Since the debate, I have been watching and listening to the banter of my close Democrat pals. The ones who have been colleagues, neighbors, and friends for decades. Where they stand falls into three general categories.
First are the Democrats of the traditional variety that support fiscal responsibility, law enforcement, common sense, fairness, and decency, support America and the Constitution and our inalienable rights, and don’t want the government to be too involved in our lives more than necessary.
These folks also generally get their news from multiple sources and as much as anyone can, know what is going on. Most did not vote for Joe Biden in 2020, or did so grudgingly, and those that did will not do so in 2024. Biden's cognitive failure and the openly anti-American platform of the current far, far-left party are plain to see now and were strongly indicated then. These folks vote country over party.
Category 2 are folks that saw what was going on with Biden then, and now, and that he has been a puppet led by behind-the-scenes people and voted for it anyway. These are the folks that always had Marxist/communism/socialism lurking just barely below the surface. I am surprised at how many people I know in this category some of who have even openly joined a Socialist club.
They even refer to one another as comrades. These are the folks who are smart and informed and knew the larger story from multiple sources but supported the ruse anyway because they ultimately want to break down America into a Socialist/Marxist state and they aren’t shy about saying so. Some of these folks work in our government and agencies.
Category 3 are the ones who are full of Kool-Aid and only get their information from highly curated left-wing sources. They were truly surprised by the debate performance. It seems shocking, I know, but there are people who so fully have their heads in the sand that they believed the 'deep fake', 'cheap fake', edited clips spin and believed that Biden was just fine.
It was just the “haters” lying about him and trying to bring down democracy saying such things, they proclaimed. These are, generally speaking, the same people who believed the Charlottesville stories, and the Jan 6 stories, and may even still wear masks despite all evidence. Several folks I know were legitimately shocked at Biden's condition at the debate. They will vote for him anyway because they support the far-left platform and don’t care which head is in the chair.
I suppose there is 4th category, too. Those who have stayed silent because they believed what they were being told and shown despite evidence to the contrary and are now embarrassed. They are silent because they will still vote for Biden, or whatever head he is replaced with because they are all in on the Marxist agenda that is taking root in America. They are just too cowardly to say so out loud.
In the end, the Democrat party is broken. They lied to their own and the nation about the competency of the president. They’ve lied about the border, fentanyl, the economy, energy, pandemic mandates, everything. They’ve defied the Supreme Court on student loans and executive power limitations generally. They have supported the administrative state and opposed First and Second Amendment rights. If the three, far left-leaning, robed ladies of the Supreme Court want to talk about who thinks they are a king, they might look a little closer to home.