My sources tell me that von Shitzenpantz is shitting his pants.

[kentuck]

This was a curveball they did not expect.

The cult will have to discard all of their Biden paraphernalia and propaganda. It's been a big hit on them financially.

Now, there is only one old guy with dementia left in the race.

[Lovie777]

1. Make it so......................

[mucifer]

2. hard to believe they weren't expecting this

[Funtatlaguy]

3. I highly doubt he will debate Kamala in September.

[OnDoutside]

7. Was thinking that too. He does have an out by saying that the Dems are cheating (ironic) and that he won't

validate it ... blah blah blah, I'm canceling it.

[Attilatheblond]

17. 100% guarenteed he won't

especially if Doug would be in the room

[llmart]

41. Kamala would wipe the floor with him and toss him aside like a filthy dust rag.

I doubt he'd try to stalk her on stage. He's terrified of strong, intelligent, black women.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

51. Hahaha, good one!! And so true!!

[GaYellowDawg]

57. She should say

She's surprised that such a big. tough man is running from a woman. People from the Party of Toxic Masculinity might have a problem with that.

If she does get the nomination and does get to debate him, I want her to eviscerate him without worrying about the "angry black woman" stereotype. In today's political climate, being seen as weak or passive is a lot worse than being seen as angry.

Also, I'm not going to be one bit surprised if he's caught on some audio using the n-word.

[uponit7771]

61. He's already bowing out of debates with her (link)

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219213805

[hlthe2b]

4. It has been reported that his entire campaign strategy, the selection of Vance, his attack strategies, and even his

attempts to strategically steal votes was formulated over the past couple of years specifically for Biden.

So, yeah.. this is quite the curveball.

[LiberalFighter]

11. Could Biden had planned it that way?

[hlthe2b]

13. Maybe... Timing-wise it does help us in this aspect...

[onetexan]

26. Soon as i heard i was shocked to my core and worried. Then i got a sneaky suspicion this may have been planned by MoJoe

i think there's more to come but i won't voice my conjecture here.

[uponit7771]

64. +1, Mike Johnson claiming MAGA states were going to seriously challenge Harris ballot told me all I needed to know.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

52. Wouldn't doubt it.

[Chakaconcarne]

62. Biden AND the Democratic Leadership.....

I wouldn't be surprised if all of this was calculated...

Biden did say at one point he would serve one term:

https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/11/biden-single-term-082129

Which is exactly why I'm not writing off anyone in the Dem leadership for anything... Look how quickly support for Kamala is building and look how pissed off the GOP is.

[KentuckyWoman]

65. I have seen yard signs and 1 T shirt already.

If the merchandise was ready to go it means Biden and team planned the timing. I wonder if covid just changed the method to announce.

Might be way off base but my 2 cents.

[Ligyron]

14. And most Americans are thinking, "Vance, who's this Vance guy?"

[Hope22]

27. Except Ohioans...

…we’ve already taken it in the behind once!!!

[RJ_MacReady]

21. reminds me

Of that scene in Major League where Talyor aunts while everyone was expect a power swing. The 3rd basemen's only reaction...."shit".

[Algernon Moncrieff]

30. ...where Taylor bunts

...or is this like the ad where the house has an a(u)nt problem?

[Ligyron]

45. You mean "bunts" I believe, lol.

Welcome to DU!

[RJ_MacReady]

49. Yes

Bunts lol damn autocorrect!

[Quixote1818]

50. Right, Trump might have picked a Black VP otherwise. nt

[uponit7771]

63. MAGA thinks they lost the few percentage of black votes they never had

[Duncan Grant]

5. With you, until your last snarky line.

Remarks like that really stink up the place, don’t you think?

[kentuck]

8. Repaired it for you.

[whopis01]

58. Your last line is an important point

Trump has been able to use Biden’s age to deflect and distract from his own age and incoherence.

The discussion of age and competency should not be allowed to just go away. If elected, Trump would become the oldest person to even be President. If that were such a concern to the media when Biden was in the race, it should be an equal concern to them with Trump.

[Zambero]

9. :sarcasm: placement makes the point quite well

Whatever questions people might have had in their minds between the two, Trump is now the "one and only".

[Zambero]

6. Who's the "old guy" now?

Whos's one still in the race with serious cognitize issues?

[DeeDeeNY]

34. Maga cultists think he is a stable genius

Because he was able to repeat Person Woman Man Camera TV!!!

[Zambero]

56. And a stable is where horseshit accumulates

In MAGA-land it piles up higher and deeper.

[k55f5r]

10. Can't wait for the flags to start appearing

LET'S GO KAMALA!

[Red Mountain]

12. HARRIS for President

More respectful.

[AllyCat]

36. I dunno, Let's Go Kamala sounds pretty encouraging to me.

[joanbarnes]

15. How about Biden for Vice President?

Would that put their diapers in a knot?

[Hope22]

28. Lol! 😁💗 n/t

[onetexan]

38. LOL

Thanks for the laugh i was quite uptight and upset over Biden's dropping out till now

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

16. Speaking of "paraphernalia and propaganda", now I can't use my old ...

... "Biden/Harris" lawn signs.

I'll need new signs, once a VP candidate is named.

Repugs have it easy. They can change a Trump/Pence sign to Trump/Vance with a couple of Sharpies.

[Attilatheblond]

22. Ya almost made me choke on my salad with that one!

[bmichaelh]

18. Trump is running scared

Trump is running scared.

He wants to change the September debate from ABC News to Fox News.

Trump does not do well against prosecutors with Harris being a former state AG.

The GOP is running scared with Michael Johnson claiming they will challenge this in all the state courts.

[vapor2]

31. trump and his cult will challenge every state in court

[sdfernando]

42. ....and how are they going to do that?

The Democrats have not yet selected a candidate. Nothing is set in stone yet. This challenge will go nowhere, just like those 62 2020 election lawsuits.

Go Kamala!!!....release the Kraken!

[Kalifornia9]

19. Hopefully this picks up the youth vote

That have been all too willing to chime in with the media's "grandpa Biden too old" mantra even some of MSNBC has been echoing.
A lot of youth has deep resentment of boomers. I can share some of that as a tail-end boomer myself, having authored well received extensive blurbs about how our coming of age experience differed significantly compared to the mid-boom babies, far more in common with Gen X.
Now honesty time: myself, under another pseudonym here on DU wasn't tops on the choice of JB as the nominee in 2019. He turned out to be far more surprisingly, impressively progressive. But here it is: I predicted our nemeses would flap about Biden's "gaffe machine" reputation. Hate to say I told ya so...
Now despite the optics of the last minute shift not being great, and frankly I don't care who runs as our D candidate, Ill back 'em on my ballot.

[Metaphorical]

35. I'm on the cusp

Born in 63, the cut-off varies but is usually start of 1964. I've never considered myself a boomer.

Most GenXers that I know loathe Boomers. We usually ended up with their cast-offs, badly used.

[NotASurfer]

20. The only old guy with dementia left in the race...

He always was.

Broadly speaking, Joe uses real words, in complete sentences, and makes sense. He demonstrates the character and judgement necessary to be POTUS.

The Orange Baron babbles incoherently. And character or judgement are nowhere to be found

[Wicked Blue]

40. Joe doesn't have dementia.

[NotASurfer]

55. Exactly. Was quoting the OP

This was a curveball they did not expect.

The cult will have to discard all of their Biden paraphernalia and propaganda. It's been a big hit on them financially.

Now, there is only one old guy with dementia left in the race.

There always was just one candidate in the running who demonstrates behavior that in any way suggests he might have issues, and it ain't Joe

[ismnotwasm]

23. Heh!

[PatrickforB]

24. It was with delight that I just gave the Harris campaign $10. Not much, I know, but it is what I can

afford.

Joe Biden is a great man and has been a great president, and he showed how he cares about us all with this decision.

Now, we are really excited about Kamala Harris. This is a big deal - she will get the women's vote, minority votes, GenZ and Millennials, pretty much everyone including the never Trump people.

Let's get behind Harris and SMASH the GOP, drive these extremists back under their rocks.

[mede8er]

25. Use the Reagan Tactic on Trump

If and when Harris debates Trump I'd respond to each of Trumps lies with "Now there you go again...."

[NoMoreRepugs]

29. All that ad money spent demonizing and belittling JoeB is money wasted.

That’s glorious.

[Ilsa]

32. Shitzenpants may get fitted for an orange jumpsuit after all. nt

[rubbersole]

33. Or a straight jacket.

After that 90 minute demonstration of insanity on Thursday.

[barbtries]

37. yep.

it will be interesting to see whether the media piles on him the way they did with President Biden. My expectations - well, I have none. The 4th estate has failed this country, sold it out to the highest bidder, and they suck.

[Metaphorical]

39. Credibility problem

The Biden should resign drumbeat was getting pretty relentless. Biden didn't resign, he dropped out of the race, endorsing his VP, and completely upending the board.

Things are now really awkward for the press. Biden is still president, and will be until Jan 20, 2025. I think they were expecting that Biden would either resign from office completely or stick it out, get hammered at the convention come out trying to lead a divided coalition, and would lose to Trump because of a dispirited electorate. He did neither of those, instead paving the way for his protege to take his delegates. I am sure that in two weeks, we'll hear new complaints "Her voice is too shrill, she's too bossy, yadda yadda," but the press (and the deep pockets) were caught with their pants between their ankles, and they are now facing a very different reality.

Their credibility is shot. Worst thing you can do to the media. If people don't believe you're honest and unbiased (whatever that definition may mean to them), they will walk, and people are abandoning the media they no longer trust. This is going to force some serious editorial meetings, and that's going to throw them into disarray for a bit.

[barbtries]

44. i hope so.

they've certainly caused enough out here in the real world.

[Tribetime]

43. Ever.Y time I hear that phrase.I laugh and i'm old

[BlueWavePsych]

46. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[JustAnotherGen]

47. If Kamala loses

The election was rigged.

[DoBW]

48. Forecast ...

raining insane TSF posts tonight

[Blue Dotty]

53. Not enough ketchup

I bet TFG is angry about being talked out of choosing a woman VP - and giving up his Noem inspired delusional fantasy of his mug on Mt. Rushmore.

[captain queeg]

54. The rethugs will scramble for a new BS line. I predict something along the lines of Biden should resign because...

Whatever their twisted logic will come up with but they don’t really have much to go with. I think Joe outmaneuvered them.

[flying_wahini]

59. And all Kamala has to do is call him a coward and he will show up. It's gonna be sweet.

[spanone]

60. trmp will be using the n word at anytime...he is surely capable.

He's evil incarnate.