Democrats riding high heading into home stretch -- just like in 2016

The Washington Times ^ | AUGUST 19, 2020 | SETH MCLAUGHLIN

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Democrats are feeling good about their chances of winning the White House and scoring a decisive blow against Trumpism in November, as they ride high in the polls and are led by one of the party’s more battle-tested veterans.

That same mood followed Hillary Clinton out of the Democratic National Convention four years ago before she crashed and burned, leaving a lingering dark cloud expected to stalk Joseph R. Biden out of his virtual coronation this week.

It prompts the question: Was 2016 an aberration, or should Democrats be prepared for another soul-crushing defeat in November?

Democrats say they are optimistic about beating back the ghosts of 2016 with Mr. Biden at the helm and with Mr. Trump under fire over the coronavirus pandemic, which has led to more than 172,000 deaths in the U.S. and is wreaking havoc on the economy.

Mr. Biden is preparing his Thursday acceptance speech that is expected to hammer Mr. Trump on those perceived weaknesses, calling the president a failure on coronavirus, the economy and racial justice.

Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, who served as agriculture secretary in the Obama administration, told The Washington Times much has changed over the past four years, starting with the fact that “voters now know what a Trump presidency is in real terms.”

“As a first-time candidate, people gave him the benefit of the doubt. Now people know what he is and how he views the job,” he said.

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[DoughtyOne]

They sure know how to pick’em.

[Noumenon]

Oh, lordy, that never gets old. Tossed into the old Scooby van like a side of spoiled beef.

Does that make me a bad person?

[DoughtyOne]

Maybe they can run a person with a severed head in 2024.

[DarthVader]

“..should Democrats be prepared for another soul-crushing defeat in November?”

They should be prepared for worse!

[Jane Long]

LOL!! That’s such a great representation, of the 2020 Dem Sham Show.....Getting tossed over their finish line.

[tuffydoodle]

I like the one of her getting on a plane and someone added in Trump hitting her in the head with a golf ball.....and down she goes.

[BipolarBob]

Joe Biden: “Why aren’t I 50 points ahead”?

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Maybe they can transplant Cankles’ head onto the body of a “volunteer.”

[4Liberty]

[Intar]

Fentanyl is one helluva drug!

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“Soul-crushing” implies they have souls.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

... one of the party’s more battle-tested veterans...

Joe lost every one of his presidential runs - badly. Commala dropped out of the 2020 race because she knew she would lose her home state of California.

[Honorary Serb]

Dims have NOTHING to feel good about with their dud of a “convention”, and with their nominees—demented Joe Biden and “big nothing” Kamala Harris!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2lTIh536jY

[DarthVader]

They have souls and liberalism is their false god. They are going to get a most unpleasant lesson from the real One!

[DoughtyOne]

I’m sure a number of ANTIFA and BLM volunteers would certainly
go for it.

[Steely Tom]

I love the way that bald-headed guy swoops in from the left of the frame to take his well-rehearsed position on Hillary’s right.

Then all her little minions line up to block any camera angles from which what follows might be seen by the public that Hillary cares oh-so-much about.

Judging from the timing, I think the aforementioned bald-headed guy is the boss. They seem to be waiting for him to show up and take control.

[SteelPSUGOP]

Voters know Trump. Keeps his word. Better trade deals. Great economy which works for everyone. Gets us out of entanglements overseas which are not our problem. Stopped illegal immigration. Draining the swamp. Sharp as a tack.

Joe Biden. Alzheimer’s sufferer. Never ever had an original political thought. Always a hanger on. Tied to, because of Bernie and others, to BLM, Antifa and plenty of other Un-American groups. The cities burn.....Bidentown.

[Miss Didi]

From Rush today:

"...They cut to Joe Biden just after he had been officially formally nominated. This was after New Jersey put him over the top, not Delaware. He was standing — I don’t know, it looked like his basement with a library of DVDs. Maybe it was a basement of a school or something. But there were four or five balloons, and there were some colored streamers that looked like snakes that appeared to come out of the ceiling.

So you got the balloons and the snakes. They looked like they were attacking Biden. He didn’t quite know where to look. He knew that the camera was on him. He didn’t quite know where to look. He had kind of a tense smile. And behind him these streamers popped out. They fell down from the acoustical tiles in the ceiling. The visual was awkward, and it was really ill-conceived. If Biden is trying to become a world, historical figure, a king slayer who will become a king himself. This is the guy that they have chosen to finally slay the mad king, Donald Trump. The scene made him look like a mid-level executive having a retirement party on Zoom.

And then they cut dozens of people applauding. And then just the setting itself. This is the biggest night, arguably, of Joe Biden’s life. And it was filled with balloons in a DVD library. Now, who was the genius, the creative genius who came up with this setting? You talk about mailing it in, the Democrats worried about the post office, you have got a lot of other concerns before you get to the post office. You talk about mailing something in. This is what Joe and Jill get after winning the Democrat nomination? It’s a big deal.

A sleep deprived second grade teacher could have put something together that was far better than what they gave Biden last night. A guy who celebrates with balloons in a basement video library? This is not somebody who’s building anything back better, and isn’t that slogan? We gonna build it back better. Didn’t see any of that on display. This was a bigger dud than Biden’s recovery summer."