By Ray Cardello for January 17, 2025, Season 30 / Post 12

It was only a 15-minute address—not really long enough to warrant cleaning off the resolute desk or bringing in the cameras. It probably took longer to get Kamala and Jill to sit beside each other. I can picture that scene as reminiscent of getting a sixth grader to sit next to a first grader on my bus. But, because of the dark tone and delivery by Joe Biden, his last farewell speech was painful and seemed longer than a Fidel Castro marathon oration. It was deplorable. Traditionally, a lighthearted recap and best wishes for the future, Joe broke with tradition, pointed his finger at the American people, and delivered a stern warning of dark times ahead. The dreary speech must have prompted the first family, Kamala and her husband, to be seated wake-like in black. Every host and guest on FOX News, FOX Business, and SKY News was disgusted by the President and his message, but to listen to the legacy and mainstream media, there must have been a different version broadcast to the Left. Everyone on that side of the aisle praised the speech as if it was the Gettysburg Address. This is not a coincidence but rather a joke. These people cannot be that ignorant of reality.

Here is a mix of the comments in praise of the address:

Rachel Maddow: “Stark and sobering, and put a chill down my back.”

April Ryan (MSNBC): “ Joe Biden could not have been more presidential.”

Joy Behar: “I miss him already. I did not have to worry about the world blowing up.”

Julian Zelizer (MSNBC): “A message that will endure like Dwight Eisenhower.”

David Axelrod: ‘One of the best speeches I’ve ever heard Joe Biden give’

Joe Scarborough: ‘I’m struck by the humility of that speech. It was beautiful.

This speech is a glorious end to a failed nine-year communication failure by the Democrats. They lied about him, falsely impeached him, indicted him of phantom crimes, labeled him as a Fascist, and equated him to Hitler. The Democrats weaponized the Justice Department and all of its agencies to not only prevent him from rising again but to bankrupt and break his entire family. They failed, and now the supporters and money are divorcing themselves from the Democrats and traveling to Mar-A-Lago to bend the knee to Donald Trump and the MAGA movement. This is a different Donald Trump. He is not scoffing at these people but figuring out what they and their talents can do for the American people. He is not gloating and refusing anyone to speak with him. Trump has been working non-stop, not since he won, but since he entered the race. He is on a mission and focused on fixing the problems created by Biden and even Obama and getting America back on the high-speed tracks to prosperity and the new golden age,

Biden has his last act in the dark. The American people and Donald Trump will be in the spotlight on Monday, and the only gloom will be in the Democrats’ minds.