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This week’s presidential debate made me both horrified and dismayed. Here was the world’s most powerful nation trying to decide which elderly candidate to select as its presidential candidate. Maybe the best expression is ‘cringe-worthy.’

Joe Biden was left looking feeble and halting before the bombastic Trump. At least Trump made some sense in what he said whether true or false. The former president’s mouth is his biggest enemy as well as his strongest point. Biden was shockingly inarticulate.

Few should doubt that President Biden is much too old for a second term. He soldiers on but clearly has lost the fire in his belly that keeps politicians running. The second biggest motivator is money. Right now, a Niagara of money is flowing to both candidates. America’s much vaunted democracy is for sale or at least rent.

Look at the US Congress. Money from pro-Israel groups floods Congress which gives billions to Israel and ally Egypt. As the wise Pat Buchanan said, ‘Capitol Hill has become Israeli-occupied territory.’ Since October 7th of last year, the Biden administration has poured more then $6.5 billion into Israel to fund its war against Palestine.

The Biden White House is under the thumb of a cabal of pro-Israel neocons allied to the extreme right wingers now in power in Israel. PM Netanyahu’s rickety coalition depends on the votes of Israel’s far, far right – so much to the right that the late, great Israeli columnist Uri Avnery called them ‘Jewish fascists.’ Ukraine is also veering in that direction.

Ukraine and Israel are both dominated by pro-Israel groups. Hence the recent gift by Washington of $95 billion to Ukraine and Israel. No wonder many Israelis refer to Ukraine as ‘the second Israel.’

Biden’s feebleness must be addressed. The Democrats badly need a new leader. My sense is that California’s abled, telegenic governor Gavin Newsom is the most attractive candidate. He currently denies any plans to run. But pressure must be mounting on him to jump into the race.

Biden is not finished yet, but the next weeks may prove his undoing. He still has lots of campaign funds to buy TV ads. Trump has the promise of $100 million from the widow of Sheldon Adelson, the world’s fifth richest woman and an ardent supporter of Israel.

So far, that looks like that ante will buy Congress and the presidency for now. What a dark time in US history. America seems to be going the way of the old Soviet Union, with a decrepit leadership sitting atop a sea of corruption. One wonders whom the desperate Dems will select to replace Biden. Perhaps Tony Blinken, Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton (gasp) or a surprise candidate like businessmen Jeff Bezos.

Those who do not love the United States must be very happy now. Things could only get worse.

 
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  1. it no longer matters whether the dems replace senile Joe as nominee or simple let him blunder thru the fake election:

    the decision to replace him with ultimate Israel-stooge Trump has already been made.

  2. Gallatin says:

    Eric Margolis mentions Gavin Newsome “jumping in the race.”

    The race is over. There are no more primaries or delegates to be won.

    Biden could be challenged at the convention where delegates could throw their support behind another candidate, or Biden could vacate the office to Kamala Harris, or the Justice Department could choose to investigate Biden for one of the many obvious instances of bribery and corruption with Ukraine or China, but Biden could pardon himself. The 25th Amendment could be invoked, or Biden could, ahem….expire in his sleep like Antonin Scalia did out in Arizona on vacation with Secret Service help.
    The DNC rules committee is filled with Biden loyalists.

    The Deep State could release another virus, perform some false flags, attempt a George Floyd Color Revolution part 2 with any aspiring rapper who challenges/charges the police in podunk America and unleash Anifa and BLM masked undercover feds leading stupid college kids and ghetto kids who just want to loot.

    A lot could happen Eric.

    It makes me mad thinking about this nation drafting kids to go die in Asia Eric. 58 thousand died Vietnam. We lose over 100 thousand a year to Fentanyl now, and have for over 5 years. The kids now grow up in a country that has intentionally outnumbered them, subjected them to critical race theory, used feminism to make the sexes not trust each other and lead about a third of the girls to never become mothers, tried to force them to take experimental mRNA injections, locked them down, shipped away most production jobs to China, outsourced tech jobs, and insourced cheap immigrant replacement labor to keep their wages low so Baby Boomer’s precious stock portfolios stay overinflated.

    Unlike in Vietnam or Korea, wars with Russia, China, and Iran will probably see massive casualties on both sides.

    The Mossad might think it’s time to run a color revolution on America and attempt to install a perp of their choice like Blinken on us. The DOJ and FBI wouldn’t dare arrest them. A lot could happen, and we hated normal Americans can barely do anything about it but horrifiedly watch.

    Jill Biden is probably who us really pushing Joe to stay on. Maybe she should announce that she is going to openly govern in his stead in his second term. She leads him around like a child now.

    • Thanks: SafeNow
  3. I’m hoping Trump is playing, or really out-playing, the Jews/Israel. Moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem gave them something they wanted but it didn’t really amount to much. The same with some of his other concessions. Since a President Trump in a second term can’t run again he would be in the driver’s seat, IF he takes the U.S./Israel steering wheel and forces AIPAC to register as foreign agents, publicly calls on Congress to get rid of their Israeli “babysitters,” etc., etc., etc. (Note: If anybody isn’t familiar with the babysitter situation, look it up, it’s appalling.)

    • Thanks: anarchyst
    • Replies: @Legba
  4. meamjojo says:

    Politico writes about the mechanics of possibly replacing Biden:

    Here’s how Democrats could replace Biden
    The party would need to open a rulebook not used in decades — and for Biden to drop out in the first place.
    By Steven Shepard
    06/28/2024 12:18 AM EDT

    Panicked Democrats might be ready to shove President Joe Biden to the side. But they need him to take the first step.

    Within minutes of Biden’s poor debate performance concluding on CNN, the network’s commentators were openly discussing the possibility of replacing Biden on the ticket.

    For apoplectic Democrats, the good news is that there is a way to do it before November.

    While the party technically does have a system for nominating a fresh candidate at the convention in the event of a candidate declining a nomination, the entire process is a creaky one that hasn’t been considered in decades.

    https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/28/can-democrats-replace-biden-00165684

  5. meamjojo says:

    I think too many are not understanding Team Biden’s real plan is and has been for the last 4 years.

    Even 4 years ago, Biden surely knew that he was beginning to suffer from early stage dementia. But he strongly believed that he was the only person, of the gaggle that was running for the Dem presidential nomination then, that could beat Trump. Dem political movers and shakers agreed, which is why Biden got the nomination. His win proved them correct.

    However, Biden only intended to be a one-term president from the get-go. This is why Harris was chosen as his VP.

    Biden was thinking of his long-term legacy. The plan all along was to build a strong accomplishment record in the first term, run for and win a 2nd term and then abdicate the office to VP Harris in early 2025, thus becoming the instrument that finally elevated the first woman (bonus a black person) to the Presidency of the United States.

    This is still the plan, which is why I think it doubtful that Biden will bow out now.

    • Replies: @Gallatin
  6. Legba says:
    @philliplogan

    The last guy to try that got his head blown off by a lone gunman

    • Thanks: anonymouseperson
  7. Gallatin says:
    @meamjojo

    You know………those 51 former national security “professionals” who signed that bogus letter stating the Hunter Biden laptop was a “classic” Russian disinformation operation might really be regretting life if Joe Biden pulled that off and named Kamala Harris president in his second term. Harris could nominate truly white-hating people like Bishop Garrison to head the CIA and some suddenly “retired” black generals to head the FBI and NSA. Part of me thinks it would be beautiful to see the white liberal men that head up these agencies suddenly all be asked to step down and be replaced all at once by minorities in a sudden putch of them: the John Brennans, the James Clappers, the James Comeys, the Michael Morrells, the Peter Strzoks, and the Christopher Wrays, plus ALL their prote’ge’s and underlings asked to resign in one fell swoop. It would be kind of beautiful, especially if their new leaders decided to get with the DOJ and prosecute them for that “51 letter” thus ruining any chances they or their prote’ge’s could ever come back, effectively overthrowing much of the Deep State, and purloining via subpoena much of their blackmail info on everybody due to massive early pre-dawn FBI raids and ending their access to all new intelligence (so they’d be useless on cable television show gigs), effectively making them outsiders in the span of s couple of months.

    Obama overthrew the white military brass, and Kamala could overthrow the intel-Deep State Brass.

    I would then enjoy asking the left wing triple Bank shot geniuses this: “Is blood thicker than water?”

  8. @Gallatin

    As I have posted elsewhere, Biden is scheduled for a “medical event” whether he knows it or not. Likely a stroke and likely not fatal. They have to figure out who will replace him before Joe has his “medical event”.

  9. It is obvious that Biden is too old just to finish out his term this year. Yet millions want him to stay four more years? It it obvious to clear thinking people that Biden must go, just to beat Trump not to mention rule the USA. But our nation is so corrupt those in charge love having a harmless old man at the top so they can do whatever.

    • Agree: Gallatin
    • Replies: @Bill Jones
  10. turtle says:
    @Gallatin

    What happens if the Husk of “Joe Biden” get nominated for President, then dies before the election?
    Anyone know?
    Can a dead man be elected President of the US?
    Who, if anyone, “inherits” the nomination?
    VP nominee? How?
    AFAIK, US Constitution is silent on this point.
    Do the Dimocrats have to have an emergency re-convention to nominate a fresh candidate?
    Does the Rethuglican candidate win by default?
    Is an election with only one live candidate legitimate in the US?
    Inquiring minds want to know…

    • Replies: @Lemmy Tellyuh
  11. Money from pro-Israel groups floods Congress..Since October 7th of last year, the Biden administration has poured more then $6.5 billion into Israel to fund its war.

    Tell Jews that documents have recently been found proving that the USA gave WWII Germany billion$ to buy Zyklon-B canisters. See how the Tribe reacts to that “neutral help.”

    The Biden White House is under the thumb of a cabal of pro-Israel neocons…Ukraine and Israel are both dominated by pro-Israel groups…Trump has the promise of $100 million from the widow of Sheldon Adelson…America seems to be going the way of the old Soviet Union

    Adolf opposed the jewishized USSR and The Nose. Was he both right and prescient?

    Where are all the Good Jews now during the holocausting of Arabs? The Tribe is constantly telling goyim how to live and act, yet never reforms itself…always whining after-the-fact when expelled from sane communities.

    Those who do not love the United States must be very happy now.

    And why not? Zionists, like feminazis, count on real, kickass, alpha, patriotic, gun-owing, Bible-thumping Christian men to do bupkis…other than endlessly jaw-jaw like a clutch of hysterical hens in an over-croweded coop.

  12. @turtle

    What happens if the Husk of “Joe Biden” get nominated for President, then dies before the election?

    Before the election he’d still be prez. So VP Harris would succeed him, leading the USA.

    • Thanks: Gallatin
  13. Campaign finance reform is needed desperately in America.

  14. Here was the world’s most powerful nation

    Lost me right there,

    You’re living in the past.

  15. @Carlton Meyer

    . But our nation is so corrupt those in charge love having a harmless old man at the top so they can do whatever.

    Harmless?

    You’re usually better than that Carlton.

    • Replies: @follyofwar
  16. anonymous[304] • Disclaimer says:

    They could run with something like isn’t it a woman’s turn so vote for Mike and the Dyke.

  17. @Bill Jones

    Agreed! Not only that, but Carlton implies that the president “rules the USA.” I know this slowly dying country has strayed far from its roots as a Republic, but I didn’t know it had fallen into a dictatorship.

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