Posted on 07/22/2024 7:12:04 AM PDT by george76
Voters thought the faltering president was too old, but allies looked the other way, advisers defended his abilities and the Democratic Party boxed out other candidates
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Biden had just finished trying to persuade a group of congressional Democrats to pass a $1 trillion infrastructure bill when Nancy Pelosi, then the House speaker, took the microphone.
In 30 minutes of remarks on Capitol Hill, Biden had spoken disjointedly and failed to make a concrete ask of lawmakers, according to Democrats in the room. After he left, a visibly frustrated Pelosi told the group she would articulate what Biden had been trying to say...
“It was the first time I remember people pretty jarred by what they had seen,” recalled Rep. Dean Phillips (D., Minn...
That was October 2021. That month was the last time Biden met with the House Democratic caucus on the Hill regarding legislation.
Nearly three years later, concerns about the 81-year-old president’s age and mental acuity have put an abrupt cap on his half-century political career. They had grown from a murmur among allies, who said they believed—or hoped—they were catching the president on a bad day, to a deafening roar, as many of those same allies called on him to step aside in the wake of his disastrous June 27 debate performance.
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The drawbacks of Biden’s age were clear to voters, with polls showing that nearly three-quarters of them last year deemed him too old to seek another term. Yet inside the party’s uppermost ranks, revelations about the toll aging has taken on the president seemed to catch many people by surprise in recent months.
“I am really concerned about what we were not told during these months,” said Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D., Texas)
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Yer ass, they hid it and lied.
““I am really concerned about what we were not told during these months,” said Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D., Texas)”
Does Lloyd carry a white cane and use a guide dog?
And they were willingly credulous to the point of self-delusion.
Stop reading right there. It was blindingly obvious to everyone that Biden was senile for at least a year and probably more like 3 years. If this article is going to feed its readers the Dem Party Line BS propaganda that this was a surprise, then its not worth reading.
Biden duped so many people over the years, his enormous ego
never figured something as pedestrian as a debate would do him in.
The primary reason Biden hung on against Democrat pushing is
b/c he and the Biden Crime Family have done so much damage.
There’s so much to cover-up, they simply cant risk being found out.
They did as they pleased, took huge risks, thinking they’d
have four more years to clean out the dirt and cover it all up.
They were hoping that Biden could be used to hide the activities of the cabal but Biden didn’t make it to November 2024.
The Dems shot themselves in the foot. Ironic that the “Democrats” ran an anti-democratic primary to box out other potential, viable candidates. The liberal mainstream media was also complicit. Once they figured out their plan wasn’t going to work, they resorted to other, alternative methods to ensure their candidate won.
“advisers defended his abilities”
No they didn’t, they brazenly and blatantly gaslighted and lied about his abilities, and they viciously attacked those who spoke against this. And no, there can be no forgiveness nor amnesty about this point.
” and the Democratic Party boxed out other candidates”
Because - Democracy!!
The early debate was such a gift to the rats. I am all in for Trump but he could have held out he had leverage. On the other hand I am glad that evil prick will be gone no matter what.
Yes. They knew it, lied, and thought they could get away with the scam until their attempted assassination failed.
They won’t admit that he was still an idiot but no longer useful.
The early debate was such a gift to the rats. I am all in for Trump but he could have held out he had leverage. On the other hand I am glad that evil prick will be gone no matter what.
If their attempted assassination had worked, Slow Joe would still be their nominee.
The problem wasn’t he was 81.
Unrealistic expectations?
Not to mention their abilities to lie and cheat has its limits.
So,they either reform or they either escalate.
We got their decision when they attempted assassinate Trump.
Whenever the subject of Biden's obvious decline comes up in a conversation, I always reference this debacle as the defining moment of his presidency:
Joe Biden has been a corrupt, stage-managed dupe for years.
I disagree. I think the reason for the early debate was to get rid of Joe. Then they could win with whoever they wanted.
They put Joe out there without the drugs they usually pump into him. He fumbled and bumbled right into the old folks home. Which is where he belongs.
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