By DUARDO PAZ-MARTINEZ
McALLEN, Texas |...There is something to be said for seeing it, for seeing President Joe Biden struggle these last few weeks. It's his age (81), they say. He flubs lines every time he speaks. Enough, anyway, to make some believe he should quit the ongoing race of president.
And perhaps he should.
But how many times have we been here before?
American political history is ripe with times when our sitting president caught hell from the opposition, some internally from their own party. Democrat Harry Truman was written off on the front page of the Chicago Tribune in '48.
Republican Richard M. Nixon was said to have lost it after losing the very first televised debate against a younger John F. Kennedy in '60. Ronald Reagan was also known to blow a few lines on the campaign trail and once was forced to defend a comment by wife Nancy, who'd stood before a campaign crowd and said it was "so good to be with white people again."
This is the Big Time in national politics and mistakes are magnified.
What Joe Biden is going through now is tough to watch. He is clearly showing his age. The only question is: Will Americans stand with him on Election Day in November? We are, after all, a society which praises youth and energy, quick to discard our elderly.
After watching him at last night's Press Conference, we are led to believe that Biden will not voluntarily give up the campaign, as some in his own party are asking him to do. How do you quit a race against perhaps the most flawed opponent in the history of this Great Land - against a guy found guilty of rape and found guilty in the recent Porn Star trial?
It's a wonder we're even talking about this.
Anyone by corrupt Donald J. Trump for America, we insist on saying.
Yes, Biden stumbled again, referring to Ukraine President Zelensky as "President Putin" and to his second-in-command as ". . . Vice President Trump." The media is all over those two comments, glossing over a well-verbalized recap of all Biden has done while in office. That list is as impressive as any president could ever claim.
Actually, all things considered, this particular choice for voters is the easiest one in the nation's history - folks, you simply do not elect a convicted felon to the highest office in the land.
You just cannot.
Not if you wish to be the leader of the Free World, a concept still very much in play and one foreign countries grew to respect and appreciate. There is only one United States on the ragged planet.
Joe Biden represents that America, Donald J. Trump does not.
Keep the criticism coming, for we are still a free country. But we know where it's coming from...and it's not from our best side of the family...
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ReplyDeletePresident Biden was 100% correct- they will never be satisfied no matter what he does. Tests, no tests, doesn't matter. They will not accept the outcome, which as he said, he proves every day!
ReplyDeleteThe government will never let Trump in the White House. The government.
Delete@8:27 AM - I see what you're saying there.
DeletePresident Biden is NOT a bad candidate. He has been a great President and will go down as one of the best. Trump, on the other hand, is already on list after list after list as the worst, the bottom of the barrel.
ReplyDeleteEcho that.
DeleteWe need to elect a Democratic POTUS and Congress to stop Project 2025.
ReplyDeletePERIOD.
I have faith in the Constitution, and Harris and the Biden cabinet to follow it if Joe can't perform. I have no faith in corrupt Trump to do so.
Trump lost that debate by lying 30 times. Why don't you talk about that?
ReplyDeleteThey soon will. The media ride a pendulum.
DeleteIt is clear, we are holding with Biden because we fear Trump. We have to trust the Cabinet and VP will keep things in order. But we must ask ourselves, how did this happen? Trump is simply not an option. So, we are to trust the Cabinet and VP who have kept us in the dark for months. This is a sad state of affairs. If the Republican nominee were almost anyone but Trump, Joe Biden right now would be a distant vision in the rear-view mirror.
ReplyDeleteThe Civil War is underway. And you'd better believe it.
DeleteDemocrats also own guns.
DeleteBut. But January 6th, but, racism, and January 6th
ReplyDeleteKeep reminding them!
DeleteIt is morning and I see that felon Trump is still felon Trump.
ReplyDeleteFor the current SCOTUS, ethics are of no importance. Recall the confirmation hearings where we were told that several SCOTUS nominees respected "settled law." They don't. Instead, these "justices" legislate from the bench. If Trump gets more future appointees, the Constitution as the founders intended it will be shredded.
ReplyDeleteSolid B- for the president. Biden made the undeniable case that a vote for him is a vote for America to remain the strongest, most indispensable nation on earth. A vote for NATO to remain the vital defense against Russian hegemony. For continuing a strong economic recovery. For pushing back against Chinese and North Korean support of Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, which you wholeheartedly support.
ReplyDeleteWhereas a vote for Trump is a vote for Putin, for Xi, for Kim, those authoritarians he loves so much.
You said it.
DeleteThe media are truly clueless, and the cowardly Dems who have turned against Biden will regret it. Biden is going to win this election on November 5th. I’m convinced of it.
ReplyDeleteAmericans Are Proud of Our First Lady, Jill Biden. Sorry, Melania - Stormy Daniels was Donald's real First Lady.
ReplyDeleteHa ha ha ha ha. LMAO!!!
DeleteNYTimes, CNN, Washington Post have declared themselves the enemy of democracy with their endless gratuitous attacks on President Biden, while ignoring the drooling psychopath who intends to dismantle democracy and end the Free World.
ReplyDeleteOh, they just think they are being objective. NYTimes already slamming Donald Trump as being unfit for office, so...
DeleteGreat job President Biden, we love you. We are praying for you. Get Ready. You're at work all day, every day while the lying Orange Menace sits in a golf cart.
ReplyDeleteI thought President Biden's televised conference was Spectacular!! He was WONDERFUL!!
ReplyDeleteVOTE BLUE
He knows governance and he knows foreign policy. Trump knows tennis shoes and fake Bibles.
DeleteOf course, I am voting for Joe Biden...Trump and the corrupt Republican (Fascist) Party can go to hell.
ReplyDeleteTrump's VP is going to be Little Marco Rubio. He doesn't need help w/ any of the states (FL, ND, OH) but Rubio has a couple things going for him. He's run a national campaign in the primaries, and he might help with Hispanic outreach. JD Vance isn't going to convince anyone to vote for Trump who is already not signed up to and Burgum brings nothing to the campaign, in addition to being older than the other two (he will be 68 in August).
ReplyDeleteMaybe Cubans like Rubio. Other Hispanics across the country hate his ass-kissing style.
DeleteI wish Trump would pick or state loser Ted Cruz. That pendejo knows how to lap up to Papa.
DeleteCan't believe the media is not exposing this more than it is. This is the GOP and Felon Trump telling us all what they want to do. Straight out telling us and people still don't want to believe it! This is what he and his party will do people. It will be the absolute end of democracy as we know it. All government jobs will be appointed by the president. These jobs will not be based on qualifications but on loyalty. There will be no more free lunches for under privileged children at schools, there will be no department of education. No social security or Medicare. These are just a few things. This really is the death knell of America as we know it.
ReplyDeleteThe cult likes to say Trump doesn't support Project 2025. They fail to mention that Donald has asked for a list of acceptable judges from The Heritage Foundation. Does anyone think they will list any judge that doesn't totally agree with 2025? Any intelligent person must realize that Project 2025 is Donald's playbook.
ReplyDeleteNo Way In Hell Will Any Real Americans Not Stand Up And Fight This Crap .
DeleteI am 76. Stop with the ageism. I hate Trump with all my heart.
ReplyDeleteEveryone must contact, phone or email, their congress person and senators and let them of their support for Pres Biden. It would also help to contact Pres Biden and let him know we have his back. As a side mote, right now it's women like AOC and Jasmine Crockett that are doing the job. We need more like them stepping up. Imagine if we got progressives, independents to join us.
ReplyDeleteDemocrats: End The Noise, Get to Work, And Win!!!
ReplyDeleteVote Blue up and down the ballot.
DeleteThe only poll that matters will be held on 11/5/2024.
ReplyDeleteI am outraged by the feckless idiots that spend all their time screaming about the deficiencies of the Democratic candidate while the Republican candidate not only has pledged to destroy democracy but must destroy rule of law or die in prison.
ReplyDeleteLA TImes and New York Times slam felon Trump as unfit. Finally!
ReplyDeleteThe Republican National Convention begins Monday in Milwaukee. Get ready for a LyingFest, America.
ReplyDeletePBS/Marist Poll results today suggest Biden is slightly ahead of Trump, not behind! Even after a full-bore media attack on President Biden!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat do Georgia blacks know that the elitists do not know. "Riden with Biden"
ReplyDeleteExplain. Not much info there.
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