When a member of Joe Biden’s inner circle claims that he “functions capably” between the daytime hours of 10 and 4, it becomes hard to claim that the President is being ringingly endorsed by those who see him most often and closely.
There has been a mountain of commentary from medical authorities and political veterans in the last two wee…
When a member of Joe Biden’s inner circle claims that he “functions capably” between the daytime hours of 10 and 4, it becomes hard to claim that the President is being ringingly endorsed by those who see him most often and closely.
There has been a mountain of commentary from medical authorities and political veterans in the last two weeks. At best Biden is damned with faint praise. More often there is a shuddering fear of his chances to be in a second term that engaged, brilliant and compassionate President we have been so proud of in the first term.
Whether people like it or not, the torrent of criticism that has exploded in the last two weeks did not come from the ether. President Biden imploded on the debate stage against an opponent whose performance was a master class in mendacity. There was no discussion afterwards of who won the debate. The alarm bells were sounding too loudly.
One way or another Biden is finished. He will pull out at the last possible moment when he throws a fresh log on a burning pyre with another unscripted moment of verbal wandering the fog. Or he will be decimated by Trump in November and America’s long era of flawed but energetic democracy will come to an end.
Biden may feel it’s hugely unfair. He is undoubtedly sensing that leaving the Presidency will be akin to falling off the edge of the world. He no doubt feels that he is the best suited to do the job and all the rest is noise.
All of this leaves me infuriated. Millions of people live through the humiliation of forced retirement when they still feel capable but others see otherwise. This is a hard part of life and I have empathy for Biden. It happened to me.
But the fate of the free world did not rest on my enforced retirement. Biden’s is virtually that significant. He is not going to win the Presidency a second time and the Republicans are going to freely dismantle the country thereafter.
I turn away from this car wreck now. The tsunami of accusations and counter accusations no longer interests me. This White House, which did such great work for four years, has gone rogue in its attempts to circle the wagons around a frail octogenarian. I have no interest in further spectacle, and like the condemned prisoner, merely await execution.
When a member of Joe Biden’s inner circle claims that he “functions capably” between the daytime hours of 10 and 4, it becomes hard to claim that the President is being ringingly endorsed by those who see him most often and closely.
There has been a mountain of commentary from medical authorities and political veterans in the last two weeks. At best Biden is damned with faint praise. More often there is a shuddering fear of his chances to be in a second term that engaged, brilliant and compassionate President we have been so proud of in the first term.
Whether people like it or not, the torrent of criticism that has exploded in the last two weeks did not come from the ether. President Biden imploded on the debate stage against an opponent whose performance was a master class in mendacity. There was no discussion afterwards of who won the debate. The alarm bells were sounding too loudly.
One way or another Biden is finished. He will pull out at the last possible moment when he throws a fresh log on a burning pyre with another unscripted moment of verbal wandering the fog. Or he will be decimated by Trump in November and America’s long era of flawed but energetic democracy will come to an end.
Biden may feel it’s hugely unfair. He is undoubtedly sensing that leaving the Presidency will be akin to falling off the edge of the world. He no doubt feels that he is the best suited to do the job and all the rest is noise.
All of this leaves me infuriated. Millions of people live through the humiliation of forced retirement when they still feel capable but others see otherwise. This is a hard part of life and I have empathy for Biden. It happened to me.
But the fate of the free world did not rest on my enforced retirement. Biden’s is virtually that significant. He is not going to win the Presidency a second time and the Republicans are going to freely dismantle the country thereafter.
I turn away from this car wreck now. The tsunami of accusations and counter accusations no longer interests me. This White House, which did such great work for four years, has gone rogue in its attempts to circle the wagons around a frail octogenarian. I have no interest in further spectacle, and like the condemned prisoner, merely await execution.
Beautifully written. I completely agree.