On June 27, 2024, a ‘’historic event’’ took place, according to the mainstream press. As they stated, ‘’for the first time ever, a sitting president had a debate with a former president’’. Also according to the mainstream press, this debate was nothing short of a ‘’train wreck’’! Despite the finest efforts of the ‘’handlers’’ of the president, the so called ‘’leader of the free world’’, President Biden himself, managed to live up to his nick name of ‘’Sleepy Joe’’.
In preparation for this ‘’Presidential Debate’’, the President spent a week with his ‘’handlers’’, otherwise known as coaches. These people conducted numerous ‘’mock debates’’, in which Biden practiced the answers to questions, which were likely to be asked, at the Debate. Bear in mind that he was first provided with the ‘’proper’’ answers.
It should be pointed out that, even though a question could be asked concerning a particular subject, such as inflation, there is no law that states the answer must have something to do with the question! All too often, the answer is merely an evasion! So a question concerning inflation, for example, can be answered with a reference to ‘’climate change’’. One has nothing to do with the other! Yet that in no way changes the fact that it is an answer!
That is where the ‘’handlers’’, come into play. They advise the ‘’candidate’’ with not only the ‘’proper’’ answers, but also the tone of voice, facial expression, posture, ‘’body language’’, including the position of hands- this is considered to be of vital importance! This is referred to as ‘’grooming’’ the candidate.
In most cases, this tends to work quite well, especially as the ‘’candidate’’ has merely to read from a ‘’teleprompter’’, one which is carefully concealed from the cameras. This teleprompter can be thought of as a television screen, and even tells the candidate when to pause, perhaps pretend to take a drink of water, for example. In this way, ‘’all bases are covered’’, and the audience is properly impressed.
But then, the ‘’audience’’ sees nothing of this teleprompter. Also bear in mind that the audience is nothing other than the members of the public! The same people who vote this candidate into office! Based largely upon the ‘’impression’’, provided by the handlers of the candidate!
The problem was, that this ‘’Presidential Debate’’ did not allow for teleprompters. What is more, the questions to be asked, were supposed to be kept secret. Whether that is the case or not, is doubtful, but that is incidental to the fact that Biden was deprived of his teleprompter. The result was disastrous! He came across as the feeble minded old man that he is! He was completely confused, consistently ‘’lost his train of thought’’, mumbled and even paused, trying to remember the proper response. A ‘’train wreck’’!
As a result of this, the Democratic Party is now in ‘’damage control’’, as they phrase it. The ‘’Party line’’, is now that Biden merely had a ‘’bad day’’, and this can ‘’happen to anyone’’. As proof that he has ‘’recovered’’, he is now making the ‘’proper’’ speeches, reading from a teleprompter. He is determined to keep running for a second term!
There are numerous other members, of the Democratic Party, who are equally determined that Biden will not run for a second term. They are convinced that he will merely go ‘’down in flames’’, and take the Party with him!
The Democratic Party is just as divided, as the Republican Party! Both Parties need our help! It is our patriotic duty to offer our assistance! It is the least we can do!
For that reason, as I have previously suggested, all ‘’Leftist’’ people should join those two Parties, as ‘’card carrying’’ members. The only requirement for such membership, is to be an American citizen, possibly eighteen years of age. Bear in mind that it is the card carrying members, of those Parties, who determine the candidates for all political offices, of those same Parties. This includes the offices of President, and Vice President.
Just consider the possibilities. If enough Leftist people join those two Parties, then both Republican and Democratic Parties can endorse the same candidates, for the offices of both President and Vice President. May I suggest Senator Bernie Sanders for the office of President, and perhaps Michal Moore for the office of Vice President? As the same candidates of both Parties, they can run against themselves. That should help to keep campaign finances to a minimum. Who cares which Party wins the White House? The candidates are the same.
As for those who object that I am being ridiculous, allow me to respond that the capitalists are fond of saying that, ‘’if we do not like the way things are’’, then we should ‘’change the system from within’’. Feel free to ‘’take them at their word’’. Join the two Parties, and make every effort to enact meaningful changes. It is the least we can do.
No doubt, in turn, they will ‘’express their appreciation’’, in terms which will leave ‘’no room for any misunderstanding’’! They will make it perfectly clear that the billionaires are in charge, and fully intend to remain in charge! In this way, the level of awareness, of the proletariat, will be raised.
May I further suggest that, in the interest of performing their patriotic duties, all Leftist Americans insist that the forth coming federal election, follow the procedure laid out in the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution. No doubt, those who are responsible for these elections, are not aware of the fact that the federal election must follow that procedure. Ha!
Once they become aware of that fact, they will no doubt be only too happy to conduct the next federal election, according to the Constitution. Fat chance!
Of course, that last statement was meant as a bit of a joke, one which the capitalists do not find the slightest bit funny. Which in no way changes the fact that it is true! As I have documented this in a previous article, there is no need to repeat it here.
It will almost certainly require a Supreme Court decision, to force the capitalists to conduct a federal election, according to the Constitution. It is up to experts on Constitutional law, to challenge the next federal election, on the grounds that the current ‘’Presidential election’’ is Unconstitutional.
Allow me to stress the fact that, as a result of that Presidential Debate, the situation has changed, and quite dramatically. It is now far more likely that Donald Trump, a convicted felon, will once again become President of the United States, unless he is stopped!
For that reason, it is ever more urgent for Leftist people, to become politically active. It is becoming increasingly apparent, that capitalism has reached a state of crisis. The capitalists can no longer rule in the old way, and now have to change their method of rule. One possible change is to that of a Dictatorship, with Trump as the figurehead President.
Lenin gave some excellent advice, concerning our current state of affairs, in his landmark work, Left Wing Communism, An Infantile Disorder. He wrote:
‘’The fundamental law of revolution, which has been confirmed by all revolutions, and especially by all three Russian revolutions in the twentieth century, is as follows: for a revolution to take place, it is not enough for the exploited and oppressed masses to realize the impossibility of living in the old way, and demand changes; for a revolution to take place, it is essential that the exploiters should not be able to live and rule in the old way. It is only when the ’lower classes’ do not want to live in the old way, and the ‘upper classes’ cannot carry on in the old way, that the revolution can triumph. This truth can be expressed in other words: revolution is impossible without a nation wide crisis (affecting both the exploited and the exploiters). It follows that, for a revolution to take place, it is essential, first, that a majority of the workers (or at least a majority of the class conscious, thinking, and politically active workers), should fully realize that revolution is necessary, and that they should be prepared to die for it; second, that the ruling classes should be going through a governmental crisis, which draws even the most backward masses into politics (symptomatic of any genuine revolution is a rapid, tenfold and even hundredfold increase in the size of the working and oppressed masses- hitherto apathetic- who are capable of waging the political struggle), weakens the government, and makes it possible for the revolutionaries to rapidly overthrow it.’’ (italics by Lenin)
It is my opinion that the current situation is revolutionary. It is further my opinion that the ‘’triumph’’ of the working class, in the approaching revolution, is not yet assured! The reason I say this, is because it is not clear that ‘’the majority of class conscious, thinking and politically active workers’’, are aware of the fact that ‘’revolution is necessary’’, and also, it is certainly less clear that they are ‘’prepared to die for it’’.
This is my less than subtle way of suggesting that class conscious people, intellectuals, whether working class or middle class, it makes no difference, are being negligent, in their duty to raise the level of awareness of the working class, the proletariat.
Feel free to focus on that which Lenin referred to as the ‘’Key link’’, as stated in his great work, What Is To Be Done?: ‘’Every question ‘runs in a vicious circle’, because political life as a whole, is an endless chain consisting of an infinite number of links. The whole art of politics lies in finding and taking as firm a grip as we can, of the link that is least likely to be struck from our hands, the one that is most important at the given moment, the one that most of all guarantees its possessor the possession of the whole chain.’’
In my opinion, the ‘’key link’’ now, is to raise the level of awareness of the proletariat, to prepare them for the approaching revolution, and Scientific Socialism, in the form of the subsequent Dictatorship of the Proletariat.
Time is not on our side. It is now ever more likely that Trump will, once again, become President, within a matter of months. Only this time, he is prepared. Bear in mind that Project 2025 has been completed.
In addition to the suggestions made in this article, may I suggest that the members of all Councils get together, join forces, and create a proper Communist Party, Dictatorship of the Proletariat. As well, get in touch with ‘’internationalist workers’’, those who have come together, in the absence of such a Communist Party.
The alternative, that of a ‘’different method of rule’’, by the monopoly capitalists, possibly in the form of a Dictatorship, led by Trump, is not to be considered.
Gerald McIsaac
Gerald McIsaac Science Project 