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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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Oh, I DO hope there was a Trump spy in place!
Zing!
Well they were going to end fairly soon regardless. Indeed, seems they thought they were already ending/ended in 2016.
Yes, but Trump could actually win New Jersey and others, this time.
THEY might be, but WE shouldn’t be.
From PJ Media tonight:
Who knows?
I think that would truly be a big enough problem that it’s a deterrent. In the olden days elevating such an empty vessel as even a figurehead leader would mean immediate attack by one or more enemies. What more weakness could we advertise? Who would treat her as any authority at all? For anything – certainly not as a Commander in Chief, regardless of nominal office. I’d bet instead that there’s a new VP along with any action by Biden – she’s easier to dump and could be part of a story that once elected he’d resign in deference to a “truly capable and exceptional” VP. Can’t figure who that would be but you get the drift.
I just cannot even begin to understand the level of power-hunger these politicians must have to cause them to do the things they do.
That makes at least two of us…
Sounds like the word coming out of Camp David this weekend is to brazen this out and press on.
The spin is ” just a bad night, nothing to see here citizen move along”.
Because They couldn’t earn the amount of money in the private sector that They pilfer from the treasury.
I remember the good old days when we mocked the USSR for being a Gerontracracy.
Joe is not going anywhere. Dr. Jill loves power too much—all the power without the responsibility.
And she has staff to change his diapers etc.
If the Heritage Foundation is correct, unless Wandering Joe either dies or is subject to 25th Amendment removal, there are three swing states where he cannot be replaced on the ballot. In Georgia, under some conditions, his name would remain on the ballot but the votes wouldn’t be counted.
How low will they go? Get a load of this from “currently.att.yahoo.com”.
Daddy died a MAGA. His last words were apologies for how his Trumpism hurt our family | Opinion
Jessica Piper
But Joe is not officially the nominee yet, is he?
Why do I doubt these kinds of “deathbed confessions?”
FWIW: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/06/uh-oh-another-bad-news-democrats-biden-cannot/
I can’t even imagine reading Joe Biden and dignity in the same sentence.
I’ve always had a little sympathy for Hunter; just imagine what it must have been growing up in that family. Based upon that, Hunter is an overachiever in life.
And the poor daughter…
I’m sure laws can be changed/removed at the last second if they need it.
Do not bet on that.
I don’t remember the details, but I do remember when the Democrats replaced a Senate candidate at the last minute and got him on the ballot by getting a judge to rule it was important to ‘democracy” or some such bilge despite the law clearly making that impossible.
Some friendly Lefty judge will rule that to “Save Our Democracy™” they must be able to put Gavin or Gretchen or whatever other puppet they decide on on the ballot in every state.
The headline on Newsmax this morning:
“Biden Family: Stay in Race, Axe Advisors”
So much for sanity prevailing . . . or should I say, Dr. Jill’s ambition . . .
Let me add my enthusiastic support for his continued candidacy.
I’m beginning to understand why you and others feel that way. I’m just uncomfortable with the message that sends to our enemies, and also hope that his handlers don’t do anything stupid. That may be asking a lot.
Senator Robert Torricelli (NJ). Yeeted from his 2002 reelection campaign for never having looked a gift horse in the mouth or something. Replaced by Frank Lautenberg at the last minute, with the blessings of the New Jersey courts if not the applicable New Jersey law.
“New Jersey Law.” Now there’s a lawyer-themed TV show I might actually watch. A “Sopranos” sequel?
Lady McBiden will not allow FJB to leave. She will keep dipping into Hunter stash to keep pushing him out
In this six-minute video, Joe Concha on Fox News says what I’ve been thinking: We who want to change the dominant party in Washington really need Joe Biden to not withdraw from the race at this time:
If you support Donald Trump, you ‘absolutely’ want Biden to stay in the race: Concha – YouTube