Sneaky
Pete sneaks out. Good riddance. But why? Just yesterday he was
swearing to stay in the race to the finish. I have no inside line to
his inner counsels, but to unfold my theory we have to go back to
that secret DNC conclave held at one of Bernard Schwartz's
billionaire hideaways.
As
the New York Slime reported, centrist Democratz, including Karamela
Harris and Sneaky Pete Buttigieg, were in attendance at the meeting,
the topic of which was: What to do about Bernie. The Slime
did not reveal what the strategy was, but subsequent events made it
obvious. The centrist strategy was to fling as much shit around as
it could and to hope some of it would stick. Translation: field as
many “safe” and “reliable” candidates and see which one did
best against Sanders. The obvious fall back position was (as we
theorized at the time) that, if nothing else, the more candidates in
the running, the greater the chances Bernie would never get a first
ballot majority.
And
so we got Casserole Charisma Amy, Karamela for the (Top) People,
Uncle Blue Chip Joe and Sneaky Pete running on his overtly
anti-Bernie mantras. It was the obvious hope of Deep Party that
Sneaky Pete would be something of a white Obama. In fact, if Obama
had been able to pass off as white there would be little difference
between the two other than Pete's combat zone “uber driver” (his
words) record. Both talked the down home accent to the folks down
home while turning around and talking haute English to the
haute folk. Both delivered endless orotund fatuous, faux
homiletic platitudes that down home would be called “bullshit.”
But if Karamela bombed among Blacks was there seriously any hope that
a largely Baptist demographic would thrill to a white “abomination.”
? It didn't matter. Shit is shit and who knows what will end up
sticking.
Well
Pete did not stick. And even though he was more than willing --
determined even -- to stick around to see if he stuck or struck
something, someone thought the better of it. The volt face
was so sudden that one can be excused for thinking that someone's
leash just got jerked and if so, who oh who, might have done the
yanking? Q.E.D.
Deep Party is now banking on Uncle Joe to claim the field and take us
back to the era of Retro-Normalcy. His is the less fancy bullshit.
“I've been there; I've fought for you.” Never mind that it's a
total lie, in South Carolina it stuck. But never fear. Sneaky Pete
is an ambitious prick. He'll be around to sell his soul in order to
sell the rest of us out in some way or another. If Biden could do
it, why not him? Let things cure for a while.
©barfo 2020
