Biden: “I’m out.”
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Interesting.
His decision to withdraw makes him an outlier in American history. Only three presidents have served four years or less without seeking a second term, all of them during the 19th century: James K. Polk, James Buchanan and Rutherford B. Hayes. Several others wanted another term but failed to secure their party’s nomination.
The last president who had the option to run again given the two-term limit in the 22nd Amendment but chose not to was Lyndon Johnson, who served the remainder of John F. Kennedy’s term following his 1963 assassination and then won a full term of his own the next year, only to back out of another race in 1968 amid the war in Vietnam.
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He has now endorsed Harris. Frying pan, meet fire.
And just like that, all last weekend’s talk of unity has vanished like a fart in the wind and we’re back to Trump is Hitler.
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@jon-nyc said in Biden: “I’m out.”:
Thank god he didn’t second Harris.
The Clintons have.
Manchin wants Bashear or Shapiro.
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Wonder what was the carrot and stick?
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@Jolly said in Biden: “I’m out.”:
Wonder what was the carrot and stick?
We’ll, he can’t pardon Hunter if he’s removed via the 25th…
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@Jolly said in Biden: “I’m out.”:
Wonder what was the carrot and stick?
We’ll, he can’t pardon Hunter if he’s removed via the 25th…
@LuFins-Dad said in Biden: “I’m out.”:
@Jolly said in Biden: “I’m out.”:
Wonder what was the carrot and stick?
We’ll, he can’t pardon Hunter if he’s removed via the 25th…
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@Mik said in Biden: “I’m out.”:
I’m not your google mommy. Look it up yourself.
Unless you let Google speak for you, Google has nothing to do with this.
@Axtremus said in Biden: “I’m out.”:
@Mik said in Biden: “I’m out.”:
I’m not your google mommy. Look it up yourself.
Unless you let Google speak for you, Google has nothing to do with this.
You've had your britches pulled down and you've been spanked. Accept your licks with grace.
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In his written note on X, he doesn't give a reason why he's withdrawing from the race.
Perhaps we'll know more later this week?
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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He better just say something to the effect that he realized he wants to dedicate the next 4 years to his family or some such. Or even just admit that the polls indicate that he won’t win, and beating Trump is too important. If he says anything along the lines of tired or indicates that he realizes he’s too old, it will be unfortunate…
The Brad
