• nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    If only people had forseen this possibly and argued we should have vibrant competitive primaries instead of having the strong contenders not run in the name of unity. Oh well, instead we let Trump dominate the news cycles like he always does and kicked the can down the road until the can started falling apart.

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      2 months ago

      Even on here 2 months ago, hinting towards biden not being a good option would get you destroyed and downvoted to oblivion by the “BoTh SiDeS” brigade. It’s amazing how quickly they shriveled up and blew away.

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        2 months ago

        They pretty quickly pivoted to their new MSNBC talking points.

        • “But why is no one talking about Trump?”
        • “No one else would have the incumbent advantage.”
        • “4 months is simply not enough time to get a new nominee ready.”
        • “You should have told us before the primaries that you didn’t want Biden.”
        • “Suck it progressives. This, like everything else that is my fault, is all your fault.”

        I may have embellished one of those.

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          Lol they didn’t like you pointing it out. They rammed Biden past the normal process for making sure we have a good candidate and now want to say it’s too late to change.

          That’s behavior im used to seeing from the Republicans on climate change. And I’m really disappointed to see it in the Democrats now.

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    2 months ago

    I guess this mostly means figuring out how to do it with the minimum amount of chaos, but the clock is ticking and I’m not sure what he can really do beyond deciding on an endorsement and writing a speech.

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    2 months ago

    Joe, the best time to have announced you wouldn’t be running was a year ago. The second best time is right fucking now. The longer you delay this the worse it will be

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    2 months ago

    Could he hurry this hell up and GTFO as soon as possible? Instead of talking about what he might do for us, we are all talking about his cognitive decline, etc. We need a energetic, upbeat candidate making the case to normies as to why they should vote FOR the Democratic Party, not trying to constantly show what a monster donnie really is - especially now that donnie is making himself out to be some martyr that Jehovah saved from a bullet (FFS).

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    2 months ago

    Thank God. Biden had a great term and now it’s time for him to pass the torch to someone else, like he said he was going to do in the beginning.

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      2 months ago

      like he said he was going to do in the beginning.

      Biden never said he would only seek 1 term. Some unidentified staffer told a reporter that during the campaign. I don’t think it’s fair to hold him to a commitment he never made.

      Agreed that he’s done a great job and now is the time to pass the baton.