05-16-2024, 11:36 AM
$tevie wrote:
[quote=mrbigstuff]my hope is that Biden asks him specific things about being President that 45 should know but, of course, does not. I would like to see a discussion involving "shop talk," but I may be in the minority here.
I love that idea. And it would also educate the countless number of people who have no clue what the President of the United States can and cannot (and should not) do.
I can imagine a few specifics on this:
(1) Demonstration of the President's power to declassify documents.
(2) Demonstration of the limits of the President's power to direct independent agencies.
For (1) I envision Biden saying something that induces the Man Who Cannot Keep His Mouth Shut to reveal classified information of some kind that is not problematic to reveal at this point. Aliens, Kennedy, etc. Now you've got the former President disclosing classified information LIVE ON THE AIR disclosing classified information. For (2) Biden could then direct the Secretary of Defense to "protect the nation's secrets and assassinate the leaker" and be refused for giving an unlawful order. Then Biden could pardon himself. Then he could direct the AG to arrest the leaker.
It will be interesting if you put these two on stage and they legitimize normal government operations, how the GQP crowd might be tilted towards RFK Jr... while an unsettling wildcard I do believe that he will ultimately spoil the election for P01135809; couple that with the solid 10-20% of registered Republicans who have voted for Haley in the (heavily rigged in favor of the former President) primaries, I am encouraged.
Now we need to focus on the critical down ballot races in the House and the Senate.