There's no getting around the fact that Americans hated George Bush Jr. He was the president who got in due to the election controversy in Florida in 2000. He was the president when 9/11 took place, and many red flags were raised during that time. He was the president who was in charge when airport security tightened up and allowed us to be groped and probed in order to get on our flights. Yet, he still got reelected four years later. People were fed up by the time his administration came to an end.
People
were waking up to the same families being in charge. Whether it was the
Bush family or the potential we faced in 2008 of Hillary Clinton
getting in after her husband had been president through most of the
1990s. People were hopeful of some change in the White House, and
suddenly it appeared. His name was Barack Obama, and it was interesting
that he spoke of hope and change. He had that catch phrase that he used,
"Yes we can."
Who was this guy? That was part
of the appeal of Obama. He wasn't part of the known establishment, or so
it seemed. His speeches were captivating, and people practically
tripped over themselves to go see him speak. His rallies were huge. In
fact, Barack Obama merchandise was a big seller leading up to the 2008
election. Even people who were right of center got on the Obama
bandwagon, and the results were impressive. He had over 69 million
votes as he was elected president.
People are
going to debate Obama's legacy, but that's not really what this column
is about. You can't deny his popularity in 2008. You can't deny that
Obama was almost elevated to rock star status. The only presidential
candidate we've seen since him to really inspire the people to turn out
for speeches in record numbers is Donald Trump. When it comes to the
idea that Barack Obama earned 69 million votes on his way to victory in
2008, even his detractors couldn't deny it. It was very obvious.
Let's
move ahead 12 years to the 2020 elections, shall we? During the time of
a pandemic, Joe Biden spent much of the election cycle in hiding. He
didn't give many speeches, and his rallies didn't attract many people.
Forget the notion that he was discouraging this. If the man who has been
in politics for close to 50 years of his life were that inspiring,
people would still show up to be a part of the excitement. They'd be
there even if they couldn't hear him speak, just to say they were there
during an historical presidential run. That didn't happen.
Compare
Barack Obama and his popularity of 2008 to Joe Biden in 2020. We are
supposed to believe that 21 million more people voted in this election
than four years ago, which is a record. This is happening during a
pandemic. We are further expected to believe that an uninspiring Joe
Biden received nearly 11 million more votes than Obama did in 2008. His
total is now at over 80 million votes, the most in presidential election
history.
Forget the questions people are
bringing up about anomalies on election night. Forget the talk about
election machines being hacked. Forget the questions about voter mail in
ballots. These are important discussions to be had, but for the
purposes of this, just forget it. Forget what the media is telling you
nonstop and forget the way social media is behaving at this time.
There's
only one question that needs to be asked here, and only you the reader
can answer it. Does it seem plausible that Joe Biden received over 80
million votes in this election and nearly 11 million more votes than the
immensely popular Barack Obama received back in 2008?
