Posted on 03/12/2021 11:56:50 AM PST by Kaslin
Let's face it: Joe Biden is not totally in control of his mental faculties.
You know it. I know it. Everyone knows it.
The problem we are now faced with is not what should be done about it, because we know what should be done... the problem is: if we were to do what should be done, will we actually be much worse off?
In other words, as frightening as it is to have a mentally debilitated Commander-in-Chief, is it still better than a competent and empowered President Kamala Harris?
As #DementiaJoe trends on social media following President Biden's shaky performance Thursday night in his address commemorating the one-year anniversary of "Fifteen Days to Slow the Spread," it's important to seriously examine just how bad the Biden situation is.
Jim Antle in the Washington Examiner focuses on this issue from the perspective of Mr. Biden's age, which is certainly part of the issue.
President Biden moves more slowly than when he was vice president under former President Barack Obama. He squints slightly when looking at the teleprompter and sometimes misspeaks anyway.
Before taking office, Biden suffered a minor injury in a fall (the transition office said at the time that he tripped while playing with his dog). Since then, he has yet to hold a solo press conference. Reporters are sometimes shooed away at his public events, where his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris, or aides can be seen pointing him in the right direction.
Of course, we all know people in our lives who are as old or even older than President Biden who do not exhibit the obvious signs of diminished capabilities we are all witnessing, so to write this entire problem off to his age is not entirely accurate.
Earlier this week, I spoke with Rep. Mike Garcia, a Republican from a barely-red district in California.
Garcia held nothing back with regard to his opinion on the president's condition.
“This, to me, in my opinion, and I mean this as gracefully and tactfully as I can, I think we are seeing nationally one of the most grievous examples of elderly abuse in our nation,” Garcia told me.
“This president is not fit for office. I don't really believe he understands what he's doing, and he's got a political machine behind him that's propping him up, and it scares the hell out of people like me who value our national security,” he concluded.
You can hear the entire interview right here.
Congressman Garcia just won re-election by a few hundred votes. It's not like he's some sort of rabid, flame-thrower who can lob rhetorical grenades. He's a Naval Academy graduate and a former fighter pilot. He's a straight-shooter and is not known for wild, irresponsible rhetoric. Given the toss-up nature of his district, he can't "go there."
So, for a relatively cool-headed Republican like Garcia to flat-out declare that Biden is "not fit for office" should be seen as a significant development.
It really makes you wonder what's being said by Democrats in Congress when the microphones aren't on.
So given the fact that a congressman like Garcia is so open with his grave concern over President Biden's capabilities (or lack thereof), it's quickly becoming a question of when, not if, he is no longer able to serve. As Garcia said, he may be unable to serve as of now.
So back to the original question. Are we actually better off with the diminished Biden than with a fully-capable Kamala Harris?
There may not be a good answer to it. One thing is certain: It sucks that we, as a nation, have been put in this awful position.
Kameltoe Harris would at least have interviews and be such a crappy campaigner that she’d luze to Trump .
Not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when we get Harris as president. Even if the media and Joe’s handlers get a full term out of this vegetable, there is an election in 2024. The Dems have rigged the game, Harris is next.
That ship sailed back in 08
C -section ?
A President Chameleon Harris would perhaps be rational enough to understand the charges of impeachment that would be brought up against her, but Joe Stolen? He would be in total bewilderment about what hell people were talking about.
Shouldn’t do things like that to an old man no longer in command of his reason or senses.
She is an absolute idiot
He was always a Trojan Biden.
I wonder if Pelosi will become a NBC believer to get the job because Harris is ineligible for it?
Actually, a Hobson’s choice is “take it or leave it.” Biden vs Harris is a dilemma.
Madam Potato Head, #MadamPotatoHead
Face it Larry, the choice isn’t going to be made by
you or anyone but the party cadre and only they know
who they are.
The Republican senators should band together and obtain concessions for voting him out. Make Harris be the deciding vote.
Where, in my opinion, it gets interesting is when Harris assumes the Presidency, the VP office (and Senate tie breaker) is absent. Republican Senators with backbones should withhold approving any Harris pick for the new V.P. until after the 2022 elections. If Republicans regain control, her pick isn’t that important. If the dems win control, her pick isn’t that important either.
They could insist on a senator from a state that appoints replacements with a Republican governor.
what we need is a hot mic from a DEM acknowledging Biden’s diminished capacity.
You can still mock Bidet without being called a r****t.
To quote Hillary Clinton, “What difference does it make”.
President Trump ruled on his own.
For Democrats, the shadow government is always in charge.
Bill Clinton was the figurehead, but Rahm Emmanuel passed him his marching orders from the shadow government. As long as he could screw a lot of women, Clinton was happy to follow his orders.
Obama was the figurehead, but Vallerie Jarrett gave him his marching orders. As long as he could promote Islam, he was happy to follow his orders.
What difference does it make if Biden or Harris is the figurehead for the shaddow government?
I am not paying attention much these days, so I don’t know who Biden’s handler is. His Emmanuel or Jarrett.
The other is stupid....
But Camel is reportedly one good hump.
They’re both criminal - felons - traitors - don’t see the difference - they hang as soon as justice is done! I am ready to be one of the enforcers!
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We are in simpatico here Freedom...
I said this on Kuhner's show, it is a Nixon-Agnew-Ford scenario. Who is her VP that will usurp her, she's a lightweight and will be dispensed with aka resign.
My guess is we end up with either Potus Jarrett or Holder, both are Obama's brains...
I think that’s what used to be called a Hobson’s Choice.
A situation where both choices are bad.
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Between a rock and a hard place.
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