A week ago, it looked as though President Biden might actually get bumped from the Democratic Party’s ticket. His embarrassing debate performance, which really just confirmed what we all knew about his acuity, turned many liberals against him.
Is it because Biden has proven himself to be mentally fit since then? Nope.
Rather, Democrats have simply come to the realization that they have no better option. And so a man so diminished that he shouldn’t be doing the job of president will simply continue to be their candidate to do the job through 2028.
How is this, you ask? Because their priority is holding onto power, not the best interest of their country.
It’s not that Biden has lost a step or two. He has lost multiple flights of stairs. This was already arguably the case before the 2020 election, but it has clearly gotten much worse since then.
Biden, according to his staff, is really only able to do the job of president between the hours or 10:00 am and 4:00 pm eastern time. Unfortunately, the world’s worst bad guys don’t operate on Eastern Daylight Time.
The problem is that if Biden can’t even do the job now, there’s no reason to think about whether he can do it in two years. If he can’t do the job now, and he’d be worse in two years, he should be replaced. It’s only “morally grey” if your priority is the best interest of the Democratic Party over your country.
Krugman is singing the same tune. Seemingly more concerned with electoral politics than the security of the country, Krugman wrote, “So, I said what I thought needed saying about Biden, hating every minute as I did. One thing I won’t do, however, is snipe at him if he chooses to stay in. Anyone who does that is in effect campaigning for Trump — and doing so out of sheer pettiness.”
Never mind that, the day after the debate, Krugman had penned a piece titled, “The best president of my adult lifetime needs to withdraw.” The shock has worn off. His party’s power is all that matters.
Democrats are not remotely interested in what’s good for the country. If America has to flounder for months with a part-time, semi-present president, with all the risks that entails, that is a price they are willing to let us all pay so that they can cling to power.