Democratic desperation, Trump Derangement Syndrome and Pierre Delecto summed up the wildest replacement suggestion for President Joe Biden’s campaign yet, courtesy of The New York Times.
As Republicans united around former President Donald Trump, the left seemed only to share some form of denial about the incumbent staying in the race, who should take his spot atop the ticket and preventing a White House return for the GOP leader.
Suggestions to supplant Biden by the likes of Vice President Kamala Harris, former First Lady Michelle Obama or former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were blown away Sunday when writer and director Aaron Sorkin made his pitch — for Utah Sen. Mitt Romney (R).
“The problem in the real world is that there isn’t a Democrat who is polling significantly better than Mr. Biden. And quitting, as heroic as it may be in this case, doesn’t really put a lump in our throats,” the creator of “The West Wing” acknowledged in his op-ed, “How I Would Script This Moment for Biden and the Democrats.”
“The Democratic Party should pick a Republican. At their convention next month, the Democrats should nominate Mitt Romney,” Sorkin went on to write of the former Massachusetts governor and 2012 Republican presidential nominee before contending doing so would be, “a clear and powerful demonstration that this election isn’t about what our elections are usually about, but about stopping a deranged man from taking power.”
While the Academy Award-winner acknowledged his pitch epitomized jumping the shark, the sort of unrealistic inclusion in a show that signaled production was going off the rails coined after Fonzie did exactly that in an episode of “Happy Days,” he maintained his TDS-based position.
Sorkin’s suggestion, dubbed “beyond parody” by many, was uproarious on a number of levels as it in part highlighted the panic spreading across the left while also treating RINO Romney, who was deemed a monster for binders filled with women, driving with his dog on the roof of his car and allegedly cutting a classmate’s hair, as though he were somebody they would rally behind because “orange man bad.”
“Aaron Sorkin telling Democrats to vote for Mitt Romney is the funniest f*cking thing in this entire ordeal,” wrote The Specator’s contributing editor Stephen L. Miller. “They demonized him, called him a murderer, had a debate moderator step in to help [then-President Barack] Obama, and now they are like..Yeah we should nominate that guy. God this is so fun.”
Aaron Sorkin telling Democrats to vote for Mitt Romney is the funniest fucking thing in this entire ordeal. They demonized him, called him a murderer, had a debate moderator step in to help Obama, and now they are like..Yeah we should nominate that guy. God this is so fun.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) July 21, 2024
As it happened, the screenwriter even brought up reasons why the left would likely just stay home if Romney were the Democratic candidate as he sounded off, “Does Mr. Romney support abortion rights? No. Does he want to aggressively raise the minimum wage, bolster public education, strengthen unions, expand transgender rights and enact progressive tax reform? Probably not. But is he a cartoon thug who did nothing but watch TV while the mob assembled beat and used Tasers on police officers? No. The choice is between Donald Trump and not-Trump, and the not-Trump candidate needs only one qualification: to win enough votes from a cross-section of Americans to close off the former president’s Electoral College path back to power.”
He hates Trump..that’s all they need to know…
These aren’t deep people..
— AJ (@AjApplegoose) July 21, 2024
Well, they did adopt his foreign policy stance on Russia…
— Jeff Carlson (@themarketswork) July 21, 2024
I’m confused. pic.twitter.com/vNcVWt2qKT
— Contributory Negligence (@CntrbtryNglgnc) July 21, 2024
This would be amazing. Not only are they blowing up their identity politics game by not running a black woman in kamala, they’re not even running a white man dem.
Sorkin is showing the cards that it’s all about retaining power. Nothing more
— SCIENCE!! (@RaschDecisions) July 21, 2024
— Marlon East Of The Pecos (@Darksideleader2) July 21, 2024
I’m waiting for the “Mitt and Hillary Unify America” ticket.
— Maggie’s Dad (@realmaggies_dad) July 21, 2024
As I think of it, the better it sounds. Bernie & AOC getting in line and touting their new guy. Nancy Pelosi, happily posing beside Romney. I don’t suppose he’d agree, but – do it!
— TheOldTT (@TheTylwthTeg) July 21, 2024
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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