General Discussion

...members of congress that lost their own minds over the every little thing that made them believe Biden was losing his? No explanation is acceptable as to how his signature got on the proclamation while he says he didn't sign it. And the White House statement that he was talking about the original signing in 1798 is criminally laughable. And okay, I know the GQP aren't going to say anything at all--that would go against their own interest and they accused Democrats of staying silent about Biden's cognitive issues, but the press should be sounding the alarm and asking questions. I suppose we will see if that happens.... But one thing I will call, write, and email my (truly rabidly insane) GQP members of congress to say--and this is in all sincerity--is that what Democrats did with Biden was a huge mistake for the Democratic Party. The lack of press conferences always bothered me, but I chalked it up to an incredibly busy administration trying to clean up a mess. Completely botching the Afghanistan withdrawal was easily explained away by blaming the military and the deal the previous administration had made. Setting Harris up for failure on immigration policy--an extremely predictable motivational issue given how badly Clinton was beaten on the issue and the popularity among many for the "build the wall" mantra--was something I really wondered about at the time. But those were likely run-of-the-mill political mistakes and miscalculations. But everything came home to hit me and the Democratic party hard at the first debate. Someone behind the scenes knew this was a possibility--they had to. In that moment I knew a giant political miscalculation had occurred, and I was genuinely mad at the entire party. You could look back on the shutting down of the primaries and lack of debates as the reason we were now poised to lose the election. Harris did an incredible job and I supported her in every way I could, but in my mind the damage had already been done. I know my GOP reps will not care about the good of the country, but if they have any sense of self-preservation they should take the story of the Democratic party as a cautionary tale and do something. In this moment I do not care about politics; I am incredibly afraid for the future of not only our country but our world in the hands of this person.