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Will Jill Biden save the Democrats?
thehill.com ^ | 12/13/23 12:30 PM ET | BY DOUGLAS MACKINNON, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR -

Posted on 12/15/2023 5:26:27 AM PST by Red Badger

Long before the latest charges against Hunter Biden, the Biden name had become for many a literal punchline.

Each passing week brings more and more Democrats or left-leaning journalists openly bemoaning that President Joe Biden will be their nominee for 2024. Left-leaning editor and Biden fan Harold Meyerson has a piece out titled “Are Democrats Sleepwalking to Disaster?” The main premise is that “Biden is the candidate least able to defeat Donald Trump” and that “other Democrats need to enter the race.”

That concern is added to those from others who are worried about the president’s advanced age or his alleged cognitive issues, which now regularly produce “Biden’s Senior Moment of the Week” video clips.

While I may disagree with President Biden on a host of issues, he is still my president. More than that, he is a human being with feelings. As those clips now surface with more frequency, I choose not to watch them, as they do make me hurt for Biden the human being. Others, unfortunately, revel in them.

Beyond the partisan bloodlust, we come to the legal.

Law professor Jonathan Turley wrote a column for The Hill titled “With Hunter’s indictment, Democrats face a moment of maddening truth.” That “truth” being that the blanket of corruption has seemingly — and alarmingly — settled over the Biden White House. As Turley writes, “According to recent polling, nearly 70 percent of voters (and 40 percent of Democrats) believe that Biden has acted unlawfully or unethically or both.”

Those are Nixon-like numbers of perceived corruption.

The acclaimed law expert further states: “It is now clear that Biden lied when he maintained as a candidate, and later as president, that he had no knowledge of his son’s business dealings with foreign interests … It is also now clear that he lied in denying that his son never made money in China. The indictment confirms massive transfers from Chinese sources.”

Beyond President Biden and his son Hunter, other members of the Biden family are now regularly being dragged into the webs of corruption or influence peddling. At what point does someone with influence within the Biden family cry “uncle” to save the president and the family further embarrassment?

As we accelerate toward election day 2024, it’s becoming clear that there is only one person in the country who might be able to dissuade President Biden from seeking a second term. That person being his wife, Jill Biden.

Critics can say what they want about President Biden and his family, but it certainly seems as if the president and the first lady have a strong and loving marriage. Each truly seems very protective of the other.

I have long believed that spouses and children of presidents should be off-limits, unless they choose to directly insert themselves into the debate — past first lady Hillary Clinton being a prime example, as some saw her as a partisan who self-elected herself “co-president.”

In terms of Machiavellian politics, Jill Biden is far removed from Hillary Clinton. While she for sure has her beliefs — and has freely expressed them — for many, on both sides of the political divide, she comes across as a dignified and classy first lady.

And, more importantly, one who does seem to have her husband’s best interests at heart. This creates possibly the most important political question of the election: To protect her husband and the greater Biden name, will the first lady quietly but insistently intercede to convince President Biden that it is in his best interests — and that of their family — not to run for reelection?

Literally every single Republican or conservative I know is hoping and praying that President Biden is the Democratic nominee in 2024. There’s a reason for that.

Likewise, every single Democrat I know is hoping that Biden steps aside and gives his approval to the Democratic National Committee to open the process so Vice President Kamala Harris, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and others can battle it out for the 2024 nomination.

As of now, it appears that only one person in the country can make those Democratic hopes become a reality: first lady Jill Biden.

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Douglas MacKinnon, a political and communications consultant, was a writer in the White House for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, and former special assistant for policy and communications at the Pentagon during the last three years of the Bush administration.


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1 posted on 12/15/2023 5:26:27 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

The filing deadline for primaries is up in numerous states. Too late.


2 posted on 12/15/2023 5:37:07 AM PST by packagingguy
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To: packagingguy

Tell that to Robert Torricelli...................


3 posted on 12/15/2023 5:38:55 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while l aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger
"More than that, he is a human being with feelings."

That's just gas.

4 posted on 12/15/2023 5:39:32 AM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: packagingguy

“The filing deadline for primaries is up in numerous states. Too late.”

Nope. Biden can run and then release his delegates. Between that and the super delegates the dems use, the party establishment will pick a replacement for Biden.

I think that route is the most likely result. If they went to competitive primaries with Biden not being a candidate, it’s no telling what the D electorate would put up and America’s ruling class cannot tolerate that.

We are at the amazing point where the Ruling Class is picking both party’s candidates. They are suing and indicting the R front runner and will choose Biden’s successor without a single primary vote being cast for them.

I used to think America was governed with the consent of the governed. I don’t anymore.


5 posted on 12/15/2023 5:46:39 AM PST by ModelBreaker
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...she comes across as a dignified and classy first lady.


6 posted on 12/15/2023 5:46:51 AM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Red Badger

“dignified and classy” PROPAGANDA ALERT!


7 posted on 12/15/2023 5:51:14 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: Red Badger

Dr Jill’s Christmas video shows how sharp she is and how much she cares.


8 posted on 12/15/2023 5:52:10 AM PST by hanamizu ( )
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To: Red Badger

The DungHill is scared.
Good!


9 posted on 12/15/2023 5:54:49 AM PST by Zathras
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To: Red Badger

https://youtu.be/VEFz2J56n7M?si=IJDzPZFNZtsGu58g


11 posted on 12/15/2023 5:58:09 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Who the hell walks backwards with their mouth wide open?
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Besides Pete Buttigieg?....................


12 posted on 12/15/2023 6:00:08 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while l aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger
They've come a long way, baby. From the Great Dumpling sitting in the crowd during the 1968 DNC Convention/Police Riot in Chicago to primaries for everything instead of smoke-filled back rooms, and now to not having any competitive primaries during primary season so they can have some smoke-filled back room determine which old white guy the minorities will support as a last-minute replacement for Corn Pop's bestest buddy.

Too bad Dylan Mulvaney is under the age of 35.

13 posted on 12/15/2023 6:01:11 AM PST by Bernard (We honor veterans who fought to keep this country from turning into what it now is. --Argus Hamilton)
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To: Bernard

so far it appears they’re prevailing...


14 posted on 12/15/2023 6:02:25 AM PST by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible)
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To: Red Badger

Like Barbara Bush, Jill Biden is an effective facilitator for a family of liars and perverts.


15 posted on 12/15/2023 6:02:37 AM PST by anton
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To: hanamizu

Dr Jill’s Christmas video shows how sharp she is

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Well she did open up to become Biden’s behalf


16 posted on 12/15/2023 6:04:03 AM PST by deport
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To: hanamizu
Dr Jill’s Christmas video shows how sharp she is and how much she cares.

Boy, that video really got me into the Christmas spirit! /sarc

What a stomach-churning display of DIE politics.
17 posted on 12/15/2023 6:04:24 AM PST by Dan in Wichita
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To: Red Badger
While I may disagree with President Biden on a host of issues, he is still my president. More than that, he is a human being with feelings. As those clips now surface with more frequency, I choose not to watch them, as they do make me hurt for Biden the human being. Others, unfortunately, revel in them.

What a bunch of drivel. Biden is a senile, decrepit incompetent old man now, for sure. That does not negate the fact that throughout his whole life he's been an extremely caustic and arrogant POS with a record of abject lying AND a penchant for fondling, sniffing, nuzzling, grabbing and groping little girls.

....hurt for Biden the human being? Geez

18 posted on 12/15/2023 6:05:12 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: anton

“If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.”
― Ayn Rand


19 posted on 12/15/2023 6:06:16 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while l aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

I think I’m going to hurl.


20 posted on 12/15/2023 6:06:42 AM PST by Gaffer
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