Politics

10222 readers

32 users here now

In-depth political discussion from around the world; if it's a political happening, you can post it here.

Guidelines for submissions:

Where possible, post the original source of information.
- If there is a paywall, you can use alternative sources or provide an archive.today, 12ft.io, etc. link in the body.
Do not editorialize titles. Preserve the original title when possible; edits for clarity are fine.
Do not post ragebait or shock stories. These will be removed.
Do not post tabloid or blogspam stories. These will be removed.
Social media should be a source of last resort.

These guidelines will be enforced on a know-it-when-I-see-it basis.

Subcommunities on Beehaw:

Socialism

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

How Biden’s Inner Circle Protected a Faltering President (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 1 week ago by spit_evil_olive_tips to c/politics

3 comments fedilink hide all child comments

archive link

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] spit_evil_olive_tips 17 points 1 week ago

from an Ezra Klein op-ed published in Feb 2024, arguing that it's not too late for Biden to step aside, this paragraph has been wedged in my brain ever since:

I have this nightmare that Trump wins in 2024. And then in 2025 and 2026, out come the campaign tell-all books, and they’re full of emails and WhatsApp messages between Biden staffers and Democratic leaders, where they’re all saying to each other, this is a disaster, he’s not going to win this, I can’t bear to watch this speech, we’re going to lose. But they didn’t say any of it publicly, they didn’t do anything, because it was too dangerous for their careers, or too uncomfortable given their loyalty to Biden.

those floodgates are about to open, of people in the White House spilling the beans about just how mentally diminished Biden has been.

I'm old enough to remember when Democrats talked about Reagan having Alzheimer's during his 2nd term, and criticized Republicans for forming a reality distortion field and insisting that no, everything was fine actually, Reagan was in perfect health.

They hand-delivered memos to Mr. Biden describing social media posts the campaign staff had persuaded allies to write that pushed back on negative articles and polls.

consent factory go brrrrr