News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee:
WASHINGTON, DC — Following the disastrous Presidential debate, First Lady Jill Biden announced she will not drop out of the race despite growing calls from within the party to do so.
“Over my husband’s dead body!” Mrs. Biden declared. “The nomination is MINE. You hear me, Joe Scarborough? MINE! Now get back to work, fools!”
Many on the left have called for President Biden to step down after his mental decline was put on national display, however Jill Biden has forcefully refused. “Joe isn’t going anywhere!” screamed Ms. Biden as a frightened Joe tried to appeal for help. “Shut up, Joe! I didn’t drag your bag of bones through primary season to quit now. Get a juice box and get back on stage!”
With even liberal outlets like the New York Times calling for Biden to step aside for a younger, living candidate, the Biden campaign has thus far remained unmoved. A defiant Jill Biden returned to the campaign trail Thursday in an effort to reassure supporters she is still in the game. “Look how alive Joe looks! Who’s a good boy?! We’re not going anywhere. Four more years!”
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Jill might have starred in that hilarious comedy movie, “Weekend at Brandon’s”.
Hey Don L…..
Grab the Tee shirt!
Woodrow Wilson, as I understand it, was incapacitated physically, but not mentally, in his last days. There is the story about the courtesy sickbed visit from a Republican leader, who told him that the House was praying for his health. Wilson mustered the energy to respond: “Which way?”. What his wife did and what his administration allowed was still a subterfuge, of course.
Woodrow Wilson, as I understand it, was incapacitated physically, but not mentally, in his last days.
Wilson died in 1924 at age 67. He probably had several earlier strokes, but the debilitating one was on October 2, 1919 which nearly killed him. He suffered paralysis on his left side. He never completely recovered but his condition slowly improved. The Vice President, Thomas Marshall, was kept out of the loop and Edith Wilson, a very traditional woman, took on the tasks of President behind the scenes, in order to protect Wilson and carry out what she thought he would want to do. To the end of her long life, she lived to 1961, she claimed that she was no more than her husband’s steward, but the evidence indicates she was in fact the de facto President until he left office.
I have no sympathy for Wilson though I concede the Democrats were a real party at that time. Today, they are a mish mash of special interest radicals, many of whom are not too fond of some of their fellow party members. Could be we will see a repeat of the Whigs of the 19th century in both Britain and the US.