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Biden is self-destructing his own campaign.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

There may have been one, but the DNC and dark money would never have allowed it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

People keep saying things like this, but it's not like that stopped people like Bernie.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The Florida Democratic Party's executive committee voted to cancel their primary at the end of October 2023 and declare Biden the winner

The Tennessee Democratic Party decided to list only Biden as a ballot option for its primary after a November 11 meeting

The North Carolina Democratic Party acknowledged receiving requests for ballot access from Phillips and other candidates, but chose to only include Biden for its primary

The Democratic Party of Wisconsin left Phillips off the ballot; he appealed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court on January 26, 2024. The court unanimously ruled on February 2 that Phillips should be included on the ballot.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Phillips_2024_presidential_campaign

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

You really think people want Dean Phillips to be president?

Do they like his idea of putting Elonk Musk in his cabinet?

But sure, we definitely need a former CEO and one of the wealthiest men in congress to be president because, as we've learned, wealthy CEOs make the best presidents.

Oh, and if you want someone who is going to be hardline on Israel, it won't be Dean Phillips.. I'm sure his buddies on Fox & Friends are right there with him on that one.

From what I can tell, the "draw" of Phillips is he isn't as old as Biden. Because he sure doesn't sound like a good alternative to me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Well I would argue that the DNC did stop Bernie with the desire to get Hillary on the ballot. But getting back to the question; It's a long shot because of the naturalized citizen angle, but Cenk Uygur (known from the TYT podcasts) perhaps would be an interesting choice. A Turkish-born American though, sadly this will disqualify him with the current electoral rules, but at least he's educated, and not over 80, and I know he's fighting to stay in the run despite these hurdles.