Posted on 06/28/2024 5:34:11 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
ATLANTA (AP) — Above all, Joe Biden’s allies wanted him to demonstrate strength and energy on the debate stage to help put to rest questions about the 81-year-old Democrat’s physical and mental acuity.
But on the biggest stage in U.S. politics on Thursday night, Biden did not meet their modest expectations.
And by the end of the 90-minute showdown, the Democratic president’s allies — party strategists and rank-and-file voters alike — descended into all-out panic following a debate performance punctuated by repeated stumbles, uncomfortable pauses, and a quiet speaking style that was often difficult to understand. Publicly and privately, Democrats questioned whether the party could or should replace him as the party’s presidential nominee against the 78-year-old Republican former President Donald Trump this fall.
“I’m not the only one whose heart is breaking right now. There’s a lot of people who watched this tonight and felt terribly for Joe Biden,” former Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill said on MSNBC. “I don’t know if things can be done to fix this.”
For now, the biggest question for Biden is whether the damage is permanent.
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They pretend that Biden has been leading and now he has unexpectedly lost the ability to do so.
LOL
This is why they had this debate so early . Those in control want to dump Biden .
Yes, they promised he would be “energetic” and wow did they lie about that one. Now acting surprised Biden was, well, just Biden.
Hang in there Brandon!
I don’t understand all this dempanic! The Dem “media” has been pimping that Jo Jo has overcome Trump’s lead and has now moved up into “landslide” territory over Trump with his new overwhelming lead of one or two points.
Sounds like the A$$ Press got the memo from Rat Party Headquarters.
Now they’re stuck with a drooling idiot candidate whose wife won’t let him drop out.
YEEEEEHA !!
Let’s Go Brandon!!! FJB.
Why do we let the media lead us around in circles on this subject. Biden was too incompetent in 2020, he’s not competent now, and he won’t be in the future. Mentally, he’s deteriorated. I don’t gloat about it, just pointing out the facts.
The stalinist Biden junta has been hiding him for a long time. He looks awful. He was pumped full of drugs in a week’s prep for debate catastrophe.
How long has he been this incoherent, and who has been running the country.
The steal will have to be so blatant this time.
Predicting 110 million stolen and illegal democrat vites, with Biden in the basement or anyone else running. I fear that another corrupt election is coming. Deep state demands it.
They are faced with a conundrum of their own making. They have a black, female VP who they might overlook for a white male. Not polite at all.
They could invite Mooch, but she has no experience and probably not as much work experience as my kids. What other black woman could they choose who they could collar, leash and drag around like they have done to the Cadaver-in-Office.
I don’t see any black or hispanic males on deck, but I do see one really incompetent gay guy they might consider already in the cabinet. They already run the country behind the Cadaver we saw last night so what is another useless figurehead to them?
I still say Beshear is on deck. He’s young, clean, great record, beautiful family and popular in a red state.
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