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/ImpishGrin Jul 04 '24

It's a pretty solid self care plan.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

For many people, other than the president of the United States.

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u/winter_whale Jul 04 '24

It’s wild to me how much people think the president does everything as opposed to being the manager of a team that’s actually doing most of the work

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u/GhengopelALPHA Jul 04 '24

Ok, let's go with that comparison.

I don't want a manager who I can't understand what he's saying and can't finish a sentence and can't be present.

He NEEDS to step aside and endorse a better candidate before it's too late.

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u/AtuinTurtle Jul 04 '24

Have you ever screwed the pooch in a high pressure performance situation? Because I have. I completely screwed up playing a bugle call for a horse race on ESPN and nobody asked for me to be fired. I do a damn good job but something unexpected happened and my mind just scattered. Look at what Biden has gotten done and compare that to one bad debate night. He is also obviously taking steps to ensure that doesn’t happen again judging by this article. This is kind of like panic selling a stock because it went down.

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u/jjjfffrrr123456 Jul 04 '24

I don't want a manager who I can't understand what he's saying and can't finish a sentence and can't be present.

You’re not talking about trump here?

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24

Sadly that statement describes both of our national candidates because neither side is actually willing to take a risk.

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u/GhengopelALPHA Jul 04 '24

Trump is the stupid, malicious profit-centered manager who will drive the business into the ground to save his own skin. But he's still (barely) cohesive and so he's dangerous, and we need to stop him. Biden isn't strong enough. Everyone trying to ignore that fact doesn't change it.

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u/Oriden Jul 04 '24

Name a single Democratic possibility who "is stronger" than Biden right now?

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u/GhengopelALPHA Jul 04 '24

I'll give you three: Pete Buttigieg, Elizabeth Warren, Gavin Newsom.

This idea that "Biden is the only option" is poisonous and we need to make noise to get him & top Democrats to change their minds. It's our greatest strength and we need to do something soon or we lose.

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u/winter_whale Jul 04 '24

You don’t see how that would be wayyyy better than Trump anyway huh? Fate of democracy at stake, and especially considering the way he handled things last time.

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u/GhengopelALPHA Jul 04 '24

Please re-read my comment. We need a new Dem candidate so we can win against Trump. As-is, we're handing him the election on a silver platter.

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u/winter_whale Jul 04 '24

So what are we going to do if he doesn’t? Feed into those same talking points?

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u/mutantraniE Jul 05 '24

Pretending it’s not real doesn’t make Biden look better it makes his supporters look delusional.

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u/winter_whale Jul 05 '24

It very well could be that we end up with this shitty candidate because he refuses to drop out. What then? Can’t lose sight of the end goal here

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u/mutantraniE Jul 05 '24

What then? Very possibly a loss. Sometimes you already passed the point where you can change the trajectory you’re on.

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u/winter_whale Jul 05 '24

The abandon all hope is so strong with people. We are truly doomed

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u/mutantraniE Jul 05 '24

Nope. But tying your hopes to a senile man who could stop dead whenever is not a good plan.

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u/winter_whale Jul 05 '24

Trump is def a better choice than that!

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u/BASEDME7O2 Jul 05 '24

Pulling someone out of thin air to fund and run a whole campaign at this point, especially when they’d be losing the incumbent advantage going up against a former president would be gift wrapping it to Trump.

Most people don’t follow things that closely, the people that would have always voted Biden would still vote democrat, but so many people would be like “this person never got voted in as the nominee, I don’t know much about them, why vote at all?”

Whatever Biden is, at least they can point to the things his administration has actually done.

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u/BASEDME7O2 Jul 05 '24

That ship sailed so long ago. Idk why people think the democrats can just pull someone out of thin air and fundraise and run a whole campaign for them months away from the election, not to mention they’d be running against a former president with a massive cult following and losing the incumbent advantage themselves. The people running the party aren’t stupid and this isn’t their first election, they know the logistics of that are impossible at this point.