Biden Does the Right Thing

I suspect with a little help from Pelosi

Caren White
4 min readJul 22, 2024

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Well, thank God that’s over. The “will he or won’t he” was driving me batshit. Come on, we all knew Biden was going to drop out of the race. It was just a question of when and how.

We knew it was going to be on a weekend because shit like this gets announced when the markets are closed to prevent wild swings. And a Sunday was a good bet cuz that’s when Biden goes to mass and communes with God.

Do you suppose the Almighty just said “fuck it” and appeared in person to tell Joey to get the hell out of the race?

Nah.

If you are wondering what finally made Biden decide to drop out of the race, I got two words for you: Nancy Pelosi. You knew the minute she got involved, it was all over. That woman is a force of nature. Just do as she says and no one gets hurt.

And she was speaking to Biden from a position of strength. She herself gave up power as Speaker of the House and handed the gavel over to the next generation. She showed how it should be done.

Thanks, Nancy.

Now, here’s hoping that the Democrats follow your other piece of advice and have an open convention to vote on a new nominee rather than a coronation of Calamity Kamala. Of course Biden endorsed…

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Caren White

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