The manner of his leaving the race reportedly still pains the president—who plans to jet off for a Santa Barbara vacation just after his address instead of being at Harris’ speech.
  • The Snark Urge@lemmy.worldEnglish
    191·
    3 months ago

    Despite any initial reservations about Harris’ ability to lead,

    He did pick her for veep, so it’d be weird if this was true.

        • Dearth@lemmy.world
          91·
          3 months ago

          Isn’t it admirable that he strung trump along, baiting out all the most ageist shit the magasphere could possibly generate only to drop out after the rnc convention, forcing tired dumb trump to throw out 6 years of campaign stumping?

          • The Snark Urge@lemmy.worldEnglish
            91·
            3 months ago

            He’s been extremely competent, of course. I think history will treat him more kindly than we have.

  • TooManyFoods@lemmy.world
    121·
    3 months ago

    The article headline makes you think it’s a quote from biden. The article makes you think it’s a quote from his friend. Follow it to axios, and you find that it’s their own interpretation, and still should be left in context.

  • BertramDitore@lemmy.worldEnglish
    83·
    3 months ago

    This might rub some folks the wrong way, but I have zero sympathy for him. Even if he feels betrayed, which is kind of understandable, that’s politics man, and sometimes it’s rough. Especially when the candidate can’t string together a coherent sentence.

    But since he’s been in positions with significant power for longer than most of us have been alive, you’d think he would have understood that about his chosen career by now? In presidential politics, the only thing that matters is winning, and he wasn’t going to win.

    Assuming he truly understands the stakes of the election, this was the most politically savvy decision he could have possibly made, so frankly it’s time to suck it up and enjoy the showers of love and praise he’s getting, and spend that government pension on some awesome vacations. Goodbye, and thank you for your service. Please lay off the whining, it’s not a great look.

  • celeste@kbin.earth
    41·
    3 months ago

    https://www.axios.com/2024/08/19/biden-dnc-speech-harris I read the article and the linked axios article, and I’m still not sure there was any value to them. Maybe he is still pissed, and he’s talking about it with his pals, but if he doesn’t do anything with them, he’s entitled to feel what he wants. He laughed when he heard a friend defended him. Cool!

  • dactylotheca@suppo.fiEnglish
    96·
    3 months ago

    I thought he’d understood why it was better for him to drop out of the race, but I guess that was overly optimistic of me

    • draneceusrex@lemmy.world
      81·
      3 months ago

      He can understand, but still be pissed the work he put in during this administration wasn’t able to carry him to a second term after being undermined by his age and debate performance. Especially considering the alternative

    • TheFogan@programming.devEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      I mean that’s kind of crazy hyperbole… RFK Jr, is still a crazy who only appeals to a tiny portion of people. Biden would continue to lose ground to trump, but I imagine he’d have probably held the popular vote, but remain losing in all the states that matter for the election.