Time gives us a chance for reflection, and so just a few hours after hearing gut-wrenching news of President Biden’s decision to bow out of the 2024 presidential race, I want to reflect briefly on what I believe it means.
And not just for the candidate, but for the country he loves.
Every strand of Joe Biden’s being seemed to pull him toward staying in the race. I mean, he ran for the presidency twice before actually winning the 2020 contest. He sought the 1988 Democratic nomination, but got derailed over a plagiarism scandal. He ran again in 2008, but fell to the Barack Obama buzzsaw.
He had a horrible debate performance in mid-June. He vowed to stay in. Democrats bailed on him. The money spigot dried up.
Then this past weekend came the announcement: He would end his candidacy and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination.
Biden likely knew he couldn’t defeat Donald Trump. He stepped aside to let a young, more intellectually agile public servant, VP Harris, make her effort to keep Trump out of the White House.
He said he did it out of love for his country, which he wants to shield from the evil impulses that Trump would deploy if he gets the chance at another presidential term.
Joe Biden served his country honorably for more than 50 years … as a senator, vice president and president. He left his most indelible imprint on our nation by walking away from a fight he knew he couldn’t win.
That’s how you define patriotism.
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Our sonās father-in-law was in the CIA many years ago and spent a lot of time in DC. He and his wife were friends were friends with the Bidens. Biden asked him to work on one of his Senate campaigns and Hunter turned him down. He told me they were only friends due to work and that he was an ass to virtually everyone. He was constantly lying, even way back then. And, heās a Democrat.