why were no political posts allowed when trump assassination attempt a week ago and this is now in front page?
Because HN is not a democracy. ;)
Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate
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Re: Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate
#262Oof. This guy has been the biggest positive surprise of the US presidents in my lifetime. Expectations were low, but he actually turned out to be a good president (from a European perspective). No new wars, no more talk about shifting defense focus to Asia, generally nothing unreasonable. Good support for Ukraine, no doubts about NATO - rather the opposite. Basically, the rich uncle on the other side of the pond has…
Unfortunately his domestic achievements have been somewhat mediocre. His signature achievements essentially were one time cash payments to people. I really do think his major failure was not pushing for a lasting achievement like implementing federal parental leave. He had the chance, but opted for a 1 year extension of child tax credits. And of course the US has an illegal immigration problem. European right on the…
> Unfortunately his domestic achievements have been somewhat mediocre.
The airlines would like all of your money next time they cancel your flight.
Re: Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate
#263One of the most effective presidents since Johnson or Truman. But he did campaign on a single term. Let’s hope the Dem’s circular firing squad puts down its guns so they can quickly concentrate on winning the election with someone … probably Harris is the simplest answer.
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#264I actually think this loses Democrats the election. I don't know who the nominee is going to be but if it's Kamala I think they REALLY lose the election. People may be lukewarm on Biden but they despise Kamala for her shady history as a prosecutor.
Prosecutor vs convicted rapist and convicted felon could run well. It's not 2020 anymore, the wave of anti-cop hysteria has well and truly ended.
Re: Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate
#265One of the most effective presidents since Johnson or Truman. But he did campaign on a single term. Let’s hope the Dem’s circular firing squad puts down its guns so they can quickly concentrate on winning the election with someone … probably Harris is the simplest answer.
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great new account you have there
Re: Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate
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He got us out of Afghanistan too... this was a huge win and was very risky. Doesn't get enough credit for this one. Agreed on NATO + Ukraine too but I wish they would allow us to strike Russia directly even with NATO equipment.
> He got us out of Afghanistan too... this was a huge win and was very risky. Doesn't get enough credit for this one. Thats because Trump agreed to get us out of afghaniston. Biden oversaw the absolutely disastrous execution, abandoning untold millions of military equipment in the hands of the taliban.
So Trump set the schedule but it was Bidens fault they didn't have time to move out all equipment?
Re: Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate
#267One of the most effective presidents since Johnson or Truman. But he did campaign on a single term. Let’s hope the Dem’s circular firing squad puts down its guns so they can quickly concentrate on winning the election with someone … probably Harris is the simplest answer.
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Why create an anonymous account for this if this is your honest opinion & you don't see anything wrong with it?
Re: Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate
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He's still competent enough to be president. He just doesn't have the chops to skewer a lunatic in a live TV debate, which is unfortunately very important, because if he can't, the lunatic might be the next president.
He is clearly not competent enough to be president. He is, arguably, barely competent enough to be a ventriloquist's dummy at this point, which is effectively what he is. We just don't know who the ventriloquist is.
Does anyone believe that he should have his finger on "the button" controlling thousands of nuclear weapons? If you were in charge of a boomer or a Minuteman III silos and you got a launch order purportedly from Biden, would you execute that order? If so, really? If not, what deterrent is currently in place?
If that's the situation, then he's not the president and should either step down or be replaced via mechanisms of the 25th Amendment.
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> I presume that his attitudes and staff selection carried the day, and maybe could have done so for another term. But his mental capacity was clearly declining, and he is in fact expected to handle some things personally. Biden's presidency makes me wonder if we really need a head of state these days. Is it really necessary to have such a single powerful figure in the executive branch? The biggest exception (IMO) wo…
The problem isn't the head of state but the head of government. The solution to that is reduce the powers of the President. I have been having thought that the office of President should be split. With separate head of state and head of government that runs the executive branch. Another option would be to have triumvirate with command in chief that commands the military. Maybe the President has power to dismiss the o…
> triumvirate
The two historical examples that immediately come to mind (and explain the Latin term) both didn't end well.
I agree with the rest of the points you make. I think in Europe, the CnC is always a military post and needs to have done officer training and risen through the ranks, whereas the head of government (whether nominal or actual) is strictly a civilian role.
Whether European models would scale up to something the size of the USA is another question.
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It’s not good. It’s great.
Alright, let's see if 3 months is enough time to bolster a new candidate. I hope, for our sake, you're right.
It will be an interesting case study but I think there is a chance that the short runway will allow her to maintain some semblance of high energy. Basically, if you thought American elections were too drawn out, here is your opportunity to be proven right.