I like to hike, and I do a lot of it here around Aspen. I also like to see mean old Joe Biden and his hillbilly grifter family humiliated. And I like to drink wine. And I like interacting with my readers.
I figured out a tasty blend of these amusing activities. But first, here’s my take on the election.
Last night’s softball interview with Democrat flack George Stephanopoulos did little to quell the calls for Joe to drop out in the wake of last week’s catastrophic 90-minute cognitive test, a test on which he crashed and burned and his ashes were buried. The pundits and oddsmakers put the odds of Joe dropping out at around 60% these days.
The calls to drop out are even coming from the Democrats. Of course, their motivation is not the good of the country. Their motivation is that he is now dragging down the down-ticket Democrat candidates. And their secondary motivation is that they want voters to forget their contention just weeks ago that Joe is “sharp as a tack.”
It’s tough to reconcile that contention with Joe’s 90-minute implosion – or with current statements coming out of the White House that he’s much less senile between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. and that they’ll be sure to keep him under wraps altogether after 8 p.m.
The most damning thing from the Biden-opoulos interview was Joe’s reiteration that he refuses to take a cognitive test to confirm or refute the charges of senility.
Of course, that means he has indeed taken such a test and failed it, and so the White House has buried the results. At his age and demeanor, it would be medical malpractice for his physicians not to have administered such a test.
Everyone knows all this. Senile Joe and “doctor” Jill and criminal Hunter are engaged in simple denial.
But they will eventually come around to the next stages of grief. They’re already showing some anger. Next will be bargaining – for pardons, book deals and the like. Then depression when they learn that none of that is available. And then, finally, acceptance.
I say it will all happen very soon because the Democrats are desperate and the time is short. Rehabilitating Kamala to be his replacement is a major project. It’s already started, but they need more time with her.
So, I predict that Joe will drop out tomorrow afternoon, July 7, during his awake time between 10 and 2. Specifically, I put it at 1:34 Eastern Times.
Make your own prediction! The person who gets closest wins a day of hiking and drinking with me near Aspen. Or, at your election, an evening of walking and drinking inside Aspen proper. (So-called friends have suggested that the second place prize should be two such outings with me, and the third place prize should be three.)
From the start, we can do our best Joe imitations. Such as “C’mon man!” if one of us falls behind and “Here’s the deal” for no particular reason and “Anyway” whenever we don’t know what to say.
Two hours into it, we can do our best wide-eyed, shuffling, stiff-legged gait imitating Joe. Four hours into it, we can do our best asleep-with-the-nuclear-codes imitation. (Don’t worry, we’ll have a designated driver, and the codes will be cheap fakes.) All the while, we’ll enjoy taunting the Democrats of Aspen, of whom there are a great many but not many great.
Leave your predictions in the Comment Section below. (For consistency, use Eastern Time.)
the Aspen beat 
Monday July 15, 1pm eastern
July 10, 2024 at 1:00 PM Eastern time
He will drop out the instant he drops dead.
Friday, July 12, 4:32 p.m
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Thanks,
Lisa
My bet is noon ET 7/10
My birthday. It would be a nice present for the day…
August 7, 7:15am. If I happen to win, would it be all right if my adult son takes that hike with you. He’s fit and funny.
July 9, 2024 at 9:00pm – National address
monday July 15th
Glenn,
July 8th 12:00 eastern. I enjoy hiking and wine too. Let’s go!
My prediction is July 20 4:26 pm
Monday july 8th
I guess July 8 at 9:00am
July 12th
July tenth
Time is indeed short, with the DNC Convention scheduled for Aug. 19. Previously, I thought they might until the 1st day of the convention to announce Bi-done’s withdrawal and then have a grand farewell for him.
Then, the 2nd day there would be nominations with the hand-picked one among them. Quickly, they would rally around this individual for a display of unity, etc.
I’m not so sure now as what is he going to be like in 6 weeks?! It seems so odd that the Dems haven’t been prepared for this. Might what’s being played out now be nothing more than theater?
I’ve no crystal ball. At the max, I’say 2 weeks before there’s a definite decision.
2 pm EDT Friday July 12, please.
Joe Biden has been believing his own press releases going back to his 1988 run Jack! For him to give up the perks and position, his family would need to want to. That will take time (if ever). I’m estimating a noon speech delivered an hour late at 1pm Friday July 12th.
Tuesday 7/9 1200 Eastern!
July 11th, 4PM EST
I’m going with August 18, 5:00PM.
If I were a betting man (which I’m not) I would guess July 22, 2024. That’s my big brother’s b-day. Not sure if, or why, that’s relevant. But, If I were to win, I would be sure to utter, at someplace along the route, “Lyin’ dogface pony soldier”.
July 8, Monday at 10:15
4:35:pm July 10
July 8th, 9:59 am (before he is coherent)
Joe will drop out when the Kamala Harris bubble starts to burst. This is how Harris has always progressed. She has supporters who set her up as the only choice. She never really wins it on her own. In fact, she didn’t even pick her supporters. Her supporters picked her. She is a creation of the San Francisco Bay Area Democratic machine. What is her substance? Her bedrock is her tyrannical instincts. What do we know about her? Almost nothing.
The list of basic things we do not know about our officeholders is astounding and issue is particularly relevant to Harris. Given that her father was an economics professor and her mother a medical researcher, why did she not go to an Ivy League college or an Ivy comparable? It’s a question. Not to disparage Howard University, but it’s still a question. What were her SAT scores? ACT scores? LSAT scores? Undergrad GPA? Law school GPA? How far did she get in mathematics? What languages did she study and what is her level of fluency or facility in them? Did she learn a second language outside of her academic studies?
Then there’s another question. With her family background, why did she not go to an Ivy League or Ivy League comparable law school? Maybe the answer is only that she didn’t anticipate a high political career and just wanted to be a Bay Area lawyer among many. If she concedes that, then the question of what brought her into a political career becomes the focus.
These are my questions and they reflect my experience and concerns. Other people might have other questions. The questions people have are relevant.
A presidential candidate is by definition someone who potentially holds the power of life and death over a world. I know politics is political and all that, but it is reasonable to want to know something a person who might hold that power.
There are people out there other than Harris. Why is her machinery pushing the idea that it has to be her if Old White Joe drops out of the race? Probably, because they know it doesn’t have to be her.
All I can say is, don’t trust someone whose first reach is extortion. Pick me or the black women will boycott the party. Yeah, right.
Perhaps, she’s willing to be a PINO (President in name only) and let others do the heavy work. Up to the present it worked for Joe.
Wow, you sure did a lot of thinking abut a person who certainly is not worthy of it. She’s just another dimwitted diversity hire. There, see how easy that was?
July 13th, 1:00 pm.
. As of this point, Biden has no reason to Quit. he has no weakness to exploit other than Hunter. He owns all the delegates, has all the cash and a ruthless wife who has no intention of give up the power of the President. Short of a Clinton plane crash, I’m betting on Aug. 17. 11:00 ET just before the convention. this should create maximum confusion. Rioting inside and outside the convention. just like 1968.
I think we should start at the Jerome. Shannahan to start
Thursday, July 11th at 7:10 pm
Old Joe will drop out on Monday, July 8th at 1:30pm E/10:30am P.
It will be the moment that I pop the cork on a nice Cabernet and reload my backpack for its next journey.
Steve Thomas
JB towel thrown in: July 12, 2024, at 9:56 pm, MST.
Newsome/Harris ticket announced next morning during cartoons.
May I day drink whilst you hike?
July 12 5PM eastern
The senile denial family will be gone on news dump Friday.
July 9, 2024. 1:22 pm ET. A lovely walk around Aspen in full MAGA gear sounds wonderful!
Thursday July 11,
I am predicting ‘ol Joe’s drop out will be Thursday, July 11th at 1701 EDT.
He will resign to the first person who will give a guaranteed pardon to Hunter, Jill, and him self. Tomorrow if these conditions are met.
No way Hunter will let him resign.
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I predict Hunter will change his legal name to Joseph Biden and choose the pronouns they/them, thus becoming the candidate who has already won the Democrat primary in every state. He will be celebrated in the tradition of John and John Q. Adams and George H.W. and George W. Bush as the third son of a former president to run for president.
This will save the party a lot of money and unnecessary headaches (i.e. Biden/Harris 2024 paraphernalia will not have to be reprinted).
Hunter will then be able to pardon himself and wipe the Biden slate clean.
This will be done just in time for the convention.
Neat, huh?
My mobility issues prevent me from taking that hike and I don’t like wine. But thanks for the offer.
August 18th, noonish.
I’m going with an ultra creative approach.
In order to continue the Biden legacy, Hunter will legally change his name to Joseph Biden or Joseph R. Biden in order to secure the delegates already pledged to vote for Biden. This will follow a tradition begun by John and John Q. Adams as well as George H.W. and George W. Bush. If elected, Hunter will be able to pardon himself.
This will save the Democrat party a lot of trouble and money (i.e. the campaign paraphernalia reading “Biden/Harris 2024” will not need to be reprinted).
I predict Hunter’s name change will be finalized on the eve just before the Democratic convention.
Very good. Here’s one: Biden appoints Obama as VP, Harris steps down, The when Biden wins, Biden steps down and Obama becomes president again. No law against O running for VP.
That’s scary. But plausible.
“Biden appoints Obama as VP” – Have to get that through Congress first.
Apparently they are “ridin’ with Biden” cause Clyburn says so. And I am very much okay with that. We might be looking at a Reagan-like landslide. If that happens the Leftist tears would fill an Olympic sized swimming pool.
Friday, July 19 5:30 pm EDT.
August 16, 10am
I predict he won’t drop out, but will be dropped out by some other means – a ‘serious health event’, a ‘family concern’, etc – within 12 hours after Trump has secured the Republican nomination and announces his VP pick.