Let's Go Brandon skipping Superbowl interview

Is anyone surprised that they are keeping Let's Go Brandon off the biggest stage in America? Really? CNN tries to come to the Let's Go Brandon's rescue with this utter fluff: 

(CNN) — President Joe Biden will skip a pre-Super Bowl interview for the second year in a row — and his aides argue that it’s part of their larger plan, not a move to avoid having the president answer questions in front of the whole country.

Biden advisers tell CNN they see skipping the interview, which would have aired as a segment of the pregame show and not during peak viewing hours on the CBS broadcast, as a strategic decision to give Americans a break from the politics of the 2024 campaign. Advisers say they’re seeing people already expressing fatigue with election news and want to avoid piling on.

The decision was made ahead of last week’s right-wing media explosion about Taylor Swift and her boyfriend, tight end Travis Kelce, after he and the Kansas City Chiefs made it to the Super Bowl, where they’ll face the San Francisco 49ers. MAGA media personalities have been circulating conspiracy theories about the pop superstar, promoting the notion that she is part of a sprawling psychological operations plot staged by the NFL and Democratic Party to deliver the 2024 presidential election to Biden.

The pregame presidential interview is a relatively young tradition, stretching back only to Barack Obama’s first year in office, and one that Donald Trump skipped once himself. But for Biden, who for months has been complaining in public and in conversations with top advisers that messaging touting his achievements isn’t breaking through to the public, the decision means skipping out on an audience of millions — including many who might not otherwise be paying attention to presidential politics.

This needs to be broken down paragraph by paragraph.  In paragraph one, we get the kernel of truth; "it’s part of their larger plan, not a move to avoid having the president answer questions in front of the whole country." No one is doubting that.  The question is why would they avoid that opportunity.  If Let's Go Brandon is getting his butt handed to him in the polling right now (and he is), why not try to turn it around on the biggest stage available? This is a huged missed opportunity. Are hus team running scared?  And if so, is it Brandon they are scared about?

 In paragraph two, we get the excuse: "a strategic decision to give Americans a break from the politics of the 2024 campaign." Since when have Democrats avoided stuffing their political agenda down the throats of Americans?  Never. These are the same team members who gave us a Let's Go Brandon speech about "ultra-maga". Nope, that is the flimsiest excuse imaginable.  They would be lent more credence if they said that Let's Go Brandon was suffering from political fatigue.  That would have spun up an entirely new set of problems.  My guess is that they are hoping the proffered excuse is accepted by their die hard supporters. 

In paragraph three CNN picks up the mantle of the narrative and moves on diversion and distraction. "The decision was made ahead of last week’s right-wing media explosion about Taylor Swift...MAGA media personalities have been circulating conspiracy theories about the pop superstar, promoting the notion that she is part of a sprawling psychological operations plot staged by the NFL and Democratic Party to deliver the 2024 presidential election to Biden." Can you say off topic?  That is a 'look over here' attempt to distract readers from the truth and it rings hollow.  Firstly, there were only a few people on the right buying into that narrative.  Secondly, no one believes CNN on conspiracy theories; they ran with the Russia hoax, the Ukraine hoax, the January 6th hoax and the COVID Wuhan lab origination was a conspiracy theory hoax. Thirdly, so what if some people believe that Taylor Swift stuff?  What does it have to do with Let's Go Brandon going back to his 2020 campaign strategy of hiding in his basement?

In paragraph four we get another excuse before circling back to the undeniable truth.  The excuse is in two parts. "The pregame presidential interview is a relatively young tradition, stretching back only to Barack Obama’s first year in office, and one that Donald Trump skipped once himself." One, it's a new tradition, no big deal if he skips it. Two, Trump skipped it once too you know. Inevitably they thing collapses back in on itself as CNN acknowledges the underlying truth "for months has been complaining in public and in conversations with top advisers that messaging touting his achievements isn’t breaking through to the public, the decision means skipping out on an audience of millions." Yep, there's that. And that's the real insight. Let's Go Brandon needs to do this right now, and he's not going to do so.

That says a lot.