Domspeak Forums Discussions Off Topic & Politics The Biden Blow up

Was this planned or a surprise? One has to wonder.

Really curious to see if he is the candidate come November......although a lot of pundits are suggesting it's too late to change.

They can change out candidates at the convention, should Biden step down. Speculation has been Newsome but Michelle Obama is also another name floating around. There is just no way they can run Biden. The scandals and now this? It will leave the Democrats running on nothing but Trump hate. My thoughts on it anyway.

I'm not even thinking about scandals but rather his overall mental acuity. if it is at all questionable today what might it be like in 3 or four years?

Same holds true for Trump for that matter. The US constitution says nobody can be elected president who is under 35. Maybe it should also say nobody over 75.

FWIW Canadian senators face mandatory retirement at 75.

Whoops! Didn't realize you could post without being logged in. I posted this quoted post.

I rarely went into the politics forum on Max but wanted to post something on the new site here so here it is.


The choice between Biden and Trump is depressing. Biden has been a pathological lying corrupt politician his whole career. Now he’s senile on top of it. Trump is a petty narcissist and I worry that he will spend his 4 years in office just trying to get revenge on all who he thinks has wronged him. It’s unbelievable that the United States of America has these 2 to choose from. Crazy

I agree. Looking at it from a non US resident's perspective I have to wonder how a nation got to the point of having to choose which wildly inappropriate and unqualified candidate for president was less detestable.

As to the vicious polarization in US politics, It brings to mind the line from Lincoln's famous1858 speech......"A house divided against itself can not stand" (Interesting factoid.....the phrase is from the King James bible and was used 8 years earlier by Sam Houston.)

Scary times indeed for the US.

I hear what you are saying. But, people age differently. My Dad's cognitive state began declining in his early 70's. My mother was sharp as a tack well into her 80's. These days, someone younger than 35 is not what it was then. We tend to spoil our youth, myself included.

Completely agree about Biden and that Trump is petty and narcissistic. Would he seek revenge or just balance the two justice system that is, sadly, coming to be as well political persecution? I don't have an answer to that. I didn't like everything he did and was unhappy about somethings he didn't do. But, overall, I believe our country was much better off with him in office than we are now. As someone who voted for him twice, I was on the fence about who to support in the nomination process. But, seeing him gone after with such flimsy charges, changed my mind. It isn't so much about Trump with me. It is about a clear message that weaponizing our government agencies and justice system won't be tolerated. I like Kennedy Jr. too. Again, not everything. But, enough that if he were a viable candidate, I'd feel okay about voting for him.

I agree. Trump will at least stop the illegal invasion at the border. I never cared a lot for Joe manchin until he stopped the Democrats from packing the Supreme Court. Saved the country imo so I’d vote for him.

We need you or Michelle Lacy to be president. Someone with smarts, common sense, balls and people skills who would have the best interests of the people and country at heart instead of their own.

There are things I have liked about Manchin and thigns that have disappointed me. Overall, I wouldn't vote for him but he would probably be better than what we have now. Michelle Lacy...100%.

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I agree. Looking at it from a non US resident's perspective I have to wonder how a nation got to the point of having to choose which wildly inappropriate and unqualified candidate for president was less detestable.

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Trump won the most coveted election, as an outsider. BIG, BIG, BIG donors lost BIG, BIG, BIG money when Hilary Clinton lost.

But for the 63 million or so HRC voters, they just got their feelings hurt, that they voted for the person who did NOT win the election. the next day in the office, people cried and cried and moaned over something that really didn't change their lives at all... except the fact that they didn't pick the winner in the election, and that shame was going to go on their "permanent record."

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/O4epDwpZEto


HRC was going to do the work and bidding of the donor class, you know: War, Foreign Interests, tax breaks for the wealthy.

HRC was never going "to tax the rich more...." she might have said it 100 times, but, instead, she was going to do the bidding of those who wanted tax breaks for the weathy.
HRC was never going to fix equal pay for women, or codify abortion for women.....with the number of women voting in this country....why in the world would anyone fix a problem that guarantees the women's vote, year after year, by NOT fixing the problem?

I guarantee you, "equal pay for women" will never be fixed....it is already law from the 1963-64 civil rights bill.... the fact that women claim that they are now, in 2024, not paid equally to men, is irrelevant....if you are a woman, and think you are not paid like your male co-workers, go take it up with your employer....stop thinking that someone like HRC really cares that you are not paid equally.....

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