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Best Biden Option: Leave with Dignity
Given Joe and Jill Biden’s obsession with power and their irrational desire for Joe to stay in office, most of us can’t begin to imagine that he will voluntarily step down.
But he is meeting with his family this weekend, and if there is anyone who is sane in that collection of people, that person has to lead the pack. Somehow, he or she must convince not just Joe, but the entire family, that stepping down is his best option.
What will that person tell him?
Joe, you have had a long and distinguished role in the U.S. government. You have seen the country through upheavals, wars, protests. You have done your very best to protect this country, enacted policies that will lead us forward, and maintained your connection to our adversaries in spite of the difficulties you have encountered. You have even argued with our ally Israel, insisting that they must bring their war to an end. Although they have resisted complying, they have experienced the force of your actions.
You’ve looked at the video of your performance last Thursday night. It surprised you. It surprised all of us. Life has robbed you of a vibrant and positive outcome for a second term. But it doesn’t have to rob you of your dignity.
Joe, this will be the hardest decision you will ever have to make. Harder than whether to kill bin Laden. Harder than leaving Afghanistan. Harder than keeping Putin in his place. Life is calling you to acknowledge the cards you have been dealt and retire in dignity. No one will fault you for this decision. In fact, they will honor you and praise you for seeing the truth of your situation. This acknowledgment takes nothing away from your many years of service and your love of this country. It shows, instead, your courage to deal with reality for the benefit of the country.
We think, then, it is time for you to step down. You will have a key role in deciding who will replace you; whether you wish Kamala to step down or move on to brighter horizons. But it’s time.
I didn’t say it had to be an honest plea.
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I don’t see anything “irrational” about the President’s desire to stay in office. It is perfectly rational. It is in his self-interest.
Not everyone who disagrees with you is “irrational.” Incorrectly making such an argument is a departure from rationality on your part.
You’re right that most of us can’t appreciate just how well a mind of the left can deceive itself and the world.
That’s an important calculation. But it doesn’t mean he will choose to stay in office on that basis. His successor will have to do the pardoning, and that’ll be the first thing to be baked into the deal. It’s almost a trivial calculation – the demonrats don’t want him investigated for his sellouts and treason any more than he does.
In order to leave with dignity, one must possess dignity. Biden fails miserably on this.
Indeed, his family is completely incapable of helping. All are nutcases.
Or they could just say, “Joe, you have to drop out. And if you don’t know why, that’s why.”
What exactly is going on here? https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/06/rep-chip-roy-rescue-mission-save-democrats-proposes/
Does Heritage have this correct? https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/06/uh-oh-another-bad-news-democrats-biden-cannot/
Yes, it’s TGP and they tend toward bombastic headlines, but it seems the stories are factual.
I think the bigger impediment is that too much of the Biden family is financially dependent on Joe being either president or having the potential to be president. If Joe leaves the presidency too many family income streams evaporate.
As president, Joe can pardon the whole family and kill any investigation. State-level tax issues will just be fines.
Joe has a lot of power, but the people in his circle do too. Obama and Clyburn and all the current cabinet are nothing without Joe in power. If Kamala becomes president, the power shifts to the West Coast. Same if Newsome becomes the candidate. The people adjacent to Joe will fight to keep him in power, because they care about themselves.
Yes. There is a chance that Joe could pardon Hunter and Trump and hope for a wash. Trump will still be in jail on state charges, so win-win for him.
Susan, in a slightly closer to perfect world, this would happen. As things are, everyone in the family has been covering for Joe and Hunter for years if not decades. They are all as venal as any Borgias or Medicis.
I was convinced of this in 2020 and will never trust the election process again. Question, is this the last dance for the Boomers? Note, Burgum is a Boomer and Harris is on the edge of GenX.
Random thoughts:
The Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity from prosecution after leaving office for acts taken while in office is to come out tomorrow. Could be relevant to the Biden dilemma, especially in light of the IG Hur’s report finding Biden too far gone to be prosecuted for the classified documents illegally kept by Biden before election to the WH.
Also, if VP Harris became acting president under the 25th Amendment, she could pardon Biden (a la Ford pardoning Nixon) and maybe additional Biden crime family capos. A deal could be made. Isn’t Harris close to the Obama wing? They might be happy to have her in office.
I just don’t see that Biden has to agree in order to be dropped from the ballot. Does he have access to his medicines and be able to take them correctly?
Good grief, Django. What a mess!
And we know, old habits are hard to break. No one will argue with your assessment of their venality.
The only way for Biden to reclaim his dignity is to go to Confession and repent of his sins (he is a manifest public sinner through his all-in support for abortion, so-called SSM, and promotion of the LGBT lifestyle).
He and his family are power hungry thugs – they have sold their souls and sold out the country to Ukraine and China. They will continue in the charade that Joe is President – he is the perfect malleable stooge for the Obamas and Rices of the world.
And it may be that the only reason they are meeting at Camp David is for a photo shoot:
Clyburn isn’t running again.
I’m glad, Susan, that I resisted my first inclination and stayed to read your post to the very end!
But…who are these “they” people to whom you refer?
This way?
Oh, I don’t know. How about whoever told him that he should run in 2020. Remember, he had dropped out of politics in 2017 when he left office. Maybe it is the guy who authorized the debate. Maybe the guy who decided the Shocked MSM reaction. Maybe the CIA daily briefer; it’s long been said that they are skilled at manipulating the thinking of their president. (I’ll say again, I don’t think that Jill has any real power.)
It could be anybody. I don’t think he can take his pills, get up on time, suitably dress himself, or make his way to any meetings on time without direction. Or even walk up and down steps without assistance.
And if he can no longer understand the significance of “Drop out” it makes it even easier, not harder.
And yet, the “they” people remain unnamed. That, to me, is terrifying.
Who are his handlers, and who makes policy? Those they.
I suspect that if these two wanted it, they could be they: Obama and Clyburn.
Hmm, family wants him to stay in the campaign. I wonder why?
But he’ll be out anyway, at some point.
Maybe. But if so, he clearly doesn’t understand what a joke “My word as a Biden” already is.
You think Kamala would be better? Why?
She wouldn’t be any better. And the same people would still actually be in charge.
Regardless – it’s hard for me to imagine him willingly agreeing to a 25th Amendment removal and also hard to imagine him agreeing to quit either the candidacy or the office. What wits he has left are full of pride. I don’t think he will go willingly. He may go – but he will be pushed and I expect there’s quite a calculus about what he will say. He would have to sign his own name to a resignation letter, and any communication withdrawing from the race, right?
He’s a truly prideful person and morally bankrupt. And look who he is surrounded by! And takes advice from. And all of those people knew he was broken or breaking up in 2019 when they out him out to campaign. Covid gave an easy excuse to keep him mostly hidden until Inauguration Day. But all those around him knew. Foul people.
Besides, Joe can just pardon him.