Re: NYTimes.com: George Clooney: I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee.

2024-07-13 Thread Brent Meeker
On 7/13/2024 4:39 AM, John Clark wrote: On Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 7:36 PM Brent Meeker wrote: // /> I agree.  But I don't think Biden has the guts or the energy to do it. / True, I don't think Biden is ready to start assassinating political opponents, but if he remains the nomin

Re: NYTimes.com: George Clooney: I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee.

2024-07-13 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 7:36 PM Brent Meeker wrote: * > I agree. But I don't think Biden has the guts or the energy to do it. * > True, I don't think Biden is ready to start assassinating political opponents, but if he remains the nominee then he still has to debate Trump two more times. I'm ce

Re: NYTimes.com: George Clooney: I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee.

2024-07-12 Thread Brent Meeker
I agree.  But I don't think Biden has the guts or the energy to do it.  He should just resign due to health reasons in favor of Harris who I think could do it.  But would she? Brent On 7/12/2024 5:13 AM, PGC wrote: Waking up is indeed what is needed. Of course, the Dem candidate should be c

Re: NYTimes.com: George Clooney: I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee.

2024-07-12 Thread PGC
Waking up is indeed what is needed. Of course, the Dem candidate should be changed. But in game theory terms, perhaps Stewart and Clooney don't go far enough. *Even if Biden or some Dem won in November, does anybody really believe that the other side would accept it, not contest the election

Re: NYTimes.com: George Clooney: I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee.

2024-07-11 Thread John Clark
On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 11:38 AM PGC wrote: *> Stewart is right: "This can't be real life!". * If only I could wake up and realize it was all just a horrible dream! But the reality is If Biden remains the Democratic candidate then Trump is going to win in a landslide, and the majority of the H

Re: NYTimes.com: George Clooney: I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee.

2024-07-11 Thread PGC
Ok ok. It deserves another thread/conversation. So I'll repeat partially: Why a part of the US electorate is non-zombie, is its ability - in principle - to denounce the bullshit coming from the campaign they support. Maga does not have this ability. They have the old loyalty system, renowned fr

NYTimes.com: George Clooney: I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee.

2024-07-11 Thread John Clark
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. George Clooney: I Love Joe Biden. But We Need a New Nominee. I saw Biden three weeks ago at my fund-raiser for him. It’s devastating to say it, but he is not the same man he was, and he won’t win t