Joe Biden seems to be riding high in the polls. So, why is he moving so far to the left? Is he trying to lose Pennsylvania, Colorado, Michigan, Ohio, and other energy-producing states?
This is how we interpret his decision to enlist the aid of Sen. Bernie Sanders and to pick fanatic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to become the co-chairwoman of the panel setting his climate change agenda.
Ocasio-Cortez is best known for her Green New Deal proposal, which is estimated to cost $93 trillion. Sanders, of course, has backed that proposal. It is premised on the ludicrous idea that one can not only abolish fossil fuels without harming the economy, but that one can also do so while dismantling the nation’s nuclear power capacity — the only reliable carbon-free source of electricity in the world today, thanks to the intermittency of wind and solar.
Most recently, the New York City-based congresswoman was seen asserting that her plan would be without any cost whatsoever because it’s a resolution.
This laughable claim is typical of Ocasio-Cortez, whose depth of ignorance in matters related to energy cannot be overstated. When the price of oil plummeted recently due to the coronavirus, she took to social media to celebrate a new, green era. The former Boston University economics major apparently did not understand supply and demand well enough to see how this lower price can only extend the era of cheap, abundant fossil fuels for consumers all around the world. If anything, it represents a grave setback for more expensive, less reliable renewable sources of energy. This might be why she deleted that painfully ignorant tweet.
Biden has tried in the past to project a blue-collar image. In one famous speech that he plagiarized from a British politician, he claimed to come from a line of coal miners, which wasn’t even true.
But more recently, in an effort to court environmental extremists, Biden has shifted all the way to the other extreme. He promised during a presidential debate to end all fracking. To be sure, he only said he would end all “new” fracking, but that’s the same thing, since the fracking process takes only a couple of days.
Biden’s campaign defended him, claiming that he had misspoken once again while making an unequivocal and important statement about a key matter of policy. But this only raises further concerns. Even Biden’s own campaign, in defending him, keeps calling into question his mental acuity. This should make voters wonder who will be setting policy if he enters the White House.
Perhaps President Trump was too unkind when he suggested that as president, Biden would be wheeled into a nursing home while young radicals make all the policy on his behalf. But then, Biden is the one who has chosen to put radicals such as Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez into prominent roles in his campaign. By elevating Ocasio-Cortez, he, or whoever pulls the strings of his campaign, is endorsing her radicalism.
Is Biden trying to scare away reasonable people — people who understand the basics of economics? Who drive cars? Who hold down real-world jobs and can’t afford even more economic damage from radical anti-energy “green” policies?
If Biden’s goal is to scare voters in key states, he’s on the right track.
