July 4, 2025—What Could Have Been
Jim Thompson
What could have been.
A year ago this month, Democrats were scrambling for their footing. A few months before that, Joe Biden had been awakened from his afternoon nap, handed a script and told to read some words. It took fifteen takes to complete the video. When it was done, TeamAutopen had produced a video challenging Donald Trump to a debate. Bad move. Trump quickly accepted.
It was obvious that the “make my day pal” short had taken several takes and had been sewn together like Frankenstein’s monster. There was no doubt that there would a debate, but Joe was poking the bear for an early bout. Debate before the national conventions. Why? Why debate in June? It became obvious when Biden struggled to answer questions. After Joe augured in and then stumbled off stage, President Jill Biden patted Joe on the head and assured him he had “answered all the questions.” Had he? America saw what happened. Joe Biden was “a dead man walking.” By the next day, the DNC was searching for answers and a replacement candidate. But they knew they were stuck. Their default candidate was then-VP Harris.
By July 4, 2024, the DNC was marketing Kamala Harris as the party’s “best bet” to beat Donald Trump. But the left knew that they were stuck with a terrible choice. For four years, Harris had demonstrated a unique ability to murder the English language. The Queen of Word Salads. Harris had been picked for VP because she was a “POC” and because she was a woman. She was distinctly unqualified for the “warm bucket of spit” that is the vice presidency and by default she was entirely unqualified for the presidency. Her team managed to tap one of the worst VP picks in American history. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was supposed to win over the male vote with his modern version of manhood. Instead the DNC got a jazz-handing, stolen valor beta who turned into a liability.
After a billion dollars was flushed down the drain, Donald Trump was, again, president-elect.
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