US Politics, July 2024 - "Will you just drop out, man?"

Like Prez. Keyes and tipsy, I figure the press conference will be... okay.

Which sucks.

Even though I am reasonably pro-Joe because I would prefer it to be really bad, so as to hasten his withdrawal from the race.

Or it could be really good (which seems unlikely), which would provide only temporary reassurance without changing any minds.

At this point anyone who issues a Joe-must-go statement should be asked, "So you're endorsing Harris, right?" and if the answer's no, they should never be asked anything again.

it's 4:15 at the local park. junior high school ended at 3:30. the younger kid whose dad gave him a $1,000,000 check for his eighth birthday so he'd internalize young what it feels like to be wealthy in the united states just knocked down the older (not rich) stuttering kid who'd challenged him to a fight. the crowd (who wants the younger kid to lose) yells at the older stuttering kid to go home, he can't win, but without saying who can

(xpost) You made a lot of loud, Draconian posts about the literal impossibility of running anyone other than Biden in the days after the debate; you're moving on now to Draconian statements about who's permissible to replace him?

Make sure to demand that they back Harris now while Biden is still the candidate, make sure to stir up as much animosity there as possible.

He just introduced Ukrainian president as Putin, according to a friend

"Ladies and gentlemen, President Putin," @POTUS Biden said as he introduced President Zelenskyy.

Realizing his mistake, he clarified:
"No, we're going to beat Putin."

— Ed O'Keefe (@edokeefe) July 11, 2024

And Zelenskyy replied, "I'm better than Putin."

— Ed O'Keefe (@edokeefe) July 11, 2024

hahahahahahahahahahahaha

He's known to curse a lot in private meetings. I wish he'd show that side of himself tonight. "I'm the President of the United States! Who the fuck are any of these assholes to question me? Who the fuck does the New York Times think they are, running two hundred fucking articles saying I should drop out? Fuck you, go write crossword puzzle clues."

― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Thursday, 11 July 2024 bookmarkflaglink

Doubt he is capable of this kind of clueless shouting and swearinh

Here is the video. So good.

Biden just introduced President Zelenskyy as "President Putin," but immediately caught himself

"I'm better," Zelenskyy joked in response pic.twitter.com/8MgZHj2cf1

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 11, 2024

the headline on msnbc was, "nato, convinced biden will lose, to begin trump-proofing organization"

Thus probably ensuring that, even if the press conference goes reasonably well, it won't be the story tomorrow.

Biden and his wacky “gaffes”, everyone. Totally lost his marbles

his own shocked reaction made it worse

it's normal aging type stuff, it's not someone losing his marbles, god knows this might happen to all of us. but there's a reason people retire and that's one vv exceptional reason.

he forgot to accidentally blurt out "don't fuck up!"

that's the death blow

no it doesn't it's just bad imo

rough stuff

I do agree that it is important to not do anything that would embarrass Biden while the NATO thing is going on

“This fine man here, Sir Adolph Churchill…”

Eh, that’s the kind of straightforward flub that can be dismissed as a one off flub by the (delusional) campaign. He was otherwise coherent.

This would do the trick though

SCOOP w/ @NoraEckert: United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain tells the union's board he is worried Biden may not beat Trump, sources say. UAW considering next steps.

— Nandita Bose (@nanditab1) July 11, 2024

that 'Putin' slip is just normal aging stuff, not dementia, but being normal doesn't mean it's good. and it draws further attention to the fact that he has an aging brain that has already slowed down noticeably and is bound to slow further.

of course trump's old, too, but his erratic behavior and ceaseless rambling doesn't read as 'old' in the same way Biden does. these distinctions connect with people on a level that they grasp intuitively, as compared to, let's say, the Inflation Reduction Act or the connection between climate change and the price of bread.

What a summer

of course trump's old, too, but his erratic behavior and ceaseless rambling doesn't read as 'old' in the same way Biden does.

No, it reads as fucking insane. But somehow "Donald Trump is insane" is something Our Betters are simply not willing to print in the newspaper.

It’s OK to be a non compos mentis President if you’re Republican.

The last full Cabinet meeting took place on October 2, 2023. 

One Cabinet secretary tells CNN “they are uncertain of Biden’s condition because they so rarely see him.” https://t.co/szhS2Bm7rl

— Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) July 11, 2024

Jill Biden hoping to be the next Edith Wilson.

Wasn't this press conference supposed to start 30 minutes ago?

It’s only early July, this month already feels like a year.

you just haven't earned yet, baby

What a reversal, if Hunter emerges backstage with a vial of the very thing that was bringing down the family, now used to bring it to new heights.

[Biden enters in fishing gear]

"Ladies and gentlemen...the weekend."

Exits

Sounds drunk already

Just called Harris "Vice President Trump"

Oof, that 'Vice-President Trump' thing.

XP!

What a loser.

In his presser, Macron defended Biden saying “slips of the tongue happen, it’s happened to me.” He also said France, Europe & Ukraine were lucky to have the Biden admin. #NATO #F24

— Kethevane Gorjestani (@ketgorjestani) July 11, 2024

Putin (sweating beneath skin-perfect zylensky mask): how the fuck did he know…

— Motivational Pictures With Reality Deep Meaning (@doulbedoink) July 11, 2024

You're kidding about the vice president Trump thing

Just called Harris "Vice President Trump"

― bookmarkflaglink (Darin), Thursday, 11 July 2024 bookmarkflaglink

!!!

"I wouldn't have picked Vice President Trump to be vice president, if she's not qualified to be president." pic.twitter.com/UnLFQy05cj

— jordan (@JordanUhl) July 11, 2024

Can AI sort this out?

Good Trump Golfing zing.

al gore?

the union line was good

Weird AI for prez

Man, this is grim. (It’s all been grim, but you know what I mean.)

Yeah its sad

I dunno, just tuned in for a few minutes and obviously I'm not Team Joe here, but ... this isn't reassuring to me. Like, he's just old! He's very slow. It takes him a while to string thoughts together. He's obviously thinking very carefully to avoid messing up. But boy, it all just seems like so much effort. And it is! It's a super hard job. It's not an accident that we've never had an 81-yr-old doing it before.