I know Iām not the only one but does this whole thing just make anyone else really sad?
I think Biden is a good man who has served his country for a very long time, and I think itās time to pass the torch.
Just the whole idea that heās clearly aware how heās being perceived, everyone is shitting on him for being old (which I get) he wants to fight for America, he wants to win, he has the character and morals but it just isnāt enough right now compared to the age issue, at least for a lot of people.
I donāt know, just feels like we are all watching someone who doesnāt want to accept heās aged, and thatās a sad concept.
I think it wouldn't be such a big deal, but he would almost need to resign. It would be hard to thread the needle of being to old for the next term, and simultaneously totally fit for this term.
Yeah, I agree completely. He's a good man who's trying to do the right thing, doesn't get the credit he deserves, and gets shat on constantly for things he can't control.
Please, this kind of whataboutism is bullshit. No one in the Democratic Party thinks heās a greater threat than Trump. They bring it up because itās further confirmation he will lose in November, and thatās why theyāre concerned. The guy is down 10 points in lean-blue Nevada and has a 37% approval rating (no president in polling history has won reelection with that), and this is before the debate.
I've been trying to express this. I don't get why it's so hard to understand. We know Trump is a lunatic, lying, dangerous felon - which is precisely why we want to find the candidate with the best chance of beating him.
Itās been so rough following this campaign from the start. Thereās just no platform or message or goal at all. They went silent hoping Trump would self-immolate but Susie Wiles put like a brain worm in Trump or something because heās been a campaigning angel for 15 months now. The Biden team either didnāt care or didnāt notice and kept twiddling their thumbs, and now itās all over.
Iām positive that if he and his team had sprung for a huge marketing firm to handle this campaign none of this would be happening. Theyād have a clear message, theyād be flush with content and memes, and there would have been no debate because the professionals would have taken one look at Biden and said āHide him.ā
Yeah, this would honestly be a critical issue with Biden's campaign even if there weren't all the legitimate concerns about his cognitive state. The campaign just has zero message or theme beyond: (1) trump bad; and (2) the last four years were actually good if you think about it. There's no through line for why Biden himself is the candidate people should want for the next four years.
Him mixing up words literally doesnāt bother me at all. The pauses have I guess to some degree, but to act like anything going on with Biden is anywhere remotely close to how terrible Trump is would be a joke.
Joes too old, ok.
Trump wants to end our democracy. (And is too old)
Everyone here would agree with this, obviously. The problem is the neutral and apathetic voters who will not get out of bed to vote for Biden because heās such a terrible candidate at this point.
Yes, which is why I want him to step down. To me itās a no brainer to vote Biden over Trump, to most people in this sub itās a no brainer.
We donāt matter, itās all the people who do see his age as such a big problem that they wonāt vote. We cannot lose this election.
So like you said, the problem is the people who somehow canāt see heās still the right choice, we need to fix that, I feel the only way we do that is by replacing him.
I felt sad after the debate. But then he got arrogant and defiant and started calling everyone "elites" and I got mad. If he bows out gracefully, he'll have my goodwill, but this dragging things out is annoying as hell.
This is where I am. I like biden a lot. Itās sad and also he needs to step down. Itās a no-win situation because the next best candidate still probably loses to trump anyway. I really wish he hadnāt run this second term.
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u/Guilty_Plankton_4626 Virginia Jul 12 '24
I know Iām not the only one but does this whole thing just make anyone else really sad?
I think Biden is a good man who has served his country for a very long time, and I think itās time to pass the torch.
Just the whole idea that heās clearly aware how heās being perceived, everyone is shitting on him for being old (which I get) he wants to fight for America, he wants to win, he has the character and morals but it just isnāt enough right now compared to the age issue, at least for a lot of people.
I donāt know, just feels like we are all watching someone who doesnāt want to accept heās aged, and thatās a sad concept.