Joe Biden’s people have been floating the idea of limiting his exposure to the public in an effort to keep him from saying stupid things. That strategy looks like a good idea because at fundraiser in his home state of Delaware the tentative democratic party frontrunner stepped in a steaming pile before putting his foot in his mouth. Among other things Biden suggested that he’s going to go after Trump supporters and “take them down.” What this means is anyone’s guess but it certainly doesn’t sound like something a sane person would say.
Washington Post reporter Matt Viser tweeted out some interesting tidbits from the Biden Delaware fundraiser. First let’s get some typical Biden confusion:
During his remarks, Biden mentioned a speech he made last week about President Donald Trump and the rise of white nationalism in America.
He first said the speech took place in Burlington, Vermont. He immediately corrected himself to say it was in Burlington, Iowa.
— Matt Viser (@mviser) August 17, 2019
Strangely enough, that’s least of the problems with Biden’s speech. At least he got the name of the city right, which is better than he did with the shootings in El Paso and Dayton.
Next there was one of those Biden who-gives-a-f*ck stories:
At a fundraiser tonight in Delaware, Biden recalled running for high school class president. “First of all, when I got there I used to stutter really badly. And second, there were only 60 guys in my class and they all knew me
“And they still voted for me,” Biden said to laughter
— Matt Viser (@mviser) August 17, 2019
Okay, we get it, Biden is objectionable and anyone who knows him shouldn’t vote for him.
Then there’s this logic-defying Bidenism:
Joe Biden in Delaware jokingly apologized to the crowd for the Secret Service presence that might occur next summer if he’s elected president. He recalled how, when elected vice president, he told the Secret Service to “keep a distance” when he’s in his home state.
— Matt Viser (@mviser) August 17, 2019
So he apologized to the attendees for something that might happen next year? Why? Also, it’s not something that’s going to happen next year, so why apologize?
And finally there is this:
“I’m not blaming him particularly for the shootings, in El Paso, but people listen,” Biden said. “People listen. These people come out from under the rocks when you do not in fact take them down, go after them.”
— Matt Viser (@mviser) August 17, 2019
Biden is such a nut that he could have meant anything with this statement, including that he wears adult diapers and just pooped himself. Against my better judgement, I’m going to take the statement at face value and try to unravel what he was trying to convey.
First, he’s saying that he doesn’t blame President Trump for the El Paso shooting, which is a lie because he’s blamed Trump plenty for it. With that as the base, we can conclude that when he’s talking about “these people” he’s referring to people who are influenced by Trump or simply Trump supporters.
Now that we’ve established that, he’s saying that Trump supporters live under rocks and will come out from under those rocks if Biden and his crew don’t “go after them” and “take them down.” This of course makes no sense because people who live under rocks don’t come out unless they are agitated or provoked. If Biden wants them to stay under their rocks, and presumably that would be desirable to him, going after them would be the worst course of action.
Flawed logic aside, what Biden is ultimately saying is that he needs to go after Trump supporters and take them down. Again, this doesn’t make a lot of sense as Biden claims to be a centrist who can woo Trump supporters away and win the Rust Belt working class vote. He’s not going to get many of these voters by saying he’s going to pop a cap in their asses.
Then again I could be guilty of trying to make too much sense out a guy with dead hamster carcass rotting on the wheel inside his brain. Perhaps his real new strategy is to say things that are so bizarre that they can be disproven or analyzed and therefore can’t be used against him.
