CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JUNE 15, 2020
KIMBERLEY STRASSELL WROTE LAST FRIDAY IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL THE REAL CONTEST THIS FALL IS NOT JOE BIDEN AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP. IT’S THE PRESIDENT AGAINST HIMSELF.
“MR. TRUMP’S PATH TO RE-ELECTION RESTS IN PAINTING A SHARP CONTRAST BETWEEN HIS POLICIES OF ECONOMIC RESTORATION, A TRANSFORMED JUDICIARY AND LIMITED GOVERNMENT WITH THOSE OF BIDEN’S PROMISE OF (AT BEST) A RETURN TO THE SLOW GROWTH OF THE OBAMA YEARS OR (AT WORST) AN EMBRACE OF PROGRESSIVE NIRVANA. INSTEAD, HE’S HELPING DEMOCRATS AND THE MEDIA MAKE THE RACE A REFERENDUM ON HIS TWITTER FEED.
“LET TRUMP BE TRUMP CRY THE PRESIDENT’S SUPPORTERS. THEY ARGUE IT WORKED BEFORE. BUT THIS ISN’T 2016. THE U.S. IS EMERGING FROM AN UNPRECENDENTED PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN THAT LEFT MILLIONS UNEMPLOYED OR BANKRUPT, CHILDREN WITHOUT EDUCATION, THE SOCIAL ORDER IN SHAMBLES. THE FURY THAT FOLLOWED GEORGE FLOYD’S DEATH HAS PUT AMERICANS ON THE EDGE. THEY NEED CALM LEADERSHIP AND A POSITIVE VISION FOR THE FUTURE.”
WILL PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKE HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AND GOALS THE ISSUE, OR HIS PERSONALITY? ONE IS A WINNER. THE OTHER IS NOT. I’M CAL THOMAS.
