March 11, 2024

Most of the time, a president’s State of the Union speech is avuncular. I wouldn’t say paternal because, as we know, paternalism is next to patriarchy is next to women as sexual objects is next to Adam noticing that Eve was naked.

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The point of a president presenting himself as everyone’s favorite uncle is to sell us on the idea that all is well in the Land of Oz: “all friendly like” as Eliza Doolittle put it.

But obviously, right now in Bidenomics America, everything is not under control. So forget Uncle Joe. It was Biden the Barbarian, politics red in tooth and claw, on Thursday night.

Naturally, the president started out by bellowing that the U.S. is beset by enemies, foreign and domestic.

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What makes our moment rare is that freedom and democracy are under attack, both at home and overseas, at the very same time.

It’s Putin abroad and insurrectionists at home. And I am sure that if Biden had ever cracked a book in his life he would have continued:

Once more unto the breach dear friends, once more.
Or close the wall up with our wokey dead.

But was the whole speech about the dastardly enemy? Not at all. There is another side to Biden, and we got it in spades. If you are a friend of the regime then you will get bennies, tons of them. Here is a partial list:

Cap “the cost of insulin at $35 a month for every American who needs it!”

Cap “prescription drug costs at $2,000 a year for everyone!”