When Walter Mondale was running in the Democrat primary in 1984, he was being pursued by a younger candidate named Gary Hart. Gary Hart's advertisements basically said, "We need a younger candidate with fresh, new ideas."
Mondale beat him down with a simple request to PRODUCE those "fresh, new ideas." There were none. Hart couldn't name anything noteworthy.
At the time, there were some popular and funny commercials being played constantly by the Wendy's hamburger chain. The commercials made fun of the small size of their competitors' burgers with the rhetorical question, "Where's the beef?" And that catch-phrase was adopted by Mondale. That campaign remains tagged with the slogan. Didn't work against Reagan.
Watching Joe Biden's commercials in recent weeks, I think we are in a "Where's the Beef?" moment again. He keeps talking about how he is going to "bring back the good jobs," and make peoples' lives better, but there is no clue whatsoever about exactly what he thinks he can do to reverse the negative trends that exist.
In fact, if he were to do what he SAYS he will do with the Corona Virus thing (ask everyone to stay locked up in their basement for the foreseeable future), it will bring about job losses and bankruptcies that will make the Great Depression look like a garden party.
Somebody needs to ask Sleepy Joe to explain exactly what he will do to bring back these jobs that he claims to have a handle on. Our Beloved President renegotiated international trade deals, strong-armed employers, and brought tax inducements to reward companies that kept jobs here and punished those who took them overseas.
Sleepy Joe, Where's the Beef?
