HE HAS AS MUCH SENATE EXPERIENCE AS BARRY SOTORO HAD*: Is JD Vance Qualified to Be President on Day One, If Necessary?
*More. Vance won a pretty tough race to get to the Senate. And indications are that he wrote his own book.
Archive for 2024
July 18, 2024
WE’VE NOTICED: Trump Attempted Assassination Aftermath: No Answers Yet.
WELL, SHE WOULD KNOW FROM EXTREME: Vance A “Rubber Stamp” For Extreme Agenda – Kamala Harris.
DEMS RETAIN ‘MAJORITY’ WITH 46 (PLUS 4 ‘INDEPENDENTS’) TO 49 REPUBLICANS. MANCHIN OR SYNEMA COULD CAUCUS WITH REPUBLICANS AND THROW THE BALANCE – WOULDN’T THAT BE FUN? Bob Menendez tells allies he plans on resigning after federal bribery conviction.
TURNS OUT ELON REALLY IS GIVING AN OBSCENE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO TRUMP. SORT OF: What Is a Super PAC? How Elon Musk Could Funnel Millions to Help Elect Trump.
YEAH, BUT NOT BY MUCH: President Biden trails ‘nearly every’ other Dem, including Kamala Harris, in disastrous poll.
I’m starting to wonder if I’m going to lose my bet to Francis Turner. If “Covid” will kill Biden. Or perhaps give him “long Covid” which is dementia, and they totally didn’t lie to people, but now they have to replace him. So sad.
THESE TWO THINGS ARE NOT LIKE THE OTHER: What Is Cancel Culture. And Isn’t.
SEEMS LIKE IT TO ME: JD Vance is a solid pick with all the right enemies.
GOOD. NEEDED TO BE DONE: RNC Honors the 13 Marines Killed During Afghanistan Withdrawal and Their Families.
GRIM BUT ACCURATE: The ‘Through Line’ from Ashli Babbitt to Donald Trump.
“THAT POOR SON OF A BITCH:” Biden Once Pitied an Older Politician Reluctant to Leave the Stage.
After one address, I believe in 1994, one of the lawmakers I pigeonholed was Sen. Joe Biden, who was then in his early 50s. I’d interviewed him a few times before, but certainly not enough to expect him to lower his guard. We chatted about President Bill Clinton’s speech. And then the topic turned to Biden’s ambition to become chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The then-holder of that office, Claiborne Pell, was in his late 70s and showing signs of the Parkinson’s disease that he’d later disclose.
I asked Biden if given Pell’s diminished capacity, he’d make a move to replace him. “That poor son of a bitch,” Biden replied. Pell was no longer up for the job, he told me, but like so many of his elderly colleagues, Pell couldn’t imagine a life outside Congress.
I was stunned by Biden’s comments. Not by his analysis of Pell, which was spot on. But what surprised me was Biden’s casual willingness to share candid thoughts with a reporter whom he didn’t know well and had no reason to trust. It was the type of indiscretion that has followed Biden to this day. In this case, it didn’t do any harm. I had no intention of writing about Pell. But it’s not every day a senator refers to a colleague with that kind of language, so the moment stayed with me.
For years after, and especially when he ran for president, I’d cite the Pell story when explaining to friends or others that Biden wasn’t a typical politician. His lack of discipline, I’d argue, was a sign he’s as close to a “regular guy” as you’ll ever get in a presidential candidate. To me, his refusal to be a robot with pre-programmed talking points was an appealing attribute.
Now that Biden himself has acknowledged that age is catching up to him, that moment takes on new meaning. Biden is now clinging to power when it’s obvious to all — except perhaps those related to him or dependent upon him for money and prestige — that he needs to step aside.
Add the Politico to the ever-growing list: All the Democrats who have called on Joe Biden to quit.
UPDATE: Add San Fran Nan to the list as well:
July 17, 2024
WHEN SECONDS COUNT, THE POLICE HAVE BEEN IGNORING THINGS FOR 20 MINUTES ALREADY: “Law enforcement officials investigating the assassination attempt on Donald Trump told lawmakers Wednesday that 20 minutes passed between the time U.S. Secret Service snipers first spotted the gunman on a rooftop.”
Related: It Gets Worse: Secret Service Warned of Armed Gunman Ten Minutes Before Trump Walked on Stage. “And they didn’t delay him from going on.”
RIDE THE MSNBC RECURSION! MSNBC’s Joy Reid says Biden COVID diagnosis is ‘exactly the same’ as Trump getting shot — while branding ex-president’s assassination attempt as a ‘photo op.’
UPDATE (FROM GLENN):
That is where all old COVID patients go to drop out
— Ken Harford (@harford_ken) July 17, 2024
BOOM: CNN’s Van Jones Just Wrote the Democratic Party’s 2024 Eulogy. “A bullet couldn’t stop Trump. A virus just stopped Biden.”
WE KNOW, JOE. WE KNOW.
I'm sick
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 17, 2024
UPDATE (From Ed): This has already started take on a life of its own on Twitter. Heckuva job there, Biden’s social media intern!
UPDATE (9:45 pm):
UPDATE (from Steve):
I know. You showered with your daughter.
— Stephen Green (@VodkaPundit) July 18, 2024
OPEN THREAD: It’s your turn.
AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD: Democrat Leaders Make Tough Decision To Place Biden On Hospice Following COVID Diagnosis.
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HAVING DESTROYED AMERICA AND THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, SHE’S NOW SETTING HER SIGHTS ON DESTROYING ENGLAND AS WELL: Why economists are blaming Taylor Swift for sticky UK inflation.