Newsmax Continued To Hype Biden’s Debate Performance

Posted on August 29, 2024

Going into the Independence Day weekend and beyond, Newsmax continued its hyping of issues regarding President Biden’s performance at the first presidential debate:

Newsmax’s coterie of Trump-toady columnists and pundits weighed in as well. Dick Morris had his usual TV hits:

And in a July 5 column, he pushed for Biden’s exit:

Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., the man who delivered the Democratic nomination to Joe Biden, has outlined a process for choosing a candidate should the president drop out.

For a Democratic power broker, who effectively controls the national Democratic Black vote, to make such a statement is enormously significant.

Stalin era Russian revolutionary and politician Leon Trotsky said, “revolution is impossible until it becomes inevitable.” Such is what is happening to Biden’s candidacy.

When The New York Times and The Boston Globe discuss a post-Biden world, few listen.

But when Rep. Clyburn does, we had better listen.

Jeff Crouere ranted in a July 1 column:

In the debate on Thursday night of last week, Biden gave the worst performance of any presidential candidate in modern American history.

No other televised presidential debate performance comes close to Biden’s humiliation.

When he was not incoherent or repeating himself, Biden looked bewildered with his mouth agape. He looked older than 81 years of age.

It was a truly pathetic, if not terrifying spectacle, to those Americans who understand the immense power of the presidency.

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After years of covering for the “sharp” Joe Biden, Democrats received their just deserts following the debate. The political fallout from their ruse is just beginning. 

Josh Hammer sensed a conspiracy in a July 8 column:

But after last Thursday’s CNN presidential debate in Atlanta, in which President Joe Biden delivered a catastrophic performance for the ages, there is only one conclusion: The yearslong effort by Biden administration flunkies, Democratic Party poohbahs and pro-Regime media stenographers to forcefully deny Biden’s obvious physical and mental decline will go down as the single greatest lie in American history.

And what an assiduous effort it was. For years, Democrats and the corporate media lied through their teeth about the blatant decline of the president’s physical and mental faculties.

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Never forgive, and never forget, what these lying miscreants have done to us — and to the republic.

By contrast, Ralph Benko offered a surprisingly gentle take in his July 1 column arguing that Biden should stay in the race:

This is not my cynical ploy to attempt to cement Biden into the Democratic nomination as a chump for Trump.

Though I did not vote for Biden, I’ve often thought that he has a becoming resemblance to Harry Truman, a president I greatly respect. I was about 10 weeks old when Harry and Bess took the train back to Independence after Ike was inaugurated.

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iden’s recent Big Debate Fiasco deserved the failing grade the Chatterati gave it. Yet, per Politico, the “class that matters” — Democratic elected and party officials — rather than “the class that chatters” — has remained in near unanimous, if subdued, solidarity with Biden.

Yes, Biden failed to deliver any upper cuts or roundhouse punches to K.O. Trump in the match. That said, Biden’s problem is more likely rooted in his avuncular disposition than in his age.

Biden’s age gives him the advantage of perspective. Scranton Joe surely could not have failed to notice the reputational rehabilitation enjoyed by Truman in the years after he left office.

Harry’s now been Up There drinking bourbon and playing poker with Saint Peter and other Celestial Statesmen long enough to have earned statesman status. As we now celebrate Harry Truman’s dignity, let’s not overlook Joe Biden’s … whether he has your vote or not.