Biden’s words fowl in DeSantis’ mouth

How can identical words be “offense” only when uttered by a Republican politician?  Ron DeSantis, the Trump-supported candidate for governor of Florida, said of his Democratic opponent, “He’s an articulate spokesman for far-left views, and he’s a charismatic candidate.”  The sensible among us would recognize such descriptors as inherently complimentary.

Not so with the free speech-repressing politically correct crowd.  From DeSantis the left automatically heard “racist dog whistles” because the Democratic nominee is Andrew Gillum, the progressive mayor of Tallahassee, who happens to be black.  By contrast, the left remains silent as crickets that Joe Biden used the same language to describe then presidential candidate Barack Obama in 2007:

“I mean you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s storybook, man.”

Obviously the faux outrage is only reserved for representatives of the anti-bigotry party of Lincoln.  Unfortunately, this tempest in a teapot was further inflamed by Mr. DeSantis’ unsavvy reference to “monkey this up” by embracing Mr. Gillum’s socialist agenda.  For political polarization, Democrats assume the worst, most twisted  interpretation of GOP gaffes: a quality completely ignored in their own candidates.  With the left's linguistic double standard, truth is an easy sacrifice for an ill-gotten political advantage.

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Overcoming the China Syndrome

Clifford D. May’s “The China syndrome” is spot on.  Many Americans, and Washington decision-makers, still mistakenly view China as a trading partner rather than a geo-political adversary.  Mr. May’s correct that our “friends” are singularly focused on usurping America’s First World position.  This reality was echoed in a recent Mark Levin interview with National Security and Defense Strategy expert Michael Pillsbury (Director of the Center of Chinese Strategy at the Hudson Institute) who said of the Chinese: 

“The key source of economic growth is science and technology [also known as technology-based planning].  ... It's a comprehensive approach that to become number one in the world we've got to get hold of what they call the innovation technology base.  Find out the most dramatic, profit-making technologies in the world and get them—by one means or another.”

Via TBP, the Chinese correctly exploit technology to produce superior goods and services, exported globally.  The resulting influx of wealth facilitates China’s worldwide “bullying” of other nations so aptly detailed by Mr. May.  

Likewise, the U.S. is not immune to this systematic erosion of autonomy.  In fact, the quicksand is greatly aided by America’s distracted focus on financial shell games (ie, financed-based planning) such as lowering taxes, reducing government regulations and tariffs.  These manipulations only work in the short run—and won’t counter China’s long-term strategy to undermine and diminish U.S. strength. 

Essentially, it's like they’re playing chess while America plays checkers.  A titanic threat to the course of nations.  The Chinese enjoy this sustained competitive advantage due to technology-based planning.  The U.S. government must immediately implement our own available system: a great topic for Mr. May’s next article.

David L. Hunter is the writer of “How to Rebuild a First World Economy”

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