Joe Biden confuses Gaza with Ukraine twice in airdrop announcement - eviltoast
  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Downvoting this stuff doesn’t make Biden more competent.

    There’s still time for him to step aside for damn near anyone else so trump doesn’t win.

    • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      There really isn’t time. Nobody, not Harris, not anyone will be able to raise the money and coordinate a national campaign between now and the election. The time for him to step aside was like two years ago. Harris needed time to establish her own identity as president to take on Trump. If he withrew from the race, he would have to step down as President because he’d be basically admitting he’s too feeble. Harris trying to run as VP would have all the negatives of Biden and none of his strengths. And that’s assuming ten more candidates don’t step up to try to take the nomination from her.

      I agree with you that I wish we had a better Democrat because we really cannot afford another Trump term, but Biden is it. Unless he dies, he’s the nominee. I hope he finds the strength to win it.

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          8 months ago

          It’s not just money. It’s getting the name recognition out there, and most people simply don’t pay any attention to the VP. Biden might as well pick a total stranger.

          Plus, it’s about charisma. In general, people have to like the candidate before they’ll vote for them, and Kamala is less charismatic than Biden.

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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      8 months ago

      The second sentence is why you’re getting downvoted.

      Under the constraints of the system we’re forced to use to elect our politicians… there’s actually not. And yeah, I hate it too. But if it’s Biden or overt fascism, I pick Biden.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        We don’t have other options because Biden and the DNC didn’t want a primary.

        The general still hasn’t started yet, it’s still not too late.

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          8 months ago

          that’s because when political parties primary presidential incumbents, that party loses the white house. you want to put trump and his christian nationalist wet dream project 2025 in power?

          besides there’s the other fact that no other democrat was inclined to run for president, nor are any of them able to now. signature requirements to run in the super tuesday states were due last thursday iirc. so the only way biden will not be the candidate is if he has to step away from the presidency between now and the convention.

          biden is the candidate. if you have a problem with that you should have done something about that in 2016.

    • jonne@infosec.pub
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      8 months ago

      Especially since Biden has been polling below ‘generic Democrat’ in pretty much every poll.

      • Jordan117@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        A generic candidate will always poll higher because they have no specific flaws and every type of voter can project their own ideal platform onto them.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        For either party, they could run an empty suit and easily win this election. Anyone else could beat trump, and anyone else could beat Biden. It’s like we’re running the literal lowest common denominators.

        And the only rational anyone can give for “why” is that it’s too late, which is so obviously not true but they just keep repeating it and eventually it will be

    • return2ozma@lemmy.worldOP
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      8 months ago

      They want everyone to pretend it’s not happening and that everything is fine. That’s how you lose the general