New York Times: Does America Need a President?

Whoever runs whatever, they really dropped the ball on this and continue to embarrass themselves and the country. That's what Douthat pointed out: all right, the DMV or something can keep issuing licenses in zombie mode, no problem, but whenever there's some sort of crisis, the buck is supposed to percolate up to the Oval Office if necessary and stop with the guy there.

It's comforting to think that even if the guy is busy pooping his pampers, there's a shadowy cabal of competent handlers that can take care of that job. But the very situation that is unfolding in front of our eyes demonstrates that no, there is no such thing. Any half competent cabal would have noticed that Biden is sundowning increasingly often months ago (see this: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/conspiracy-of-silence-to-protect-joe-biden.html ), decided on possible replacements, and smoothly got everyone to get along with the plan. An incompetent cabal could have at least deal with the fallout, instead of every newspaper in the country talking about it as if Biden is definitely finished while his twitter intern posts that he's definitely still running.

It's not even as bad a crisis really, in terms of the consequences or what would be required to mitigate it, it's not an external threat or anything, the only people who really have serious stakes in it are Biden's family who will suddenly become literal nobodies. But it is also by no means a nothingburger that could be allowed to unfold however it wants. So the fact that is was not taken care of is deeply concerning, do you think that if China sinks a US carrier this revealed headless chicken of a country will suddenly get someone competent in charge and calling shots?

Isn't that kind of mask off though?

It was never about Trump, it's about the hatred of the right.

Erm the President in Ireland is the head of our ambassador corps essentially. He's a figurehead of the establishment but he's also a primary point of diplomacy for foreign governments and officials. The first President Douglas Hyde was also a member of the Gaelic League movement and a prime powerbroker in the arts here and has been ever since.

!chuds Michael D Higgins is a popular dude in ambassador circles since he's a huge patron of the arts. He's always meeting embassies and holding concerts, talks and galleries. The President also has powers similar to the British Monarch where the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) comes forward to be accepted as PM by him after election. He could theoretically refuse to accept him! He also appoints cabinet members and supreme court judges

Dasha and Sanna Marin

That was Trump sweaty.

Biden just kept his policies in place when he left office.

That shit was over in 2013-13 with the Retrograde under OBAMMY

They effectuvely halted combat operations (which is what allowed Terry Taliban to dig up his buried AK-47 and get back into politics)

There is no American president within the last 30 years that has utilized the Armed Forces in a way that I would say isn't r-slurred.

I wish we could just get Eisenhower back, unfortunately we only get two choices. Globohomo option 1 and Globohomo option 2

How about we compromise by appointing the Trumps as America's royal family? Trump has only ceremonial power but everyone has to pretend to respect him, and he gets to live in a giant palace. Biden or Hillary can be Prime Minister and make the actual laws

The white woman with the biggest booba

Clinton is hugely underappreciated, which is hardly a surprise considering he was America's first and last black president