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More Voices Call On Biden To Withdraw From The 2024 Race
The Democrats have a Biden problem:
I do not know who is supposed to manage Biden's public relations but whoever that is is doing a bad job.
The strategists for the Democratic Party and those concerned with winning elections should seriously think about replacing Biden with someone who is better at handling himself.
It is going to get worse:
Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday directed top congressional Republicans to open an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, reversing his previous stance that such an investigation should be initiated only with a vote of the House.
In doing so, Mr. McCarthy leveled a series of accusations against Mr. Biden that he said amounted to a “picture of a culture of corruption” and warranted the House using its most potent investigative tool to try to make the case for removing the president.
The impeachment proceedings, like those against Donald Trump, are mostly a public relation gimmick. But they are also likely to show that the Biden family business is as corrupt as they come.
The British establishment, largely on the Democrats side, is clearly concerned.
The Economist predicts that:
Hunter Biden’s woes, and a new impeachment saga, will go on and on
Yet although Mr Comer’s investigation is failing to prove the existence of what Donald Trump calls the “Biden crime family”, congressional inquiries will now multiply.
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Indeed, the younger Mr Biden’s legal problems are intensifying. On September 6th prosecutors serving under David Weiss, the special counsel investigating Hunter, announced that they expect an indictment by the end of the month. The president’s son is likely to be charged with not paying taxes and lying on a form when buying a gun at a time when he was addicted to crack cocaine. A plea deal that would have kept him out of jail on those charges fell apart in July. And other, more damaging charges—such as lobbying for a foreign government without registering—have not been ruled out.
None of that implicates the president. Yet he may suffer for it nonetheless. According to a CNN poll, three-fifths of Americans think Mr Biden was involved in his son’s business. Pump out enough smoke and you might create fire.
The CIA's influence peddler and Washington Post columnist David Ignatius is the latest establishment voice to warn of a likely defeat of Biden should he decide to keep running:
President Biden should not run again in 2024
Like the Economist writers Ignatius is as friendly to Democrats as they come. The CIA and FBI had both intervened after the election of Donald Trump. They launched Russiagate, a series of fake stories, to hamper Trump's ability to govern and to get Biden elected. That its senior management has commissioned Ignatius to call on Biden to give up can be understood as a warning.
Ignatius names two points that put Biden's reelection into jeopardy:
Biden would carry two big liabilities into a 2024 campaign. He would be 82 when he began a second term. According to a recent Associated Press-NORC poll, 77 percent of the public, including 69 percent of Democrats, think he’s too old to be effective for four more years. Biden’s age isn’t just a Fox News trope; it’s been the subject of dinner-table conversations across America this summer.
Because of their concerns about Biden’s age, voters would sensibly focus on his presumptive running mate, Harris. She is less popular than Biden, with a 39.5 percent approval rating, according to polling website FiveThirtyEight. Harris has many laudable qualities, but the simple fact is that she has failed to gain traction in the country or even within her own party.
Biden at least should get rid of Harris who is a bit of a millstone to popularity:
Biden could encourage a more open vice-presidential selection process that could produce a stronger running mate.
Ignatius goes on to ask Biden to step down and to immediately announce that he will not be available for another round:
Biden has never been good at saying no. He should have resisted the choice of Harris, who was a colleague of his beloved son Beau when they were both state attorneys general. He should have blocked then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, which has done considerable damage to the island’s security. He should have stopped his son Hunter from joining the board of a Ukrainian gas company and representing companies in China — and he certainly should have resisted Hunter’s attempts to impress clients by getting Dad on the phone.
Biden has another chance to say no — to himself, this time — by withdrawing from the 2024 race. It might not be in character for Biden, but it would be a wise choice for the country.
I doubt that Joe Biden, or the people around him, will follow that advice. They are too full of themselves to voluntarily make room for others. It will require more intervention, probably from former president Obama, to convince Biden to give up.
Or someone could create some 'medical emergency'. That should not be too difficult given Biden's general condition and age.
Anyway. If the Democrats want to keep the presidency, something needs to be done.
Mike R | Sep 14 2023 0:16 utc | 131–
For you and all the other pukes who think they know the capabilities of an Alzheimer’s victim: Now I don’t care at all for Biden, but Alzheimer’s victims get to the point where they must be hand fed like a small child–they are incapable of using a feeding tube or any similar device. They must be changed and washed like a baby. They need to be manipulated with a Hoyer Lift. And they can stay at that level of debilitation for several years–I know that from direct experience.
Is Biden being subjected to Senior Abuse? Yes, most certainly. He isn’t fit whatsoever to have any position of responsibility, and that’s an assessment from a distance, and I’m sure that would be confirmed by closer examination. He’s being used by the very Parasites he empowered, but that hurts billions, not just him or us within the Outlaw US Empire. Should Biden be impeached? Yes. But does he have the mental capability to understand his situation? That’s extremely doubtful. He ought to be removed from office due to his medical condition making Harris POTUS.
Then there’s the situation with Trump. Few likely read what Putin had to say on that topic at the Eastern Economic Forum’s Plenary Session. Here’s the full exchange on the topic of the POTUS election:
Then I’ll ask you about the US presidential election. What do you expect from them? They’re next year. Moreover, quite strange things are happening there now, and we understand that Trump can be arrested at any time.
Vladimir Putin: And what should we think about it? I think that there will be no fundamental changes in the Russian direction in US foreign policy, no matter who is elected President.
However, we hear that Mr. Trump says that he will solve acute problems in a few days, including the Ukrainian crisis. Well, this can not but please, it’s good. By the way, although he was accused of having special ties with Russia, which is complete nonsense and bullshit, but he imposed most of the sanctions against Russia as President. So what to expect from the new, future It is difficult for us to say who the President is, but it is unlikely that anything will change dramatically, because the current authorities have set up the American society in an anti-Russian way and spirit, that’s the whole point. They did it, and now it will be very difficult for them to somehow turn this whole ship in the other direction. First.
Second. They see Russia as an existential, permanent enemy, or even an enemy, and they drive it into the head of the average American. This is bad, because it sets up society. Although, despite this, we have a lot of people in America who want to build good, friendly, business relations with us and, moreover, share many of our positions, first of all, of course, in terms of preserving the so-called traditional values. And we have a lot of friends there and a lot of like-minded people. But, of course, they are suppressed.
Therefore, we do not know who will be elected there, but no matter who is elected, it is unlikely that the vector of the US anti-Russian policy will change, as I have already said.
As for the prosecution of Trump, it is, of course… In my opinion, what is happening is a good thing for us in today’s conditions.
Igor Doronov: Why?
Vladimir Putin: Because it shows the rottenness of the American political system, which can’t pretend to teach others about democracy.
Everything that happens to Trump is a politically motivated prosecution by his political rival. That’s what it is. And this is done in front of the public in the United States and around the world. They simply exposed their internal problems. And in this sense, if they are trying to fight us, it is good, because it shows, as they said in Soviet times, the bestial appearance of American imperialism, the bestial grin. [My Emphasis]
(Those remarks and much, much more can be read in this article, “West destroying global economic system – Putin: RT Breaking News Headline”).
Putin didn’t say this but I will: The USA is wallowing in its own shit, and the mire grows as ever more shit is added.
Posted by: karlof1 | Sep 14 2023 1:18 utc | 271
Mike R | Sep 14 2023 0:16 utc | 131–
For you and all the other pukes who think they know the capabilities of an Alzheimer’s victim: Now I don’t care at all for Biden, but Alzheimer’s victims get to the point where they must be hand fed like a small child–they are incapable of using a feeding tube or any similar device. They must be changed and washed like a baby. They need to be manipulated with a Hoyer Lift. And they can stay at that level of debilitation for several years–I know that from direct experience.
Is Biden being subjected to Senior Abuse? Yes, most certainly. He isn’t fit whatsoever to have any position of responsibility, and that’s an assessment from a distance, and I’m sure that would be confirmed by closer examination. He’s being used by the very Parasites he empowered, but that hurts billions, not just him or us within the Outlaw US Empire. Should Biden be impeached? Yes. But does he have the mental capability to understand his situation? That’s extremely doubtful. He ought to be removed from office due to his medical condition making Harris POTUS.
Then there’s the situation with Trump. Few likely read what Putin had to say on that topic at the Eastern Economic Forum’s Plenary Session. Here’s the full exchange on the topic of the POTUS election:
Then I’ll ask you about the US presidential election. What do you expect from them? They’re next year. Moreover, quite strange things are happening there now, and we understand that Trump can be arrested at any time.
Vladimir Putin: And what should we think about it? I think that there will be no fundamental changes in the Russian direction in US foreign policy, no matter who is elected President.
However, we hear that Mr. Trump says that he will solve acute problems in a few days, including the Ukrainian crisis. Well, this can not but please, it’s good. By the way, although he was accused of having special ties with Russia, which is complete nonsense and bullshit, but he imposed most of the sanctions against Russia as President. So what to expect from the new, future It is difficult for us to say who the President is, but it is unlikely that anything will change dramatically, because the current authorities have set up the American society in an anti-Russian way and spirit, that’s the whole point. They did it, and now it will be very difficult for them to somehow turn this whole ship in the other direction. First.
Second. They see Russia as an existential, permanent enemy, or even an enemy, and they drive it into the head of the average American. This is bad, because it sets up society. Although, despite this, we have a lot of people in America who want to build good, friendly, business relations with us and, moreover, share many of our positions, first of all, of course, in terms of preserving the so-called traditional values. And we have a lot of friends there and a lot of like-minded people. But, of course, they are suppressed.
Therefore, we do not know who will be elected there, but no matter who is elected, it is unlikely that the vector of the US anti-Russian policy will change, as I have already said.
As for the prosecution of Trump, it is, of course… In my opinion, what is happening is a good thing for us in today’s conditions.
Igor Doronov: Why?
Vladimir Putin: Because it shows the rottenness of the American political system, which can’t pretend to teach others about democracy.
Everything that happens to Trump is a politically motivated prosecution by his political rival. That’s what it is. And this is done in front of the public in the United States and around the world. They simply exposed their internal problems. And in this sense, if they are trying to fight us, it is good, because it shows, as they said in Soviet times, the bestial appearance of American imperialism, the bestial grin. [My Emphasis]
(Those remarks and much, much more can be read in this article, “West destroying global economic system – Putin: RT Breaking News Headline”).
Putin didn’t say this but I will: The USA is wallowing in its own shit, and the mire grows as ever more shit is added.
Posted by: karlof1 | Sep 14 2023 1:18 utc | 272
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