At the risk of saying something massively controversial, Joe Biden was too old to run for president in 2024. This opinion was held by millions of Americans en masse during the lengthy preamble to the campaign—understandable, given how the incumbent appeared pallid, doddering, and unsettlingly fragile in his duties as head of state. But, nonetheless, elected Democrats and Democrat-aligned media alike held on to the idea that this octogenarian had some gas left in the tank, so long as he could stand upright. The charade ended during the first presidential debate—where a visibly mummified Biden claimed, among other things, to have “defeated Medicare” Since then, the president’s decline, and the (frankly, ongoing) cover-up by abetting aides and family members, has been one of the hottest stories in America. The minute-to-minute particularities of his enfeeblement have been covered with salacious glee, reaching an apogee this week with the release of Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s book about the grim pantomiming going on behind the scenes during the final acts of Biden’s presidency. How have the Democrats suddenly become the party handcuffed by absolute fealty to a party leader? Especially when, if I remember correctly, Biden was unceremoniously booted from the ticket over the summer once his brain started leaking from his nose for all to see?
