There's been many people commenting on the debate. There's not much that has been said that I wouldn't say so I'll spare you. The problem I see here is not about the upcoming election, it is about right now. Right now we have a titular president.
The dictionary defines titular in part as:
: having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilitiesthe titular head of a political party
I hold that what the debate actually showed is that Biden is not running the country. That this obvious fact doesn't bother many people is what I find most disturbing. The Democrats have been going on and on about "saving democracy" and how Trump is somehow an existential threat to "the democracy" and yet, though there is clear evidence that Biden is simply a figurhead for whoever or whatever is running the country, where are the calls for his removal from office under the 25th?
Rccently an article came out that during Biden's "debate prep" that he started late, took naps (which I actually approve of) and was basically non-functional after 4PM. Like Trump or not. Agree with his policies or not, you knew that Trump was making the decisions. Yes he was influenced by advisors who were sabotage him, but that's normal. It is not normal to have a president that clearly cannot make coherent statements when under pressure. And this point is important. They like to show clips of him speaking "normally" to crowds. There's no pressure there (and he still messes up). Once there is pressure and/or it's outside his functional times, he falters badly.
Can you imagine what happened during the various summits he's been to?
Supposedly the concern is that Kamala is "undesirable" for POTUS. Maybe so but that reveals the DEI appointment for what it is. Harris was chosen because she could "solidify' the black vote 'cause Negroes love their tokens. Never mind that Harris did extremely poorly in the primaries even among black voters. I warned then that a vote for Biden was a de-facto vote for Harris as POTUS. I had thought that Harris would have been elevated after a year or so of Biden's term due to the clear indicators that he was in early stages of dementia. I thought these folks had that much decency.
I should have known better.
They actually let this guy go for the full term knowing full well how much he was declining. On the one hand I could chalk it up to being surrounded by people who don't appreciate competence. Those who think "effort" is enough so long as you have the "right agenda". On the other hand I think that having a titular president was perfect for the deep state agents who had a free(er) hand to operate.
Either way, these black Democrats ought to be kicking up a fuss after the debate. They should demand the 25th and give them Kamala. Of course had they done the second most decent thing and removed Biden back in 2022 or so, they wouldn't be scrambling to figure out who to run a couple of months ahead of an election. So many parties attached to the Biden train didn't want to lose access to the accoutrements of being in the seat of [titular] power that they preferred to "let it ride".
Back when Regan ran against Carter, Regan won 49 of 50 states. That was back when Americans, regardless of party didn't reward bad presidencies. Today's hyper partisanship means that even with the clearly compromised Biden he will win certain states. The question now is where the independents and those "Republicans" who have been touted in online adverts about how they won't vote for the convict, will land. If they wake up and realize the whole "convict" thing is from the same people who told them Biden was fine, they will turn on Democrats.
But all that is future. Right now it's clear, the sitting president is unfit to continue to be president. He should be removed via the 25th. His continued presence as POTUS confirms that the US is run by persons other than the ones elected. That's not the "democracy" Democrats keep harping about.
