On Warner and cronies: "They don't know something that we don't know"

[DoBW]

Strong take on Biden interview and campaign. Thanks Flannery. Title quote from about 5:20 .
also further on: "Biden will win if we don't get in his way"

[et tu]

1. excellent analysis

rw's and some dinos [seriously???] try the old divide and conquer-
stay strong, unite and vote this roevember~

[2naSalit]

2. Wise words!

K&R!!

[LymphocyteLover]

3. Not sure who he is but I definitely agree with him. Very thoughtful and measured.

[Niagara]

11. See post # 7. John Flannery.

If it had been Glenn Kirschner talking in a released video, I would have known who that is.

[karin_sj]

4. That was a breath of fresh air!

Thanks for posting it. I haven't seen John Flannery around for a while. He used to be on The Beat quite a bit, but I haven't watched that too much lately, especially since Ari seems to have jumped on the "step down, Joe" bus.

[lark]

5. Thank you, this board needed this.

Sanity and calm wise words, check check check!

I am still riding with Biden = all the way!

[Niagara]

6. I got Flannery. Can we get a first name and surname please?

[DoBW]

7. Flannery bio link

https://lawyers.law.cornell.edu/lawyer/john-flannery-588302

[Niagara]

9. John Flannery. Thank you, DoBW!

[Joinfortmill]

8. Yup, and George S. is a dick. My apologies to dicks.

[paleotn]

10. The voice of reason.

Not media feeding frenzy manipulation. Not chicken little. Joe Biden is fine. And, as Flannery said so well, Biden is the most qualified to beat Trump. Strategically and tactically, switching candidates now would be a disaster and there's no rational reasoning whatsoever to do that.

So.....Mark Warner.....shut the fuck up.

[crickets]

12. Excellent. It's good to hear more voices of reason like this. nt

[DoBW]

13. understated strength

made me feel better

[Trust_Reality]

14. He is calm and reassuring, and but ...

Thanks to the many enemies of democracy, both foreign and domestic, we have a bucket load of crises. There is Rump and the greedy, radical religious, and anti America organizations backing him. There is the Supreme Court controlled by 6 MAGA justices who lied and misrepresented their positions and goals to get confirmed, and there is our candidate, Joe Biden.

Rump has so many negatives we should be able to keep him out of office although his poling numbers are both terrifying and mysterious. And he has with him the MAGA justices.

Dealing with the MAGA justices would require very radical action at or beyond the limits of constitutional powers.

Joe Biden has already distinguished himself as one of the nation's greatest presidents. He would make an outstanding senior advisor to a younger, more mentally agile president.

I am not a neurologist, but I have some training and experience in psychology and mental health. Early in the debate, I feared that Biden was having a stroke, or mini-strokes. He refuses to get a neurological exam.

When asked if he has watched the debate, he paused and said, "I don't think so." Watching the debate would have been very memorable. Biden's defensiveness and denial are very concerning.

One last thing: Biden's defenders who react with snarky comments and anger are not at all helpful.

Respectfully submitted.

[DoBW]

15. IF....

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:
--- Rudyard Kipling

full poem: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46473/if---