How can anyone be shocked classified documents were found in the homes and offices of President Joe Biden? If you are, then put down the Kool-Aid. After all, Democrats have known this since before the election in November. Guess what? First, they didn’t tell the American people. Second, knowing Democrats as I do, they’ve known it for much, much longer.

Here’s why. They know Joe Biden. Not Joe Biden the politician, long-serving civil servant, former vice president and now president who won with the greatest number of people voting for him no one could ever imagine. All of that’s smoke and mirrors. No. They know Joe Biden the arrogant grifter, the man willing to sell off his country for a few bucks to any highest bidder for any reason, the one who campaigns on the deaths of family members. And, yes, the one who has driven his son to a life of drugs, prostitutes and illegal activities in the name of enriching himself. Most of all, they know he’s not that smart.

The only thing more dangerous than a brilliant person in a position of power is a dumb one. Which is largely why we put dolts in charge while the evil doers remain in the background. The dolts do whatever they’re told because they’re in it for the fame and a few bucks. The evil ones want riches and power. They both get it by taking it from you and me. Another convenient truth for them but inconvenient for us: They always have.

Just as sure as Al Gore was going to go in front of the hidden, wealthy, evil-doers in Davos claiming the oceans are boiling while us little people are setting off the equivalent of hundreds of nuclear bombs every day creating billions of refugees because the sun came up and the weather’s fine, you can rest assured an arrogant, grifting, lying man like Joe Biden would live above the law and do something just like he did and has done his entire career. Before you recite ol’ Joe’s mantra of “everyone knows I take classified documents seriously,” think about this. First, the quote should read, “I take classified documents, seriously,” Second, he’s broken the law related to classified documents, statements and foreign policy on many occasions.

Which is perfect for what the Democrats need now. A huge distraction. They knew they put a criminal in office. Whether it was cheating, rigging or lying — or the “immaculate election”of more than 80 million votes for the worst politician and now president ever to accomplish it, the Democrat machine knew this very convenient truth: They could always use Joe Biden’s criminal past against him if needed.

Now it’s needed. Desperately. And that, my friends, is the reason some of you finally know ol’ Sheriff Joe — to paraphrase ol’ Tricky Dick— is a crook.

What better way to pull the brake cord on the downhill train that should be steamrolling in destroying the criminal element of the Democrat party than to have every pundit, spokesperson and Republican voter screaming at the top of their lungs, “When will the FBI do a raid on Joe Biden’s homes?” The answers are none and never. Not that either will stop the Sean Hannitys of the world from repeating the mantra every hour of every day they’re on the air.

And never fear. As soon as one of the congressional committees begins picking up steam again, they’ll find more documents or they’ll leak more criminal activities related to Joe while he freezes more brain cells gorging on ice cream. Because that’s the deal he made as his last hurrah in politics. They were going to promote him to his minuscule masses and protect him until they can’t. Or more accurately, won’t. We’re at won’t. Why? Because it looks like Republicans are going to try to get into the criminal enterprise masquerading as the Democrat party. And even though Republicans have NEVER been successful at cutting off the un-American-gang at the head of the serpent, the ones in charge can’t afford to risk the exposure.

Yet, while all too many lament the “no raids for Democrats” policy of the FBI, the Democrat machinations go a little dormant. But like Gore’s oceans, they will be simmering until it’s time to declare the boil — sadly this one festers on America — to advance the agenda once again. For now, it’s throw Joe under the bus to distract for a while. Live to be a tyrant another day.

It’s what they did with global cooling-warming-climate change. Only they abused some poor Scandinavian girl for a few years on that. So, what’s one old, senile man in the grand scheme? I mean, President Barack Obama laughed when Sarah Palin said they’d create death panels to remove from society those who are no longer of use. Sarah was wrong. They already had them.

Ask yourself: Were you one of the lucky “essentials” during COVID? How many mandates did you have to acquiesce to in order to function in society? Has the emergency lifted in your city, state or nationally? You never were, more will come and never.

You knew the answers. Now, so does Joe. And we can’t say, “Joe, we hardly knew ya.” We did.

Craig Hall is owner and publisher of the Business Times. Reach him at 424-5133 or publisher@thebusinesstimes.com.