How nice it must be to be President Joe Biden, the man without blemish, transgression, or foible. His has been quite the hero’s journey. Having spent a lifetime popping up at every great juncture in modern history, like some recherché Forrest Gump, he took the country back for the Good Team in the winter of 2020 and he’s been racking up wins ever since.
It is rare that one can import the phrase “happily ever after” from its usual home in children’s fantasy, but here, it seems apposite. Look around this great land, from the purple mountain majesties to the fruited plain, and understand: Biden did that. Donald Trump branded his steaks, his hotels, and his universities; Joe Biden has left his imprimatur on any piece of news that could plausibly be spun in his favor. He orchestrates a $2 trillion stimulus, despite the dire warnings about impending inflation? That’s Bidenomics! That inflation comes, but his acolytes insist it’ll be transitory? That’s Bidenomics! That inflation turns out not to be transitory, after all? That’s also Bidenomics — without which things would have been much, much worse. Inflation is slowing, but still high? Bidenomics, Bidenomics, Bidenomics! Somehow, at the grand age of 81, Biden has invented the first economic model with a wholly unspoiled record. If you like it, it’s Bidenomics. If you don’t, Biden agrees — and, would you believe it, that’s Bidenomics, too.
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