I am pretty sure the hard right will come to regret labeling this as a "deja vu" campaign. The echos are strong, to be sure: McCain (very old, albeit far more honorable than Tangerine, in demeanor) v. brilliant, young, vital, idealistic Mr. Obama. . . then in desperation, Mr. McCain added a wildly-unpopular, inexperienced, unserious running mate in Sarah Palin (sounds a lot like JD Vance!). . . and lost in a landslide.
In his own national elections, Mr. Obama never lost. Not once, stretching back to his Senate run. He served two full terms, and was term-limited out. His greatest offense (apparently -- according to Fox and the GOP!) was. . . wearing a tan suit. [They lost their minds.]
In national elections, Trumpism has gone 0-3 of late. Soon to be 0-4. And he's a convicted felon and widely-notorious reprobate. Oh -- and he's 78 years old (karma is a b!tch -- the age barb / bomb he lobbed at Mr. Biden, is now his own albatross). Kamala is nearly thirty years younger than he is -- just like Sen. Obama, compared to Sen. McCain '08.
So by all means, you hard-righters: calling Madame President a re-run of Obama ('08 -- or even 2012!) really isn't going to find any new votes or voters, for Tangerine.
I hope to G*desses he dumps Vance, and in an ersatz "Apprentice" moment, adds Kennedy as his new running mate, reopening and closing his convention -- as a Zoom call. Chaos is his only remaining brand equity.
Chaos.
Buckle up. American adults want steady, serious leadership -- even if they occasionally disagree with her, they'd rather see a steady hand -- than the "scandal of the week" and chaos -- of the Tangerine fever-dream 2.0.
[Shortly we will have a story, amplifying the NYT's piece on the vaccine tangles, for mpox at the WHO. . . onward, smiling.]
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