{"id":216306,"date":"2020-11-10T07:19:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T07:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=216306"},"modified":"2021-02-06T20:33:36","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T20:33:36","slug":"fantasy-democracy-in-action-biden-defeats-trump-who-is-the-real-joe-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=216306","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy Democracy in Action: Biden Defeats Trump? Who is The Real Joe Biden?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stephen Lendman \u2013 Global Research Nov 9, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Biden press agent media were quick to claim he defeated Trump.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Given incomplete vote-counting in key battleground states, and numerous GOP lawsuits over irregularities \u2014 the Supreme Court likely to be the final arbiter of who won and lost \u2014 calling the election for Biden on Saturday didn\u2019t surprise but remains a question mark.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

What\u2019s going on smacks of an orchestrated plot to replace an unorthodox president with a longstanding establishment figure considered safe.<\/span><\/p>\n

The real Joe Biden<\/strong> is a shadow of his long ago former self, a figure perhaps no longer able to handle the daily rigors of the presidency.<\/span><\/p>\n

It entails major decision-making on domestic and geopolitical issues, including interactions with other heads of states, congressional members, and key figures in all walks of life.<\/span><\/p>\n

Decision-making by a physically and mentally weakened leader is vulnerable to major errors with consequences.<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s avoided by delegating responsibility for domestic and foreign policy to others.<\/span><\/p>\n

If a US head of state requires this arrangement, why did Dems chose Biden as standard bearer over a more competent alternative?<\/span><\/p>\n

Did party bosses believe that he represented their best chance to defeat Trump?<\/span><\/p>\n

Do they want an easily manipulated weak figurehead president?<\/span><\/p>\n

Or is Kamala Harris their choice, remaining in the wings as vice president, to replace Biden when it\u2019s clear that he cannot function as head of state.<\/span><\/p>\n

If he\u2019s affirmed as president and inaugurated in January \u2014 what\u2019s likely but uncertain until litigation plays out and the process is declared completed by relevant authorities \u2014 will he be little more than a cardboard cutout on the job, major decisions made for him?<\/span><\/p>\n

US election 2020 is a glaring example of fantasy democracy in action.<\/span><\/p>\n

Based on what\u2019s known so far \u2014 covered in previous articles \u2014 there\u2019s nothing legitimate about declaring a Biden victory over Trump on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Will it hold? Are establishment media the new arbiter of who wins and loses?<\/span><\/p>\n

Is electoral theft OK as long as the media\u2019s favorite wins?<\/span><\/p>\n

Are they all on the same page for Biden? Even the Wall Street Journal and Fox News are onboard for him over Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n

US Hypocrisy, Not Democracy. Governance of, by and for \u201cThe Rich, Well-Born and Able\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Ignoring suspect results in key swing states, Journal editors said \u201cBiden is leading in enough states to win the presidency,\u201d adding:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs for fraud, the Trump campaign will have to prove it to prevail in court.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve\u2026seen no concrete evidence\u201d of it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fox News, Trump\u2019s favorite TV channel, headlined:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBiden wins presidency, Trump denied second term in White House\u2026Joe Biden Elected President.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

If it survives Trump\u2019s court challenges \u2014 what seems likely but not certain \u2014 he\u2019ll have been selected by US establishment forces, not democratically elected.<\/span><\/p>\n

Key for Trump is whether the judicial process to the highest level does or does not go along with what has clear earmarks of significant electoral fraud \u2014 perhaps enough for an Electoral College majority in his favor if illegal ballots are tossed out in key swing states?<\/span><\/p>\n

What\u2019s unfolding is a diabolical \u00a0plot to declare Biden president-elect by mass media acclamation to drown out claims of fraud \u2014\u00a0 and doing it over the weekend before Trump\u2019s court challenges begin in earnest on Monday.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

If the US establishment wants Biden as president over a second Trump term, his chances of turning things around in his favor are slim.<\/span><\/p>\n

The power of near-single-minded mass media propaganda for Biden \u2014 blasting a one-sided message \u2014 most likely will be too much for Trump to overcome.<\/span><\/p>\n

One more thing is key. US presidents are figureheads for dirty business as usual continuity.<\/span><\/p>\n

If US power brokers want Biden\/Harris over DJT and he persists in contesting their will, he\u2019ll risk a JFK fate.<\/span><\/p>\n

While the outcome of US presidential election 2020 is undecided until Electoral College electors vote in mid-December \u2014 followed by affirmation of their majority tally in January by House, Senate, and National Archives\u2019 representatives \u2014 most likely Biden\/Harris will be inaugurated in January.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once again in the US like countless times before, democracy the way it should be is nowhere in sight.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ordinary Americans \u2014 registered voters \u2014 have no say over who becomes president or holds high-level congressional posts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Behind-the-scenes power brokers decide how the nation is run and by whom.<\/span><\/p>\n

When farcical elections are held, things always turn out the same way.<\/span><\/p>\n

A Final Comment<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Vladimir Putin earlier explained how things in the US work when a new president takes office, saying the following:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey come and go, but politics stay the same at all time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDo you know why? Because of the powerful bureaucracy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen a person is elected, they may have some ideas. Then people with briefcases arrive, well dressed, wearing dark suits, just like mine, except for the red tie, since they wear black or dark blue ones.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThese people start explaining how things are done. And instantly, everything changes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is what happens\u201d when a new US president takes office.<\/span><\/p>\n

Names and faces change. Dirty business as usual continuity remains hard-wired like always before \u2014 things worsening over time, not improving.<\/span><\/p>\n

Governance of, by, and for privileged interests exclusively will continue next year and beyond no matter who serves in high office.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s the American way, a fantasy democracy from inception, never the real thing.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span><\/p>\n

Award-winning author\u00a0<\/em>Stephen Lendman<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0lives in Chicago. He can be reached at\u00a0lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net<\/a>.\u00a0He\u00a0is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

His new book as editor and contributor is titled \u201cFlashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.claritypress.com\/LendmanIII.html<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Visit his blog site at\u00a0sjlendman.blogspot.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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