Last night, President Joe Biden refused to take a cognitive or neurological test despite widespread concerns over his physical and mental decline. ABC’s George Stephanopoulos pressed the President on his low polling and efforts of Democrats to get him to drop out of the race. He [Georgie Boy?] specifically mentioned the effort of Sen. Mark Warner (D., Va.) to organize members to pressure him to end his campaign. Biden took a not-so-subtle dig at Warner. However, it was nothing compared to a curious posting by author and Democratic activist Don Winslow, who appeared to threaten Warner on X (formerly Twitter).
When the story broke in the Washington Post, Winslow posted a curious and ominous response:
No, yes. No, it’s not clear what Winslow meant, but, Yes, it certainly sounds threatening. And if Winslow has dirt on prominent Dems, you can probably safely assume that Zhou does, too. Doncha luv this?
Turley talks about it for a while—follow the link if you’re the terminally serious type—but then concludes:
The real issue for Democrats is how to address this looming issue without tearing the party apart. I have tried to drill down on the legal implications of swapping out the top of the ticket or the entire ticket. It is uncharted territory when it comes to the federal election laws on the use of past contributions as well as some states with restrictive rules on ballot changes.
That’s exactly the issue, and if Turley says the legal implications are “uncharted territory,” I, for one, will take him at his word.
In case you haven’t already, check out the controlling portion of the 25th—Section 4:
Section 4.
Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.
Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his officeunless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.
Does that read like a recipe for a potential trainwreck? It does to me. I would argue that this is a pretty clearcut case of incapacity, but once this train started rolling down the tracks I wouldn’t want to bet on everything going according to plan.
The ideal solution for the Dems is for Biden to resign the presidency for “personal reasons”—thus, at least notionally, sidestepping the whole issue of who the hell has been the acting president, and opening the way for a smooth removal from the ticket. Stepping down from the ticket for “personal reasons” could also work. The point is to avoid all the messy issues of what the hell has been going on for the last four years. And for that reason removing him against his will would be almost certain to end up in a mess. For the Dems.
Count on it. If this were easy, it woulda happened already. Could this be the solution?
The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee
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During the interview Pres Biden indicated that he would not take a Cognitive Fitness test, because he was proving his fitness every day – making decisions, taking meetings, coping with unfolding situations, etc, etc.
So what IS the test then? – a stupid decision that gets us all killed?
At what point do his minders say ‘hey, he’s lost it – THAT decision proves it. Half the world is a smoking ruin – let’s replace him’.
Surely it is preferable to test his capacity in a controlled situation, rather than testing him by giving him free hand over OUR future?
I think it would be absolutely hilarious if establishment, piece of merde senator Warner's deepest darkest secrets were suddenly public knowledge.
During the interview Pres Biden indicated that he would not take a Cognitive Fitness test, because he was proving his fitness every day – making decisions, taking meetings, coping with unfolding situations, etc, etc.
So what IS the test then? – a stupid decision that gets us all killed?
At what point do his minders say ‘hey, he’s lost it – THAT decision proves it. Half the world is a smoking ruin – let’s replace him’.
Surely it is preferable to test his capacity in a controlled situation, rather than testing him by giving him free hand over OUR future?