{"id":129375,"date":"2022-08-18T10:01:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T14:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=129375"},"modified":"2022-08-18T10:37:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T14:37:18","slug":"rebranding-branden-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=129375","title":{"rendered":"Rebranding Branden. Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n“Do that pilot shit, Mav”<\/p>\n

81 and a wake-up ’till the mid term elections, and the Dems are getting creative. They are once again trying to re-image PINO Joe from a dottering old man into some sort of Dem Super Hero. The results thus far have been humorous at best.<\/p>\n

First Ultra MAGA was dreamed up by Biden adviser Anita Dunn and proggy focus-group the Center for American Progress Action Fund, with the idea to shame Trump supporters. That meme was gleefully hijacked by Trumpers, and appeared on hats, tees and coffee mugs- Fail 1.<\/p>\n

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Who can forget the cartoonish Dark Branden complete with laser eyes, or inexplicably sporting a beard and eye-patch? If a master political\u00a0 tactician who crushes opposition was the look they were going for, they missed. Even Rolling Stone<\/em>, hardly a bastion of conservative thought, found:<\/p>\n

…\u201cDark Brandon,\u201d President Joe Biden\u2019s alpha-male bizarro, and the latest star of the White House\u2019s ham-fisted effort to convince people that the septuagenarian commander-in-chief is actually a Super Cool Badass Dude\u2122.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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When you’ve lost Rolling Stone- <\/em>Fail 2.<\/p>\n

In a plainly desperate attempt to associate PINO Joe with something positive, meet Aviator Joe.<\/p>\n

Pundits cheer \u2018Aviator Joe\u2019 Biden while ignoring the real issues of his presidency<\/h3>\n

By James Bovard<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two months ago Thursday, President Joe Biden fell off his bicycle, spurring plenty of rude derision online. But he is wearing sunglasses now, which somehow symbolizes the resurrection of his presidency. Not just any sunglasses but a special pair that spurred The New York Times to christen him \u201cAviator Joe.\u201d Biden is supposedly the pilot America needs right now.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s probably no coincidence Biden is showcasing his sunglasses \u201cin the wake of another great aviator re-emergence and success story, that of Tom Cruise in \u2018Top Gun: Maverick,’\u201d the Times insists, tying the prez to the year\u2019s top-grossing film.<\/p>\n

The Times gushes over Biden\u2019s \u201cpublic-service-is-cool persona\u201d and \u201cRay-Ban 3025s \u2014 the dark, wire-rimmed, teardrop-shaped sunglasses he has made his signature \u2014 that once again seem the emblem of the man.\u201d CNN hit the same theme: \u201cSuddenly, images of Biden as a feeble septuagenarian atop a mismanaged White House have given way to those of an experienced leader, smiling behind aviator sunglasses, whose battle-tested team has delivered on a range of national priorities.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

NY Post<\/a><\/p>\n

Nothing says the common man like $250 Ray-Bans. The glasses actually pretty much suck overall- descent lenses but the wire frames just can’t stand up to to the rigors of military aviation- give me Maui Jims any day. But the “Aviator” sobriquet is patently ridiculous on one level, and deeply insulting on another. The term has a very specific meaning for many, and Joe ain’t it.<\/p>\n

Fail 3.<\/p>\n

Heh. At least his eyes are hidden.<\/p>\n

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