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The Liberal Media's Latest Target Is Bound to Backfire

Matt Vespa
Matt Vespa  |  Nov 16, 2021
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Joe Biden can't get out of his own way. With each passing day, he makes it harder for his liberal media allies to defend him. They can't pivot on anything. There's an inflation crisis. Job growth is either anemic or widely volatile. The southern border is a mess. COVID is still a thing, though the media has most definitely exacerbated the hysterics. We still have Americans trapped in terrorist hellhole Afghanistan. Yeah, remember that fiasco? Now, it's become just ridiculous with Biden allegedly having a diarrhea incident in front of Pope Francis. The feed from the Vatican cut out, and Biden was later seen wearing a different suit. If that didn't happen, the farting incident totally did. Joe Biden farted in front of Camilla Parker Bowles, the Duchess of Cornwall, and she hasn't stopped talking about it. There's nothing the press can do, so they need a new enemy—and they've found it. It's also bound to backfire.

Yeah, nothing says "let's help the Democrats lose the 2022 midterms" than attacking the American people. No, seriously, it's our fault that the shelves are empty. COVID is responsible for the rising inflation, not the trillion-plus dollar spending sprees. Joe Biden has approvals in the 30s and falling. Kamala Harris is worse with approvals in the 20s. It's a sinking ship, and even the many life jackets that the media hurls over the side to save members of the Harris-Biden crew isn't enough.

You're attacking the American family for…buying milk. And then, there's this insane pivot that the inflation crisis is good, that the economy is actually booming, and that this could be a good thing since Europe doesn't consume as much. That doesn't work for most Americans. In fact, it's a narrative that is classically tailored to the wealthiest and most privileged in America: White college-educated and urban-based liberals. 

No one thinks like this outside of the cities. No one. People need to eat. People need food shelves stocked. Americans drink milk. Not everyone (most Americans cannot) afford the vegan, all-organic white woman nonsense that liberal America wants all of us to adapt on a widespread basis. The beyond meat crap—everything is just not feasible. It's also an elitist activity. It's "first-world problems" for sure regarding red meat consumption. It's truly a privilege to be vegetarian when most of the world would die of starvation without eating animals.

So, yes—bash the three-fourths of the country for going to the grocery store. That'll win more votes. That'll save the Democratic majority in Congress. That'll really fix the Democrats' ongoing issue with connecting to people who aren't like them. And I don't know if they notice this, but most of the country isn't like them. They're the minority, and that will always remain because we're not a nation founded by communists. The rigidity of white liberals is beyond absurd, and if you don't agree with them, you're branded as a neo-Nazi.

The American family has become the new target for the liberal media. They're the reason why the supply chain crisis is running amok, and inflation is spiking. It cannot be the dementia-ridden president we have in the Oval Office or the equally inept Democrats on the Hill. It can't be them. With the $1.2 trillion infrastructure passed, there's been no bump. There won't be any bump because Americans' grocery bills have exploded. Thanksgiving might be a trip to KFC this year for some. And we haven't even started with natural gas and heating costs this winter. Biden is at fault for that, too, since he declared war on natural gas. It's all bad—and there's nothing that suggests this man will turn the ship around. Biden is simply too slow, too stupid, and too detached to run the country. His party is too divided and organized to get anything done. It's what makes the key assistance from the GOP to pass the BIF so maddening. We had them by the throat. All we had to do was squeeze, yet we gave Biden a win. As conservatives, you don't throw a life vest when your opponent is drowning; you toss him an anvil. 

The American family becoming the latest target for the liberal media is all you need to know about the composition of this industry. They're not real people. They're from pods. It's the rest of us versus the lizard people.