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Joe Biden ist just like many octogenariens.....

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KekseKekse · 17/07/2024 23:49

.....who doesn't realise that he is past his prime and needs to leave it to someone else in the Democratic Party to run for the US presidency. Just like an octogenarian car driver, who insists that they are fit to drive, when everyone around them can see otherwise and it's up to their nearest and dearest to take away their car keys or report them to the DVLA.

Unfortunately, in the case of Joe Biden, he is wilfully refusing to listen to everyone telling him that if he tries for another term against Trump he will lose and give that awful man more power.

Today Biden said in an interview that only if a doctor told him he wasn't capable of standing would he listen. So, just like a lot of elderly drivers whose reflexes and reaction times are seriously on the decline , but won't listen until they have an accident, or worse, kill someone. I just despair!

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Callmemel · 18/07/2024 01:49

Cecilly · 18/07/2024 00:17

I have resigned myself to a Trump victory this November. It's too late for Biden to resign now. He's been campaigning for more than a year now. Anyone who takes his place will not have the same name recognition that Biden has (apart from K. Harris and she's not very liked) and will only have months to get an election campaign up and running. They knew he was not fit but they kept insisting he was fine. They still think he'll win, but he's losing in all the swing states. It's game over. The window of opportunity has closed. Buckle up, we'll be in for another bumpy 4 years.

Tragically - and I mean that in the truest sense of the word - if Trump wins in November, all bets are off. He won't leave office in a democratic fashion, and I believe the seeds of doing away with 2 terms will be sown almost immediately.

candyisdandybutliquorisquicker · 18/07/2024 01:43

Cecilly · 18/07/2024 00:17

I have resigned myself to a Trump victory this November. It's too late for Biden to resign now. He's been campaigning for more than a year now. Anyone who takes his place will not have the same name recognition that Biden has (apart from K. Harris and she's not very liked) and will only have months to get an election campaign up and running. They knew he was not fit but they kept insisting he was fine. They still think he'll win, but he's losing in all the swing states. It's game over. The window of opportunity has closed. Buckle up, we'll be in for another bumpy 4 years.

I fear you're right.

candyisdandybutliquorisquicker · 18/07/2024 01:42

decionsdecisions62 · 18/07/2024 00:04

I really despise Trump but Biden being totally unaware of his frailty is annoying me more at present and I can't quite believe anyone could annoy me more than Trump!

I completely agree. I'm so angry with Biden, I'm contacting all my representatives and asking them to join the chorus for him to step down.

KekseKekse · 18/07/2024 01:04

Cecilly · 18/07/2024 00:17

I have resigned myself to a Trump victory this November. It's too late for Biden to resign now. He's been campaigning for more than a year now. Anyone who takes his place will not have the same name recognition that Biden has (apart from K. Harris and she's not very liked) and will only have months to get an election campaign up and running. They knew he was not fit but they kept insisting he was fine. They still think he'll win, but he's losing in all the swing states. It's game over. The window of opportunity has closed. Buckle up, we'll be in for another bumpy 4 years.

And this is why it is so frustrating. That the leaders of the Democratic Party did nothing to dissuade Biden from running for a second term in the first place. That they did not think ahead and ask themselves, is it reasonable to have an 84 or 85 year old, suffering ever more lapses in train of thought, forgetting peoples names, as the president of the US. That if Biden had a massive change of fortune and by some fluke did win, that by that age most people would assume that either his wife, sister or someone else close to him, is actually making the decisions, telling him what to do.

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KekseKekse · 18/07/2024 00:48

Manhere2024 · 18/07/2024 00:05

And now he has Covid!

Though I doubt it will cause him many issues. I’ve known an 86 year old catch it recently and he was fine. Alsp, Biden took Paxlovid straight away.

I didn't know that Biden now has Covid. So now there will be even more concerns regarding his frailty.

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Cecilly · 18/07/2024 00:17

I have resigned myself to a Trump victory this November. It's too late for Biden to resign now. He's been campaigning for more than a year now. Anyone who takes his place will not have the same name recognition that Biden has (apart from K. Harris and she's not very liked) and will only have months to get an election campaign up and running. They knew he was not fit but they kept insisting he was fine. They still think he'll win, but he's losing in all the swing states. It's game over. The window of opportunity has closed. Buckle up, we'll be in for another bumpy 4 years.

mayorofcasterbridge · 18/07/2024 00:09

FuzzyStripes · 18/07/2024 00:09

I am hoping covid is an excuse to make a face saving exit from politics.

Fingers crossed but I doubt it!

FuzzyStripes · 18/07/2024 00:09

I am hoping covid is an excuse to make a face saving exit from politics.

mayorofcasterbridge · 18/07/2024 00:08

The two dinosaurs need to go! I can't believe that in all of the US, these two elderly men are the best there is on offer! I can't bear the thought of another Trump presidency!

Manhere2024 · 18/07/2024 00:05

And now he has Covid!

Though I doubt it will cause him many issues. I’ve known an 86 year old catch it recently and he was fine. Alsp, Biden took Paxlovid straight away.

decionsdecisions62 · 18/07/2024 00:04

I really despise Trump but Biden being totally unaware of his frailty is annoying me more at present and I can't quite believe anyone could annoy me more than Trump!

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