To think how on earth can Biden be President

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He is president because is opponent is a mentally unstable man who once tried to overthrow their country’s system of government.

And because however old and decrepit he may be, he at least has the capacity to take advice and appoint subordinates who are actually fit for positions of responsibility. That’s one thing about extremist governments: they tend to also be incompetent, because qualified people usually won’t work with them.

or drinking the kool-aid

Probably not, he's now got a record of MAJOR achievements they can factor in.

Y'all REALLY need to consider what "news" y'all consume. Quoting Putin/GOP talking points makes you look... simple. And complicit. Or both.

P.S. The faux "concern" fools no one. :)

The purported Republican plan to seize power, even if they lose:

https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-new-over-the-top-secret-plan-518

And given that Republicans have moved on to publicly declaring their aim to overthrow democracy, I think there is every reason to be deathly afraid.

I am extremely fearful for America. The right have become radicalized beyond belief.

This years’ Conservative Political Action Conference opened with Jack Posobiec pledging to overturn democracy, to rapturous applause:

”Welcome to the end of democracy. We are here to overthrow it completely. We didn’t get all the way there on January 6, but we will endeavor to get rid of it and replace it with this, right here. All glory is not to government. All glory to God.”

And they could end democracy in America whether or not they win the next election.

You’d like to think it couldn’t happen in the UK but the likes of Truss and Farage were speakers at that conference.

Yeah, I really doubt that the American public see Biden as they did four and two years ago. It’s all steeply downhill.

Still, I suspect Biden doesn’t know what day it is, never mind what year, so to him at least none of this matters.

We're thinking what we did in 2020 and 2022, when despite polls and dire predictions, we won.

HTH :)

Well there are a percentage of idiots in this world and we just found one of them.

The questioners can make a poll say anything, but I agree the party must be quite mad to enable this - and he was at it again only the other day, getting the leaders of China and Russia mixed up

What beats the hell out of me is how he'll manage a gruelling campaign, and worse still the pre-election "debates" which seem to be expected these days.
If the ghastly Trump starts strutting up and down behind him as he did with Hillary, I can see Biden strutting right along with him thinking it's some sort of outing

No surprise, Biden has been a complete disaster. There is outrage amongst most decent Americans that an illegal immigrant murdered 22yr old Laken Riley in Georgia, this was completely unavoidable if dementia Joe kept the southern border shut & not let millions of illegals cross the border. He cares more about illegals than USA citizens. He has blood on his hands & most Americans want him gone, he belongs in a nursing home not the WH!

A man who can't remember his name, or an orange man who recommends drinking a Dettol like substance to cure COVID. No wonder Farage is doing well out there - he stands out as competent like a tower block in tennis court (and that even with him being as much use as birth control pills in a nunnery).

I work with people much more capable than our world leaders.

I’ve just been reading the results of a poll on Biden. He is on course to lose.

Which means we’re all on course to lose.

WTF have the Dems been thinking?

Ahhh... don't worry about we Yanks, y'all have this mindset to deal with.

We don't buy sneakers, and we don't make the news, we VOTE. :)

Thank you for the link.

Yes, the border brief is never going to be good for any politician.

Her approval ratings are awful overall, though unsurprisingly better among people of colour, so it's understandable that they don't push her forward very much now

Even at the start many - democrats included - felt her appontment was tokenism, as a foil to Biden's elderly male whiteness, but it also bears saying she's been landed with some pretty difficult briefs

Edited to add the link: https://www.latimes.com/projects/kamala-harris-approval-rating-polls-vs-biden-other-vps/

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Slightly off-topic but am I the only person who knows very little about Kamala Harris?

I don't understand how she is so low-profile - I wonder how she's viewed in the US. I read the NY Times but she doesn't seem to register much; maybe it's just me!

Pete on Gogglebox said "Dont let him near the nuclear button. He'll think he's putting the washing on."

Now @FrannieSaid , you must stop saying y'all and use the correct plural plural 'ye'. But I hope your take is correct on this subject.

Biden does seem to be doing a good job domestically. Screwed up big time on Israel/ Palestine. No ☘ from me this year.

Nah.

He's fine AND has a stellar cabinet.

Y'all should turn your focus to how you'll get yourselves out the recession you're in (the one the Biden administration skillfully steered the US through, while all those younger, lettuce-lived leaders fucked up, royally).

Why can't we have people like that? What is stopping all the good people getting to the top of politics? Suspect our old boys network, Eton and other public schools, Oxbridge, etc.

Politian's themselves tend to blame harassment and social media - recent one was a campaign outside a politicians home because they disagree with his views - but a female politician has talked in house of commons about SS investigation because a disgruntled person put in a groundless complaint but it will always sit in a file.

The right to criticize politician views need to be protected by many don't seem able to distinguish between that and other aspect's of their lives these days.

I personally think there are too many career politicians who do PPE at oxbridge then get research jobs then stand - ie no real life experience but Starmer and Sunak had previous careers and both have had people try and use it against them politically and I don't think either is a great politician or haven't shown themselves to be do far.

To think how on earth has the greatest power on earth resulted in two decrepit candidates fighting it out for top job. One a morally corrupt, fraudulent serial sex offender and the other a doddering geriatric. Seriously. America. What is wrong that you can find normal decent people of reasonable age to run your country

In a country the size of America trump and Biden are the preferred options... Something is badly wrong.
Our own are better but not great.

Heard the Finnish foreign secretary on radio 4 the other day. Most surprising to hear such a sensible, intelligent and coherent politician! Why can't we have people like that? What is stopping all the good people getting to the top of politics? Suspect our old boys network, Eton and other public schools, Oxbridge, etc.