Optics. Optics. Optics. Who can ever forget that look on Biden’s face when he blew a fuse six minutes into the debate?
It really makes no difference to the viewing public what either candidate said during the debate because everyone who saw it walks away with the image of Biden’s stunned, deer-caught-in-the-headlights, blank and bewildered look on his face.
True, Biden did as good a job answering the moderators’ questions as Trump did avoiding them.
He had a few good moments trading insults, jousting with the ex-president, launching a few zingers himself like when he accused Trump of having the morals of an ally cat, referencing Trump’s numerous dalliances.
But nothing, nothing can erase the images of a dumbfounded Biden during the first two thirds of the debate. That vacant stare. It was like he was seeing Jesus’s Second Coming in his mind.
One has to wonder if that would be the same look Biden would have on his face if God forbid an aide walks up to him and whispers in his ear “Mr. President, Iran just nuked New York.”
Trump did have a surreal moment himself when he announced he was going to end the war in Ukraine, before he is elected. Really?
Substantively, Biden covered his bases during the debate but who could hear what he was saying when transfixed on that empty expression?
Maybe it was the lights. Something triggered his semi-catatonic state. Just what it was we might never know.
And why did he keep staring down on his lectern when the debaters were not supposed to have any notes? Were they invisible ones that only he can see?
Biden did get stronger as the debate went on. He came alive for about 15 minutes before the end.
It was when they were covering January 6 and Trump’s role when Biden said to Trump, “You’re a whiner. Something snapped in you when you lost.”
Maybe the medication Biden was given before the debate did not kick in until it was too late. Rolled over to the next day.
Maybe Biden is cognitively kaput. Some would say, “So what. Anythings better than Trump. Even a zombie.”
And then, there is a sinister, dark side to this so hang on because we are about to step into the Twilight Zone.
Let’s suppose, suppose for a moment, that Biden’s handlers knew exactly what was going to happen when they allowed him on that stage.
Finally, getting to what the title of this opinion piece actually refers to, let’s suppose there is an August surprise waiting for all when the 2024 Democratic National Convention 2024 kicks off.
Suppose Biden is forced to drop out and waiting in the wings to take the reins is…is…Queen Hillary!
Oh my!
Crazy? Think. This election cycle has not been anything, but that.
But then again, watching Biden rant at a rally the day after the debate, in full control of his mind and demeanor, the old coot may actually stand a chance of making it to the finish line and Hillary, might just have to wait another four years to take her throne.
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And as I recall, this, while several Brutus-type Democrat Agents, Donors, and Elected, meet in the dark and plot or conspire to have Caesar drop out of the race for US President, Obama and Pelosi shed tears as they grind their daggers on the spin stone.
Once the senile bag of bones resigns himself to retirement, with the promise of blanket pardons, all eyes will turn to Chicago. There, the Biden withdrawal will mean an Open Convention.
The last Open Convention was Adlai Stevenson, when as Governor of Illinois he reluctantly agreed to be drafted by the Democratic Convention in Chicago. Harry Truman and Eleanor Roosevelt twisted his arm.
Though a gifted speaker and a great reformer, the Republican Dwight Eisenhower bitch slapped Steven to the ground in two landslide elections.
Here in Chicago, who Senator Obama represented, Schumer, Obama and perhaps both Clinton’s and three major donors will meet again to have a critical conversation about who can smoothly earn enough delegates to win the nomination.
Tommy Acosta thinks it is Hillary Clinton. To be sure, this piranha thinks she should just get it because she is the Queen Butch.
Governor Newsom hangs around like a prostitute believing his woke credentials makes him the best candidate.
Kamala Harris has wiped that dumb smile and asinine mumbo jumbo stupid talk from her recent public appearances. She is Indian and Jamaican. In the US she is Afro American, although she is anything but that. She has a scandalous background, but if she runs against Trump, all will be forgiven. It has to be Kamala because if she is by passed the Black Community will be unforgiving.
So, I disagree with Acosta and predict the Democrats are locked into Harris. And I predict she can re-invent herself in three months. She is a much better campaigner than Joe Biden.
By the time the DNC is finished with her, you won’t remember what a nit wit she was.
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Uh huh and electing a DRAFT DODGING, COMMIE DICKtator loving, Racist, Misogynist, 34 Count Felon, Election Denying Insurrectionist Criminal would be so much better than Biden exactly how please?
I agree 100% Biden sucked badly last night but it was a display of showmanship not record of achievements nor lack there of.
The Dems should never have gone with Biden but they did and now M’erica is either stuck with him until he is forced into resigning and VP Harris takes over or it can put an anti Democracy Putin Manchurian Candidate who steals and share M’erica’s secrets with our enemy’s and anyone who can pay to visit his Mar A Lago Eagles Nest. Those are the choices. If you want to waste a vote on RFK worm brain conspiracy theorist nut job, Mary Ann the ultra CAPITALIST money grubber then be my guest and waste a vote that will benefit Dump in the long term.
Personally I wish Colin Powell would have run against W and Billary but he had no desire to. Now I wish the Dems had gone to Mark Milley or Alexander Vindman to tango with ill Douche because they would have cleaned his clock and mopped the floor with his leftovers last night. But alas we get what we are given as Candidates which is currently determined by how much money they can all bill out of constituents for their “war” (such a wrong term especially in the case of Draft Dodging Insurrectionists whose only battles in life are against VD and legitimate lawsuits against him) chests!
So yeah the Orange Moron got lucky last night that he himself didn’t start slurring and improvising words as is par at his rallies although he did begging to ramble and say incomprehensible statements from about the middle of the Q & A that he lied 99% of his way through.
Old Sleepy Joe looked tired and struggled to answer lengthy questions with lengthy answers while attempting to counter his speech impediment of stuttering and ran out of time by doing so nearly every time. Still doesn’t make him a worse option when compared to the Criminal Alternative Facts Moron!
Sean I think your biggest fear about Biden is that he’s going after the incomprehensible tax breaks the Uber wealthy (who are the only M’erican’s who got a tax break) got from Dump.
And BTW the military may have a few MAGGOT brainwashed morons in it’s ranks and in the world of veterans but anyone who ever served in this nations military who think a CRIMINAL who hates POWs for getting captured, think our KIA are Losers and Suckers, Disparages Gold Star Families, Steals money from non profit Veteran Service Organizations, doesn’t want disabled and disfigured veterans seen in public, definitely has dark ulterior motives (such as the WAR CRIMINALS he pardoned) for wanting to get the Criminal re-elected and to me it always comes back to $ and selfish profiteering!
I agree with Tommy Acosta and Sean Dedalus that there have been many more conversations in the Democratic Party on whether or not to drop Biden from the ticket.
Americans have a knack for voting straight up and down or across the columns that separate the political parties. The “coat tail” effect cuts both ways. That is, if a majority of citizens vote for Trump, all of the Republicans in the Trump Column will share in his success. The same holds true for President Biden. If Biden is rejected by a majority of the voters, every other democrat will suffer.
But the point is many other politicians in power have a vested interest in who wins the presidency. The Top of the ticket effects the outcome for everybody running for political office. It’s not just about Joe Biden.
It is very difficult for me to believe that the 51.3 million Americans who tuned into the Presidential Debate of 2024 will forget the portrait of Joseph Biden they saw on mass media. The images validated the findings of the Hur Report which basically found Biden’s memory to be substantially impaired and his demeanor to be particularly fragile like that of muttering old man.
America was not surprised at what it saw. It was inevitable and a concrete validation of reality. The difference is the world saw it together and this was the final ram tough stamp. No more evidence is needed. America is very sure now that Joe Biden cannot be President of the United States and indeed, some of Donald Trump’s searing criticism is true.
I also repeat that this very important election is now actually an ‘Anybody But Joe Biden Election.”
Now back to Tommy Acosta’s suggestion that Hillary Clinton will be a name for the Party to consider. Hillary won the popular vote against Trump by 2.9 million votes. She is a forceful speaker and well familiar to the American people and to very wealthy donors. Hillary has name recognition and can raise money. Hillary has President Clinton to help and Hillary was Secretary of State under President Obama. She is probably one of the most qualified candidates to run for president.
But some voters find Clinton repugnant.
Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida gave Trump the Electoral College votes he needed to beat Hillary Clinton. Would they reject her again?
But Dedalus makes logical sense. At a time when 25% of the African American vote can change the outcome of the election, can the Democratic Party throw Kamala Harris under the bus? It would leave a bad taste in many voter’s mouth, even if Harris said she was not running.
Should the Party stay with Joe Biden and risk everything? He screwed up the economy. He screwed up Afghanistan. He screwed up the Southern Border. Joe Biden has been involved in money scandals since he was Vice President. Should the Party have confidence in Joe Biden? Biden could put the Democrats out of power not only in the presidency, but in the Congress and Senate.
The clock is ticking.
Steve Rogers
“But Dedalus makes logical sense. At a time when 25% of the African American vote can change the outcome of the election, can the Democratic Party throw Kamala Harris under the bus? It would leave a bad taste in many voter’s mouth, even if Harris said she was not running”
Pretty convenient dog whistle to lay blame upon black voters for whatever happens in November. If Trump wins I blame Americans who have WWII and Cold War dementia, racist leaning motivations and tendencies and ultimately selfish personal GREED. If Biden stays on he won’t win and he and the Democratic Party will only have themselves to blame if that does happen.
I don’t care who runs against Trump albeit Republican or Democrat so long as the have no criminal history, are not anti Democracy, respect the rule of law, respect our military and our veterans, are not anti science, anti common sense, anti government oversight just so greedy bastards can line their pockets while destroying the earth, anti climate control etc. But more than anything they should be un compromised by dark money and not able to profit personally off their position while in office or even afterward if that is even possible.Oh and they should be able to think on their feet without lying nonstop or ever!