Things you never thought you’d see: the far-left New York Times actually making sense. Although they’re the last place you’d go if you wanted the truth or journalism free of wanton progressive bias, they applied the broken clock strategy and got something right with this headline Saturday:
The Democrats Are in Denial About 2024
Yes, yes, they are, as we’ve reported extensively. The Times acts like innocent bystanders to the tragedy, as if they haven’t been among the left’s staunchest cheerleaders in modern times and constantly pushed the radical progressivism they’re suddenly distancing themselves from.
Remember the meme of Homer Simpson trying to make himself invisible by shrinking into a hedge? The Grey Lady, acting like NPCs (non-playing characters), is trying to shrink away from the destruction and disinformation which they were deeply involved in. Get this gaslighting drivel:
In @nytopinion
“Defeat has a long history of inspiring honest reflection in politics. In this time of frustration and anxiety for Democrats, they should give it a try,” the editorial board writes. https://t.co/80qYpgrZsX
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 29, 2025
One of their most ludicrous suggestions is that the Dems admit they lied about struggled with the issue of Biden’s obvious deterioration. “They should admit that their party mishandled Mr. Biden’s age,” the legacy outlet argued.
Of course, the Grey Lady was all in on dismissing Biden’s cognitive abilities—memo: it wasn’t his “age” that was the problem, NYT—and trying to convince us that Kamala Harris was the bestest candidate ever. They’ve been preaching to their “elite” readership for decades about the virtues of leftism, so much so that they’ve forgotten where the center even is. To pretend they’re not part of the problem is nauseating.
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It reminds me of another story I wrote up recently: the stomach turning interview that California Gavin Newsom held with Times opinion writer Ezra Klein in which they both seemed to think that the red tape, over-regulation and horrific policies that are ruining the Golden State came from outer space, and have nothing to do the policies and theories that they have both spent their careers pushing.
The New York Times is pure propaganda https://t.co/e3HjwRKASp
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 23, 2025
The Times focuses on something we hear at RedState have pointed out for many months now: the Democrats keep blaming their failures on “messaging,” not having the intellectual fortitude to realize that it’s their message itself that’s failing to resonate. You could put a bow on their messaging, but that dog still won’t hunt:
According to the outlet, the party has turned to a “convenient explanation for their plight,” namely that forces beyond its control, like “postpandemic inflation” hurt its chances, as well as the fact that they just need to message better. “If Democrats could only communicate better, particularly on social media and podcasts, the party would be fine,” the board stated, summarizing part of their denial.
Yeah, but the message they’re trying to sell is exactly the one you’ve been shoving down your readers’ throats, Times. It’s going to take a lot more than this to regain your credibility—if that’s even possible.
To paraphrase: to heck with them and the ship they came in on.
