To the editor: George Clooney and Michael Douglas, amongst others, not too long ago acknowledged what so many Democrats are considering. We’d like a brand new nominee.
President Biden has been a breath of recent air after Trump, and lots of love him as a principled particular person, however it’s time for somebody youthful and extra vibrant to steer the nation. Most significantly, we’d like somebody who can beat Trump, as that’s the backside line.
President Biden would nonetheless be efficient, however perceptions eclipse actuality in presidential races, and his fragility is an excessive amount of to beat, particularly amongst younger, minority and undecided voters.
I assist flipping the ticket with Kamala Harris working as president and Biden as vp/particular advisor.
It’s unconventional however that’s the time we stay in! What’s extra unconventional than having a convicted felon candidate on the opposite aspect? The Democratic ticket would get the good thing about Biden’s knowledge and expertise, however he wouldn’t need to take heart stage the place his limitations are uncovered.
As the identical presidential group they can faucet into the cash already raised for the Biden-Harris marketing campaign, and positively Kamala Harris is aware of what the job calls for, as she has been a part of the presidency for 3 and a half years.
Nevertheless it must occur rapidly so the remainder of the nation can get to know her and see how succesful she is.
Biden is a hero to many people, for what he has personally confronted and the way deftly he righted the ship after COVID and Trump. Now he must do essentially the most heroic factor of all: Park his ego and morph into essentially the most invaluable, sagest advisor {that a} president may ever have.
Christine Tempesta, Carlsbad
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To the editor: On Wednesday night we watched “The Final Phrase With Lawrence O’Donnell” on MSNBC. Earlier than President Biden attended the NATO convention, he stopped by and spoke to the workers on the headquarters of the AFL-CIO thanking them for his or her assist. O’Donnell confirmed the entire seven-minute discuss that the president gave to the workplace workers. The seven minute discuss that not one of the different information shops coated. The president spoke with out notes, aids or teleprompter. He was partaking, full, concise and complete. I like to recommend that each Democrat that’s considering that Biden ought to drop out of the race watch this seven-minute discuss. From what I noticed, I concluded that there’s nothing unsuitable with Joe Biden both bodily or mentally. Disgrace on George Clooney.
Joseph Petrotta, Altadena
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To the editor: Like Mary McNamara, I additionally imagine that the New York Instances significantly stumbled once they printed George Clooney’s letter. Clooney’s opinion on Biden has no weight with me or 99% of the nation.
He lacks the political credibility to be introduced as a pundit on this pivotal political story.
The New York Instances merely jettisoned their regular journalistic rigor and requirements in a determined try and enchantment to a bigger viewers.
The Los Angeles Instances, nevertheless, has reported on what the Hollywood elite are considering throughout this presidential marketing campaign. However this solely fosters the notion that the readership really cares about what the leisure elite assume on a variety of political points.
It’s time for the New York Instances and the L.A. Instances to attract a greater line within the sand between information and leisure — notably with regards to a presidential election.
Steven Lutzer, Los Angeles
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To the editor: Did you see Biden’s very sharp NATO speech and the standing ovation that adopted? Did that appear just like the work of somebody who has misplaced their thoughts? Did you discover the financial numbers? 15-plus million jobs created? The very best financial restoration on this planet from COVID? The IRA, the infrastructure invoice, the CHIPS Act?
Don’t the precise outcomes of Biden’s governing decide whether or not he’s good on the job, way more so than one awkward debate? The media frenzy and breathless hypothesis across the debate appears overwrought within the excessive and really damaging.
George Clooney spent a part of one night with Biden — how does that make him an authority on the president’s health? Yeah the man is outdated — however the different man is outdated and insane.
Professor Allan Lichtman, who has been proper about virtually each election of the final 40 years, says the Democratic Social gathering is needlessly destroying their enormously profitable president when he has been on monitor to a second time period. He says polls and debates should not what decide electoral outcomes — issues like social gathering unity, financial circumstances, not having a contested race, and so forth. do.
I agree with Lichtman. Trump’s social gathering will rally round a felon, fraudster and traitor out of lust for energy however spineless Democrats (and the media) bail on an enormously profitable presidency after one unhealthy debate. What’s the concern right here? Do we expect the president goes to begin mendacity and making loopy choices as a result of he’s slowing down?
We all know who lies and makes loopy choices — the opposite man. He does it every single day.
James Combs, Los Angeles
