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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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Imagine the leverage Hunter has. What is the price of his silence?
I’d rather have him in. The whole charade needs to be judged at the polls.
Best evidence for that is a dramatic increase in the number of courtiers asking to meet with her in the next few days.
Kamala may agree to pardon all of the Bidens in exchange for Joe’s resignation.
Anything other than this will compromise the integrity of the election.
So far, so good.
The vanity.
Susan, your discomfort is absolutely justified. I just think there is no plausible scenario in which anyone democrats choose to replace Biden will alleviate that concern.
So I’m focused on winning in November and getting America’s executive branch back into the hands of a pro-American, pro-defense, pro-western civilization party.
(Or, more realistically, into the hands of the party that is less anti-all of those things.)
I should think that, above all else, Hunter wants a pardon. Hunter’s tax trial (nine federal counts of evasion) isn’t until September. If the idea is that his father will pardon or commute both of the guilty verdicts (the tax case appears to be a slam dunk and may well have a much more serious penalty than the gun case), then Biden still has to be the President in September, which is after the Democrat convention. That may explain a lot. (I subscribe to the notion that Joe and Jill are awful people and appalling parents. But they excel at the public, performative aspects of showing themselves as a close-knit, loving family, at least WRT certain members of it.)
A “mostly peaceful” discussion with family and trusted advisors.
I hear the Borgias threw awesome dinner parties. You needed to steer clear of the fish, though.
The Democrats got the voting laws set aside in Pennsylvania for the 2016 election. It wouldn’t take much more effort to create a veneer of legitimacy for “doing what needs to be done to save our democracy.”
Do you really want to share a country with people who would still vote for a Democrat after all we have seen these last 8 years? If 8 years doesn’t alter their behavior, nothing will.
RH, I’m not sure what you’re responding to.
Simple point. You see before you what the Democrats have become. Their party is corrupt, their voters don’t care. Do you believe any of them didn’t realize Biden had dementia? They are angry their scheme fell apart. There was no reflection on the immorality of their deception and the constitutional implications. All they are doing is making excuses and more scheming on how to skirt the law.
Some want Justice Thomas jailed for his opinion questioning the appointment of Jack Smith. With every defeat they become angrier. You are about to see how far they will go to win an election these next three weeks. They suffered several defeats in court. They will not respect the rulings. They see defeats as merely speed bumps on their path to utopia.
What does all this mean to the country? If they can’t be reformed or deterred, but insist on taking the country deeper down this rabbit hole, will you let them drag you down with them? Celebrating winning the immunity case? They will readdress it in their biased DC courts. Celebrating Chevron’s reversal? It is only reversed if they respect it. I expect no change in their behavior. You want this ruling to apply in your case? Be prepared to pay big bucks in court to win.
45% will vote D no matter. How confident are you they won’t cheat in November? They have more motivation to cheat now than they had in 2020. A Democrat winner replaces judges with those who can reverse every gain we have made. They could prevent punishing their guilty and even can enable the entrenching of more powerful lawfare.
Civil wars have started over less. I fear for my country. 45% of your fellow citizens are enabling Democrats to follow this path. They willing believe Trump and his supporters are evil and must be defeated. For them, the ends justify the means. I am saying temper your joy over the rulings. A big reason the Republican Party is weak is it believes a win is permanent and politicians can relax. As one great writer said (about the left), “They never stop, they never rest, they never quit.” There is a reason I want to vote early and be sailing in the Caribbean election week.
An excellent clarification. And I agree with you! They will simply never give up. Whatever they gain is never enough. And I see no reason that should change. I was just reading an article on the Chevron reversal that says that not much will change. Who will monitor the agencies’ compliance? Will people have to sue every time they overstep?
I am glad to see victories that move us in the right direction. But the final outcomes of those victories are yet to be determined.
Because they embrace all tactics, including corruption, lies, importing voters, and abuse of power, they have more tools in their tool box than we have. Their victory is inevitable. When it will come is unknown. They take three steps forward, then only one step back. Such has it been for a century. Even the lefty judges in recent the chevron reversal said the decision before had been in place too long to reverse the laws and ergo they shouldn’t be reversed.
Re immunity, from the ruling:
Thing is, Kamala would be no better, and it’s not really either of them running things anyway.
I just heard Clay Travis say that because he stated on his show that he hoped someone on the jury would refuse to convict Trump that Demo-rats immediately wanted him prosecuted for “jury tampering”. Those people are lower than a snake’s belly in a wagon rut. Or maybe Travis was just being a drama queen?
I wouldn’t doubt that someone would say that they will go that low. But Clay is an attorney, and I think he was just illustrating the absurdity of some of the steps the Left tries to take. But then, I didn’t hear that part of the show….
More proof that my comment that Dems have more reasons to cheat…undoing our wins….victory isn’t complete…from The Federalist (bold is mine):
And we need to keep pushing, relentlessly, in that direction!
I was amazed (though not surprised) by the several reports today that the family is busy casting blame for Pres. Biden’s performance on “advisors.” Typical Biden – blame everyone else; refuse to acknowledge any responsibility for their own behavior. (Well, also typical Democrat, but the Bidens seem particularly practiced at it.)
Does my comment make more sense now? Dems are already trying to limit the scope of the immunity ruling, even implying it validates cases against him.
It made perfect sense once you filled out the description a bit more. The denseness was mine!
I admit I could have been clearer but I hate repeating myself.
Thank you for accommodating me!! It was a very important point!
Nothing to see here. Just Dr. Jill conducting a little purge.
Anyone still riding this trolley is a loon with nowhere else to go.
I would agree if it weren’t for the fact he’s not currently fit to be President. He needs to be removed now before the world explodes – China invading Taiwan, Putin using nukes in the Ukraine, Kim starting a hot war with South Korea, Mexican drug cartels fighting US police and Troops on our southern border, etc.