There are a lot of reasons why I’ve been reluctant to discuss the new book from Jake Tapper about how Joe Biden’s staff tried to hide his mental decline during the presidential campaign. For one thing, it’s old news; Joe Biden lost the election a long time ago. It’s a bit like reading about how OJ Simpson’s lawyers secretly knew that he did it. By this point, no one cares, nor is anyone surprised by it. And for another thing, everyone knows that Jake Tapper, like the rest of the news media, was directly involved in covering up the slow-motion transformation of Joe Biden’s brain into applesauce. So there’s no credibility to this book whatsoever. It is a transparent effort by Democrats to throw Joe Biden under the bus and absolve themselves of the 2024 election loss so that they can retain a shred of credibility and remain in positions of power within the party.
All that said, though, I have to admit that despite my many reservations, it’s actually worth talking about this book, at least a little. That’s not because Jake Tapper’s reporting is believable or because Joe Biden is relevant. It’s because, when you read the self-serving narrative that these people are coming up with, it’s actually pretty entertaining. It’s also an extremely good omen for the conservative movement. It’s evidence that, six months after Donald Trump beat Kamala Harris in every swing state, Democrats remain as delusional and narcissistic as they ever were. This is a party that’s mired in a very steep decline. And Jake Tapper, for all his efforts to obscure that fact, instead makes it even more obvious.
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