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Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate by standardUser on Sunday July 21, 2024 @08:36PM (#41029789)
Political jobs require few if any fine motor skills. Why, we once even had a paraplegic president during wartime!
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Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate by throw4847285 on Monday July 22, 2024 @09:40AM (#41034257)
Ironically, FDR pulled a Biden but succeeded. By early 1944 he was already dying of cancer and hid it, as he hid his disability. He made it through the election, and then died a few months after his inauguration leaving Truman in charge. Of course, FDR was more popular than Biden, but I do believe it was his closest election.
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Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate by garaetjjte on Monday July 22, 2024 @01:48PM (#41037252)
Probably easier to pull that off in era before televised debates.
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