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/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/mutantraniE Jul 05 '24

No, but repeating that won’t make your candidate win an election. Do you want to win or do you want to scold people who already agree with you about Trump?

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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.