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With Surprise Reversal, Biden Rewrites His Legacy and Makes a Play for History
The New York Times | Yahoo ^ | July 23, 2024 | by Peter Baker (D-NYT)

Posted on 07/23/2024 4:06:48 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

WASHINGTON — In his first memoir, President Joe Biden reflected on what at the time was the most searing moment of his political career. He had withdrawn from his first presidential campaign in disgrace, driven out by charges of plagiarism.

Now, some 37 years after that flameout, Biden’s epitaph weighed heavily as he made surely the hardest political decision of his long career in Washington to give up the presidency after just one term and end his bid for reelection.

As he sat in isolation with COVID at his Delaware beach house these past few days, hacking and hacked off, Biden certainly did not want to go out without a fight. His Irish was up, as he would put it, about all those allies pressuring him to step down out of concern that he was too old to win the race. But at the end of the day, he was convinced that even at this late hour, his legacy would be enhanced by making the ultimate political sacrifice rather than be the president who allowed Donald Trump back into the White House.

But of course, Biden’s place in the history books is not yet fully written. He has six months more in office with two wars overseas to manage and an election to preside over here at home. While he will not be on the ballot himself, leaving the mission to Harris, he still may be held responsible if Trump wins again, an outcome Democrats and many others consider a danger to the country.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; celebratingtreason; election2024; gaslightmedia; journalism; nyslimes; nytfakenews; peterbaker; press; thegaslightmedia; thenewyorkgaslight
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1 posted on 07/23/2024 4:06:48 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

His arrogant, boisterous, deceptive, deranged, demented, criminal history. FJB and his enablers.


2 posted on 07/23/2024 4:12:44 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

He’s most likely in the final days of his functioning life. All the false superlative accolades are gushing forth as one sees at a memorial service. If he was so great, why wait till now?

Hollywood sometimes puts out a celebration of some stars life accomplishments and honors them a lifetime achievement award before that star succumbs to an illness...same with Biden. IMHO


3 posted on 07/23/2024 4:18:19 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

No way Biden himself wrote this
in light of current events.


4 posted on 07/23/2024 4:19:59 AM PDT by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The President who ruined America and hopes for reviving its Greatness again.


5 posted on 07/23/2024 4:22:07 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

nice to conjure up a fairytale life of a despicable treasonous lying criminal


6 posted on 07/23/2024 4:24:37 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

A bitter old man whose boss said ‘punish your enemies’ in a rather gleeful demeanor. Still riding his pony.
He should also be run out of office and treated fair lawfulness.


7 posted on 07/23/2024 4:27:02 AM PDT by Recompennation (Don’t blame me my vote didn’t count)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Biden's legacy is synonymous with "LYING, MURDERING TREASON." His name should be considered an obscenity.
8 posted on 07/23/2024 4:46:16 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“As he sat in isolation with COVID at his Delaware beach house these past few days, hacking and hacked off, Biden certainly did not want to go out without a fight. His Irish was up, as he would put it, about all those allies pressuring him to step down out of concern that he was too old to win the race. But at the end of the day, he was convinced that even at this late hour, his legacy would be enhanced by making the ultimate political sacrifice rather than be the president who allowed Donald Trump back into the White House.”

Barf. Bigly.


9 posted on 07/23/2024 5:07:26 AM PDT by cdcdawg (Flush twice. Biden is a particularly big turd.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

We can call it the night of the long knives part II. Biden’s legacy will be as the worst and most corrupt president in American history. Joe was hacking, he is a hack.


10 posted on 07/23/2024 5:10:53 AM PDT by Rdct29 (The Democrats Are The New Nazi Party )
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To: Sacajaweau

He has his legacy as the worst most destructive president ever, period.


11 posted on 07/23/2024 5:12:40 AM PDT by Machavelli (True God)
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To: Machavelli

Agree


12 posted on 07/23/2024 5:14:24 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
In his first memoir, President Joe Biden reflected on what at the time was the most searing moment of his political career. He had withdrawn from his first presidential campaign in disgrace, driven out by charges of plagiarism. Now, some 37 years after that flameout... While he will not be on the ballot himself, leaving the mission to Harris, he still may be held responsible if Trump wins again, an outcome Democrats and many others consider a danger to the country.

13 posted on 07/23/2024 5:15:29 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
If historians are truthful, his legacy will be of a person that had no core convictions. What was popular at the time, with with the left, he went with.
14 posted on 07/23/2024 5:17:24 AM PDT by CodeJockey (I'd like to change the world, but they won't give me the source code.)
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To: Getready

“All the false superlative accolades are gushing forth...”

That is becoming part of the campaign spin.

His legacy will be emblazoned across history for being so destructive for the nation.


15 posted on 07/23/2024 5:23:10 AM PDT by odawg
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
50 year history of FJB:

THE LONESOME DEATH OF NEILIA BIDEN

16 posted on 07/23/2024 5:36:27 AM PDT by Indy Pendance (Jesus can't get here soon enough!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

There no amount of re-writing that can change the total disaster the Biden Presidency was.


17 posted on 07/23/2024 5:39:53 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: cdcdawg

This statement of the article confirms what we already knew: Biden is a political HACK!!


18 posted on 07/23/2024 5:40:12 AM PDT by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement! There)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Now they want to make a hero out of a fool.


19 posted on 07/23/2024 6:37:09 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: PGalt

Phew what a load of BS. “Brave” Joe made no decision. Pelosi and Schmukie held him over the cliff and said quit or we drop you.


20 posted on 07/23/2024 6:49:20 AM PDT by iamgalt
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