Posted on 07/21/2024 9:52:42 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The seeds of President Joe Biden’s reaction to the Democratic Party’s crisis of confidence in him were planted years ago.
Facing an extraordinary push by his friends and allies to end his political career, Biden has responded with defiance. For three weeks, he has dug in, denied polling evidence and vowed to stay in the race, claiming that he is the only one who can defeat former President Donald Trump. Only in the last few days have people close to him said they believe he is more receptive to stepping down.
To many of his allies, he is in a surprising crouch for a politician who has built his identity on service to country over self.
But those who have been close to him for years say that Biden’s response is a culmination of the regret, pride, anger and fear that has been building in him for at least the last decade. All of that is painfully evident, they added, from his own words.
“President Biden is motivated to ‘finish the work’ on behalf of the American people — having rich special interests pay their fair share in taxes, strengthening and expanding Social Security, restoring Roe, and bringing the country together,” Andrew Bates, a White House spokesperson, said Friday.
Now there is little doubt among people who know him that his narrative of this moment — being pushed out, against his better judgment — is at the heart of his decision-making.
“They were wrong in 2020,” Biden said on “Morning Joe.” “They were wrong in 2022 about the red wave. They’re wrong in 2024.”
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This paper has continually lied for years.
When the Slimes goes into their pop psychology routine that is a clue they don’t like you.
Mix narcissism, corruption, moral degeneracy and dementia and you get Biden.
Now that is plain hilarious.
They are in such denial.
Do the morons at the NYT actually believe this stuff? Work an entire career to get to the top, make it to the editorial board of "The Newspaper of Record," and then blast out syrupy garbage contradicted by the news of the prior four years: Hunter, the Big Guy, fire Shokin (that Ukranian prosecutor)...
It must be hell to be that craven. How can they make themselves do it?
Do t forget that “stupid” was his baseline before getting dementia!
Correcting NYT. It’s:
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BIDEN’S MAIN ISSUE IS GETTING PARDONS FOR ENTIRE BIDEN CORRUPTION FAMILY-—ALL OF THEM-—NOT JUST HUNTER.
Joey is a criminal and has been all his life
Talking to a friend, I had an odd historical thought.
Maybe Biden thinks he is being true to his duty under the Constitution.
America has a way of replacing its Chief Executive. We have regular elections. Biden might feel that he has the duty to hold on, turn the job over at the official time, and and that he has a duty not to yield to an intra-party coup that would damage the Presidency forever.
Mostly I tend to see all this as an ugly tussle about ego and power, but I wanted to get this other thought out of my head.
He never won the presidency and he knows it. He cheated his way into office by stuffing the ballot box. He hates himself for that and molesting his daughter in the shower. His self loathing manifests as anger and pettiness at everything around him.
Iceberg dead ahead !
All ahead FULL !
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