By Bob Walsh
It is now far enough along that it is unlikely in the
extreme that as serious, successful internal opponent to Joe Biden can
emerge in the Democrat-Socialist party. I grant you it could get a
little bit interesting in New Hampshire with Joe NOT on the ticket. His
peeps are pushing hard for a write-in campaign for him on the 23rd so
if he is lucky he can have his cake and eat it too. If not he could
look real stupid. Even more stupid than he usually looks.
What
about the Republicans. For all practical purposes Haley, DeSantis and
Christie are fighting over the job as understudy. If, for some bizarre
reason, Trump is unwilling or unable to actually run the Republicans
want to be able to run a credible candidate. That certainly puts them 1
(or 2 or 3) up on the Democrat-Socialists. They have no back bench.
Zero. Zip. Nada. Unless.......
There
is still suspicion that maybe Michelle Obama will agree reluctantly to
take up the mantel at the convention. She says she doesn't want to be
president. I call bullshit. I do, however, believe she does not want
to RUN for president. If she takes a draft at the convention she will
only have to stand up for 90 days. She would be a VERY credible and
powerful opponent to Trump. It would also be a good way to get rid of
Kamala. Offer her a federal judgeship somewhere.
The
trouble with this is Joe seems to actually believe his own bullshit.
He did after all beat Trump once. Why shouldn't he be able to do it
again? He believes his wife (you damn well better call her Doctor) when
she says he is in fine shape mentally and physically. She believes his
mouthpiece when she says the same thing. He believes his yes-men and
sychophants and hangers-on when they tell him that he is in fine shape
and that only he can do the job.
Of
course right now there is probably a 50-50 shot that he will not make
it to the convention. If he has a major heat attack of a debilitating
stroke that is not the sort of thing you can hide from the public in the
modern era.
My opinion,
for what that may be worth to you, is that if Joe is still vertical and
capable of self-propulsion he is NOT going to step down and will be
highly resistive to being pushed out. He will just say NO. Its not
like they can force him out. Plus there is the very real situation of
his and his families legal exposure. He can deal with that if he is
President. If he is not, it is harder. If Trump is president, he will
be toast unless he pardons himself and his whole family on the way out
the door. That, boys and girls, is a real question and fun to
contemplate.
Assuming Trump
wins I believe he will go in this time with a meat axe as well as a
sump pump. He believes, with significant justification, that the deep
state and the intelligence community fucked him over 3 years ago.
Payback is a bitch.
Damn, watching politics and idle speculation can be fun.
ADDENDUM:
If Trump is elected, this will likely be the renovated White House
If Biden is reelected, this will likely be the renovated Oval Office
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