Posted on 07/22/2024 7:19:05 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
As my wife and son and I awaited the start of the debate, before Biden tottered up to the podium to his mumblecore destiny, I said to my son:
“I’m telling you my suspicion now, rather than after. I think the date of this debate is the most important thing about it.”
My son asked why.
OK, how’s this? ... Think outside the box, Joe.-Why wait till October, with everything on the line? Cut it back to just two debates. And here’s the beauty part, Joe: Do the first debate six weeks before the convention! It’ll be radical, three months earlier than any other debate ever — but for a reason.
Absolutely, I’ll do it hoping I wipe the floor with him, if I have a good night. But if I don’t-if my 81-year-old body, and my spotty memory, betray me, I’m not betraying the country. If I blow it, really blow it, I can still step down. Make it an open convention, leave the second debate to Kamala, or Gavin, or whomever.
I like it. It can work. I don’t have to tell anyone.
Plus, I feel a summer cold coming on.
So what did I say to my son in the first moments of that debate? Not because I’m smart, but because I’ve been around, I’ve played a little poker, I can see a “tell.” Biden may not play poker like Harry Truman did, but he’s decent and crafty. And I have an old-timey sense of when something seems a little off.
“I think this debate is radically early for a reason,” I said to my son. “It’s a move.”
My son looked quizzical.
“Joe thought he could pull this off. But he’s fundamentally decent. If he blows the debate, he’s hedged his bets. For the country.”
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So even the supporters seem in on it. 🙄
All we can do is trust that the timing of everything is still God’s, and pray it be a blessing in disguise for Trump/Vance.
Can’t believe this rag is still in circulation.
LOL. Keep telling yourself that. And when your 6 year old son tells you that Kamala is a brilliant intellect and debater, believe him again.
Biden is fundamentally selfish and did it because the schedule allowed for a week of prep and he thought he could.
It wasn’t hard to predict. The debate was clearly timed as a tool to expose Joe and force his hand, they had the ‘consistent media narrative’ across different media outlets ready to go.
None of them were trying to cover for him, which is the usual M.O. of the media - no matter how absurd the narrative is. Instead, the knives came out.
The boy was looking for an easy way out. He got it.
Joe is NOT “fundamentally decent”. He is a complete grifter saying whatever needs to be said to move on to the next grift.
She has it wrong . Trump fell for a trap, agreeing to Biden’s request, that BIDEN apparently did too, because it was done to do EXACTLY what is happening in real time, right now. Trump should have waited and let what is happening now AFTER THE FREAKING CONVENTION so all this chaos happens when it is waaay too late to replace unkkkle joe
Everything biden does (or did cause he’s probably dead) is because his ego is disproportionately huge compared to his actual abilities ..and noone can tell him what to do.
Biden didn’t plan this. The people who run him (and the country) did it...
I grew up in the Tampa Bay Area.
The St Pete Times, later the Tampa Bay Times, has always been a nest of liberal activists, communists and lunatics.
Poison Pen describes their writing style.
You and me both!
I saw in a post that Gavin Newson moved his family (wife and children) out of CA Gov home to his in-laws over a year ago. I haven’t been able to confirm post contention, but if true then Biden’s debate flop was predestined by the DNC Powers To Be.
The end result is Newson selected by super-delegates at open convention - NOTE: delegates have no real voting power, just window dressing - ask Bernie.
My prediction is Newson at top of ticket, Cackling Kammi will gladly play 2nd fiddle for another 4 years.
It wasn’t Joe asking for the early debate, it was the Dem Cabal that wanted Joe out before the convention so they could replace him. So they pushed Joe to accept the debate.
Joe’s team made the conditions so lopsided that they were positive that Trump would refuse, thereby defusing the bomb lit under the Biden campaign by the Dem Cabal.
But Trump agreed to everything, Joe had to do the debate, and the rest is history.
This is how a Dem coup is run.
Joe did it for the country? Sheesh. He’s never been anything other a blatantly venal, selfish opportunist.
I'd say Trump called his bluff, knowing that he could destroy Joe in any debate, even if it had been 20-years-ago-Joe.
As for Joe, his handlers figured that they couldn't duck ALL debate options, so they figured they'd better get it done as early as possible -- also knowing things were going downhill in a hurry.
So now we have the lamest of all possible lame duck Presidents.
The Biden’s did not leave power willingly.
There was ZERO attempt during the last three years (probably longer) for the media to tell the truth about his condition. They hid it and covered for him. There was ZERO attempt by the government to tell us the truth. There was ZERO attempt by the Democrats to inform the public of the problem. There was every effort to hide, lie, destroy and attack those that told the truth. It was PROPAGANDA that he was fit for office that was done for a purpose. We still have no idea who has been running the country, they just call it the “Team”.
They didn’t pull Joe Biden this weekend willingly, certainly not his donors or his family. Nope, Joe signed the paper after they threatened him and his family. Threatened him with what you ask? I suspect it has to do with his opponents assignation attempt, Jill’s involvement, and several of his biggest corporate donors. “You go quietly and we won’t tell everyone your behind it”.
By no means should anyone assume that the Biden’s suddenly decided to go quietly. There were ‘deals’ made that protected Hunter, Jill and Joe.
Here comes the “Joe is a hero” wave a sewage from the MSM.
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