But I did see an ad here in NC from Richard Hudson (R-pig) on tv tonite , where he was tearing into President Biden … and now I want to support any D who will challenge him in 2026 even though he’s not in my district.
That jackass jumped on the bash Biden bandwagon so fast and needs an equivalent of a political cold mackerel smacked upside his smarmy face, and soon .

Hoping for a spry 75 myself,

✌🏻

Although she is from another district, I will invest in Elise Stefanik's opposition. I think there is a good Democrat planning to run against her. Early on, she voted against the felon, and now, she kisses his ass.

Solid, sensible, admirable writing, wise as always.

I think Biden was a truly great President. And a very good man.

President Biden led this country in a rough time. And he was bringing stability to a country that the last president had damaged. I have a very high opinion of him.

I recognized he represented an important part of the Democratic Party. He added to this community. I figured he might have gotten a job that took him away from DU.

I’m out of things to say, but your posts are always uplifting 🦋

This essay was a bit long, but with all the rain in rural, upstate New York, the grass was so high that it took longer than usual to mow it. (That, or perhaps it will continue to take longer as I grow older!)

the mess left by the previous and current horror.

In the spirit of open mindedness, I did try to read John Bolton's recent book but when he said "Reagan was the best President ever" l had to quit for the sake of my blood pressure.

And thanks for the 125 suggestion. I've been aiming for 120 but will up my goal🙂

There were times when he was in the Senate that I disagreed with him. Sometimes strongly so. Perhaps it was the synergy of his growth as a politician, and my becoming a tad more open-minded as I aged, that I appreciate his entire career more and more.

The 2028 presidential election will not be about President Biden, it will be about the dead chicken hanging around the republican dog's neck, the sex offender/felon, and the candidates will debate his legacy.

America is currently in a fight for its life, not against a foreign foe but from a domestic enemy within. Now is the time for all good men and women to come to the aid of their country. The Fourth Estate has a special responsibility to inform the public on matters that affect the health and safety of ourselves and our Constitutional democracy.

The new book by the unnamed "journalist" serves that purpose not at all. It is a self aggrandizing recrimination against a very successful administration, and distracts our attention from urgent matters at hand. The content of the book interests me not at all.

As you said, H20 Man, even saints were not perfect human beings. This certainly applies to politicians as well. Since October of 2002, in Democratic primaries I vowed never to vote for anyone who supported or signed onto the Iraq War Resolution which gave GW Bush a free hand to invade Iraq. This included Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and John Kerry. It especially grieved me that Kerry, who rose to prominence as a Vietnam veteran against that war, voted for the IWR. I have, of course, voted D in every general election.

In the 2020 Democratic primary I broke my vow, and voted for Joe Biden because I believed he gave us our best chance to defeat the orange monster defiling the Oval Office. At that time I was somewhat concerned about Joe's age, but I knew he'd have a great supporting cast.

Despite the success of his presidency, I sincerely hoped he would not run for a 2nd term at the end of which he would be 86 years old. Then the fateful debate happened. If responsible journalism prevailed, the bigger storyline would not be Joe's stumbles but the litany of bold faced LIES spewed by his opponent -- which would be absolutely disqualifying for any voters not preconditioned by the insipid infotainment and propaganda that passes for "news" these days.

And so, here we are. There are lessons to be learned, and distractions to be rejected. All that matters is winning the fight we are in now, always with an eye towards securing a better future.

Well said! Thank you.

When I was preparing to enter the ring against a dangerous opponent, I needed to be 100% focused on that fight. I avoided the chance of encountering any distraction -- especially if it was from my opponent's camp. For example, Sonny Liston thought that Cassius Clay was a giggle. I used to talk to Rubin about this. Cassius called Sonny the Big Ugly Bear, and since Rubin beat a half-dozen of Clay's sparring partners, Cassius called him the Ugly Little Bear.

Sonny, unlike Rubin, thought that was funny. He really liked Cassius. Thus, he let Cassius visit his training camp as they prepared for their fight. Clay's antics drew a wider media, which is always good for ticket sales. The two had even done an act previously, in a casino, all in good fun unless one believed the media and those in the casino.

But then late one night, Cassius drove his van "Big Red" (named after Malcolm) and caused a neighborhood scene. This was too far. Liston was furious. He raced out onto his lawn, hoping to engage in a street fight. Though Ali became the greatest heavyweight champion, no one could fight Sonny without rules. Years before, he had broken an arm of a cop trying to arrest him, and stuffed the guy upside down in a garbage can.

But Cassius had gotten into Sonny's head. Liston was distracted. Had he simply called the police while he stayed inside, he could have gotten into Clay's head.

That's my long way of saying I agree with you. We are in a real fight, a tough fight. We need to be our best selves.

I feel privileged to hear an inside account from Rubin through you.

Our eyes on the ball. All this ruminating about what Joe Biden did or did not do is distraction.

Rec.

Much appreciated.

If all the republicans have has to do with President Biden, they will pay a steep price in upcoming elections. People will remember that he was making things better -- a little better, all the time as Paul once sang. And under this sociopath, as John chimed in, things coudn't get much worse.

NT

I'm not happy with the way it went. Not all all.

The way I deal with that is by not trying to find anyone to blame, from those closest to President Biden to Democrats at the grass roots. I don't know anyone that was happy with it. But it is part of history, and Joe Biden served this country in an honorable way.

I came to like Joe Biden much later than you. I didn't particularly like his behavior during the Clarence Thomas hearings.

I came to appreciate Joe Biden very much while he served as President Obama's VP. The man's humility, kindness and integrity shone. As a white person, I have seen how often whites try to dominate their Black colleagues. I think a lot of white voters assumed that Biden would do that as VP. He didn't. There was never a hint of it. In fact, he seemed to enjoy playing the comic to Obama's straight guy. Huge admiration from me.

As president, Biden did a lot of important things, and to me the single most important thing he did was to begin to reverse Reaganomics. He was turning the tide. He was starting to reverse the flow of money from the wealthy back toward all the workers.

I think that's why all the billionaires who own the media stopped him.

Best president of my lifetime so far, which began with Eisenhower.

I've never said this about a politician before and likely never will again. I love Joe Biden.

He had some baggage as a Senator. No question about that. The Clarence T hearings was certainly up there.

We are all creatures of our generation. We tend to bring some of it with us at every point in our cycle here. I know that my children had identified some of that with me ..... some annoying, some an easy target for the high levels of mocking every holiday brings. This might sound odd, but Joe Biden always reminded me of a blind of the Irish characteristics I saw in my uncles. Add my grandfather's cousin, who I met when he was 90 and liked Joe Biden. Even as president, I viewed him in human terms.

There is no way for me to view the current guy as human. He lacks the qualities of a good potential. What a waste of a life time.

I still have a lot of family in Ireland. We remain in touch on a number of issues. We are all proud of Joe Biden, and view him along with President Kennedy with great pride.

We were so fortunate to have him as our leader at a crucial time.

wondering whether Biden was too old. I recognize that reporter's attempt to smear him for what it is.

Joe would have been fine in a second term and I do still believe he could have won. But history says otherwise.

I think that reporter was okay during the GWB presidency. I remember liking him back then. But now I can see that he's up for grabs from the highest bidder.

I have never bought any of his books and won't start now, certainly.

Just as FDR did, Biden could have muddled along in a second term. He had a great team around him and very supportive family. Sure he was old and the constant public appearances wore him down. But I will not start believing conspiracy theories about him now, unless he comes out and says himself, that he was not in control.

I love the guy. Even if he ran now, I would support him.

talk about it started catching on. We would talk quite frequently, which always made me feel better. We'd ask each other, "What do you think?" It did me good to hear my sister saying she was a 100% loyal Biden supporter.

I did start wondering when the one fellow was posting here that President Biden was too old. Now, there's a saying in boxing about a fighter getting old in the ring. But, as the great champion Bernard Hopkins pointed out, a boxer gets old in training camp, before getting old in the ring.

My opinion of him will remain constant. And one of the things that I admire about you is that you are loyal to President Biden.

If I run into Bernard next month, I will ask him if it is okay for you or I to deliver a hard left hook to the right jaw of anyone who speaks ill of Joe Biden in front of us. I'll keep you updated.

Good observations during your lawn mowing, I must say. Incidentally, I haven't heard anything from brooklynite for a while. Is he still around?

I tend to write outlines in my mind while washing dishes and doing laundry, too. Then I have them on file if I am posting here, or talking to some group that couldn't locate a decent speaker. But!!! I have learned not to do this when preparing a meal, or driving. So thank you for making me laugh when remembering writing some things! (grin)

I noticed a point last summer when, as far as I knew, brooklynite stopped posting. While I could miss a post or two, but I had started looking for him. I was not happy when he insulted a good friend, over and over, regarding differing opinions on Gaza. In my opinion, I think open and honest conversations on important issues are a good thing. I don't get upset because someone thinks differently than do I. And he was good for that on a lot of issues.

However, you are misremembering the details--- the politician he had quote was a British Labor party member,
whom he had been quoting regularly and properly attributing the quote---
and the whole brouha was about the time when he again made the quote,
but in this one instance forgot to give attribution....


And yeah--- President Biden was probably too old for 2024,
but no party has successfully elected a new candidate
after failing to renominate their living incumbent president,
in about 100 years.... so it is quite natural that he would run again,
and that loyal party members like you and I would support his campaign!


Now all the 20-20 hindsight vision about whether he should have withdrawn,
and certain journalists and others trying to profit from that supposition is meaningless BULLSHIT---

It is water under the bridge, and misdirection, and irrelevant under the current circumstances...
and irresponsible wasted journalistic effort, considering what faces us now!


Instead of trying to create a scandal over whether the former leader "should have or shouldn't have",
they should be relentlessly exposing the current emperor, who is trying to become our immortal king
while setting fire to Rome at the same time...

It was Kinnock. Thank you!

He had credited Kinnock before, but failed to twice during the campaign. Then people piled on about his previous use of RFK, JFK, and HHH in the past.

There is a story in one of my biographies about Dr. King I liked. Ralph Abernathy recognized a section of one of King's speeches as coming from a minister a century earlier, if I remember correctly. He said something to Martin about it, and King responded that young ministers borrow from the old ministers, and mature ministers steal outright.

I was backing Joe Biden for the 1988 nomination, after Hart, whom I supported in 1984, had his debacle....
so I was behind Joe when he withdrew. At that point I began to think my support was 'the kiss of death'. LOL