The Democrats spend a great deal of time talking about “threats to our democracy”. January 6, Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans are a few of the most common “threats” cited. At the South Shore Press we have consistently tried to frame that narrative through its proper lens. Our “democracy” is nothing more than the people’s ability to choose their elected leaders and replace them when they fail to enact the will of those same people. As long as that process exists, and the elections are fair and honest, our “democracy” is intact. Period.
What we are watching from the Democrats, playing out in slow motion for everyone to see, is their hijacking of that democratic process. The Democratic primary ended on June 8. Millions of Democrat voters around the country cast their ballots to select their candidate for President. Despite years of obvious signs of dementia and embarrassing public moments, the “media” and the Democrat establishment insisted that Joe Biden is “as sharp as ever” and that he was undoubtedly their candidate. They allowed millions of voters to cast ballots for Joe Biden.
They called for a presidential debate on June 27th for reasons perhaps not clear at the time, as debates before party conventions are held and candidates are officially selected are highly unusual. They marched Joe Biden onstage, seemingly without any form of preparation, and allowed him to embarrass himself (and the country). And then within moments of the debate ending, every single member of the “media”, in 100% unison, proceeded to call the debate a “train wreck” and openly called for Biden’s removal. And here we are.
At this point it may not be worthwhile to point out that the “media” is not trustworthy, but this particular case is unusually brazen. Every person in America has witnessed Joe Biden fumbling his words, stumbling off and on stages, and staring blankly into space like a vacant vessel for years. These same “media” professionals have witnessed that behavior and have universally defended Biden, claiming he has a stutter, had a bad moment, or that he simply “chose not to dance.”
Only a week ago the White House Press Secretary insisted that videos of Biden wandering aimlessly around Normandy and staring blankly at a Juneteenth celebration were “cheap fakes”, calling any claim of his mental deterioration a conspiracy theory from MAGA Republicans. Then within an instant after the debate, the entire “media” apparatus simultaneously came to the conclusion that Biden is in decline, and he needs to be removed from the ballot. You could not find any of the 10-person panels on CNN or MSNBC dissenting from that view. Odd.
And now here we are. The primary season is over. Voters no longer have a say in who the Democrat candidate for President will be. Six months ago, had Biden removed himself from the process, it is quite likely that Robert F. Kennedy would have won the Democratic nomination. Perhaps that is why they perpetuated this charade. But now the candidate will be chosen in a back room, away from the unwanted desires of the voters. Democrat voters will be handed the establishment’s handpicked candidate, a 3-month campaign will be run, the replacement will undoubtedly be hailed as a hero by the “media'' for agreeing to step in on such short notice, and that person will be tasked by the apparatus to “save democracy” from Donald Trump.
Ensuring that nobody gets to vote for the person tasked with saving democracy is precisely the democracy the Democrats want you to have. Voters having no say in the process is the opposite of Democracy. And here we are.