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Biden rejects growing pressure to abandon his campaign, vows to stay 'to the end' (www.reuters.com)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

Mfer really said "if I'm going down I'm taking my party and my entire country with me" : 💀

[+] [email protected] -16 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Apparently one bad performance, a performance that has little to do with the actual job, is enough to get him fired? Yes, yes, I know, he's stumbled, he's not perfect, but is anyone? I find the whole response to be sus as hell, and more than a bit racist. One debate and their willing to dump him? This sounds more like a paid attack on Biden fronted by sell out Democrats than a real response. And the rather noticeable lack of suggesting the VP, a black woman, takes over sounds more than a little bit racist. Why not bring Harris up? Give her a bigger more visible role in the administration and the campaign? Show whether or not she's up for the job? Essential let the American people test drive her as a president.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

It's👏 Her👏Turn👏

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

This is a good bit.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The DNC and the American people are once again to blame for the rise of fascism in their own country. They knew Biden was too old to run again, they knew he's senile, they didn't try and find another candidate, didn't rally behind one, didn't bother to vote for anybody younger.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 months ago (3 children)

DNC putting out senile candidate without primaries

must be the people's fault!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

There's a history here. Back with Jimmy Carter, he had a primary challenge from Ted Kennedy. Carter won, but only by 51% to 37%. He was already having trouble of course, but it was just one more thing that hurt him and got Reagan in power. We all know how that went. So now the general practice is to clear the field for the incumbent if they choose to run for reelection. Biden hasn't been given any special out.

Trump is of course an odd case since he's not an incumbent, but his grip on the Republican Party gives him a position near to that of an incumbent. He was always by far and away the frontrunner, and every other Republican candidate was for the chattering class.

[+] [email protected] -21 points 3 months ago (2 children)

You couldn't even be bothered to check. There were 2 other democratic candidates. And there are independent candidates.

So yeah, voters have options, they just don't want to use them.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A bunch of nobodies ran against biden, no serious contenders.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago

What made them "not serious"? Did they have shit opinions? Did they forget their lines? Or was it just that they weren't popular enough?

I bet you it's the latter. Well who makes people popular? We fucking do. We share their shit on social media. We talk about them on forums, with family, friends, and strangers. We buy their merch and plaster it all over the place. But because the US population was told "Biden's your only chance", they rallied behind him.

Not behind some independent with values, with new proposals, with credentials, with opinions of this age, with the ability to stay awake during a debate. No. The citizens of the USA got behind some old fart they were told to.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You are plain amazing

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

A truly beautiful mind

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Remember the write-in uncommitted thing? Those were primaries.

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

Post-debate poll showed that majority of Democrat voters aren't even voting for Biden. They are voting for "against Trump." Democrats had four years to find a candidate that people would actually want to vote for, but instead they pulled out the 2020 playbook thinking it would work the same.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

It's Her Turn guys Pokemon Go to the polls

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