This sounds very much like him setting up a scenario where he can step down without losing face. God, I hope.
Would be best case scenario would show maturity and unity for the party.
This thread pulling bullshit everywhere else is so fuckin fake
Much better than the earlier requirement of God himself descending from the heavens to tell him to drop out. After which he'd only consider it.
Now the Almighty can work in subtler ways like it usually does.
He started with only God Almighty could make him step down...moved to if polls said there was no path to victory...now we are here....it feels like he's warming up to the idea.
Hopefully they can decide swiftly on the democrat convention and Biden can rally the Democrat party united behind one younger more energetic candidate fit to lead the country
Party leaders and mega donors seem to have coalesced around Harris. So if it happens it'll be quick. I sincerely hope he's actually healthy and this is a managed exit.
Honest question: is that like…. actually a good idea? Probably? What if they decide to replace him with Harris that sounds worse idk
Infighting to replace him is a terrible idea.
Him just retiring in favor of Harris or whoever? Better. Still absolutely horseshit considering no one seriously put their hat in the ring for the convention but whatever gets a president that supports universal healthcare and isn't sunsetting.
It's probably the less bad option at this point, let's put it that way. Harris is not great, but she lacks much of the baggage and hasn't lost the confidence of the party.
please please please (x5) (refrain) please please, yes please, (return to chorus) (bridge) please sir please (return to chorus x2)
With tears in my eyes, please sir
Trump.. similar age, convicted felon.. carry on.. lol
Not relevant. Trump voters don't care about reality, while the rest of us do. If the Democrats want to be the party of sane, responsible voters they'll need to put up a sane, responsible candidate.
Be better than Republicans.
Low bar
And we aren't clearing it. The bar is so low it's in hell and we can't clear it.
Guess who has the 'rona?
Why couldn't it be Trump? Why do the evil bastards always live beyond a 100?
Happy people live longer, and evil people thrive on this planet of dumbasses. What a delightful life they must live. Like a pig in the biggest pile of shit ever.
Alright, now go to the doctor for a comprehensive exam.
Dr. Kevin O’Connor, the White House physician, wrote after the president’s physical in February that Mr. Biden is “a healthy, active, robust, 81-year-old male who remains fit to successfully execute the duties of the presidency.”
I mean, I definitely think he should step down, and the white house physician also said Trump was 6'2 200 lbs so...
White House physicians are basically captured medical professionals - they get INSANE access to not just the office, but a lot of the entourage and hangers-on. Yeah you can say no, but it’s a very competitive and prestigious posting that has no shortage of applicants.
O’Connor came back after being Biden’s VP doctor, and has… conflicting interests when it comes to giving medical advice that might make his role redundant
Ok!! This works. Take the test, announce the condition, and step down so we can stop stealing time from whoever the actual nominee is. Let’s gooo!
Being geriatric is a medical condition.
I hate that the choices in the next election mean I have to vote for him.
There need to be age-limits in place so never again
Trump/Biden candidacies could have been entirely constitutionally gated against and we wouldn't even be here. Probably same for Regan
Obviously laying the groundwork. Who is going to replace him?
Kamala
Ok. Then who is going to replace HER?!?!?!
It's vice presidents all the way down.
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Just going to put this out there and hope … Al Franken.
Think about it.
You ever see someone at Biden's age fall down? A great aunt of mine was the caretaker for her husband who had sever dementia. She bathed him, managed his meds, everything. She falls and breaks her hip, she was dead in a week. This is common with patients that old, anesthesia alone FUCKs them up for days. A slippery sidewalk is a medical emergency for someone Bidens age.
I recall hearing in a podcast that sometimes their bones are so worn out that it's the other way around, their hips just snap and they fall down
More than we’d ever see from someone like Trump who is also showing signs on top of being an anti-democracy fascist. Js
He'll drop out with a medical condition just like how he'll announce Israel has crossed his red line.
His physician will also conveniently fail to find anything wrong with him just like the state department failed to find evidence of war crimes in Gaza.
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