It is apparent that Democrats at this point care little who President Figurehead is as long as they beat Donald Trump, and remain in charge
Conversations everywhere are all focused on the same topic: should Joe stay or should Joe go?
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President Joe Biden is obviously fading – even the untrained eye can see this. However, he’s still the President, which begs the question: who is running the country right now? Dr. Jill? Susan Rice? Ron Klaim? Antony Blinken? Jeff Zients?
Democrats want you to ask not who is running the show, but why it matters. Because the number #1 priority for the Democrat Party is power and control – who is in charge is less important.
And they are ruthless about it.
Columnist Ross Douthat at The New York Times even wrote a column asking, ” Does America Need a President?”
The Globe remembers in 2010 when then-State Senator Patricia Wiggins (D-Santa Rosa), who was suffering from a then-undisclosed illness, was ordered by then-Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) to show up for a crucial vote.
She was brought to Sacramento, and in a wheel chair propped up in the press bay, and told how to vote by her husband, who was also a prominent Democrat consultant as well as her campaign manager. Some months later, after her hometown newspapers called for her to resign, it was revealed that Sen. Wiggins had an invasive disease of the brain which caused significant memory loss, and outbursts.
“Senator Wiggins, D-Santa Rosa, has been witnessed making public outbursts since as far back as 2007, at events in her district and more recently, in Senate hearings,” I reported in 2010. “Both The Napa Valley Register and the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, called for Wiggins to resign.”
More recently, was the aging and failing US Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). For years, the declining health of Senator Feinstein was a recurring issue in California and Washington D.C. “Most notably, Feinstein faced numerous health questions in 2017 following the installation of a pacemaker and in 2020 after the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg when many commentators noted health issues between the two,” the Globe reported.
The most intense questions came when recovery from shingles at her home in San Francisco took longer than expected. She temporarily left the Judiciary Committee, hoping to have an interim replacement cover for her. However, Republicans rejected the plan, forcing the Committee to only approve Judges whom members from both parties could agree on. With many potential judges held back, critical Senate votes coming up that were reliant on passage with a vote from Feinstein, and concerns growing about her health, Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA) called for Feinstein to resign. At its peak, dozens of Congressional members, Senators, and leftist/liberal groups pressured Feinstein to resign.
See how it goes? Democrats just needed the votes of its loyal lawmakers, clearly too old and/or infirm to participate in the legislative process any longer. They didn’t care if someone had to prop her up for her vote.
Even Politico reported on loyal Democrats who called for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to resign while Obama was still President so he could appoint her successor. All these Democrats cared about was the abortion issue and Roe v. Wade getting overturned.
Log into the State Legislature on critical votes…..Watch the lights go on when it is obvious it is bad and a socialist centered bill.
The Dem. lights go on without a blink…….
Remember you voted for them. You own dictatorship and increasing taxes.
Really, I doubt anyone reading this column voted for them.
Carrie, as the editor and publisher of a weekly information email I was and continue to be surprised how many of the “loyal opposition” who have quietly signed on and read.
They are very quiet, and seldom comment, yet their comments in public can have only come from our publications.
Mr. Frank is influential and well spoken. The lack of current comment is an end run in an attempt to influence the discourse because they have lost influence.
Thanks for your input.