12-16-2020, 10:25 AM
(12-15-2020, 11:34 AM)David Horn Wrote:(12-14-2020, 09:21 PM)Tim Randal Walker Wrote: Joe Biden was born Nov. 20, 1942. A very late Silent, and already 78 years old. He will almost certainly be the only Silent president, as even the youngest of their generation is near their 80th birthday.
I'm not convinced that Biden will see the end of his one and only term. He seems hale and hearty, but the Presidency is an enormous burden that may weigh too heavily on a man his age.
How well do we really know Kamala Harris?
I can imagine Joe Biden resigning for reasons of health and being satisfied that he fulfilled his critical role in American history, especially should that diagnosis suggest him losing his ability to perform the Office of the Presidency. He seems to take oaths and scientific reality (which I assume includes medical diagnoses) seriously. There is hardly an incoming President on whom we have a more complete knowledge of his past through his voting record.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.