# President Biden Dropping Out of Race **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** kamala-harris\ **Created:** [July 21, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-biden-dropping-out-of-race/1004540 "2024-07-21T18:05:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-biden-dropping-out-of-race/1004540/403 "2024-07-25T00:08:30Z")
Yeah. He looks terrible. He’s picking up since i started. But he’s obviously reading, and not speaking, iykwim. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-biden-dropping-out-of-race/1004540/404 "2024-07-25T00:08:52Z")
Fixed it. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-biden-dropping-out-of-race/1004540/405 "2024-07-25T00:09:35Z")
Yep-fixed it. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-biden-dropping-out-of-race/1004540/406 "2024-07-25T00:10:44Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > But he’s obviously reading, and not speaking Cut him some slack. 🧐 ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-biden-dropping-out-of-race/1004540/407 "2024-07-25T00:12:13Z")
I think he wrote the text, and believes it. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-biden-dropping-out-of-race/1004540/408 "2024-07-25T00:13:07Z")
Agreed. It’s pure Joe. * * * I was almost in tears at the end. He did a good thing. Now the pundits are going to go over and over and over and over his very clear remarks and gum them to death. I’m out. ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-biden-dropping-out-of-race/1004540/409 "2024-07-25T00:15:29Z")
I thought he showed his weakness, but swelled towards the end. Good job. I had some goosebumps. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-biden-dropping-out-of-race/1004540/410 "2024-07-25T00:15:43Z")
And of course, he’s still getting over covid. I felt shitty for a few weeks after i was “better”. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-biden-dropping-out-of-race/1004540/411 "2024-07-25T00:17:12Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Bush endorsed McCain and Romney during the primaries, but don’t hold your breath waiting for Bush to endorse Trump. George W. Bush did not vote Trump in 2016, 2020, and I certainly isn’t in 2024. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-biden-dropping-out-of-race/1004540/412 "2024-07-25T00:22:47Z")
I watched Biden’s speech. It was good, and he sounded sincere. Yes, he was obviously reading a teleprompter, and looked it, but he stayed on-script, and his message was clear. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-biden-dropping-out-of-race/1004540/413 "2024-07-25T00:25:40Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Yes, he was obviously reading a teleprompter… Is there a politician today who doesn’t read from a teleprompter? Few, if any, politicians just wing-it when giving a speech. Especially one like this. Trump seems to go off script and we see the word salad and outright bonkers shit he says (which, weirdly, his fans seem to love). ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-biden-dropping-out-of-race/1004540/414 "2024-07-25T00:29:22Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > If Biden isn’t skilled enough to be the job at the highest level, why is he skilled enough to know who can do it at the highest level? Who said he wasnt 'skilled" enough? Clearly he is. It is just that running for president takes a lot of time and energy and being President also takes a lot of time and energy, and his health isnt really up to both. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > Biden was a freakin’ genius, in my opinion. Yep. > [@Spoons](#): > > Yes, he was obviously reading a teleprompter, So what? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-biden-dropping-out-of-race/1004540/415 "2024-07-25T00:29:51Z")
Watched it. I’m very sad and I admire the heck out of Joe Biden. As a person and as a president. I wish he’d run in 2016 and was wrapping up his second term. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-biden-dropping-out-of-race/1004540/416 "2024-07-25T00:32:02Z")
Biden isn’t just skilled enough to be president, he is one of the best presidents I’ve seen. People like him in Washington DC and he was able to actually, you know, get stuff done. I think he’s a real hero. I think Lindsay Graham said something like, “God never created a better man than Joe Biden,” and it is probably an exaggeration, but he’s a great guy. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-biden-dropping-out-of-race/1004540/417 "2024-07-25T00:36:45Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Biden isn’t just skilled enough to be president, he is one of the best presidents I’ve seen. People like him in Washington DC and he was able to actually, you know, get stuff done. He passed a _bipartisan_ gun control bill that actually stops guns from getting into the hands of criminals. That is a miracle. We havent had a “get things done” president like Biden since LBJ. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-biden-dropping-out-of-race/1004540/418 "2024-07-25T00:44:45Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > He passed a _bipartisan_ gun control bill that actually stops guns from getting into the hands of criminals. That is a miracle. We havent had a “get things done” president like Biden since LBJ. Of any president in my life, I want to thank Biden the most. He was getting old, figured Clinton could beat Trump. When she didn’t, he rose up to go and do it himself and he did. I just pray we don’t go backward and reinstate Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-biden-dropping-out-of-race/1004540/419 "2024-07-25T00:48:30Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > We havent had a “get things done” president like Biden since LBJ. Speaking of LBJ, he’s another one who _for the good of the country_ decided not to run for another term. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-biden-dropping-out-of-race/1004540/420 "2024-07-25T01:00:59Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Is there a politician today who doesn’t read from a teleprompter? Few, if any, politicians just wing-it when giving a speech. Especially one like this. “Have you ever seen Lyin’ Abe give a speech? He gave an address in Gettysburger, the Fake New York Sun said oh this is the greatest speech anyone’s ever given. He used the back of an envelope. I like politicians who don’t use the back of an envelope. And it was a terrible speech, he said some very nasty things about President Davis - I have a great relationship with President Davis, by the way, he’s not letting the radical leftists take your property - and you’re probably going to be having Civil War 3 if I’m not elected.” ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-biden-dropping-out-of-race/1004540/421 "2024-07-25T01:06:55Z")
Trump has teleprompters too. He just decides to do his own thing. [![](https://i.imgur.com/nb9hEUO.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/nb9hEUO.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-biden-dropping-out-of-race/1004540/422 "2024-07-25T01:12:59Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Gettysburger That’s clearly a typo, it’s called “Gettysberder”. And yeah, Trump can say anything he wants and gets away with it, so doesn’t need a teleprompter. It’s not like he has any real facts or a cogent argument to make in the first place. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-biden-dropping-out-of-race/1004540.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-biden-dropping-out-of-race/1004540.md?page=22)