{"id":203370,"date":"2020-03-04T06:55:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T06:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=203370"},"modified":"2020-03-06T07:41:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T07:41:46","slug":"dems-converge-around-dementia-addled-warmonger-ahead-of-super-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=203370","title":{"rendered":"Dems Converge Around Dementia-Addled Warmonger Ahead Of Super Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Caitlyn Johnstone \u2013 Medium March 3, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Back in January, well before the Democratic primary race had taken on its current composition, independent journalist <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@ruthannoskolkoff\/party-insiders-talk-cheating-rigging-and-smearing-517601f1d9bb\">Ruth Ann Oskolkoff reported<\/a><\/strong><\/span> that a source had heard from high-level Democratic Party insiders that they were planning to install Joe Biden as the party\u2019s nominee, and to smear Bernie Sanders as a Russian asset.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cOn January 20, 2020 at 8:20 p.m. PDT I received a communication from a reliable source,\u201d Oskolkoff wrote. \u201cThis person had interactions earlier that evening with high level party members and associates of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) who said that they have now selected Biden as the Democratic Party nominee, with Warren as the VP. They also said the plan is to smear Bernie as a Russian asset.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Now, immediately before Super Tuesday, we are seeing establishment candidates <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2020\/mar\/02\/pete-buttigieg-joe-biden-mike-bloomberg-bernie-sanders-super-tuesday-live-updates\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Pete Buttigieg<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/03\/02\/klobuchar-to-drop-out-of-2020-campaign-endorse-biden-118823\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Amy Klobuchar<\/strong><\/span><\/a> drop out of the race, both of whom, <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/03\/02\/beto-orourke-to-endorse-biden-119100\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>along with former candidate Beto O\u2019Rourke<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, are now suddenly endorsing Biden. Elizabeth Warren, the only top-level candidate besides Sanders who could be labeled vaguely \u201cleft\u201d by any stretch of the imagination, has meanwhile <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/us-news\/warrenendorsebernie-trends-on-twitter-as-centrist-democrats-rally-around-biden-1.8617765\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>outraged progressives<\/strong><\/span><\/a> by remaining in the race, to the Vermont senator\u2019s detriment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The day before Super Tuesday also saw <em>The Daily Beast<\/em>, <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Newsweek_Daily_Beast_Company\">whose corporate owner<\/a> IAC has <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iac.com\/about\/leadership\/board-directors\/chelsea-clinton\">Chelsea Clinton on its board of directors<\/a>, publishing an article titled \u201c<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/russian-media-still-like-bernie-sanders-cause-they-love-trump?ref=scroll\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Kremlin Media Still Like Bernie, \u2019Cause They Love Trump<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u201d which aggressively smears Sanders as a tool of the Kremlin.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Prior to the South Carolina primary, Russian state media were touting Bernie Sanders as the most likely Democratic nominee, and it won\u2019t be surprising if they do the same after Super Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mH98PVmcjr\">https:\/\/t.co\/mH98PVmcjr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thedailybeast\/status\/1234569213014159361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>This latter development is becoming a conspicuously common line of attack against Sanders and, while we\u2019re on the subject, also tracks with <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/LMq2PKjl6fc?t=184\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>a prediction made by journalist Max Blumenthal<\/strong><\/span><\/a> back in July of 2017. Blumenthal told Fox\u2019s Tucker Carlson that \u201cthis Russia hysteria will be re-purposed by the political establishment to attack the left and anyone on the left \u2014 a Bernie Sanders-like politician who steps out of line on the issues of permanent war or corporate free trade, things like that \u2014 will be painted as Russia puppets. So this is very dangerous, and people who are progressive who are falling into it need to know what the long-term consequences of this cynical narrative are.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-selectable-paragraph=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">So we\u2019re seeing things unfold exactly as some have predicted. We\u2019re seeing the clear frontrunner smeared as a tool of Vladimir Putin, accompanied by a deluge of op-eds and think pieces from<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong> <a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/thebulwark.com\/the-simple-answer\/\">all the usual<\/a> <a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2020\/03\/02\/bernie-sanderss-free-stuff-everyone-plan-would-bankrupt-america\/\">warmongering<\/a> <a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2020\/03\/02\/biden-made-most-his-moment-spotlight\/\">mass media narrative managers<\/a><\/strong><\/span> calling on so-called \u201cmoderates\u201d to rally around the former Vice President on Super Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-selectable-paragraph=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Sanders <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anyaparampil\/status\/1234599916439248896\">has not been pulling in anywhere near the numbers<\/a><\/strong><\/span> he\u2019d need to pull to prevent a contested convention. This means that even if he gets more votes than any of his primary opponents, party leaders can still overrule those votes and appoint Biden as their nominee to run against Trump. Establishment spinmeisters as well as <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2020\/02\/20\/every-democratic-candidate-except-bernie-sanders-indicates-support-for-a-contested-convention\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>all Sanders\u2019 primary opponents<\/strong><\/span><\/a> have been <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2020\/3\/1\/21160201\/biden-sanders-delegates-contested-convention\">working to normalize this<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>ahead of time.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Whatever the case for either Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren&#8230;neither is going to be the nominee. And&#8230;it\u2019s not going to be Mike Bloomberg either. So it\u2019s Bernie Sanders or Joe Biden.&quot; Tomorrow, if you live in one of 14 states, you can choose Biden.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/btuPbGtWxG\">https:\/\/t.co\/btuPbGtWxG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillKristol\/status\/1234442487361568769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The only problem? Biden\u2019s brain is turning into sauerkraut.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-selectable-paragraph=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">There are two new clips of video footage making the rounds today, one featuring Biden at a rally telling his supporters that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveGuest\/status\/1234570453081034757\">tomorrow is \u201cSuper Thursday\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, and another featuring the former VP saying (and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveGuest\/status\/1234579299652554753?s=20\">this is a direct quote<\/a><\/strong><\/span>), \u201cWe hold these truths to be self-evident. All men and women created \u2014 by the \u2014 you know, you know the thing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-selectable-paragraph=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">I\u2019ve <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@caityjohnstone\/bidens-brain-is-swiss-cheese-and-it-s-creepy-that-we-re-not-talking-about-it-12dab65d0b60\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>written about Biden\u2019s recent struggles to form coherent sentences<\/strong><\/span><\/a> before, and it seems to be getting worse. There\u2019s simply no comparing the befuddled, fuzz-brained man we see before us today with the sharp, lucid speaker we were seeing <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronjmate\/status\/1234246054461267968\">even a few years ago<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. The man\u2019s brain does not work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-selectable-paragraph=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">And yeah, it\u2019s unpleasant to have to keep pointing this out. I\u2019m not loving it myself. I resent Biden\u2019s handlers and the Democratic Party establishment for making it necessary to continually point out an old man\u2019s obvious symptoms of cognitive decline. But it does need to be pointed to, and it\u2019s creepy and weird that they\u2019re continuing to prop up this crumbling husk of a man while pretending that everything\u2019s fine.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Imagine putting all your eggs in the Joe Biden basket. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nRPX4gqol5\">https:\/\/t.co\/nRPX4gqol5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Krystal Ball (@krystalball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krystalball\/status\/1234646500581498882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Not that Biden would be an acceptable leader of the most powerful government on earth even with a working brain; he\u2019s a <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/articles\/joe-biden-warmonger\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>horrible war hawk<\/strong><\/span><\/a> with an <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.currentaffairs.org\/2020\/01\/joe-biden-is-still-the-frontrunner-but-he-doesnt-have-to-be\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>inexcusable track record<\/strong><\/span><\/a> of advancing right-wing policies. But even rank-and-file Americans who don\u2019t pay attention to that stuff would plainly see a man on the debate stage opposite Trump who shouldn\u2019t be permitted near a pair of scissors, much less the nuclear codes. And Trump will happily point that out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-selectable-paragraph=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">It\u2019s been obvious since 2016 that the Dems were going to once again sabotage the only candidate with a chance of beating Trump in favor of a scandalously inappropriate candidate, but wheeling out an actual, literal dementia patient for the role is something not even I would have imagined.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-selectable-paragraph=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">2020 is weird, folks. And it\u2019s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@caityjohnstone\/2020-is-going-to-get-much-crazier-prioritize-your-mental-health-7334d7ca38a0\">going to get a whole lot weirder<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. Buckle up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-selectable-paragraph=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">_________________________________<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-selectable-paragraph=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><em>Thanks for reading! The best way to get around the internet censors and make sure you see the stuff I publish is to subscribe to the mailing list for my <\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/\"><em>website<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/span><em>, which will get you an email notification for everything I publish. 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