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Biden deserves the benefit of the Goldwater Rule

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15.07.2024

President Joe Biden is living Donald Trump’s life, including that he is now the target of sloppy and unethical news reporting.

The press is even trotting out medical professionals to commit spiritual violations of the Goldwater Rule, just as they did for the man Biden defeated in 2020.

How’s that for karma?

Since June 27, when Biden imploded at the first (and presumably last) presidential debate of the 2024 campaign, the ways in which his re-election effort has mirrored Trump’s first campaign are as remarkable as they are eerie.

The presumptive Democratic nominee faces an intra-party civil war. Competing factions argue over whether they should jettison or stand with him in spite of his clear disqualifications. Members of Congress are releasing mealy-mouthed statements, recognizing his obvious electoral weaknesses and personal unfitness for office but not going so far as to say anything that may jeopardize their political careers.

Party leaders, strategists and donors are meeting behind closed doors to discuss mechanisms by which they might force him from the ticket and, should they succeed, what their next steps would be. Others are debating a too-clever-by-half 11th-hour strategy to replace him at their party convention later this summer.

Most karmic of all is the news coverage. It has been an all-out feeding frenzy since the debate. Insider “scoops” have become ubiquitous, revealing sobering details of Biden's years-long decline.........

© The Hill


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