By Dave Andrusko
Our last post of the day is the previously mentioned second article dealing with pro-life former President Donald Trump and pro-abortion President Joe Biden.
Before I actually watched the interview Biden had with CNN’s Erin Burnett, I thought Jorge Bonilla’s post on HotAir had to exaggerate how soft were the softball questions Burnett lobbed at Mr. Biden: “CNN’s press release announcing anchor Erin Burnett’s sit-down with President Joe Biden promised an interview. Clearly, that didn’t happen. Instead, we got pure, unadulterated Regime Media sycophancy.”
In fact, if anything, as tough as Bonilla was on Burnett/Biden, he underplayed how unctuous Burnett was, how unwilling she was to challenge even the most obvious distortions and exaggerations. To take just one example, to say, as Biden did, that inflation was at 9% when he took office (it was l.4%) is to illustrate how there was “no pushback or correction,” Bonilla writes. “Simply inexcusable.”
What is fascinating is that in a panel Burnett convened later, she was much, much tougher on the president as were her panelist including David Axelrod, who was an adviser to President Barack Obama.
I think it fair to say all four of the panelists would probably agree with Axelrod who said “if he doesn’t win this race, it  may not be Donald Trump that beat him, it may be his own pride.” People are “experiencing it [the economy] through the lens of the cost of living. And he is a man who’s built his career on empathy. Why not lead with the empathy?”
To return to the actual interview, watch it for yourself. It is a sobering experience to watch President Biden struggle when he loses his train of thought.