If Biden has’one foot in the glue factory,’ how should we characterize the other candidate, three years younger, who, for years has been rumored to suffer fecal incontinence, and who has been rumored, for years, to take copious amounts ts of adderall and other prescription medications for which he may/may not have a prescription, who was a frequent flyer with Jeffrey Epstein, who has been adjudicated as rapist, who has been credibly accused of sexual assault, including that of a minor child ( I don’t remember if she was 12 or 13), who has stolen government documents to and who is strongly suspected of sharing those documents with hostile foreign governments ts, who is known to have bragged and shown such documents casually to guests at Mar A Largo and whose son is frequently videotaped while apparently try high on cocaine and/or other assorted drugs and who Has been credibly suspected of numerous accounts of fraud, aside from the 34 felony counts he was found guilty of committing?
Trump often appears to be suffering from dementia.
Why is his candidacy not called more into question?
It has been called into question for years and years and years and years. What we find is that the MAGAtards DON’T CARE, and probably even support him more because he is evil and incompetent. The focus on Biden is because of the desperate desire of non-MAGAts to keep this evil, corrupt and incompetent psychopathic swindler from returning to the White House to finish the job he started of gutting what remains of our democracy. People are desperately concerned that Biden is not up to the task of winning this election, and I think they are right to be concerned.
I do understand the concern given Biden’s age. In fact, that was for me a huge concern four years ago. That and the fact that he was more middle of the road than I preferred. BUT I do think his old school approach to politics and long relationships and extensive experience are exactly what beat Trump. My personal guess is that he might have stepped aside if Trump had not gotten the GOP nomination. My husband disagrees with me and thinks Biden has wanted to be POTUS for a long time and it's hard to give up that job.
Whichever one of us is right about that, I think most people feel that he has exceeded all expectations and pushed through more progressive legislation that I would have guessed possible.
In any case, the time to question his candidacy was during the primaries. Trump is such an existential threat to our democracy that we cannot afford to fuck around and wring our hands crying that Biden is tooo. ooolllldddd. I agree. He’s old. But he has a great team that is extremely competent to give him back up as needed. I think we are in much better shape with Biden than with Trump and those are our choices. Last minute hand wringing only helps Trump.
Part of me wonders if some of this newfound concern is really that his VP is Kamala Harris, a black woman and it is possible that she could end up taking over if his health fails. Emphasis on the woman part of the equation.
To which I answer: same issue with Trump quite possibly being unable to finish his term. How do you like any of the candidates for his VP? Definitely vomit inducing choices.
We may wish we had younger candidates to choose from but we don’t. And it’s our fault.
Let’s not compound the error by failing to elect the far superior candidate.
I’m still ridin’ with Biden. All the way baby.
Living under a Westminster parliamentary system allows me to compare how you yanks do certain things as opposed to how we would do the same.
I have underlined a section that has been mentioned many times here on these fora and on the reports we get on our tellies. What to do with Kamala Harris?
In a Westminster system being VP (we would call them the deputy) is automatically the 1st drop (cricketing term meaning next batter in). There would no dispute that they, regardless of gender, colour etc., would succeed. There would be
no discussion about other possible picks. After all that is why they were elected (or perhaps selected?) to be where they are.
Yet in your system the VP seems to be mere functionary. They fill a hole that seems to have unknown size and shape. It is most puzzling.
The Westminster system is far more ruthless that yours. Biden would be gone by now as leader in the UK, Australia, NZ etc. The cabinet, caucus would meet with one item on the agenda - Biden stay or go. Show of hands - result known. Biden leaves room as rooster (still president) or feather duster (looking for a new job or more likely off into retirement).
No long drawn out Hamletesque ending.
