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With “Friends” Like These [1]
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Date: 2023-09-14
I’m Are you tired of “Joe Biden is old” stories from the mainstream media? I am!
You know what really pisses me off? “Joe Biden is old and DOOMED “ stories from the liberal media. Here’s another!
Is Joe Biden in big trouble? It looks that way — and he's got nobody else to blame
Biden's accomplishments are real. So are the self-inflicted wounds — and the fact no one wants him to run again
Got that? He’s got real accomplishments! But no one wants him to run again.
“But, but” you say, “I want him to run again”. Shut up you don’t count!
Biden does himself no favors when he attempts to deflect additional questions. He usually limits himself to a handful and begs off others by saying, as he did in Vietnam last week, "I'm just following my orders here.”
Press is mad he doesn’t talk to them. Boo boo.
Who is ordering the president to do things? If someone is doing that, then put them behind the podium. Every time Biden uses this phrase, which he's done at least three times in the last few months, he makes himself look weak and ineffective. Appearance becomes reality.
Appearance becomes reality? What a load of shit. Appearance is appearance. What he wants to say is people will respond to appearance. I wonder who defines said appearance for us? I dunno, maybe it’s people who write website columns.
the real issue is that "a historic number of Americans," as The Hill reported in June, do not want to see a rematch between Biden and Trump. They think both of them are too old.
It is true that Joe Biden can’t blame anyone else for the fact that he’s old!
Our political leaders on both sides of the aisle act like Chairman Mao, or the pope.
Both sides!
Sen. Dianne Feinstein's mental state is questionable — but the Democrats need her vote, so she's not going anywhere.
What does pragmatism have to do with Biden?
The Republicans do better, at least when it comes to age. Trump clocks in at 77
Quoting Dolemite here- thank you but fuck you. I’m sure a couple years’ difference is worth noting.
The real fear you hear from a lot of people is that they'll have to hold their nose and vote for Joe Biden. No one holds their nose and pulls the lever for Trump.
No one? The primary isn’t even over yet, stupid.
Around 1 in 5 Republican-aligned voters say they would not support Trump in the primary under any circumstances and 16% say the charges he faces related to his role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol are disqualifying if true
And anyway, I thought no one wants a rematch between Trump and Biden? Oh I get it, they just don’t want Biden in the race, everyone is excited for another season of Donald Trump, one term president, running.
P.S. I am not a crackpot.
The question, of course, is who would replace Biden? That fear of the unknown is driving everything we see on today's political scene. I know what the obvious answers are, but I look for an outlier, maybe a successful Democratic governor from a red state who could appeal to both sides of the aisle.
Someone who could appeal to both sides of the aisle? go home sir you’re drunk
That would be tough for the Republicans to handle.
Genius! Let’s replace an incumbent president with a guy with no national name recognition! Are you excited for Andy Beshear? Roy Cooper? I might be if I knew more about them. Are there others? Who knows!
I hate this campaign season.
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