Does Biden need to feed Trump to the media on the age issue?
One of the few places Trump won't go when it comes to Biden is Biden's age. He has even gone so far as to say it's not an issue. Reacting to this latest media frenzy of ineptitude over the Hur report, Trump didn't say the report was about age. Trump lied and said the report was about mental incompetence.
Trump doesn't want to push the button on age. Why?
I think it's pretty obvious. Trump doesn't want to be part of that media and pollster "paycheck-providing news narrative." He steers clear of the jackal pack.
The media and pollsters, for their part, think they are onto some good gravy train stuff with the Biden-only age issue. They know that if they start to take bites out of Trump over his age and obvious mental deficiency, the narrative will become moot. Interest will disappear. Paychecks might dry up even more than they already are.
It's a lot like the old Upton Sinclair idea that it is hard to get someone to understand something when their paycheck depends on their not understanding it. The media convinces itself that "the people" they poll have a "concern," and, luckily for the media, it generates a paycheck. No need to think about balance this time. No need to complicate the issue that is giving me something to say in the two minutes, forty-five seconds I have to fill on CNN to stay in my job. The people have spoken (through the pollsters who get bucks for giving me stuff to say, so I can get bucks too). Nothing to see here. When will Friday get here?
So maybe Biden or Harris should push the age button on Trump? Someone should. Trump would have to respond or "respond by not responding." Haley's been trying to push the button on both, but it hasn't gotten much traction so far.
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