You know who’s still sharp as a tack? Bernie fucking Sanders.
Every time people try to blame shitty politics on “old people” i think of Bernie and smh. Greed and corruption is the problem, folks. A new generation of people like Gaetz and Boebert aren’t going to magically save you.
Bernie is one of the few successful politicians of lifetimes that focused on the true source of rot in our political system. We’ve lost decades of progress by missing the opportunity to make that man our President.
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You know damn well the Dems would rather have Trump than Bernie.
Blue no matter who (unless the DCCC and the donor class doesn’t approve, terms and conditions apply).
Bingo. Remember how bad the DNC and media treated him?
I just remember Bloomberg starting up a campaign just to fuck with him, and dropping out as soon as only the corporate-conform candidates remained. It was so on the nose.
I still think he should retire as well, but yeah, both Trump and Biden have senior moments, don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like that with Sanders.
Bernie is the Jordan of honest politics, I’m not sure there’s anyone out there that can replace him.
I was talking to my wife, and three times in a row I called the shower a “closet” and it just kept happening, while I got mad and she laughed at me.
Does saying the wrong word make me incompetent?
But anyway biden is still too old and it’s embarrassing that he’s our “pick”, I agree.
Perhaps if you stopped hanging your clothes in the shower you wouldn’t keep confusing the 2. Also, your pants are on backwards.
I think I agree with you. But he’s speaking to the entire world, not to his wife about the shower… Gotta keep your words straight!
Fair enough! Words do be hard though.
This. Saying the wrong word in the moment is not a great look, but it certainly doesn’t imply an actual cognitive issue
It’s especially annoying that his way of speaking is critiqued so hard by the right considering he’s worked to overcome a stutter. There are very valid criticisms to make of the man, but somehow it’s more convencing to talk about banal things like how someone speaks, which has zero effect on how good they are as a president.
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.
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.
His money is Harris’ money, they’re on the same ticket.
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.
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.
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.
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.
you want to put trump and his christian nationalist wet dream project 2025 in power?
Biden is losing. Trump was one of the least popular presidents in history. Biden is even more unpopular. He’s losing 5/6 battleground states that he won last time.
You say we need Biden in order to beat Trump but Biden stands little chance against Trump.
I’m gonna need citations for those claims. Which battleground states has he lost or is losing?
They want everyone to pretend it’s not happening and that everything is fine. That’s how you lose the general
When you see the establishment candidate floundering against Trump while the Democrats tell you everything is fine and you start to get flashbacks
Changing from the incumbent would assure chaos and loss.
Especially since Biden has been polling below ‘generic Democrat’ in pretty much every poll.
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
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.
Speaking in the White House on Friday, the US president said: “In the coming days, we are going to join with our friends in Jordan and others who are providing airdrops of additional food and supplies in Ukraine [sic].”
Biden said the US would “seek to continue to open up other avenues in Ukraine [sic], including the possibility a marine corridor to deliver large amounts of humanitarian assistance. In addition to expanding deliveries by land, we are going to insist Israel facilitate more trucks and more routes to get more and more people the help they need.”
The United Arab Emirates, Egypt, France, Jordan and the UK have already carried out airdrops.
Serious question: what’s the procedure if he wins it, then decides to step down to ‘take care of my health’ after, say, a year into his second term? Does Kamala sit out the remainder of the term, or is a fresh election held, and how does it affect the cycle?
Once he’s sworn in, she’s next in line
It can literally happen a day after he wins the election. If the VP is president for more than two years (IIRC), then it counts as a term for them.
Biden doesn’t even want to be president. He’s only doing it because Republicans are threatening democracy. Plus, no one knows how much shit the president has to deal with. I’m in my 30s and I mix shit up all the time and I don’t have to deal with the shit that he does.
I’m no fan but mixing up (proper nouns for) two things you’ve been super focused on seems kinda reasonable to me. after covid lockdowns I kept calling people my partner’s name by accident for awhile. Surely he’s sleep deprived too.
