in the MSM. This is Labor Day weekend, and the election starts today. Republicans have a lot more money than people realize and there is a lot of private money also flowing in. More importantly CBS, NBC, ABC and CNN refused to run Biden’s speech, because they viewed it as a political speech during an election cycle. That may just mean they will be more balanced this time around, if only to try and salvage some of their viewing audience. If the Democrats do not receive their traditional full-throated support from the MSM, they have a problem. If the MSM actually started asking challenging questions and reporting the news, this is more than a problem, it is a full-on crisis.

Sometimes people don’t understand the nuances of political group think. But everyone understands when the price of gas skyrockets. And everyone understands when the cost of everything is much higher. They also understand when store shelves are increasingly empty. But perhaps more importantly, the fake news image of Joe Biden as a nice guy, you can trust has also been destroyed. Instead, he increasingly comes across as a bitter, angry man with extraordinarily little patience if something goes wrong.

If you think this was bad enough, well there is more. In the report filed by the Judge approving Donald Trump’s request for a special master. She included the following:

“On May 10, 2022, NARA informed Plaintiff that it would proceed with provid(ing) the FBI access to the records in question, as requested by the incumbent President.”

If accurate, this is a bombshell, particularly when the Biden administration pretended, they only learned of the raid after it was reported on the news. We never know which polls are really accurate. We do know that polls sure seem to over estimate Democratic support in every election. But when 70% of people say the country is headed in the wrong direction, don’t bet on the current driver of the bus.

If Joe Biden did actually defeat Donald Trump in 2020, it was by a campaign of not campaigning. In the case of Joe Biden, the less anyone sees of him the better. But after this speech, where the real Joe Biden was full display, it may be nothing less than the thundering heard. We all heard him this time and no one was impressed.

TDM