PoliticalChic
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There's this columnist for the Chicago Trip who knows his history......and has a real handle on this Biden dude.
1. First.....the background. El Cid was this champion of Christianity who was such a great warrior that he pushed the Muslim invaders back out of Spain.
In the movie, he actually dies....so the Christians dress him in his armor, tie him to his horse, and push him out to lead a charge.
The poor Muslim guys are so petrified about El Cid, they flee and the Christians win.
The end.
2. Here, the movie ending:
3. Now.....John Kass of the Chicago Trib sees Biden as the Democrat champion, and he applies the El Cid tactics....Kass wrote this before the Debate:
"No malarkey, Joe Bidenās āEl Cidā strategy against President Trump
...Tuesday Nightās presidential debate between Republican President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden?
Cāmon man! Enough with the malarkey. There is no way Biden can lose the first one. I expect him to use the āEl Cidā strategy from the old Hollywood extravaganza starring the beautiful Sophia Loren and handsomely conservative Charlton Heston.
Americans might like Trumpās policies on tax cuts, his opposition to rioters, his handling of the economy and cutting cumbersome job-killing federal regulations.
But theyāve been told time and time again by many in the national media that they must ignore all this ā and their 401(k)s ā because, well, Evil Trump scares them.
A President Biden might increase taxes, hurt the economy, ask China to run things and get Vice President Kamala Harris to invoke the 25th Amendment in February, birthing the real āHarris Bidenā administration, just as long as there is plenty of banana pudding in the White House refrigerator.
But at least heāll be a gentleman about it.
Now about āEl Cid.ā Itās more than three hours long, and Iāve only seen it about 800 times, which is about 2,500 hours devoted to Spain and its Reconquista war against the Moors.
At the end (spoiler alert), El Cid dies at the Siege of Valencia. They put the dead Cid in his armor and strapped him to his magnificent Andalusian war horse and sent him out to ride among the invaders. Terrified, they panicked and fled, such was the power of the Cid.
And such is the power of the Biden.
It doesnāt really matter what Biden does. All he has to do is show up and look somewhat alive.
Once Biden is proclaimed the victor on Tuesday, heāll cancel the other two debates on account of COVID-19 and wait for the mail-in votes.
Cāmon man. No malarkey."
1. First.....the background. El Cid was this champion of Christianity who was such a great warrior that he pushed the Muslim invaders back out of Spain.
In the movie, he actually dies....so the Christians dress him in his armor, tie him to his horse, and push him out to lead a charge.
The poor Muslim guys are so petrified about El Cid, they flee and the Christians win.
The end.
2. Here, the movie ending:
3. Now.....John Kass of the Chicago Trib sees Biden as the Democrat champion, and he applies the El Cid tactics....Kass wrote this before the Debate:
"No malarkey, Joe Bidenās āEl Cidā strategy against President Trump
...Tuesday Nightās presidential debate between Republican President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden?
Cāmon man! Enough with the malarkey. There is no way Biden can lose the first one. I expect him to use the āEl Cidā strategy from the old Hollywood extravaganza starring the beautiful Sophia Loren and handsomely conservative Charlton Heston.
Americans might like Trumpās policies on tax cuts, his opposition to rioters, his handling of the economy and cutting cumbersome job-killing federal regulations.
But theyāve been told time and time again by many in the national media that they must ignore all this ā and their 401(k)s ā because, well, Evil Trump scares them.
A President Biden might increase taxes, hurt the economy, ask China to run things and get Vice President Kamala Harris to invoke the 25th Amendment in February, birthing the real āHarris Bidenā administration, just as long as there is plenty of banana pudding in the White House refrigerator.
But at least heāll be a gentleman about it.
Now about āEl Cid.ā Itās more than three hours long, and Iāve only seen it about 800 times, which is about 2,500 hours devoted to Spain and its Reconquista war against the Moors.
At the end (spoiler alert), El Cid dies at the Siege of Valencia. They put the dead Cid in his armor and strapped him to his magnificent Andalusian war horse and sent him out to ride among the invaders. Terrified, they panicked and fled, such was the power of the Cid.
And such is the power of the Biden.
It doesnāt really matter what Biden does. All he has to do is show up and look somewhat alive.
Once Biden is proclaimed the victor on Tuesday, heāll cancel the other two debates on account of COVID-19 and wait for the mail-in votes.
Cāmon man. No malarkey."
Column: No malarkey, Joe Bidenās āEl Cidā strategy against President Trump
Who will win āThe Clash of the Epically Flawed Personalities,ā or as you might mistakenly call it Tuesday Nightās presidential debate between Republican President Donald Trump andā¦
www.chicagotribune.com