The Scandal That Should Shake America, But Won’t

For many Americans, sadly, the biggest scandal in our nation's history won't matter by dinner

So here we are: Joe Biden has Stage 4 prostate cancer - news that supposedly dropped out of the blue like a cartoon piano with Wile E. Coyote at the keys singing the Lego anthem, “Everything is cool when you’re part of a team…”

According to his family, no one knew. Not him, not his doctors, not even Dr. Jill. Which is odd given experts insist his cancer would have taken a decade to metastasize, and one of the main benefits of the presidency is pretty good health insurance. Just as books and insiders were turning up the heat on the White House’s long-running cognitive cover-up, Biden’s cancer diagnosis swooped in like a giant emotional blanket smothering the fire before anyone got scorched.

For years, those who dared question Biden’s mental fitness were called cruel, conspiratorial, or a Fox News grandpa. The man froze mid-sentence, wandered off at summits, and read “pause for applause” out loud. But the press played along like nervous aides at a retirement home talent show. “That’s just Joe being Joe,” they chirped - while most Americans suspected the country was being run by a softly blinking teleprompter.

And now? The right is howling, and understandably so. After four years of being called heartless monsters for stating the obvious, they’re watching the media and Democrats pivot faster than a White House intern redirecting a lost president. What was once “Russian disinfo” is now “a deeply human medical struggle,” and any attempt to discuss the years-long deception is met with a scolding chorus of “have you no decency?”

The coverup surrounding Biden’s mental decline, and the fact that Dr. Jill and anonymous staffers were actually running the country while Joe was watching birds out the back window is the kind of scandal that should shake the foundations and lead to massive Democrat defeats in the midterms. Only it won’t.

Not in 2026.

Sure, it’ll fire up the Republican base. They’ll burn with righteous indignation. But in terms of moving the broader electorate? In terms of influencing the independent voters who actually decide elections? It’s a dud. They’ll roll their eyes, sigh deeply, and vote for whoever promises cheaper groceries and a student loan mulligan. Scandal fatigue isn’t just real—it’s the national mood.

We live in a time when political scandal no longer surprises anyone. Character used to matter in politics. There was a brief shining moment—somewhere between Kennedy’s Camelot and Carter’s cardigan—when Americans genuinely believed their leaders should be, if not saints, at least trustworthy.

Voters admired Reagan’s decency and even gave Jimmy Carter credit for having a moral compass, if not a map. Nixon resigned in disgrace because back then, shame could still end a presidency. Now, it barely ends a news cycle.

Americans have come to expect the worst from their politicians. And why shouldn’t they when they see their public servants regularly cashing in?

Bernie Sanders forever rails against the “millionaire and billionaire class,” except for the one in the mirror. Socialism may not pay you, but it pays Bernie just fine when it comes with a book deal and three homes. Nancy Pelosi swears she and her husband don’t talk stock trades over dinner, even as their million dollar investments grow coincidentally along side congressional hearings, infrastructure bills, and government contracts.

Then there are the Obamas. Once coupon clippers like the rest of us, they’re now sipping organic smoothies on Martha’s Vineyard with a Netflix empire and a $60 million production deal. Turns out, hope and change come with beachfront property.

Joe Biden spent a lifetime boasting he was the scrappy kid from Scranton. But after 50 years in “public service,” he’s a multi-millionaire with a sprawling Delaware estate. And thanks to Hunter’s international wheeling and dealing - with a fair amount of support and encouragement from “the big guy” - Biden Inc. is sitting pretty.

The tragedy isn’t just the corruption or deception. It’s that Americans have simply stopped expecting high integrity or personal decency from those they elect. We’ve come to grips with public service as the ultimate side hustle.

And that’s why the Biden scandal, for all its magnitude, will change nothing. Democrats will play the sympathy card, insisting any criticism of Biden, his aides or the media is unpatriotic and ableist—“He’s fighting cancer, and you’re yelling about scheduling memos?” Republicans will feel vindicated but politically frustrated. And independents? They’ll shrug. They’ll say, “Well, they all lie,” then cast their vote based on who promises cheaper groceries or student loan forgiveness.

Sure, the train may be headed off a cliff, but who doesn’t like free snacks in coach?

All those new books that reveal the extent of the Biden cognitive coverup will be read by the already outraged and ignored by the already exhausted.

And just like that, another brick is pulled from the already-crumbling foundation of American public life. Another confirmation that politicians are less noble statesmen and more corrupt middle managers scamming a bloated system.

So yes, both Biden’s mental deterioration and debilitating cancer should have been disclosed long ago. Yes, the cover-up was real. Yes, people who had no business doing so were running the country. And no, it won’t move a single vote in the 2026 midterms.

In an age where outrage is a currency that loses value faster than the dollar, the biggest scandal in years will soon be yesterday’s news.

And character in politics? Well, that died sometime around the fourth season of “House of Cards.”

If Republicans want to win, we’ll need more than moral outrage and montage reels of Biden mumbling into the teleprompter. We’ll need to get the economy humming, resolve the many hot conflicts threatening world peace, and display seriousness and competence while Democrats whine about deporting MS13 gang members.

Because in modern politics, character may be obsolete, but "what's in it for me?" is very much alive.