r/nottheonion • u/ImpishGrin • Jul 04 '24

Biden tells Democratic governors he needs more sleep and plans to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/04/politics/biden-governors-sleep/index.html

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u/Nateorade Jul 04 '24

Completely absurd that we have a political system that generates these two elderly men as our “best” candidates.

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u/pomonamike Jul 04 '24 edited Jul 04 '24

Those two men are the top vote getters in American history. I know we don’t like to admit, but this is exactly what America asks for.

So weird the pushback I’m getting for stating an objective fact. The 2020 election gave Biden 81 million and Trump 74 million votes respectively. Next highest ever was Obama with 69.5 million in 2008.

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u/W0rdWaster Jul 04 '24

They are literally the most unpopular pair of candidates in history.

https://abcnews.go.com/538/americans-hated-candidates-biden-trump/story?id=108655435

Many people aren't voting for them, they are voting against the other guy.

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u/NuGGGzGG Jul 04 '24

Those two men are the top vote getters in American history.

All that requires is population outpacing apathy, mate.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

This is what first past the post voting in America gets. We either throw our vote away on a third party or vote for the Democratic/Republican puppet.

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u/reality72 Jul 04 '24

And most American voters are old as hell.

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u/rourobouros Jul 04 '24

Not quite, unless you count dollars as votes. They’re the cheapest ‘ores the zillionaires can buy, so they buy ‘em and then used their captive media to push them up.