Official LRC President Joseph R Biden Thread

I wish the Dems would learn this lesson. But they won’t. People want to be told they are American and why that’s a good thing. It’s not so hard. But Dems just can’t say it.

James Carville reiterates why focusing on identity politics is a losing strategy:
"People have an identity. When you talk about your identity first, and the country second, then people who don't share your identity, are not going to be persuaded by you.
I'm White, I'm pale. But that's not my chief identity. My chief identity is the fact that I'm an American.
We should talk to people in a clear language, that they understand, and appeal to something better than one's identity."

Needs clarification.

This is getting ugly:

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/07/05/president_biden_theyre_trying_to_push_me_out_of_the_race_im_staying.html

Home run so far!

I’ll start accepting apologies.

He is incomprehensible. So far out in left field and every day he gets worse. Why won't he agree to the cognitive tests? And what does he mean that he has one every day. This is embarrassing. But George S has been doing a good job.

Get in line for your apologies folks. Stephanoplis was tough, but Joe was tougher. Great, great job.

4 More Years!

I thought George would be feeding him softball questions but he did just the opposite. I don't think George wants him to stay in the race.

And Biden knocked every one of those tough questions out of the park.

Biden did great. The debate was an obvious outlier.

Apology accepted.

Who is next?

Not buying it. OReilly wouldn’t miss the big one. Sense the 25th Amendment going to be in play soon…But MA6A is waiting to slaughter him anyway. End result the same.

You didn’t even watch the interview. Your opinion doesn’t matter.

The only difference between Alan Lichtman and the squid that picks NCAA tournament games is that the squid isn't a pompous douchebag about getting lucky sometimes.

There’s no need to watch Biden any longer, that’s all that matters. We all saw the reality at the unedited debate. if they wake him up at 2 in the afternoon for a lib interview, why would it matter? that’s not the concern The People have. Presidents need to be clear headed and instantly alert always. it’s dangerous with Biden for all humanity

That DQs Trump. Lol

“By the way, I’m proud to be, as I said, the first vice president, first black woman… to serve with a black president,”- Sleepy Joe during a LIVE radio interview today.

Wrong again Bounced Czech, he's senile.

I think that's probably right that he's not going to quit. I'm not sure that's the right decision though. The facts are that he has been the best President in my lifetime, and if he stays in the race and beats Trump again, he will be the most consequential President in my lifetime and arguably ever.

The other fact is that what was going to be a very clear and easy win for Biden before the debate has turned into an unknown after the debate. All of the positives that were there before are still on his side, and all the negatives that were on Trump's side are still there. The only difference is that now Biden has a new negative that wasn't there before. It doesn't help him either when he says he won't schedule things for after 8 p.m.

I have read the past several pages about Biden, the interview, etc, and here are the realities:

1) George Stephanopolos was tough on Biden because he is a good journalist, and that was typical and indicative of what mainstream media does on a regular basis. The difference between that and Fox News is clear.

2) Biden was adequate in the interview with Stephanopolos. He did NOT "knock it out of the park." The adequacy did not erase the badness of the debate. Biden spent a lot of time talking about what he has accomplished in his term so far, and that's fair (and he HAS accomplished a LOT...a lot more than I ever thought he would), but that isn't really relevant to the issue at hand...is he capable to continue to do that job in the FUTURE. I know he said yes to that, but he wasn't super strong in that assertion and brought up his past accomplishments too much when Stephanopolos pressed him on whether he was capable going forward.

3) Trumpers shouldn't get too excited about post-debate polling, and Democrats shouldn't get too down on it. Polling is always a snapshot in time, so today in July it means nothing. It is also crystal clear that Democrats have been underrepresented in polling over at least the last two years if not longer and that polling is less accurate today than ever before.

4) I DO think Biden should drop out. He's too old, and it's showing. Is he ready for the nursing home? Of course not...but the bar for The President of the United States SHOULD BE higher.

5) Whether it's Harris or Biden, it is time for the campaign to actually get going. Trump is a serial liar. Trump is a convicted felon 34 times over. Trump is responsible for getting Roe v. Wade overturned (which is against what 70% of voters want). Trump lost more jobs than he created during his Presidency...the first since Hoover to do that. Under Biden, we have record low unemployment, record high wages, record high stock market, and we have seen very high inflation drop to historic norms.

6) I will as equally support any Democrat party nominee for President against Donald Trump, because the thing that is PARAMOUNT in this election is getting rid of Trump once and for all. We are not in a situation to be able to take it any further than that. Would it be better as far as winning to have Harris in there instead of Biden? Not sure. This is unchartered waters. She has a lot of her own negativity that Biden doesn't have even if she is NOT in decline due to age.

7) I still BELIEVE that a Democrat will win over Trump, even if it is Biden. It is NOT a for sure thing now though as it was before the debate. Do I THINK Biden will beat Trump if it's between the two of them? Yes. CAN Trump win this election now though whether it is Biden or Harris? Yes. So, until things change one way or another, no solid prediction for me right now.

Oh, and if I were in Trump's camp, I would NOT debate Biden a second time. There is no upside to it at all for Trump. Trump can claim he is being kind by not putting Biden through that again, and it doesn't give Biden the opportunity to just do better. I don't think anyone should expect Biden to do better, but seeing how bad the first one was, it is POSSIBLE that he could do better, and Trump should not give Biden that chance.

Biden showed in the interview (and subsequent campaign stops) that the debate was an outlier. It’s one night in 3.5 years. If you think that makes him suddenly “too old”, you’re an idiot.

Many called out Biden for repeatedly dodging questions from ABC's George Stephanopoulos about whether he would agree to take a neurological test and release its findings to the public.

Some, including Silver and Versus Media podcast host Stephen L. Miller, declared his refusal "disqualifying."

"So in summary: Biden refused to say he’d take a cognitive test, refused to say he would consider stepping down if key allies asked him to, said the polls are fake news, and that he wouldn’t fret if he lost as long as he tried his best. This is all Trumpian bulls---. Just madness," The Atlantic contributing writer Tyler Austin Harper slammed the president.