Lies, Coincidences, & Timing

The public will keep being played for as long as it tolerated

It is poor form to find joy in someone else’s misfortune. But there is also no obligation to care about it. This is especially true when the bad news is revealed in the most intellectually dishonest manner possible, and when that news pertains to an individual who repeatedly lied about others, worked to ruin the lives of several people, and carries the unmistakable stench of corruption.

Anyone who honestly believes Biden’s late-stage cancer was only now discovered might be interested in some prime oceanfront land in Ohio that I would like to sell. When a reliable Biden watercarrier like CNN’s Brian Stelter questions the timing, it’s a good sign that something is amiss. And when an equally reliable partisan like Ezekiel Emanuel, who is an oncologist by trade, says it’s likely Biden had cancer before taking office, there are not enough red flags that can be waved.

The announcement is particularly slimy as it came on the eve of the imminent release of a book that will confirm what everyone has known about Joe’s cognitive state since the 2020 campaign. “Everyone” includes the two authors. It also came just after the release of leaked audiotapes of Biden testifying before a special counsel, tapes that make clear that this man should have been removed from office. And that’s not necessarily the worst part, which is actually two parts.

First, the nation was lied to about the health of its president. That is not a small thing. I realize that govt lies to us often, from the pretext to justify wars to matters of performance. This is different. We were misled about the ability of the commander in chief to do his job, even though it was an open secret that Joe was not doing the job. The question of “who was running the country?” becomes all the more salient against this backdrop. Someone knew of Biden’s condition. It is inconceivable to believe otherwise.

Second is the disheartening reality that there are people who never grow tired of being lied to when the lies confirm their biases. From the collusion hoax to “fine people on both sides” to the efficacy of the Covid vaccine to a host of other examples, the left has a superhuman tolerance not only for deception but also for continuing to listen to the people who lied even after the deceit is exposed. This same confederacy of the mendacious ran a lie tracker during Trump’s first term but refuses to apply a similar standard to itself. That’s not a political party; it’s an abusive relationship.

Some of my selectively outraged left-leaning acquaintances are aghast over a classless post from Laura Loomer that proposes a sort of dead pool for guessing Biden's life expectancy. Many of the people outraged by the post were among those who cheered the deaths of unvaxed Americans, lamented that two shooters failed to 86 Trump, and some will be chuckling when hurricane season impacts certain parts of the country.

This is not to point out hypocrisy or do a deep dive into Biden’s medical history. It is an observation about the real-time erosion of any remaining social cohesion in our society. A common set of facts is a vital thing to have, but we do not have it. We are governed by people who would be challenged to plan the seating for a two-person dinner, yet reflexively nod along with the ones whispering the sweet nothings we want to hear. But you already know that.

There is something pathological about drawing pleasure over horrible things happening to someone else. To be clear, there is a distinction between instances of karma or comeuppance and getting giddy about someone possibly dying. I realize that a leftist version of Loomer would do something similar if Trump had a terminal condition. That will be no less tacky.

It is also hard to miss that no sooner had Stelter questioned the timing of the announcement than he was attacked as a “disgrace” and a “vile human” for daring to connect dots so obvious that a six-year-old would reach the same conclusion. It doesn’t matter that he was as reliable a media figure as any in covering for Biden’s decline and attacking Trump at every opportunity. He questioned this narrative and that is simply not done.

Ironically, this distraction does not only benefit Biden, who gets a break from the book and the various investigations into his crime family’s dealings. Trump also gains a small window of opportunity to pursue his agenda while political figures wring their hands over the conundrum they helped create: be sympathetic to a sick old man or take a hard look at a situation they helped to create.

The latter will almost certainly not happen. It is not in a politician’s DNA to reflect on past actions. These people, it’s not clear how many, were complicit in hiding information that Americans had a right to know. They lied to everyone’s face about Biden’s capability, and they said nothing while persons unknown worked the autopen and otherwise made the decisions. They feel no remorse about what they did, no shame for how others were harmed, and they know nothing will happen to them.

This also will not matter in a few days. The news focus will shift to ‘the book,’ where two journos will be interviewed by other journos in the most obnoxious sort of circle jerk. There will be endless navel-gazing over ‘how could we have missed it?’ knowing full well that no one missed a damn thing. And the gullible sheep in the populace will drink it all up.

I do not wish Biden death or suffering or anything else. In a perfect world, he and his family would be investigated, and real consequences would follow. But we do not live in such a world, so my approach is to not care what happens. Others disagree. I know this because they have said so. There are larger issues that are also likely to be ignored. The intentional falsehoods will continue and they will continue to be believed by people who need to believe them. It’s hard to see how that ends well. When people can be convinced of absurdities, they can be nudged into atrocities.