Less than a year away from disaster, what will the Democrats do?

I guess by now you've all seen the video of President Brandon appearing to get lost while laying a wreath at a Veterans Day ceremony on Friday. If not, you can see it, along with some comment from Sky News Australia's "The Sunday Showdown", here.

The Democrats have a problem -- an incumbent President who is eligible for a second term, potentially even worse than the first.

Still, Senile Joe insists that's he's going to seek re-election, notwithstanding that every poll and virtually every pundit predicts that he'll get thrashed.

The Democrats who are not Dumbocrats know this. Behind close doors, even those who are in thrall to the Deep State, expressing their confidence in Senile Joe's ability (and sanity), are wracking their alleged brains to find a way to dump him, while there's still time to nominate someone with a chance, however slim, of pulling their nuts out of the fire... so to speak.

Further reading: "Lefties beg Brandon 'Don't run, Joe!'", WWW 13/7/22. And yes, they've been casting about for alternatives since before the could've-been-worse results of  the mid-terms. The pleas to leave are much louder now, for it's certain that when Brandon drowns in the Trump tsunami, he'll take others -- Denocratic governors, Democratic senators, and Democratic Congresspersons -- with him. Walt predicts that the 2024 elections could result in a Republican double majority which would last for at least eight years. (Lifetime pct .988.)

What to do, then? How about if Brandon retires now "to spend more time with his family" (possibly in a federal facility of the barred kind)? 

That would give the lovely and fragrant Kamala Harris -- America's first almost-black female vice-president -- almost a year to climb out of the deep hole in the approval ratings into which she's dug herself. If you don't recall how she managed it, check out the VIDEO in "If Brandon dies, this woman would become President", WWW 2/5/23.

Maybe not such a good idea when it comes to electability. Some people still feel sorry for Poor Old Joe, and believe the mess he's in was made by the Boy. But when it comes to Ms Harris, people just laugh.

But hang on! Walt thought of a solution, the latest in a long line of brilliant but under-appreciated ideas. See "How Brandon can get rid of the Three Witches", WWW 18/8/23. In a nutshell [? Ed.], Senator Dianne Feinstein (the eldest witch) would retire, then Camela would resign and Gavin Newsom would appoint her to serve out the rest of Not-so-Feinstein's term.

Are you still with me? Ms Harris's resignation would leave the Veep position open, so Crooked Joe could appoint Crooked Hellery Clinton to the position, which would be a springboard to a third try for the presidensity after Brandon steps down at the end of this year, as predicted by my goodself last January. 

It was a fine plan, IMHO, which Gavin Newsom screwed up by appointing Laphonza Butler as the new senator from California after Ms Feinstein obligingly died. The Fonz's only qualifications for office seem to be that she is (a) black, (b) a woman, (c) a Democrat and (d) President of EMILY's List, a fundraising juggernaut that works to elect Democratic women who support abortion rights. How California is that!

Why would Governor Newsom make an appointment which offers no support whatever to the Democrats' 2024 campaign? Surely it has nothing to do with Mr Newsom's own presidential ambitions. His name was mentioned when the Dumbocrats were beating the bullrushes for a candidate in 2020, but he chickened out. My guess is he intends to sit idly by while the Dems implode, in order to present himself after a decent interval as the right man to lead the Party as it "builds back better". Dream on, Gavin, dream  on.

How Brandon can get rid of the Three Witches

Double, double toil and trouble; 

Fire burn and caldron bubble. 

Cool it with a baboon's blood, 

Then the charm is firm and good. 

 As a young lad [back before the earth's crust cooled. Ed.] I was compelled to read Macbeth. The only part that sticks in my mind is the first two lines of this quattrain (IV.i 35-38), uttered by the Three Witches.

In his quest for re-election -- Joe Brandon needs to deal with his own Three Witches (three Democratic witches) who are queering his already slim chances. They are (in order of repulsiveness) Senator Dianne Feinstein, presidential wannabe Hillary Clinton, and Vice-President Kamala Harris.

In "An unlikely solution to the problems with Harris and Feinstein" (LA Times, 14/8/43), columnist George Skelton, outlines Senile Joe's problems with Ms Finesteing and Ms Harris, to wit:

"President Biden has a problem. So does Vice President Kamala Harris. Sen. Dianne Feinstein is a problem. There’s a solution for all of this. Biden’s problem is Harris. She’s a burden — a drag on his reelection prospects. 

"Feinstein, 90, is a problem for California because she’s no longer capable of fully representing the nation’s most populous state — a world-class economic power — in the Senate. 

"A reader emailed me with the remedy: Feinstein could resign from the Senate and Gov. Gavin Newsom could appoint Harris to replace her. Biden then could find a more popular running mate, one more acceptable to voters as a potential successor."

Wow! What Mr Skelton has given us is 2/3 of a brilliant plan to keep Brandon and the Dumbocrats [sounds like 50's singing group. Ed.] in power. But the pundit hasn't pushed his idea to its logical conclusion. He should have read "Waiting for Hellery" (WWW 10/8/23).

In that little essay, I mooted the possibility that Mrs Bill Clinton is waiting for Crooked Joe to founder further in the public opinion polls, getting set to primary him as soon as the starting gun is heard. I said that she has two chances -- slim and none -- of ousting Brandon. What I failed to consider was the possibility that, if Ms Harris can be pushed back into California (as Mr Skelton suggests), Mr Biden could than appoint La Clinton as his "new" Vice-President!

How brilliant is that?! In one swell foop, Brandon could remove the threat of a Clinton challenge to his nomination. Not only that. Some voters worried about his failing health could be reassured by the prospect of Mrs Bill succeeding them. 

But wait (as Vince Offer used to say), there's more! Suppose Brandon tells Hellery that she wouldn't have to wait for him to expire of old age, as he would retire voluntarily shortly ("a decent interval") after his re-election. 

He could put his guarantee in writing -- if he can still write more than his name -- and with that in her pocket Mrs Clinton could hit the campaign trail at Joe's side, confident that she will at last become America's first female feminist President. 

So there you are, Dumbocrats, the solution to all your problems. Don't bother to thank me. Watching a rerun of Clinton vs Trump will be thanks enough!

Footnotes: Report seen on Global TV News this morning:

"Hurricane Hilary grew rapidly to Category 4 strength off Mexico’s Pacific coast on Friday and could reach Southern California as the first tropical storm there in 84 years, causing “significant and rare impacts” including extensive flooding."

Just a coincidence, no doubt...

The Babylon Bee's take: "Deaths Caused By Hurricane Hilary To Be Labelled Suicides", 18/8/23.