Gerontocracy
Jun. 30th, 2024 11:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ndrosenFor some time, I have been wishing for Dishonest Donald to suffer another stroke, or have something else go wrong with him, in a way that would make it impossible for any but the most delusional MAGAts to keep thinking that he is qualified to be President. Instead, Joseph Biden’s performance at the debate created major doubts about his mental fitness for the job. Let it be said that Trump, judging from the word salad which he often speaks when he extemporizes, is also suffering from senility, leaving aside his other faults.
Mr. Biden spoke of being a transitional president, and serving a single term; in the event, he decided to seek re-election, perhaps in the sincere belief that his policies were benefiting the country, and that he had the best chance of preventing a second Trump administration. With the benefit of hindsight, he would have done well to remember Charles de Gaulle’s aphorism, that the graveyards of the world are full of indispensable men.
I am not an admirer of Vice President Harris, and, apart from my own views, she appears to be unpopular with the voting public, and short on charm. Someone, or some delegation of notable Democrats, needs to go to President Biden, and urge him to step aside for the country’s sake; the Democratic National Convention should do what conventions used to do, and actually choose a nominee. There should be discussion on the merits of drafting Senator A or Governor B, and someone, perhaps on the fifteenth ballot, should be nominated.
President Biden may not be open to persuasion, or there may be other obstacles. Dum spiro spero. There are still four months for Donald Trump to suffer a complete meltdown.
Mr. Biden spoke of being a transitional president, and serving a single term; in the event, he decided to seek re-election, perhaps in the sincere belief that his policies were benefiting the country, and that he had the best chance of preventing a second Trump administration. With the benefit of hindsight, he would have done well to remember Charles de Gaulle’s aphorism, that the graveyards of the world are full of indispensable men.
I am not an admirer of Vice President Harris, and, apart from my own views, she appears to be unpopular with the voting public, and short on charm. Someone, or some delegation of notable Democrats, needs to go to President Biden, and urge him to step aside for the country’s sake; the Democratic National Convention should do what conventions used to do, and actually choose a nominee. There should be discussion on the merits of drafting Senator A or Governor B, and someone, perhaps on the fifteenth ballot, should be nominated.
President Biden may not be open to persuasion, or there may be other obstacles. Dum spiro spero. There are still four months for Donald Trump to suffer a complete meltdown.
