It's Not About You Joe
The job of President of the United States is undoubtedly the hardest in the world. Unfortunately, there is no how-to manual. There are some periods of time where that is more glaringly apparent than others. It is a job where one must where many different hats. Besides Commander in Chief, there is diplomat, economist, salesman, and too many others to name here. But one of the most important, and impactful, is that of disaster coordinator. People and resources need to go to certain areas at different times. The people effected need to know that it is their interests, and their recovery that is priority number one. Sometimes being the disaster coordinator, morphs into psychologist. They just want someone to listen, and maybe offer up a hug, and let them know that they are not alone.
The people of Lahaina, Maui are still looking for their dead, and have barely begun to clean up and attempt to put the pieces of their lives back together after the devastating wildfires that virtually erased the historic town. Being on an island eight hours away from mainland America, it must seem at times that they are far removed from the rest of the nation. Now, in the face of this unbelievable tragedy, seeing their fellow Americans coming to help in any way they can, would mean the world. So, imagine how disappointed they must have been when Joe Biden showed up instead.
In reality, disappointment might not have been the right word, more like surprise. It only took Biden 13 days to show up after the fire that moved so rapidly, people had to jump in the ocean to survive, and most have lost everything but the clothes on their backs. Bodies have been charred beyond the point of identification as the death toll rises. Some may never be accounted for, many of them children. But probably seeing the political expediency in a trip to Maui, after all, Hawaii is a reliably blue state, don’t want to ruffle those feathers, but little else, Joe and Dr. Jill interrupted their Lake Tahoe vacation at the home of billionaire climate activist and Democrat donor Tom Steyer on Monday to see the destruction. A sure sign of how things would eventually go, Lahaina residents lined the streets yelling things like “too little too late,” and plenty of them would give Joe one-finger salutes. All the usual elected officials were on hand to greet Joe, as is what usually happens when presidents tour disaster areas. But for Joe, it might have been just another campaign stop, the only difference, the burnt-out cars, and homes. If it were a real campaign stop, Joe might have taken a few minutes to learn how to actually pronounce the names of the officials on hand that he butchered. He took selfies, mispronounced Hawaiian officials’ names, and even joked about how hot the ground was. The most surprised person on hand, however, might have been Hawaii Democrat Senator Brian Schatz, who asked Biden if he needed some water, then appeared to get the job of handler as he guided the confused looking word-slurring mess of a man that Joe Biden is, off the stage.
During the few hours Joe Biden managed to fit the trip to Maui into his busy vacation schedule, he made two speeches. What he said without batting an eye, without flinching is, on a more frivolous note, campaign spot gold for Republicans, but on a human level, is nothing short of ghoulish. No more evidence that Joe Biden is a human being devoid of a soul is needed. In the cheapest, most self-unaware fashion imaginable, he brought up his first wife being killed in a car crash in 1972. Historians will be confounded as to what that has to do with a wildfire for centuries to come. He then talked about how his house was struck by lightning in 2004, setting the kitchen on fire. The fire was put out in 20 minutes, but that is not the worst of it, he almost lost his ’67 Corvette and his cat. Seasoned White House staffers must know what is coming during these speeches. How they are not all on Xanax or heavy drinkers boggles the mind. But Joe was not done offending and insulting the people of Maui. As he met with a gathering of survivors, and listened to another speaker, Biden appeared to blankly stare off into space, as if he didn’t know where he was or why he was there. He also at one point appeared to fall asleep. As Joe boarded Air Force One, Jill Biden is clearly leading him to the plane.
Whether it is the ravages of dementia, or because he just can’t help himself, Joe Biden is convinced that every situation is about him, that he must somehow one-up his audience when it comes to tragedy. He has told hideous lies, often more than once, including about the death of his son Beau, saying he died in Iraq, when he died in a hospital of cancer. And he told that lie to Gold Star families, until he had to be told not to. But in the case of Maui families who have lost both possessions and possibly loved ones, it is inexcusable. But should we expect anything less from a man who denied his own grandchild, thinking it was also politically expedient, for him of course, until again, someone told him not to?
Joe Biden’s behavior in Maui is just the topping on mountains of ineptness and incompetence on the part of Maui Democrat officials in the wake of the wildfire. Hawaiians may be finally coming around to the fact that, unless they are needed for something, like an election, Democrats really couldn’t care less about them, and will bid them a hearty aloha.
