Crash Course: "Dark Brandon Tonight": Joe Biden, Tucker Carlson and the lure of the unsayable

It was just a coincidence that Biden announced his next campaign right after Tucker's downfall. Or ... was it? [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmMiC9P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZDNibWptcGgzNy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBub2djNmdjazhXA3NwY0IKZD-9m09kFYaKYlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmMiC9P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvcHhlMnMxczRndy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBub2djNmdjazgmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD-9m09kFYaKYlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). "Dark Brandon Tonight": Joe Biden, Tucker Carlson and the lure of the unsayable There are more people who love [Donald Trump](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmMiC9P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvamJnYzN2d3I2aS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBub2djNmdjazgmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD-9m09kFYaKYlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) than who love [Joe Biden](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmMiC9P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvcDc2eHVmN2dwcC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBub2djNmdjazgmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD-9m09kFYaKYlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo); I think that's indisputable. The thing is, love isn't all that important in politics — or at least in Normieville, so-called-democratic politics. To a large degree, that's what confused a lot of people into [storming the Capitol in stupid outfits](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmMiC9P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvY2xneXNma3hscC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBub2djNmdjazgmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD-9m09kFYaKYlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), and a much larger number of people into believing it was kind of cool and at least somewhat justified that it happened. It was about magical thinking and conspiracy theory — which are both really compelling — and about the obvious fact that many, many people had passionate feelings about Trump, while hardly anybody had any such feelings about Biden. [Read the rest from Andrew O'Hehir.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmMiC9P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvcnhtM3Y4OGVhdy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBub2djNmdjazgmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD-9m09kFYaKYlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images) The White House correspondents’ dinner highlights: Biden can make jokes as well as he can take them During Saturday's star-studded White House correspondents' association dinner, [President Joe Biden](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmMiC9P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvMjF6MDJibGY3NS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBub2djNmdjazgmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZD-9m09kFYaKYlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) went joke for joke with comedian host, Roy Wood Jr., setting an example for the importance of maintaining a good sense of humor amidst chaos and turmoil. In the world of politics, mud will sling and heads will roll. If you can smile and laugh while ducking and weaving, you've got a jump on the opposition. And in Biden's case, wise-cracks made during points of levity at the event actually landed, which is so often not the case when Republicans fumble for shtick at their own events — gatherings equivalent to one big joke with the punchline somehow always ending up the "F-Slur." 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