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A Weary Biden Heads for the Exit
The New York Times ^ | Dec. 17, 2024 Updated Dec. 18, 2024, 11:28 a.m. ET | Peter Baker and Zolan Kanno-Youngs

Posted on 12/18/2024 9:59:49 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

It was a long day in Angola. President Biden had already visited a port facility bracketed with cranes and toured a factory filled with conveyor belts. So by the time he sat down at a large wooden circular table in a warm, stuffy room with African leaders, he put his head in his hand and briefly closed his eyes as the speeches droned on.

Flying across the world would have tired even a president younger than 82. But the point, as he saw it, was that he came. He traveled thousands of miles to highlight a new U.S.-backed railway that could transform the economies of Africa and supply resources for America. He came. He did not have to. He insisted on it and was proud to be the first president to come.

This is the twilight of Mr. Biden’s presidency, the final days of the final chapter of an epic half-century political journey that has had more than its share of twists and turns. Time is catching up with Mr. Biden. He looks a little older and a little slower with each passing day. Aides say he remains plenty sharp in the Situation Room, calling world leaders to broker a cease-fire in Lebanon or deal with the chaos of Syria’s rebellion. But it is hard to imagine that he seriously thought he could do the world’s most stressful job for another four years.

That does not make it any easier as Mr. Biden heads toward the exit. Nothing that has happened since he was forced to drop out of the race in July has made that decision look wrong, yet Donald J. Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris has been interpreted as a repudiation of Mr. Biden. It stung. It still stings. But unlike Mr. Trump four years ago,...

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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I read quite a few articles from the enemedia just to see what they are up to.

But, this NYT article made me throw-up a little bit in my mouth.


21 posted on 12/18/2024 10:37:57 AM PST by oldplayer
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Crooked Joe totters toward the tomb. In other pressing news, my neighbor’s cat just had kittens and the feed store has a holiday special on rubber boots.


22 posted on 12/18/2024 10:40:12 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: BenLurkin

He is weary, but somehow still manages to waste a lot of our money and let Hunter and 1500 other crooks walk free!


23 posted on 12/18/2024 10:44:14 AM PST by AZJeep
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To: JesusIsLord

I would not blame poor Jill for smuggering some Secret Service agents to meet her needs.


24 posted on 12/18/2024 10:51:19 AM PST by nwrep
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’m still hoping for a public urination to cap off his demented term in office. Will put the exclamation point on the stolen disaster.


25 posted on 12/18/2024 10:56:34 AM PST by HYPOCRACY (Democracy is dead. Long live the Republic!)
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To: nwrep

Gross. Her face has more cracks than the Mona Lisa and she’s 500 years old.


26 posted on 12/18/2024 10:59:36 AM PST by HYPOCRACY (Democracy is dead. Long live the Republic!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

What a pathetic bootlicking screed.


27 posted on 12/18/2024 11:00:13 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: nwrep

A crone that old has no “needs”

That train left years ago.


28 posted on 12/18/2024 11:09:41 AM PST by doorgunner69 (Your oath of enlistment has no expiration date)
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To: Obadiah

Jimmy Carter will probably outlive him.

His brain is cooked, cant form a simple sentence without the prompter


29 posted on 12/18/2024 11:49:51 AM PST by baclava
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To: BenLurkin

Darn. You beat me to it.


30 posted on 12/18/2024 1:42:40 PM PST by ChessExpert (The Democratic party must be destroyed.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Can’t happen soon enough! Beat it, loser!


31 posted on 12/18/2024 1:51:38 PM PST by vpintheak (Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"Flying across the world would have tired even a president younger than 82. But the point, as he saw it, was that he came. He traveled thousands of miles to highlight a new U.S.-backed railway that could transform the economies of Africa and supply resources for America. "


32 posted on 12/18/2024 3:15:06 PM PST by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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