I didn’t think being an American could become more embarrassing, but here we are. How can anyone take the USA seriously when those two buffoons are our candidates for President?
On the brighter side, though: Apparently, it is now OK to say out loud that Joe Biden should be replaced as the Democratic Party nominee:
The Guardian: Who could replace Joe Biden? Here are six possibilities
BBC: Can Biden be replaced? And who could replace him?
New York Times: President Biden, I’ve seen enough
CNN: What would happen if Biden decided to leave the race?
The Hill: Axelrod to GOP strategists: If Biden is replaced, ‘you guys are in trouble’
The Economist: How could Democrats replace Joe Biden as their candidate for president?
The Atlantic: Dropping Out Is Biden’s Most Patriotic Option
Bloomberg: Democrats Hit Panic Button in Wake of Biden Debate Debacle
Being a leftist means being correct too soon. It’s a corollary to the strange phenomenon where Democrats are always opposed to a genocide after it is over, and, now, to the fact that Joe Biden should not have been the nominee in 2020.
Look, I am old, and I’m getting older every day. That’s how it works. At some point, I am going to stop working and that point should come when I can still do the job. This is how my dignity would be maintained despite what aging does to a person. If I’m 78 fucking years old and they’re still propping me up to do this job, it will end up being an embarrassment to me and a stain on my reputation. Biden is 82 now — we should be helping him with small jobs around the house, and getting him a blanket and a hot chocolate. We should be adjusting the recliner when he falls asleep in it. We should be giving him rides to the store and to church. We should not be making him run the most powerful nation on the planet. And yes, the Democrats should be keeping him around to provide them with his wisdom (it does give me pause to imagine what that might entail), but there’s no way he should be President of the United States.
From the perspective of the left, every candidate the DNC seriously considered in 2020 was completely unacceptable. (They even included a literal billionaire in their lineup!) In addition to being unacceptable, Biden was also absurd. So absurd that I didn’t believe that that Democrats would vote for him, but they disappointed me yet again. I was shocked that he was their nominee. But here we are. Luckily, there are lots of other people available to take the job, and there’s still time to switch.
This just in: He’s not dropping out. He’s even committing to another debate.