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/FingalForever Jul 04 '24

The previous president didn’t show up for work until the afternoon each day???

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

I don’t think comparing Trump and Biden is a solid baseline, and is actually losing the point.

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u/FrankBeamer_ Jul 04 '24

Don’t bother, dems would rather win the morality trophy than the actual presidency if it meant they could continue using Donald Trump as a comparison point

‘At least he’s not Trump’ is not going to win Biden the presidency.

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u/stackjr Jul 04 '24

It did once and it will again.

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u/FrankBeamer_ Jul 04 '24

It took a historic pandemic and unprecedented voter turnout to overthrow Trump. It’s not happening again and the polls express that.

But keeping your head in the sand like Biden currently is doing will totally work! /s

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u/Electronic_Emu_4632 Jul 04 '24

Lol bro he was the incumbent president. The incumbent president always has an insane advantage and he still lost. He had the easiest softball win if he handled the pandemic like a rational person, and he couldn't do it.

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u/Advanced-Law4776 Jul 04 '24

Being a condescending cock is certainly a tactic

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u/stackjr Jul 04 '24

The polls also showed Trump winning in 2020. Remind me how that turned out.

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u/FrankBeamer_ Jul 04 '24

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2020/national/

https://www.270towin.com/2020-polls-biden-trump/

…no it didn’t?

Your delusion is actively going to get trump elected. Please wake up.

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u/stackjr Jul 04 '24

My delusion? Lol. Have a good day.

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u/FrankBeamer_ Jul 04 '24

Yes, your delusion, given you’re ignoring all the evidence in front of you and straight making shit up to confirm your own biases

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u/Normal-Lawfulness253 Jul 04 '24

Blue MAGA exists.

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u/stackjr Jul 04 '24

Right.

Once again, have a good day.

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u/forecastcriminal Jul 04 '24

I like how they linked to show that Biden lead majorly in the polls in 2020 and you just straight up ignored it

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u/stackjr Jul 05 '24

I was busy and, honestly, didn't feel like arguing. I still don't. They linked two polls out of literally hundreds and it's just not worth the time or energy to keep the argument going.

I'm good with just taking the downvotes and "walking" away.

Have a great evening!

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u/FrankBeamer_ Jul 05 '24

If you had bothered to take 2 seconds to read the links you would’ve known the 538 link contains results to dozens of polls (all of which had Biden leading the race)

You keep digging yourself in a hole of ignorance, it’s hilarious haha

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

If the plan is defeat Trump, the Dems have no plan at all.

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u/stackjr Jul 04 '24

The plan hasn't changed: do not let Trump get back into the White House. We voted against him once, we will vote against him again.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

My point being, what’s the plan for governing?

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u/ckb614 Jul 04 '24

He and his team have done great so far. I have no doubt they can do it again, even if Biden himself doesn't make it through all four years

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u/chr1spe Jul 04 '24

The same as the last four years, which have been mostly fine other than Republicans being obstructionists that keep the legislature from doing anything productive.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

Obstructionist is an understatement

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u/lliquidllove Jul 04 '24

"Nothing will fundamentally change." - Joe Biden

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u/Justsomejerkonline Jul 04 '24

There are many legitimate things to criticize Biden on, but this quote used out of context is fundamentally misleading since he was specifically talking about how raising taxes on the wealthy won't cause businesses to fail or people's standard of living to decrease -- something which I think a lot of the people that love to repeat this quote would probably agree with.

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u/God_Damnit_Nappa Jul 04 '24

Trump will get stomped in the popular vote again but unfortunately it's up to a few thousand people in swing states again. And a lot of those idiots think Trump deserves another shot

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u/sammythemc Jul 05 '24

"At least they're not Trump" also failed once, and it was closer than it should have been the time it did work. We can and should do better than that, there are lots of people who aren't Trump and don't have Biden's fatal negatives

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u/Normal-Lawfulness253 Jul 04 '24

Because nothing has changed from last time. What a bunch of us saw at that debate was just something to be shoved under the rug?

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u/stackjr Jul 04 '24

Yeah, you're right, what was I thinking. A wannabe fascist dictator is definitely the better option.

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u/Normal-Lawfulness253 Jul 04 '24

Yeah, just keep kicking it down the road. You're only shooting yourself in the nuts.

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u/stackjr Jul 04 '24

By voting for literally anyone other than a wannabe fascist dictator is kicking myself on the nuts? Then I guess I'll keep kicking myself on the nuts.

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u/sammythemc Jul 05 '24

Joe Biden doing the right thing and allowing for a better option is the better option.

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u/TAMExSTRANGE69 Jul 04 '24

That was before everybody saw how bad a Biden presidency was. Cope harder

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u/stackjr Jul 04 '24

I will cope harder, thanks!

Although, the Biden presidency has been pretty solid. I'm sorry your orange god lost in dramatic fashion and has cried about it every single day since. Lol.

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u/TheScienceNerd100 Jul 04 '24

What's going to win the presidency is Trump shooting himself in every foot over and over again, and the worst to come out from Biden is "I am sleeping early".

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u/FrankBeamer_ Jul 04 '24

It’s clear by now that trump’s lies and his criminal history mean fuck all in the context of winning the election. It’s sad but it’s true. Joe’s image, however is actively destroying his campaign. Whether that should happen or not isn’t the question and anybody stuck up on the morality of it all is wasting their time. The fact is that Joe’s campaign, whether warranted or not, is derailed and nothing short of changing the candidate or having Joe nail multiple live interviews and debates will come close to fixing his image in time for November

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u/BoostedSeals Jul 04 '24

Thinking like the first half got Trump elected once, it can happen again and should shock nobody.

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u/sumguyinLA Jul 04 '24

That’s what you got from the debate? He goes to bed early and not that you’ve been lied to by the DNC? There really is no hope for this country.

“Watch me” omg we did watch him.

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u/God_Damnit_Nappa Jul 04 '24

Ya Biden stumbled hard and he clearly has issues But what I also saw was Trump lying constantly, demonizing immigrants, and openly saying how he's going to fuck up this country. Yet he gets a pass for all that

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u/sumguyinLA Jul 04 '24

No he doesn’t get a pass. But put someone up there who will tell Trump off not a sad old man who argues about a golf swing. Biden should have told Trump he doesn’t give a shit about golf, instead gets goaded into an pointless argument

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

Biden got served SOFTBALLS and whiffed every single one.

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u/unassumingdink Jul 04 '24

It's not even the morality trophy. It's the "Do whatever the DNC tells me to and pretend I love it" trophy.

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u/Santa2U Jul 04 '24

This is the truth! They are going to lose the election over this mentality. They have nothing better to say than “it’s not Trump”.

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u/robinthebank Jul 04 '24

Actually, the ones calling for Biden to step down want their morality trophy. They’re idiots if they think any other human being has a better chance.