OPINION:
For four years the Democratic Party, voters and the media have ignored hard truths (“Hiding in plain sight: Biden’s mental, physical decline on display from the start,” web, July 9). Together they orchestrated the election of a man who, showing early signs of dementia, campaigned from his basement. As candidate and then president, he didn’t take unscripted interviews for years.
As for a vice president, they elected someone who carried less than 3% of the ballots cast when she was running for president. She was chosen as VP for what she is, not who she is. She was and remains incapable of effective verbal communication. The entire party, congressional members and the media portrayed this pair as cognizant and capable when they knew otherwise.
The once-respected New York Times, “60 Minutes” and virtually all TV networks and celebrities joined in to sell the viability of the Biden-Harris 2020 ticket — and they continued to do so until just a few weeks ago, when the first 2024 presidential debate was televised. No amount of spin could continue to defend or disguise President Biden’s cognitive failure during that event.
The Democratic Party is imploding as up-for-reelection congressional members, who just weeks ago were Biden faithfuls, race to dissociate themselves from this administration for fear of losing their jobs. All are claiming to be shocked. Show some integrity and spare us all the drama and the lies.
CHARLES EARY
Ocean City, Maryland
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