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The Fantastic Fogey
4 min readJul 15, 2020
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What is a political party to do if their candidate can’t be trusted in the light of day?

Unless your Punxsutawney Phil or Dracula the odds are you must appear in the daylight to win.

Why is it then that Joe Biden is running a US presidential campaign from his basement?

Biden has been sequestered for the better part of five months in his home’s basement from which he has made what seems to be an endless series of gaffes and misstatements.

From telling the world he would “beat” Joe Biden in November to telling the black host of ‘The Breakfast Club,’ “If you got a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or for Trump then you ain’t Black,” it seems Biden and his senses have been permanently separated.

Now we are being spoon-fed castor oil reports that this 77-year-old former senator, vice-president, and rhetorical clown is more than ten percentage points ahead of President Trump in polling about who will win this November’s election.

Let me see if I have this straight, a man who didn’t know the difference between his wife and sister while introducing them at a rally is the presumptive winner of an election still more than three months away? Someone should warn Madame President Hillary Clinton. Wait Clinton didn’t win, that was Donald Trump.

The Fantastic Fogey
The Fantastic Fogey

Written by The Fantastic Fogey

Husband, father, and generally good-natured conservative essayist.

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