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Has Achieved Nirvana |
I've reached the acceptance stage. It's over. https://youtu.be/2RJ9o7CNa1s?si=Lh5MRenkv5x2Conz Owen Jones on attempted assassination of Trump, Biden, Gaza, American politics, the American left, the decline of American empire, American violence, the future, etc. | |||
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Minor Deity |
There is a good opinion at NYTimes today by an organizational psychologist who puts into words many of the thoughts I've had about Biden since the debate. It boils down to how he's behaved since then. He's taken a dismissive attitude, refuses to take a cognitive test, is adamant he's the only one capable of winning, is defiant ("Only the good Lord could change his mind..."), refuses to listen to any dissent, and expects us to disbelieve our eyes and ears. These are not traits of a good leader, they are the traits of a man in denial. On top of the hubris required to hide his real condition from us--for the past year at least--he expects those who once supported him to sweep everything under the rug. On top of his dismal numbers and his shaky path to winning the electoral college. He's playing with fire and at this time in our country's history, I think that's inexcusable.
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| (self-titled) semi-posting lurker Minor Deity  |
Bernard, can you share a link? The NYT page is dominated by trump news right now…
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| czarina Has Achieved Nirvana  |
He's staying on the ticket. Who are you voting for? (Rhetorical question, no need to answer that.)
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| Has Achieved Nirvana |
I'm reminded of Mik's, 'It's a long way to November post. Trump would be gone today if he hadn't turned his head at the right moment during an assassination attempt just yesterday. As to Biden, it's a plain medical fact such a condition as he has, whatever the precise diagnosis might be, gets worse as a function of time. I thought the stolen election in Florida in 2000 was bad. I think this is shaping up to be much worse. | |||
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| Does This Avatar Make My Butt Look Big? Minor Deity  |
Gonna vote for Biden and wait to see if he can do any better than Hillary. Nope. He won’t. We squandered our only hope. | |||
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| Foregoing Practicing to Post Minor Deity  |
I keep coming back to the William Butler Yeats poem: “The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.”
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| (self-titled) semi-posting lurker Minor Deity |
This is my feeling. 
RP, I’m familiar with this quote, but I’m not sure how it applies here, can you explain?
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Minor Deity |
I don't think Biden is currently declining in the way that he is being portrayed. I am deeply concerned about the statistical likelihood that anyone could decline precipitously at his age. However, as things stand now, I'm with Chas on this one.
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Beatification Candidate |
I don't see TEAMS being talked about at all. After all, the effect of a president is more than one person, it is more about the team assembled by that person. I trust Biden's team building much more than Trump's!
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| (self-titled) semi-posting lurker Minor Deity |
Oh yeah, no question about it!
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Has Achieved Nirvana |
Of course. But voters (you and me and those like us aside) don't vote for a team. And even mentioning the team lets the MAGA groupies go into their "he's just a figurehead and their whole Administration is run by the deep state!" mode. I don't think it's a winning strategy to say that, if he declines, there's a team of people behind him. The only, only way he wins is if he can persuade voters that he's the right guy for the job, and he can do the job for four more years. Which is why he should bow out, although I'm more and more pessimistic that that will happen. | |||
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| twit Beatification Candidate |
Hillary didn't win even with people explaining - that there would be Supreme Court appointments made that would impact the country for decades. The winning strategies are limited to either Biden stepping down - and a strong candidate replacing him. Strong is not Kamala. It would be Michelle Obama or a popular outsider - like a Mark Cuban (or Taylor Swift - ;-)). | |||
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| Has Achieved Nirvana |
Lol! I think Michelle Obama is the one who could give Trump a run for his money. | |||
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| czarina Has Achieved Nirvana |
Why do people keep trying to draft Michelle? It's ridiculous! She has never run for public office and has never expressed a desire to. And Taylor Swift?? Reminds me of how everyone wanted Oprah to run. Geez what is wrong with the people in this country that they would rather have some totally unqualified celebrity run the country rather than someone who actually has experience and credentials. Pathetic.
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