The Biden of 2020 is not the Biden of 2024.
The years and the job have had a noticeable effect.
If Biden is the Democratic nominee, then I will vote for him. Donald Trump is a dangerous demagogue who used lies, forgery, intimidation, and violence in an attempt to stay in office despite losing the election. That is an attack on our democracy as direct as was the attack on Pearl Harbor. So, of course I oppose Trump.
Joe Biden is frail and declining, but he leads a team of competent people. His critics say that he is propped up by them. That is a good thing. All presidents are surrounded with advisors, and Biden seems to be well served. Trump surrounded himself with people who committed crimes, and who then requested and received pardons.
Democrats should not be in denial about Biden's state of physical and mental health. The public will better accept Democrats defending an honest presentation of Biden than they will watching Democrats fall into line behind a "big lie" of their own. The Biden of 2020 is gone. These video clips show the change that has taken place.
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Here is another one, with a view of Biden back in 2012 in a debate with Paul Ryan.
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I think the GOP claim that "a vote for Biden is a vote for Kamala Harris" has traction. What will be Biden's condition in a year, in four years? The debate makes me wonder if he is fit to serve now.
If Biden is who Democrats are presenting to the public as their best candidate, and that seems to be the plan, then they had better get started selling Kamala Harris as a strong partner now and as a desirable replacement soon-enough. Harris is not an afterthought in voters' minds not since the debate. She is present in my mind as the likely successor before Biden's four-year term of office would end. I expect some others to see it that way as well, especially since the GOP will be making that point. Democrats need to try to make that an appealing prospect. So far they haven't tried. Democrats need to get started.
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We have put ourselves in a situation where we face the choice between an old man who is an elder statesman in his dotage or an old man who is a deranged criminal bent on revenge. This tells me and the world it isn’t just Joe Biden but the U.S. that’s in decline. Half the voters preferring the madman tells us it's not only Trump but much of the country that's deranged. During the so-called debate, Biden told Trump he has the morals of an alley cat, but that’s insulting to cats. He’s more like a crazy mob boss.
The choice is unfortunate, but If character still matters, it’s really no choice at all. Let’s hope most voters can still tell truth from lies and right from wrong, unlike Trump.
Grandpa ran over the garbage can backing out of the driveway and narrowly missed the neighbor's dog. Now what?
"One more time"...?
Because there will be a next time, next week or in October. In this morass of uncertainty that is a given.
Open the convention. Who’s afraid of a little democracy?
Why is Joe Biden running? If Biden were to win again, then he would resign quickly, so that Kamala Harris would take-over. Isn't it more honest to just have Harris run for President instead of Biden?
If Kamala Harris is Plan B, then President Trump in January is Plan A.
Given the burning bag of dog shit SCOTUS dropped on our pitches this morning, why wouldn't President Biden be able to declare Trump a an Extreme risk to National Security and just have him shot, or maybe locked up incommunicado, perhaps at Guantanamo ?
I like this headline from USA Today:
"Calls to replace Biden vs. silence on Trump? America has lost its political mind."
Now, thanks to SCOTUS, the courts have to decide whether a president trying to illegally overturn an election is an "official act." America has lost its mind period.
The ultimate geriatric grudge match: Slow Biden vs. Felonius Ignoranus. They say in a democracy, we get the government we deserve. Looks like some bad karma coming back to bite us.
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