Democrat Debate Thread
Plus: Joe Biden Has Ordered the Media and His Rivals Not To Bring Up the Name "Graft Hunter." Will His Opponents Be Sniveling Little Bitches and Comply?

The debate starts at 8 pm Eastern on CNN. Live feed here.

Speaking of Bloomberg and Biden: Here's Michael Bloomberg's own press outfit noting that Sheriff Joe Biden has forbidden his Democrat rivals from bringing up his corrupt, useless, coke-addled drop.

Joe Biden has a warning for his Democratic rivals as they prepare for the fourth televised debate next week: Stay away from the issue of Ukraine and [Graft] Hunter Biden.

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An aide to Biden said that any candidate who "calls themselves a 'Democrat'" and repeats what the aide said were "discredited lies" about Biden and his son "would be making a profound statement about themselves."

We'll see if the other candidates bring up Graft Hunter's corruption, coke-habit, and unacknowledged bastard child, or if they're servile little bitches who immediately follow the orders of someone they acknowledge ad their superior and thereby fail the Presidential Test.

They really should: 40% of Democrat voters want Graft Hunter to be discussed:

One thing's for sure: None of the media moderators will bring the issue up, at least, not in any probing way. They may introduce the subject just to set up an attack on Trump for his unfair attack on this 48 year old child.

The media has followed Biden's edict that Graft Hunter must never be discussed.

Hunter Biden: The mere mention of his name seemingly triggers the vapors among cable TV hosts and their guests.

When President Trump turned to the Bidens and Ukraine in a speech, MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace cut off the coverage, declaring she had to protect the listeners: "We hate to do this, really, but the president isn't telling the truth." When Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) tried to answer a question about the Ukraine scandal by referencing the Bidens, "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd angrily told him not to "gaslight" the nation.

The Bidens, simply, are not what well-bred people discuss in polite company, apparently. Indeed, many journalists seem to be channeling not Edward R. Murrow, the fabled CBS newscaster, but Florence Hartley, the author of "The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness" in 1872. Hartley warned her readers to "avoid, at all times, mentioning subjects or incidents that can in any way disgust your hearers."

For news shows on MSNBC, CNN and other cable networks, nothing is more disgusting than the mention of what Hunter Biden actually was doing in Ukraine.

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[T]he Biden campaign has been remarkably open in demanding that news organizations stop airing interviews or publishing articles about the allegations. Instead of calling it "fake news" (which is virtually copyrighted by Trump), the Biden campaign calls such coverage "conspiracy theories."

Thus, the campaign wrote to various networks, demanding that they stop airing interviews on the scandal with figures such as Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani...

Most recently, the campaign fired off letters to Facebook, Twitter and Google, demanding that they take down Trump ads referencing the Hunter Biden contracts. This normally would be viewed as unbridled hubris and arrogance -- except that many TV news hosts are doing precisely what the campaign has demanded.

Since Jonathan Turley wrote that piece, Chuck Todd went all-in in following orders from his Fuhrer Biden:

"Viciously attacked"? I guess "pounced on" got Leveled Up.

When did Trump's kids get work from a government entity based on political conditions?

And -- what does it matter if Trump makes this charge or not. You're supposed to be non-partisan an independent -- it should be a story you look into no matter who is pushing it.

It's either true or not true. You're avoiding investigating that (because you suspect you won't like the answer) and preferring to focus on Whataboutism and Shoot the Messenger.

And, finally and most spectacularly:

By the way, "drop" is a bit of slang meaning a useless child you're ashamed to acknowledge. I think the idea is that you dropped him (gave birth) and just pretty much walked away.

posted by Ace of Spades at 08:00 PM

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