As panic rises among Democrats about the continued viability of President Biden’s candidacy after his disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump last week, some in the party have resorted to creative stories to keep their spirits up.
According to a Wall Street Journal report this week, some wealthy and influential donors to the presidential campaign have used a Star Wars analogy to make the faltering case for their man. The president, they acknowledge, is definitely old and not as sharp as he was. But like the ancient Yoda in the George Lucas saga, he is fundamentally a good man, a fount of wisdom, an agent of the Force. His opponent in this telling is Jabba the Hutt, the morbidly obese crime lord, avatar of corruption