Biden at the Bat
There is no joy in Demville for Strike-out Joe.
By Thaddeus G. McCotter
April 1, 2022
The winter and lockout have ended; spring training has commenced. Baseball graces diamonds in temperate climes across America.
Celebrated throughout the generations, the national pastime has experienced significant changes, but at its core remains a contest that requires a combination of athletic skill and mental acuity to achieve victory. As ever, as the regular seasons impends, once again no science or logic can bound a fan’s hope that—however improbable—this is the year his team wins a pennant or the World Series. It is only later, after the team’s fortune falters and fails beyond resuscitation, that the fan’s hope dwindles and dies.
For the supporters of then-candidate Joe Biden, hope soared that he would put “adults” back in charge of American public policy; and, moreover, usher in a new progressive era akin to the New Deal. Of course, in his near half-century serving in federal office, both as a senator and vice president, there was little to justify such faith in Biden.
Indeed, as Biden’s “spring training” during the 2020 presidential contest played out, there was little to suggest that the septuagenarian back-slapper was the savior of the republic: he was facilitated by COVID restrictions preventing him from having to endure the full physical rigors of campaigning; extra-constitutional “emergency” changes in election laws and rules that tilted the playing field in his favor; and a compliant regime media aided by Big Tech oligarchs deliberately misinforming the public about the true state of his mental acuity and his and family’s associates and finances.
Nonetheless, his supporters’ hopes were soaring as Biden entered the Oval Office. Human nature being what it is, there was nothing uncommon or untoward in his partisans’ enthusiasm, for even the supporters of James Buchanan and Millard Fillmore initially had great expectations for successful administrations.
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