Weekend times as the world flashes insane.
Despite acting presidential, Joe Biden continues having the skewered US media after his ass (The Conversation last week): ‘Journalism skeptics who have been observing the coverage after the debate have consequently concluded that journalists are trying to turn the public against Biden so that he drops out of the race. Former journalism professor Dan Gillmor, for example, recently wrote that The New York Times “has been on a campaign to make sure Joe Biden won’t have another term in the White House.”‘
And especially troubling after yesterday in Detroit:
The @nytimes says Biden "painted" Trump as a "convict, a rapist and a cheater," when Trump actually IS – factually speaking – all of those things. So why use the word "painted?" That's a deliberate choice by the NY Times.https://t.co/6GdRNUjyGS h/t @RadioFreeTom pic.twitter.com/aNCRAEqdqO
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) July 13, 2024
In defiance of reality — via NPR last night
Biden, 81, is fighting to revive his bid for a second term after a steady stream of Democrats have questioned whether he is strong enough to win in November after a debate two weeks ago where he struggled to make his points.
“You’ve probably noticed there’s been a lot of speculation lately: ‘What’s Joe Biden going to do — is he going to stay in the race? Is he going to drop out?'” he said.
“I am running and we’re going to win. I’m not going to change that,” he said during a rambunctious rally in a high school gym, where his supporters chanted “Don’t you quit!” and “We got your back!”
“You made me the nominee. No one else. Not the press, not the pundits, not the insiders, not donors,” he said. “And I’m not going anywhere.”
[…]
Biden rattled off highlights of odd Trump rally moments: praise for Hannibal Lecter, fear of sharks, praise for Putin.
“People would rather talk about how I mix up names. I guess they don’t remember that Trump called Nikki Haley ‘Nancy Pelosi,'” Biden said.
Biden talked about the details of Trump’s recent hush money conviction and defamation lawsuit and ran through a dizzying list of Trump’s other civil legal woes. He talked about the outstanding criminal charges the former president still faces.
At times, his supporters chanted, “Lock him up” — an echo of a Trump rally cheer circa 2016, when Trump accused his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton of criminal misdeeds.
An all-around splendid performance.
Plus, that heart-felt enthusiasm:
Perspective: Love, joy, hope, promise and grace. This is the America that I long for. https://t.co/NAuMj3LaLK
— Mignonne C. Guy, Ph.D. (@DrSDOH) July 13, 2024
Go, Joe, Go!
Media creeps, or not, yet here we are once again…
