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

Rep. Jim Himes said that a President needed to be as perfect as Providence allowed a man to be. He wants Biden to step aside. He is the top Democrat on the House Intel Committee. He just called Joe Biden a "story-telling Irishman, living in the world of emotion". ha!

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Biden world is feeling good about the NATO press conference. Per one source in his orbit, they believe it should comfort open-minded skeptics who had legit questions post-debate on Biden's ability to battle Trump and offer a second-term vision; they believe he stuck the landing.

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) July 12, 2024

Exactly how many people in "Biden world" did Kapur talk to? Five? Nine? And what are their job titles?

it seemed to me that the way biden phrased a couple answers created an opening to him stepping down at some juncture, depending on the circumstances. felt like a significant change in tone from his angry recalcitrance of a few days ago

If he's even aware he created those openings

xp okay, I don't mean literally 'collapsed' but maybe a McConnell dropout moment

― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, July 11, 2024 6:05 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

this happened! he had a long pause and said “pardon me” or something, I forget which question he was responding to

agree overall it was not a total disaster. what that means I’m not sure, sort of the worst but most predictable possible outcome. status quo I guess

He paused and said "beg your pardon?" in response to some chatter in the room, I believe, although it wasn't clear what was being said.

.@NATO leaders react to President Biden mistakenly introducing President Zelenskiy as "President Putin". pic.twitter.com/V8rNfpY3Sj

— Jeremy Art (@cspanJeremy) July 11, 2024

after 4 years of trump, I suppose this sort of perception of fitness among world leaders is an improvement

As goes Joe so goes the party. Hard to say what the Democrats are even about at this point, just a vague will to power. At least Trump's not vague.

One odd exchange was when he was asked whether he felt like he would be capable of sitting down with Putin or Xi alone in a face-to-face negotiation in a three or four years. His answer was all about his extensive experience in these kinds of conversations but sounded unaware that the question was about his advanced age rather than his diplomatic skills. He seemed annoyed but in a way that didn't seem like spinning the question.

He's obviously in deep denial. Which, as lots of people with aging parents have said, is common as facilities begin to slip.

There's so much weird drama and shame mixed up in this, but it's just, the machine is breaking down. It's what happens. But you can see it! If you turned on the TV and saw him and didn't who he was, you would not immediately think "oh that's the one guy for sure that we need to run a complex, diverse and violent country."

didn't know who he was ...

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump ratify a historic peace accord pic.twitter.com/tTiVwi2WmI

— BuccoCapital Bloke (@buccocapital) July 12, 2024

It's enough to say that this photo, if she were president, would reassure me.

This interview with a neurologist is not pretty:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97ZIHY2QcDI

damn lol

"i could've diagnosed him from across the mall" :D :D

Saying Trump for Harris and Putin for Zelensky is reported as yet another blunder / slip. I'm sorry, but no. We all mix up names when they're unfamiliar, distant, or when they sound alike. When you start mixing names that should be fresh in your mind, like loved ones, it's dementia.

Can't decide whether the craziest thing in this thread today is the assertion that bad actors in the Israeli government wouldn't feel emboldened by a Trump presidency, or that George Clooney is only "almost handsome."

It's Joe Biden being called an Irishman.

Saying Trump for Harris and Putin for Zelensky is reported as yet another blunder / slip. I'm sorry, but no. We all mix up names when they're unfamiliar, distant, or when they sound alike. When you start mixing names that should be fresh in your mind, like loved ones, it's dementia.

I'd agree with this in isolation, but the cumulative effect makes it more difficult to ignore. Also Harris is relatively familiar to him and Zelensky was a few feet away at the time, potentially even in line of sight

But whether *it* is dementia or *it* is something else may not be too important, there appears to be an *it* over which there are disagreements regarding the correct labelling of

Also, I totally misread your post and now wish to withdraw

unfamiliar, distant,

Putin/Zelensky/Trump/Harris ? Not sure the President of the United States should count any of these as "unfamiliar" or even "distant"

I think that's what Nabozo was trying to say

this is a bit akin to trying to compare govt spending to household budget

he wasnt at a cousins wedding he was speaking at a major event its not comparable at any level tbh and these slips arent minor at all in relative terms

Sorry for being unclear, I meant that confusing Harris/Trump is not like misremembering historical figures and closer to mixing up the names of your loved ones, names you say / think of everyday.

I had in mind the hesitant look on my grandfather at the onset of his degenerative disease (Alzheimer), when he momentarily couldn't place me. In time, he couldn't place my mother, and ultimately his wife. He could still speak about a lot of things, things from his childhood, piece by piece. Which is not the same as being functional, he would walk down the corridor and not remember where his room was. So yeah, maybe invite more doctors to explain that maaaybe don't wait for Biden's speech to just stop one day.

I don't think you were unclear, I just read your post too fast. I think I read a fragment of your post and subconsciously filled in the rest, which is something I try to guard against and so should acknowledge if it happens

Deepfake Genocide Sleepy Joe

#New General Election Poll

🔵 Biden 50% (+2)
🔴 Trump 48%

Last poll was a tie

Marist A+ - 1174 RV - 7/10

— Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) July 12, 2024

it would be pretty funny at this point if he won

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X6QqZF3J14

I still think he'll win tbh

i spy with my little eye a biden-brokered israeli ceasefire before too long

It’s unlikely. Bibi has torpedoed every other attempt, and he clearly prefers Trump.

I think that's what Nabozo was trying to say

aha apols, I misunderstood.

Perhaps Biden's stubborn and angry routine appeals to some voters

this lad looks absolutely cooked. sad tbh

Bibi has torpedoed every other attempt, and he clearly prefers Trump.

Bibi clearly prefers a continuing war so he doesn't have to face corruption charges

First-term Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-Colo.) became the 18th Democratic member of Congress to demand President Joe Biden abandon his reelection bid in a statement released Friday morning.

donors freezing 90 million until biden drops out

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries met privately with President Joe Biden on Thursday night to relay his caucus' anxieties about the president's reelection bid.

now the polls that Biden have said are fake all along, he will cite as evidence that he should stay in

Sorry that Zelenskyy/putin clip is fucking funny

DNC scrambling sending out all caps emails to each other like “WHO IS THE CARETAKER AND WHY ARE KIDS ADDING HIS MUSIC TO VIDEOS OF JOE BIDEN ON TIKTOK?!”

— peretsky (@la_meme_young) July 12, 2024

oh no lmao

wow

He was supposed to be a Caretaker president

very hauntological moment

Biden is almost literally a ghost of a lost future

jesus christ lmao

Here for some hauntological moments

The disintegration loops mean nothing to these born after 9/11 tiktokers, sad