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So, as the election approaches, the goal of this monologue is to help those who are undecided make a decision when both sides think the other is crazy. How can both parts be true? It is a common pattern in politics. If you have been a spectator in this world for a while, you can see how they are mirrors of each other. The intensity of the disgust is the same. I can only compare it to how Kilmeade and I feel about each other. Except I don't have crabs. That?! He has a marine farm where he raises them. It distracts you from herpes.
But it seems that the intensity of the criticism of Biden's cognition is equal to the intensity of the criticism of Trump's unstable behavior. They are as interchangeable as Chris Cuomo and a bag of stale farts. But each side feels as strongly as the other. How can it be? The other side is stupid and you are smart? Is one in a sect and the other enlightened enough to see that sect for what it is? How do you know if you are on the wrong side? Other than agreeing with Joy Behar.
The key strategic empathy: see how the other party sees yours and end that argument. When Democrats listen to Trump, they hear this boastful, mocking, amoral figure ranting against those evil liberals to loud applause from what they consider a rabid, glib mob. Trump's personality overrides policies, to the point that his critics don't mention them, even if they worked. And by labeling the support as a mob, they fail to see the individuals in each other, their concerns, their allergies to Biden's policies. Meanwhile, the “what is” of reality is replaced by the “what ifs” of the future. Instead of looking at “what it's like” at the border, the focus is “what if” Trump becomes a dictator? But it is the reflections on the hypothetical that result in catastrophic thoughts.
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We call it TDS, but to them it's not a syndrome, they really believe it. Now let's move on to the antipathy towards Biden. On that side we see weakness, a cognitive deterioration that implies impotence in the face of those who influence him. We mock his mistakes, but we also worry about his meaning. More national decay, more ambivalence toward crime and inflation, more reverse racism. I would say the lights are on and no one is home, but even the lights don't work. But there is a difference. We see the policies that are already in place. None hypothetical, all bad because of Joe's inability.
The border is like a once-charming bungalow that has fallen into disrepair when an isolated old shut-in lives there. And so, one side feels offended, the other side feels ignored. Now, I may be qualifying this in favor of Trump, but my bias is rooted in observation, not prediction. I can see the country sinking faster than Lizzo in a ball pit. But I've seen something else that tells me this comparison isn't really similar at all. Just a year ago we lamented the lack of two feasible options: the old and weak versus the incendiary and reckless.
But here is the difference. One side was tested, the other was not. Republicans addressed this with competent and experienced alternatives to Trump. You know all the names, from DeSantis to Haley. But it was a necessary process to seek the nomination. And Trump still won easily. But still, the match tested the man. Even Republicans who despise Trump should accept this reality and lay bare his emotions. Hell, even African American voters say orange is the new black.
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Now, the Democrats did no such thing even though it was their job, since they had eyes and ears to see and hear their candidate implode. They didn't do the job. His principal was as closed as Joe's eyes during an intelligence briefing. They formed a wall around him that an illegal with a diving board couldn't overcome, protecting his candidacy even as we watched it decline in real time.
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And now they want us to believe that it will last another four years? How about another four minutes? They have meetings about how they will escort him to his helicopter. So when you look at two candidates, ask which party bothered to challenge each. Which party took responsibility for addressing voters' concerns? For some reason, the Democrats didn't do it. They knew that if they kicked the tires, they would destroy the entire car.
