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[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not well enough to run a campaign against Trump, but totally fine to keep running the Great Satan.

thonk

[–] [email protected] 71 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Tbh, the administrative state kind of runs itself. The president sets a direction, but if the president just went poof and nobody replaced him, the offices under him have enough independence and competent (not to be conflated with moral or ethical) people in them that they'd just keep ticking right along.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If the throne stopped working though the imperium would collapse instantly, whereas if Biden died nobody would notice unless someone announced it

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Kind of like how my boss goes on a 6 week vacation at the busiest time of year and the company keeps on rolling.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

damn sounds like a good time for me to ransack his house

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

After the debate, everyone in the administration was bragging about Biden being alert from 10am-4pm. It just shows that he's been minimally involved for years.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

Yes. There haven't been any full cabinet meetings since last year, and Biden hasn't met with the House Democratic caucus since 2021.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

If I were in such a position as to report directly to the president (inshallah I never find myself so corrupted in spirit to find myself in such a den of thieves) I feel comfortable using my gut instinct instead of having him decide between the red option or the blue option.

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's probably the case that Biden's flubs are getting a lot less attention now.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Can I get you restate that in written language? I'm guessing that means "no shit", but I really have no idea if that's what you meant.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I think it translates to, whywhywhywhywhywhywhywhy etc.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

I shouldn't have said that

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago

Understandable, have a great day

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago

Don’t forget we’ve already had 8 years of Dick Cheney/Karl Rove and Rummy running the country while Curious George was continuing “story time” like a deer in the headlights as a terrorist attack exploded the World Trade Center.

We all pretty calloused now.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 month ago

Haha everything is fine haha! He's totally competent to stay in office for the rest of his term haha. Hey, look over there! [Disappear in a puff of smoke]

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago

He can be a puppet executive. He can't be a puppet nominee. Not sure what is so difficult about this.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Deep state interests wanted him gone.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago

the parallels between Biden and Nixon just keep piling up

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

How do we even know if everything’s normal? Tbh I think Kamala will do worse than a sundowning Biden. I think she’s going to get wrecked

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We'll see. Donny lost his magic touch judging by his lack of posting power, and Kamala is both Not Trump and not a shambling corpse. Biden deciding to not run is also a signal to the donor class that she's willing to play ball

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Kamala looks different. Instead of being a geriatric white man with ancient views she she is a young (for Washington) non-white woman with abhorrent views. In a society as superficial as the American that change in aesthetics could be enough to feel like a meaningful change and convince enough people to vote.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Tbh I think Kamala will do worse than a sundowning Biden.

Whys that? Seems normies are more excited for a girl boss story than voting in a dinosaur

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

Surely Biden can't manufacture consent his way out of this jam!

Ah well nevertheless

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Petriots are in control no-dogs-no-masters

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

the president has transitioned into a new phase.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

the man has covid and diarrhea disorder, give him a break.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Yep, he's prbly ded...

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