With update 5/18/24
Listening to the reports of Biden in Racine, Wisconsin, yesterday reminded me of the need for an overarching theme ordinary people can remember. Polls show he has failed to make that contrast. It is often lost in too much context. It needs a theme, a punch line repeated often. It should be a way to emphasize the contrast between Trump, the con man, and Biden, the real man, who got it done with a phrase that sticks in people's minds. It should be used in this context where Trump promised something that voters wanted but failed. Biden said it in Racine with a clever joke about Trump's empty hole, but there is a concept that could and should be applied to many other key issues. Trump conned you with promises; Biden delivered....or just Biden delivers.
Update 5 18 2024 Biden still needs to make his case on many issues where is is tied or underwater, per a recent YouGov poll: This poll explains much and gives a glimmer of hope to Democrats. "In contrast, a full 50% of Americans (and 53% of registered voters) agree with Biden that “Donald Trump's campaign is about him, not America. He's willing to sacrifice our democracy to put himself in power.” Few, if any, of them are likely to vote for Trump in November." https://www.yahoo.com/news/new-yahoo-newsyougov-poll-shows-why-biden-trump-rematch-is-still-neck-and-neck-193252126.html A two person debate gives Biden a chance to make his case to a huge audience which is why it is likely Trump may try to get out of the debates on some excuse or other.
Original post continues:
Biden has just challenged Trump to a debate on the issues that "matter to people." He feels confident the debates will help him publicize a favorable contrast to Donald Trump's policies. However, Biden still has a hill to climb on issues. Data may be one thing, but public perception is another. He is underwater for most issues or tied as the YouGov poll recently indicated. (above) It is linked to partisan identification and loyalty. He still has an advantage on the issue of choice/abortion and is firmly ahead on Biden's position of democracy. Both of those advantages appear to be unshakeable.
There is also a way to emphasize Trump's character flaw: he is a con man. Courts have found him to be a committee of fraud at least twice. (both the most recent case where he took the worth of his property to cheat taxpayers and Trump University) .What he promises to deliver, ordinary voters will not be helped but hurt, favoring America's oligarchs, removing environmental and safety regulatory protections, taking the breaks off of inflation by destroying the Federal Reserve and high tariffs on imports passed onto consumers. He promises to keep their tax breaks for them, not ordinary. people while running up the deficit. The case is there to be made, but the non-MAGA undecided are not getting it. By putting Biden Delivers in the context of Trump's failures or empty promises or harmful policy, he pre-empts Trump's best attack lines..that only he can get it done as a strong man(only if he gets immunity from breaking the law?) and the fact that consumers think he can fix high prices and interest when what he promises does neither.
Here is how it could be used:
Trump promised Foxx Conn. He failed. I brought you Microsoft: I delivered
Trump promised you a dictatorship and he has a plan to deliver.it in place of democracy. Biden promises you a continuation of democracy, and he has delivered and will deliver.
Trump promises violence if he loses in 2024. Biden promises peaceful transitions. Trump delivered violence on January 6. Biden has delivered bipartisan legislation helping people's safety and lives.
Trump denies climate change and touts drill baby drill. Biden directed resources to renewables and job-creating industries but also made the US energy independent and an exporter of gas as bridges to greater use of renewables. Biden has delivered.
Trump promised you the Wall to end the "border crisis"; he failed. I brought you a bipartisan, very conservative solution; I delivered, but Trump sabotaged it
Trump promised Mexico would pay for the wall. Biden created legislation to address the border problem, providing personnel to enforce immigration laws and paying for more of the wall. Trump sabotaged it.
Trump promised you "made in America," but he failed to get more jobs. He failed even before COVID-19. Biden: I delivered after COVID-19 x number of jobs, even above pre-COVID levels.
Trump promised you infrastructure funding and brought you nothing but Infrastructure Day. Biden delivered.
Trump promised to make America's economy great again. Biden delivered. Even before COVID-19, Trump rode the coattails of what those before had done. After COVID's worldwide blow, Biden's economy is the world's envy, with the lowest inflation rate and the highest growth. Biden delivered much and knows there is more to do.
Trump claims he, only he, can lower inflation by destroying the brakes on it. Biden brought inflation down from 10 to under 4% and knows how to keep working on it himself by cracking down on monopolies. Trump promises to raise tariffs on all imports by 10%, which will be passed on to consumers, raising inflation, not lowering it. In the meantime, Trump promises to destroy the only tool that can put the brakes on inflation: the Federal Reserve. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317878/inflation-rate-interest-rate-by-country/ If it ain't very broke, don't very break it.
If Trump claims he can reduce grocery prices, he is a con man. Trump cannot set grocery prices and interest rates. Neither can Biden. Trump cons you into saying he can fix it, but he does not tell you how. Neither Trump nor Biden could deliver a return to prices and interest rates of four years ago, but Trump would deliver out-of-control inflation by taking the brakes off the Fed and raising prices on imports. Consumer price increases are coming down to the same rate of inflation as before COVID and while Trump was in office.. Why don't consumers see it? Now what? This one is not simple, so to be precise, go to https://mufticforumblog.blogspot.com/2024/05/consumer-prices-are-coming-down-why.html
For years, Trump promised a better replacement for Obamacare. All Trump delivered were promises. In fact, he has never even provided a plan. Biden has even lowered Medicare medication costs to government by forcing competitive bidding.
Biden lowered health care costs for millions on prescription drugs and diabetes meds. Obamacare has only gotten more popular doubling beneficiaries and participants. Biden delivered; Trump did nothing but back big Pharma.
Trump opposes lowering student debt. They signed the papers, and they owe it, accumulated interest and all. Biden promised and is delivering relief to millions.
Trump promised you a dictatorship, and he has a plan to deliver. Biden promised you a continuation of democracy, and he has delivered and will deliver.
Trump promises you violence if he loses in 2024. Biden promises you peaceful transitions. Trump delivered his promise on January 6 and promised violence if he lost in November 2024.
Trump ridicules and criticizes national security, the military, the CIA, and more, and praises and supports Russian national security goals and aggressions. Biden delivers on national security and acknowledges and works to defend us from obvious adversaries who want to do us harm.
Trump tries to get himself immune from criminal acts. Biden abides by the rule of law and delivers daily.
Trump promises states' rights to control women's health; Biden supports and will support making Roe v Wade-type legislation for all in America. Biden is committed to delivering it. Trump delivers a record of infidelity, sexual abuse, and rape and boasts about setting in motion the end of Roe v Wade.
Trump only wants those around him to say yes to whatever he wants and plans. Biden treasures aides who tell him both the good and bad news. Biden delivers reality and pragmatism with decisions that are based on reality and pragmatism. (Obama had a team of rivals because he wanted a good debate before he made a judgment call.) Neither Obama nor Biden schemed to see how they could break the law to stay in power after losing the election
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-tells-billionaires-ll-keep-taxes-low-50-million-fundraising-gala-rcna146748
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/watch/trump-promises-to-undo-biden-s-environmental-agenda-if-oil-company-ceo-s-raise-1-billion-for-his-campaign-the-washington-post-reports-210627141698
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