Lewis Says Biden Kicked Butt at Summit

CNN's Talking head Matt Lewis, praised President Joe Biden's performance at the G7 summit this week, tweeting on June 16th, that Biden showed "strong body language", and "Kicked butt"!

Lewis Defends Chuck Todd, "We All Make Mistakes."

On Sunday NBC Meet the Press host Chuck Todd edited a quote from Attorney General Bill Barr to promote a false narrative. The Barr quote came from an interview he did with Catherine Herridge about the Justice department dropping the Flynn prosecution:

"Well, history is written by the winner. So it largely depends on who's writing the history. But I think a fair history would say that it was a good decision because it upheld the rule of law. It helped, it upheld the standards of the Department of Justice, and it undid what was an injustice."

Chuck Todd took this part. "Well, history is written by the winner. So it largely depends on who's writing the history", and ignored the part where Barr said he believed it was a just move to drop the Flynn case.

Todd's angle was Barr was being cynical by saying well, history is written by the winners(us at DOJ) and right and wrong doesn't matter.

He didn't make a mistake, he twisted the meaning of the Attorney General's statement, to advance a narrative.

Well, fake news leftists stick together, so enter CNN's token Republican Matt Lewis, who tweeted:

"Ugh. The Chuck Todd/Bill Barr thing comes on the heels of the Jimmy Kimmel/Mike Pence thing.... We all make mistakes, but the media’s zeal to push back on Trumpism is ironically reinforcing Trump’s dangerous “fake news” narrative..."

Lewis expresses no anger at Todd's pushing a false narrative, rather he laments Trump being able to cite this to reinforce his "dangerous “fake news” narrative."

In other words Trump is right. The media lies. Chuck Todd getting caught is the mistake.

Another Blown Lewis Prediction?

I used to think I could tell the difference between a Babylon Bee article and a Matt Lewis column. Now I am not sure I can anymore.

For example this from his column from April 4th on the left wing site The Daily Beast:

"With more than 6.6 million Americans filing for unemployment last week, and Donald Trump hoping that the coronavirus only kills 100,000 Americans, you might think things couldn’t get worse for his re-election chances. But then, you’d be leaving out the opportunity cost."

Yes, the President was hoping that only 100k die. But this shows that Lewis got another prediction wrong. The new projection is 74k dead. When Lewis wrote this back in April he lowballed the number for a strategic reason.

The projections were 100-200 thousand dead. Lewis picked the lowest number, because if it turned out to be 150K deaths it would be proof that Trump failed. Lewis would argue that was 50,000 above the minimum in the projection.

Proof Trump failed. 50,000 needless deaths
but, if the death total comes in under 100K (which Trump hoped for) what is the Lewis spin? Did Trump handle it well?

Like all of the other predictions that don't turn out, Lewis will, no doubt, keep a vow of silence.

CNN Hacks Caught Using The Same Line

CNN is not in the news business, they are in the narrative business. The narrative is rooted in a progressive's ideology and an irrational hatred for Donald Trump.

This morning I was reading the latest commentary on a popular political site, and I read an article that used a familiar claim:

"Biggest Meltdown I've Ever Seen-Walls Are Closing In On Trump."
Jim Costa CNN

And that reminded me of an article from last year, from another CNN hack:

"As the walls slowly close in on Donald Trump, his apologists are getting more creative."
Matt Lewis CNN token Republican
Nov. 2, 2019

The idea that the "walls are closing in on Trump", is a fake narrative that CNN hacks will push from time to time, in conjunction with the "scandal" du jure. On the eve of the impeachment, an impeachment without high crimes and misdemeanors, Lewis predicted Trump's downfall.

Purely wishful thinking. Trump's approval ratings went up and not one Republican voted to impeach him.

Now as the deaths from the Wuhan virus begin to slow down Acosta claims the "walls are closing in on Trump."

No real reporter would ever use the phrase "As the walls are closing in." It is just lazy to use such a hackneyed phrase. Even a bad fiction writer would eschew such a phrase.

But a CNN hack will use it - with fingers crossed no doubt.

Lewis Claims Coronavirus Comes At A Propitious Time For Biden

The great H.L. Mencken once remarked that the puritans greatest fear is that somebody, somewhere, is having fun. For the never Trumpers and lefties today their greatest fear is that Trump might politically benefit from this pandemic and get re elected this November.

The paranoia is great. The left engages in happy talk to calm such fears. CNN's never Trumper Matt Lewis, wishfully speculates in his latest column, "Trump’s Failed Coronavirus Response Cost Him Incumbent’s Edge", that is, this crisis is a major blow to Trump's re election chances and provides a boost to the 77 year old Biden.

Why? Well, a couple reasons Lewis asserts. First, the economy is tanked, so that helps the Democrats, and Trump now can't "mock and smear Joe Biden", in this time of crisis. It would be unseemly.

In his subtitle Lewis says:
"The coronavirus did what nothing else has: It neutralized Trump’s ability to humiliate a foe, while giving Biden the perfect reason to lay low." Excellent timing!

Biden is laying low because he stinks as a candidate. His handlers are wise to keep him away from real questioners and voters. And as far as humiliating Joe Biden, well in time, Biden will take care of that himself.

Other Lewis claims.

Lewis wants it both ways on the economy. On one hand Trump is willing to "sacrifice millions of lives", to get re elected, and as the theory goes Trump must re open the country, prematurely, to save the economy.

According to Lewis Trump is willing to risk the lives of America's senior citizens, and diabetics if that is what it takes to get re elected.

On the other hand if the economy is doing poorly this fall Lewis and his left wing allies will happily use it against President Trump.

Lewis also seems to contradict himself on another point. In a previous column Lewis asserted that "This is a man (Trump) who responded to a pandemic by thinking, “How can I be on TV more?” It’s truly depraved." Implying that Trump was using this pandemic to advance his election chances. The daily press briefings are akin to a Trump rally.

But in this column he takes the opposite position

Trump is a master at distracting us from big news stories. Except, with this one, he can’t just change the subject with a mean tweet. As Dr. Fauci has said, “The virus determines what the timetable is, not us.” (God help us if another story comes along that is big enough to overtake the COVID-19 headlines.)

Well, which is it? Trump likes the crisis for the attention it gives him, or does he want to change the subject?

Has Lewis considered the possibility that it is not changing the subject or playing politics, rather he is doing his job and rallying the nation to fight the pandemic.

Lewis's wishful thinking:

"Joe Biden was poised to be that sitting duck. Although his high name ID makes him less susceptible than past challengers to being “defined” by an incumbent president, one could certainly imagine a scenario where Trump would have unleashed ungodly amounts of money attacking Joe Biden this spring."

Trump has a job to do. It is not about Joe Biden. Sure right now, if there was no Chinese flu to deal with, Trump could be pointing out what a liberal Joe Biden is, how Joe Biden has opposed conservative judicial nominees for three decades. How Joe opposed the Reagan revolution. How Joe wants to put a gun grabber in charge of gun policy, how Joe supported the Iraq war. etc.

In addition Lewis speculates that had we not had this Chinese flu Trump could bring up "The Hunter Biden/Burisma “scandal." Oh, that's right. Biden's unqualified son got a job in the Ukraine, a country he was not familiar with, in the oil and gas business, an industry he had no knowledge of, because his father was in charge of US policy regarding the Ukraine.

I wonder if Hunter told his father that he was applying for a job in the Ukraine? A question that no one on CNN will bring up.

Also, Lewis fails to point out how Biden opposed Trump's decision, in late January to block travel to China, which Biden called "fear mongering". Had Trump listened to Biden hundreds of thousand of people would have been flying in and out of china to America, while the disease was spreading.

Lewis looks at the politics, but Trump has a job to do, and ultimately he is judge on that record.

Lewis Claims Biden is Smart to Lay Low.

When I was a kid I used to read baseball books. One was a series of books about a fictitious minor league baseball manager, Rocky McCune. In one story Rocky had a baseball prospect, a fiery left hander, who was destined to be the next Sandy Koufax. Or at least Rocky hoped that would be the case.

Well, it didn't go so well, for the young ace on his first trip to the mound. McCune's prospect got hit hard for 3 innings, and gave up several runs, Rocky came out to the mound to pull him. He told the kid, let's save your arm for next week.

Obviously, the reason for pulling his pitcher was that he wasn't doing well. The happy talk - we need to keep you fresh for next week.

Well, CNN's token Republican, and Biden voter, Matt Lewis has adopted the Rocky McCune spin regarding the candidacy of Joe Biden.

In Lewis's latest column, "Joe Biden is Smart to Get Out Of The Way.", he makes a couple false charges, in addition to his usually naked, silly spin.

First, Joe Biden is not smart. The reason he may soon go into hiding is because he has been a gaffe machine. My guess is that Biden doesn't realize he is doing poorly, but his certainly handlers do.

Lewis tries to spin it. Biden will be overshadowed by the President, since Biden has no official roll so it is "smart" to stay out of sight.

No. Biden has to stay quiet because he looks like a fool.

Joe Biden claimed, at least twice, that the virus started in the "Luhan" province of China.

Biden talked about an article he wrote in the USA Today on Jan. 17th. No, it was published on Jan. 27th. A significant difference, especially considering Biden's claim that he gave prescient advice on the growing crisis.

While doing an interview with Jake Tapper via skype, Biden started coughing. Tapper reminded him to cough into his forearm. Biden apologized, but said it is ok, he was alone in his house. I guess there were no cameramen, and Joe was running the sound system, and the computer as well.

Joe was asked by a reporter if he agreed with President Trump assessment that we can't make the cure worse than the disease. Biden responded,

"We have to take care of the cure. The cure can only make the problem worse."

Lewis makes no reference to these recent examples, rather, Lewis complains: "And now, while the president and governors are out there being relevant, Joe Biden is (like the rest of us) desperately trying to promote a podcast."

Yes, like the rest of us that keep referring to the virus as the "Luhan virus."

Lewis then had a eureka moment. He says:

"And then, it hit me. Joe Biden should social distance even more. He should recede into the background like Homer Simpson backing into the shrubs, only to reemerge tanned and rested after Labor Day. (As Andrew Card said, ''You don't introduce new products in August.”) He should embrace The 4-Hour Work Week."

The only option now for Democrats is to force Biden into the background because the more he speaks the worse he is going to look. Biden is senile, and the best strategy is for Biden to avoid cameras and voters as long as possible.

The view that Biden can come out after labor day, (Lewis doesn't say how long after labor day), all "tanned and rested", and able to perform like a young 77 year old, is optimistic to say the least.

It is Rocky McCune like optimism.

Never Trumper Asserts "Trump is Willing to Sacrifice Lives to Try And Save the Economy and His Chances For Re-Election"

The latest talking point from the left is that President Trump is willing to "sacrifice" Americans lives to protect his re-election chances. The left's theory is that he has to reopen the country to prevent the economy from another depression, and hence any hope of being re elected.

So, like a virus, this nutty theory is running around, and like the sun rising in the east CNN's token Republican Matt Lewis advances it. In his column on the "Daily Beast", Lewis pushing this exact theory. It is amazing how the left daily sticks to the same page.

In the first sentence of "The Party of Life Embraces Trump's Death Cult", Lewis, who voted for pro-choice Joe Biden, asserts,

"Donald Trump is willing to sacrifice lives to try and save the economy and his chances for re-election."

The unsubstantiated charge says more about Lewis and the left. That even while millions of their fellow Americans are thrown out of work, they grow more concerned about losing an election and raise paranoid theories that Trump might benefit politically from the national emergency.

The gist of the story, Lewis sums it up:

"Unfortunately, we have skipped over that nuanced discussion and gone straight to Republicans rationalizing the idea that we can just wipe out a million or so people to fix the economy."

He claims that by reopening the economy, Trump will sacrifice "millions of lives." This is stupid for a number of reasons. First, once the economy is reopened, which the President is flexible on regarding the timing, no one has to leave the confines of their isolation. If someone feels vulnerable or sick they should stay home.

Social distancing and hand washing (and hand wringing) can continue.

Secondly, most people won't acquire the virus, after they go back to work. And the vast majority of people that do will live. Some even feeling nothing more than a minor, short flu.

The disease is serious, but it will diminish soon. It is rare in many parts of the country, and for millions of Americans if faced with a choice between a bad flu and a great depression would choose the flu. Trump represents those people. Hardworking, tough determined people.

Look at our history. When did a bad flu stop us? The settlement in Jamestown was wracked with disease; malaria, survey, dysentery, yellow fever... And the amazing thing, and as a Virginian I take great pride in the fact, people kept coming.

Lewis even implies that Trump likes the daily media coverage, which a national emergency brings, Lewis writes of Trump:

"This is a man who responded to a pandemic by thinking, “How can I be on TV more?” It’s truly depraved."

I suspect that this is a statement by someone, suffering, not from the Chinese flu, but from an equally vile, and unwanted condition - Trump Derangement Syndrome.