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Maureen Dowd calls for Biden to leave race after shaky debate: He ‘looked ghostly’
The Hill ^ | 6/29/24 | Eden Teshome

Posted on 06/30/2024 6:16:36 AM PDT by Libloather

New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd called on President Biden to abandon his re-election campaign following his poor debate showing on Thursday night, warning that deciding to run was ill-advised and made him no better than his adversary, former President Trump.

“He’s being selfish. He’s putting himself ahead of the country. He’s surrounded by opportunistic enablers. He has created a reality distortion field where we’re told not to believe what we’ve plainly seen. His hubris is infuriating. He says he’s doing this for us, but he’s really doing it for himself,” she started the column.

“I’m not talking about Donald Trump. I’m talking about the other president.”

In a column titled “The Ghastly vs. the Ghostly” Dowd joined several of her New York Times columnist colleagues on Saturday morning to call on the president to step aside. On Friday, the NYT Editorial Board also called on Biden to drop out of the race.

“He struggled to explain what he would accomplish in a second term. He struggled to respond to Mr. Trump’s provocations. He struggled to hold Mr. Trump accountable for his lies, his failures and his chilling plans,” the board said. “More than once, he struggled to make it to the end of a sentence.”

Dowd also pointed to his debate struggles, but suggested that they indicated a much larger issue for his would-be second term.

“He didn’t just have an off night,” she wrote. “Biden looked ghostly, with that trepidatious gait; he couldn’t remember his rehearsed lines or numbers.”

“He has age-related issues, and those go in only one direction,” she continued.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; debate; dowd; ghostly; presidentialdebate; prezdebate; replacingbiden; trainwreck
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1 posted on 06/30/2024 6:16:36 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

That may have been billed as a debate but it quickly morphed into a collective diagnosis by millions of viewers that the medical patient was code red


2 posted on 06/30/2024 6:19:04 AM PDT by chuckee
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To: Libloather

Dowd:

“He has age-related issues, and those go in only one direction”

Yup—that has been true for the past four years. Even a blind chimp could see it.


3 posted on 06/30/2024 6:19:21 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: Libloather

They can’t write anything without taking a cheap shot at Trump. I guess its part of the mental illness that manifests itself as Democrat.


4 posted on 06/30/2024 6:19:35 AM PDT by PTBAA
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To: Libloather

He looks a lot like the inbred Dueling Banjos guy.

https://youtu.be/NFutge4xn3w?si=KcYpB3qUAa3c0Akq


5 posted on 06/30/2024 6:23:18 AM PDT by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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To: Libloather

Let Biden make his case at the Democrat’s convention. The parties have conventions for a reason. Bumbling Biden, Noxious Newson and Witch Whitmer can make their cases at the convention.

It’s not up to the New York Times or some woman like Stormy Daniels or Maureen Dowd to decide who runs America.


6 posted on 06/30/2024 6:26:54 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Libloather

Ghostly? More like an evil marionette! Who is pulling his strings?


7 posted on 06/30/2024 6:27:04 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ( Biden is the evil marionette. Who is pulling his strings?)
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To: cgbg

Yea any Blind Chimp could see it.

It’s obvious the media whores were BLINDER THAN CHIMPS the past 3+ years.


8 posted on 06/30/2024 6:27:10 AM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Libloather

Hmmmm. Which kind of undead is Biden?
The candidates are:
Zombie
Vampire
Mummy
Ghoul
Revenant
or?...


9 posted on 06/30/2024 6:27:40 AM PDT by null and void (The last war America actually won was WWII, because the CIA wasn't organized until after that war!)
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To: All

Do you see why we must have Trump?

Some columnist gets quoted. She is nothing but a resident of the Swamp. There is nothing elite about her beyond cyclical Swamp praise.

Eradication of Washington DC and NYC influence is why we must have Trump, and why Biden should be defended. IT IS BEST FOR THE COUNTRY THAT BIDEN STAY IN THE RACE.


10 posted on 06/30/2024 6:33:01 AM PDT by Owen
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To: Owen
So, you're telling me they just now want to replace him on the ticket, but are fine letting him continue to run the country?
11 posted on 06/30/2024 6:34:39 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: Libloather; Brian Griffin

12 posted on 06/30/2024 6:41:48 AM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: Libloather

Whenever I hear one of those marxist dems talking about “for the good of the country” I just have to laugh. If they were really concerned about “what’s good for the country”, they would all just leave.


13 posted on 06/30/2024 6:42:49 AM PDT by Rlsau1
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To: mewzilla

THE BEST THING FOR THE COUNTRY IS THAT BIDEN REMAIN RIGHT WHERE HE IS IN EVERY ASPECT.

Period.

The best thing for the country is that Trump win. Also period.

Don’t flail around about nuclear war. The dirty little secret of all that is the US has nothing that Russia doesn’t already have in greater abundance. As for Europe, ditto, and they certainly don’t want Europe’s Muslim refugees.


14 posted on 06/30/2024 6:44:14 AM PDT by Owen
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To: Owen
Some columnist gets quoted. She is nothing but a resident of the Swamp. There is nothing elite about her beyond cyclical Swamp praise.

Mo has her cats and her box wine.

Catherine has Michael Douglas.

Eradication of Washington DC and NYC influence is why we must have Trump, and why Biden should be defended. IT IS BEST FOR THE COUNTRY THAT BIDEN STAY IN THE RACE.

Yes - we want them to ride that broke-down horse all the way to November.

15 posted on 06/30/2024 6:46:52 AM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: chuckee
The POTUS looked creepy with his mouth agape and his eyes fixated in a blank stare. And with a non-compos mentis reaction to the zingers of DJT.
16 posted on 06/30/2024 6:47:11 AM PDT by EliRoom8
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To: Libloather

Suddenly a race that was all about Trump is now about BiteMe Braindead Brandon.


17 posted on 06/30/2024 6:48:10 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Owen
THE BEST THING FOR THE COUNTRY IS THAT BIDEN REMAIN RIGHT WHERE HE IS IN EVERY ASPECT.

Exactly.

I'm interested to see what Linda Graham calls for today on XiNN's State Of The Onion with "Jake The Fake" Tapper.

That will give us some indication of what the Deep State is thinking.

18 posted on 06/30/2024 6:50:21 AM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: kiryandil
Rules!!!


19 posted on 06/30/2024 6:52:29 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: chuckee

“trepidatious gait”. Nice.


20 posted on 06/30/2024 6:57:09 AM PDT by nwrep
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