Thought For The Day – His Name Is Convicted Felon Donald Trump

Call Him By His Name

June 19, 2024

The New York Times recently offered up the headline – “Biden Campaign Ad Paints Trump as a Felon.” This for all intents and purposes implies that Biden’s ad is playing fast and loose in some way. Poor Donald Trump is being unfairly labeled as a felon. How dare Biden call a convicted felon a felon. What the fuck is wrong with the Times?

The Times went on to obfuscate, “President Biden’s campaign on Monday began its most aggressive effort to brand former President Donald J. Trump a felon, with the introduction of a new television advertisement that focuses on the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s criminal conviction.” That’s like the Coca Cola Company being described as recently “branding” its iconic brown soda as “Coca Cola.” Coca Cola was branded more than a hundred years ago, just a little longer ago than the Trump Crime Family brand.

Obviously, Biden did not "paint" Trump as a felon. That painting was a long-worked-on self-portrait, self-lovingly crafted over a horrific lifetime (or two) – one that is currently in overtime. All Biden is doing is making sure everyone sees Trump's beautiful paint-job. No, not the one between his "hair" and his ample bosom, but the giant mural Trump has painted all across the socio-political landscape. Like the Nazca figures only in Living Technicolor and video. And you don’t need a fly-over to see the whole image.

Nazca lines – only visible from high above

Trump’s self portrait in living color – visible from everywhere

The Times eventually changed its headline to “Biden Campaign Ad Calls Attention to Trump’s Felon Status.” Nice save.

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