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Joe Biden’s campaign is facing a strategic dilemma. Since the president’s job-approval ratings have been consistently low, his path to reelection depends on making 2024 a comparative choice between himself and Donald Trump, his scary, extremist predecessor. That task is becoming more urgent as evidence emerges that a sizable number of voters either don’t remember or misremember the four turbulent years of the Trump administration. But paradoxically, educating voters about the potential consequences of a Biden defeat could annoy and alienate them by pushing Trump fatigue to new heights.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Almost like he should just listen to the voters and also all the fucking scientists and economists if he wants to energize tired voters.

“Stop selling Israel weapons.” “Be more aggressive with climate policy, we’re already late and can’t dilly-dally anymore.” “Oh my god just actually make a fucking effort instead of offering lukewarm responses all the time.”

It’s not hard, and the science backs up the demands.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Be more aggressive with climate policy, we’re already late and can’t dilly-dally anymore.

Wellllllllll

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Welllllllllll

Biden took half a trillion dollars’ worth of action on climate change which he funded by taxing Amazon + friends which ticked emissions down to 40% reduction by 2030 which is way too late and nowhere near enough no but he started working on it the instant he got in office and had to do the whole thing twice because Manchin blew up the first much more aggressive one at the last minute so yes we need to do a hell of a lot more but it seems weird to pick out the ONE guy in American government who has achieved ANY level of forward progress and give him and only him criticism about how important is climate change and we can’t possibly elect him especially since the other guy wants to undo even that step and start blowing up the planet even harder which makes me question a little bit whether you REALLY care about climate change or whether your explicit targeting of the one guy who made some progress on it is maybe

🎶

Just maybe

Focused and directed in service of an agenda which is maybe

🎶

Maybe just maybe NOT

🎶

Aligned with solving climate change

🎶🎶🎶

Especially given the fact that you seem totally uninterested in conversations about solving climate change which do NOT lead in direct and immediate A->B fashion into not voting for Joe Biden

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago (3 children)

"It’s not hard"

You run for President then hotshot

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Actually I am running for president. I'm just poor AF so you'll have to use a write in since I'm not really party allegiant or super well known.

It's not hard.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Yes, hello. I understand you’re giving out Presidental Campaign starter packages?

I’ll take the Newport parents, Ivy League College, multi-millionare basic bundle. That comes with the limited-time “My Parents donated to most of my future colleagues’ war chests” add-on, right?

Do I have to upgrade to get rid of the early-to-mid-life scandal?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Sadly the contract requires you to sell your soul to AIPAC and promise your liver and lungs to Lockheed Martin as collateral

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Do I have to upgrade to get rid of the early-to-mid-life scandal?

That depends if you took the 'media-mogul' tract or the 'oil-and-gas magnate' tract for your "son-of-a-billionaire" class.

Also, if you took the 'tech-bro' multi-class early on, that can unlock the "every-crisis-is-an-opportunity" story-line where you buy a floundering media company in an attempt to preserve your image.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

A genius rebuttal, why didn’t I think of that?