To the editor: The Democratic Party is in tatters. We must unite around one candidate and fight with all our might to win the election.
Rep. Adam Schiff says Biden should resign because he can't beat TrumpIt is not a valid reason to fire a candidate. The question is whether the candidate has the mental and physical capacity to do the job. That should be our goal. But we are wasting our time and we need to come together.
Judy Melton, Pasadena
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To the editor: Look, folks. The truth of the matter is that Joe Biden has demonstrated supreme arrogance by being unwilling to withdraw from the presidential campaign. This is nothing new. He was arrogant when he quickly abandoned Afghanistan and when he chose economic strategies that led to inflation and higher interest rates. Old age does not excuse these errors of judgment. The idea that Joe Biden has been a great president is nonsense.
Sheldon Welles, Pacific Palisades
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To the editor: The night of the first presidential debate seems like a thousand years ago, but not for President Biden. In the weeks since, Biden has been the target of the harshest political censure of his illustrious career as a public servant.
Normally, harsh criticism of a Democratic president would flow in one direction, from right to left. But not this time. Members of the president's own party are calling for him to drop out of the 2024 presidential race.
Citing issues of age and vitality as conditions justifying retirement, these calls appear to have reached the top of the party. Fearing that his candidacy could be a drag on candidates for lesser offices, Biden, in an act of altruism, would do well to rethink his intractable stance.
Jim Paladino, Tampa, Florida.
