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With the Democratic Party struggling to find a new direction, former President Joe Biden and former first lady Jill Biden have offered to jump in and help with fundraising and rebuilding. (www.nbcnews.com)

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

Just retire already. I still regret my vote for him.

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

two weeks ago i tried searching to figure out where the fuck Biden had gone. couldn't find a thing besides the talent agency he'd signed with

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

He's like 80yo. Let him be

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why has the left been floundering for the past dozen years? It doesn't feel like the common man has anyone to represent us.

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[+] [email protected] -10 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

These comments smell tankie af

Biden is giving free money to the progressive party far in advance of the midterms, I say we lock in and join the parade.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Which progressive party would that be? Is there a viable progressive party? Is it in the room with us now?

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

DNC wants to tax the rich, fund everyone's healthcare, ban lobbying, draw fair election maps, protect the rights of minorities, stop climate change, and protect the right to worship whatever you want.

If they had the authority to pass everything on their platform, if they had a trifecta and 60 senators for the first time since 1979 and a bunch of conservative SCOTUS judges croaked so we could replace them, then the USA would be further left than more than half of the EU.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah yes. Give money to the “progressive party” so it can do progressive things like funding ads for far right republicans in primaries:

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/27/1106859552/primary-illinois-colorado-republican-candidate-democrats-ads

Or backing “centrist” primary candidates against progressive candidates.

Very progressive. This amalgamation of rich people’s money and consultants is a great political ally.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Fuck yeah fund the opposition's primary. Your article even explains why that strategy works so well.

If you don't like how campaigns get financed, then I have some wonderful news! Democrats have in the past written many campaign finance laws including capping contributions per person effectively outlawing lobbying from 2003 to 2010 which was the basis of the Citizens United SCOTUS decision, which was also a 5:4 partisan decision.

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

Yeah look how well it’s worked. Far right nutjobs have totally not been normalized. Nope.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

No matter how much you think far-right primarying conservatives in congressional districts normalizes the nutjobs, nothing holds a candle to electing the racist felon to POTUS two whole times.

If there were more competitive conservative primaries in 2024 like there were for democrats then we'd be in a different timeline rn.

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

Because locking in to biden worked so well last time... This is such a stupid idea it has to come from a republican.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

We didn't lock into Biden and that's why we now have Trump.

How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man?

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

it's not Biden.

It's the party.

it needs a culling. absolute decimation. vote nearly all of them out. you know the very few that should stay. erase the rest from history.

dude if a republican unwittingly says something that doesn't call for death of trans people they'll be immediately ousted. democrats out here capitulating to nazis. be a little republican. get them out.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

If voting worked they would abolish voting. Both parties have the same masters.

Keep setting Tesla dealerships on fire, the only things capitalists respond to are forced devaluation events

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

They are trying to abolish voting, see voter suppression laws and pretty much every voting rights case the Supreme Court has seen during Roberts's tenure.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I suppose he had to offer, it was his support of Israel murdering Palestinian women and children that lost Harris the election, but I think it's best for Joe to have a quiet retirement.

Maybe, in time, we'll remember him fondly as Obama's VP.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Fuck around and fuck off geezer

[–] [email protected] 67 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

What a weird coincidence that, just as AOC and Bernie begin a wildly successful tour of the country, we start hearing about the Biden's wanting to help lead the party or Kamala being the the top choice for 2028.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

May as well get ready for president Ivanka Trump in 2028. The DNC is its own worst enemy.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Like how suddenly all the milquetoast candidates capitulated to Biden just before Super Tuesday when Bernie was winning states.

Always weird how they use dirty tactics for the left but never the fascists...

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago

Or how they delayed announcing a winner in Iowa, rigged at least one delegate coin flip, and eventually anointed Buttigieg the winner even though Bernie received more votes.

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