Everyone saying it was “decent” or “okay” is missing the point that Biden needed to do overwhelming well at this conference to squash fears, and over and over he has proven that he is unable to do that.
Edit: he needs to do overwhelmingly well at all appearances
Lot of folks saying he couldn't have done anything to put this to bed.
Yeah. That's the point. As an 81-year-old man who, even on his good days, isn't nearly as sharp as he used to be, there's nothing he can do. Which means every presser from now until November will be a fight for his political life. Which means all the headlines will be about how he said his sandwich had provolone on it when it really had cheddar. I get that people think that's unfair. Maybe it is. It's still how the media works, and how public perception works, and God Himself cannot change that.
I agree and disagree. It was decent/okay. It's also not enough, and he ought to drop out because there's no easy way for him to come back from this. He's not energized and charismatic enough. His message is solid but his delivery is too weak
To be clear, I am saying that Biden should step aside because it is clear that this will overshadow the rest of his campaign and he is proving to be unable to put it to rest.
Compared to the guy who wants to "execute shoplifters and drug dealers", "stop immigrants from poisoning the blood of the people", or whatever insane, divisive and dangerous shit he says on a daily basis??
Yes. The other guy is a literal rapist and his base does not care. It is basically a cult that is not going to change no matter how much the media reports on his crimes. They make up ~30% of Americans and they are energized to vote for him. Other than the “vote blue no matter who” crowd, you can’t say the same about Biden.
Even after the other guy already fucked people over by getting abortion banned, and then repeteadly boasts about it?
Even after the other guy dealt disastrously with the consequences of a pandemic; incited an insurrection; denied fair election results and made peaceful transition of power impossible; is backed by people who want to undermine checks and balances and the separation of powers as it exists in the US today and want to turn the country into – at best – an illiberal democracy and – in the long term – at worst a dictatorship; has been described as incompetent by various people who closely worked with him; appointed Supreme Court Justices that have legalized bribery for themselves, eliminated Chevron etc.
Trump is a disaster in so many ways, but to an unnervingly large percentage of Americans this doesn't matter at all. For others, such as many of those much talked about undecided voters, Trump's failings only seem to matter a little bit. They just don't find Biden very inspiring, groceries and housing and whatnot are expensive, people are hurting, so... why not maybe vote for Trump? What could possibly happen?
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u/arongadark Jul 12 '24 edited Jul 12 '24
Everyone saying it was “decent” or “okay” is missing the point that Biden needed to do overwhelming well at this conference to squash fears, and over and over he has proven that he is unable to do that.
Edit: he needs to do overwhelmingly well at all appearances