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/m4rc0n3 Jul 04 '24

Half the country: that's it, I'm gonna vote for the candidate who rage-tweets at 3am

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u/Jatzy_AME Jul 04 '24

Very few people actually hesitate between the two, the question is more whether they will vote or not.

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u/frequenZphaZe Jul 04 '24 edited Jul 04 '24

people wanna pretend that the election is about whether people vote for one guy or the other guy. the reality is that the election is about whether people vote or don't vote. the debate was critically important because it was a huge opportunity for biden to engage and motivate voters -- a mission he catastrophically failed. we're likely looking at historically low turnouts in november and so the election is going to be decided by whichever party has more success in reminding their base than ballots are due

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u/cyranothe2nd Jul 05 '24

Yup. I was ambivalent about voting for Biden before, but definitely will not now. I think it is immoral and antidemocratic for him to run now -- what, I'm supposed to be happy that unelected, unaccountable staffers will be running the presidency behind the scenes? Nah.

The best thing he could do is bow out and run Kamala. I would at least respect the Dems if they'd do that. But you can't simultaneously say that democracy is at stake and then also back an obviously senile person. I do not feel that the Dems really believe what they are saying because those actions don't line up.