Posted on 07/22/2024 5:17:24 AM PDT by Red Badger
The decision of Joe Biden to withdraw from his reelection bid raises the obvious question of how he can continue as president if he is incapable of running for that office. The Democratic Party seems to have created its own 25th Amendment, but ... ...there remains the "other" 25th Amendment. This is a type of 25th-lite option where you lack capacity to run but not to serve for an office...
...It also focuses attention on the efforts of Democrats to drop any challengers or hold any debates through the primary as millions voted for Biden. Holding a party "primary" in a matter of weeks is hardly a substitute for a primary campaign to expose candidates to prolonged scrutiny...
...The problem for the White House is the glaring disconnect between pulling out of the election but holding on to the office. Pulling out as simply politically incapable of winning makes a mockery of the unopposed primary process...
...Yet, pulling out do to diminished capacity makes a mockery of his political office. There is a striking lack of clarity on the basis for this historic action...
...There are also legal questions under the federal election laws. After the democrats rallied around prosecuting Trump for federal election laws, they hardly want a controversy on the transfer of huge amounts of donations to a new candidate...
...Harris has the advantage in claiming that she is the least controversial recipient of the contributions as part of the shared ticket with Biden. She would be able to avoid any primary fight and be made the party nominee by acclamation of the party elite...
...In doing so, the DNC may be able to avoid some very difficult federal election law questions.
It would give Harris the power and prestige of the office of President. It would give her the cachet of being the “First Woman President.” It could be fatal to President Trump’s reelection.
Rather, the Republican message should be:
Biden is bad, but Heels-up Harris would be worse. Anything is preferable to having that cackling nonentity in the oval office.
I put the following question to ChatGPT and that's the answer I got:
Rooster:From a purely logical standpoint, if a person is mentally unfit to run for president, is he fit to be president right now (or continue as president if he is currently serving in that position)?
ChatGPT:
From a purely logical standpoint, if a person is deemed mentally unfit to run for president, this suggests that they lack the necessary cognitive or psychological abilities to perform the demanding tasks associated with running a presidential campaign. Running for president requires making critical decisions, communicating effectively, and managing a large and complex campaign organization.
If these capabilities are compromised to the extent that the person is unfit to run for office, it follows that they would likely be unfit to perform the even more demanding role of serving as president. The presidency involves a higher level of responsibility, including making decisions that affect national security, the economy, and the welfare of millions of people, often under intense pressure.
Therefore, logically, if a person is mentally unfit to run for president, it is reasonable to conclude that they would also be unfit to serve as president (even if they are currently serving as president).
This is a distraction.
While we have known that Biden is incapable of serving as POTUS for 4 years, it is his handlers that make the decisions.
Those handlers are now free to do what they want with no fear of re-election.
Harris, if she gets the nomination (very likely) can distance herself from Biden’s policies and say “I would do it differently”
That way the flood of trespassers given asylum, the crack down on energy, the student loan forgiveness and foreign policy failures can continue even more aggressively over the next 6 months.
This is the best scenario for the left.
And yet ANOTHER question that we will never get a satisfactory answer to
Looks to me like one thing must be remembered....stick to the Constitution.
Looks to me like one thing must be remembered....stick to the Constitution.
He can say he has what it takes for the presidency but not for presidency and campaign.
He can say he’s good for six months but has concerns about the next four years after that.
The alternative to Biden and his handlers is Harris. Is that an upgrade, would President Harris off leash be any better for thr country? Do you want her running as an incumbent?
Lyndon Johnson (LBJ) withdrew from the 1968 race yet completed his term.....political health, not physical health the reason.
LBJ was butchering, conniving, manipulative scum of the basest kind....not that I feel strongly about it.
Biden isn’t running the country anyway. What difference does it make? Not sure why Republicans are running with this 25th amendment political narrative when ultimately it does not benefit Trump. Do we really want Kamala running with the advantage of the aura of holding the Presidency?
Usurping the House of Representatives under Section #4:
https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/can-the-cabinet-remove-a-president-using-the-25th-amendment
She'll then beat off all the other challengers in the convention. Yeah. She'll beat them off real good.
nominee AS the official incumbent...
Exactly!
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I can’t help but wonder if Biden knows he dropped out.
No money for candidacy, that was always the determining factor
Attempted usurping The House of Representatives of The United States, Section #4:
Anti Nevers-Trump political assassination coup
That’s why
https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/can-the-cabinet-remove-a-president-using-the-25th-amendment
Gaslighting Americans…. Democrats will need to be taught a lesson.
He needs to resign...
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