Night two of the Democratic National Convention was yet another snooze fest that CNN let dominate their prime time line up. Following the conclusion with a musical performance by John Legend, the Zuckerville collective immediately took to praising it as “very emotional,” with one swooning for Jill Biden’s accent, and another appearing to defend how boring it was as a metaphor for how the country would be under a President Joe Biden.
“Truly beautiful performance by John Legend. And a very, very emotional evening across the board,” host Wolf Blitzer touted after the Democratic Party gave them back their broadcast. “I was very moved by the video – the John McCain video, underscoring the friendship that he had with Joe Biden and was moved by the personal story of Jill Biden and Joe Biden. Her words were very powerful.”
Shoddy liberal hack Jake Tapper was up first and he swooned for his preferred first lady. “Her speech was remarkable too in the sense that it really was just an affirmative case for her husband,” he boasted.
After noting that a “big part of the pitch” on night two was a “return to normalcy,” Tapper gushed about Jill Biden’s voice. “First of all as a Philadelphian it's great to hear that Willow Grove accent that somehow Jill Biden has not shed at all. Seriously, music to my ears.” He then touted how Joe could supposedly work with Republicans (Click “expand”):
But the idea of just how normal the Bidens seem with the military service, she's a teacher. She got her graduate degree a little later in life. A blended family, and adversity that they had to work through. And then, of course, we've heard and talked a lot about what the messages are in the sense of Republicans are so featured in this Democratic convention. And we had that with General Colin Powell and John McCain, that friendship.
But that is, Dana, that is who Joe Biden is. He is somebody who worked with Republicans and who likes Republicans, whether or not progressives like it.
It’s weird that Tapper thought Biden could work with the people he claimed wanted to put black people “back in chains.” And that was before America elected it’s “first” racist president, as Joe Biden falsely declared recently (to almost no media fact-checking).
Chief political correspondent Dana Bash spring boarded off of Tapper and tried to convince viewers that Jill would “help bring the American family back together.” Here’s her fawning (Click “expand”):
But there is something that is sort of important for people to see the full package and to see what the family who would be in their living rooms a lot would be like, and that clearly was what the goal -- what we saw from Jill Biden, explaining who that family is, who she is, in a way that is very important for people. Not just sort of in a generic way, but as somebody who they said over and over helped bring the family back together. And they were clearly trying to make the case that she could help bring the American family back together.
I mean, there was nothing subtle about that. And making clear that they are very resilient as the Bidens, and that they could bring that resiliency to America,
Bash then handed it off to political correspondent Abby Phillip who felt her Democratic Party “struck the right balance” between pandering to the “progressive flank” and NeverTrump Republicans. She even appeared to downplay how boring the night was, like it was a metaphor. “It wasn't so much about politics but just about normal and going back to, maybe, a little bit of boring, too,” she suggested.
Of course, there was no mention of Jill Biden’s new cheating scandal.
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The transcript is below, click "expand" to read:
CNN’s America's Choice 2020: Democratic National Convention
August 18, 2020
11:09:42 p.m. EasternWOLF BLITZER: Truly beautiful performance by John Legend. And a very, very emotional evening across the board. Welcome back to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.
Jake, I was very moved by the video – the John McCain video, underscoring the friendship that he had with Joe Biden and was moved by the personal story of Jill Biden and Joe Biden. Her words were very powerful. We’re, of course, going to discuss what Bill Clinton had to say about Joe Biden. What Colin Powell had to say about Joe Biden, what they also had to say also about the current president of the United States. But it ended on a very emotional powerful scene, and I think it's worth discussing.
JAKE TAPPER: Those films were really well done, the ones about the McCain/Biden friendship and also the one about Jill Biden. Her speech was remarkable too in the sense that it really was just an affirmative case for her husband. I don't think she even mentioned President Trump, quite stark contrast to First Lady Obama's speech last evening.
What I'm really taking away in terms of the message from the Democratic National Convention on the second night is basically normalcy. That seems to really be a big part of the pitch, that Joe Biden is somebody who will allow the country to return to normalcy.
You heard -- First of all as a Philadelphian it's great to hear that Willow Grove accent that somehow Jill Biden has not shed at all. Seriously, music to my ears.
But the idea of just how normal the Bidens seem with the military service, she's a teacher. She got her graduate degree a little later in life. A blended family, and adversity that they had to work through. And then, of course, we've heard and talked a lot about what the messages are in the sense of Republicans are so featured in this Democratic convention. And we had that with General Colin Powell and John McCain, that friendship.
But that is, Dana, that is who Joe Biden is. He is somebody who worked with Republicans and who likes Republicans, whether or not progressives like it.
DANA BASH: Absolutely. I really want to drill down on what he said about Jill Biden, the woman who wants to be first lady of the United States. You know, we all know, people don't vote for first ladies. They vote for president.
But there is something that is sort of important for people to see the full package and to see what the family who would be in their living rooms a lot would be like, and that clearly was what the goal -- what we saw from Jill Biden, explaining who that family is, who she is, in a way that is very important for people. Not just sort of in a generic way, but as somebody who they said over and over helped bring the family back together. And they were clearly trying to make the case that she could help bring the American family back together.
I mean, there was nothing subtle about that. And making clear that they are very resilient as the Bidens, and that they could bring that resiliency to America, don't you think, Abby?
ABBY PHILLIP: Yeah, I mean, I felt like the last hour was so emotional, including Addie Barkin. When we talk about family it really starts with that for me. I mean, his life story is in so many ways tragic, but also a story of a certain kind of perseverance. I mean, all of that builds up to what Jill Biden was doing towards the end there.
I do think a lot about this idea of, what is the balance between the sort of progressive flank and on the Republicans that were pictured? And I do think they struck the right balance, it seemed. They had a little bit of a mix of both. They had people advocating for Medicare for all, they had AOC giving a really powerful endorsement of Bernie Sanders, but also of that movement and the idea of systemic change. But then you also had, I think, in some of these Republican testimonials it wasn't all about working across the aisle, it was also just about decency --
TAPPER: Right.
PHILLIP: -- and friendship, and it wasn't so much about politics but just about normal and going back to, maybe, a little bit of boring, too. And I think all of that was, you know, at the end of the day, put it all together and it seemed to kind of work.
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