Did he do it for the memes?

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    4 months ago

    I remember when Biden was picked as Obama’s VP, and everyone laughed because he’s known to make gaffes like this.

    Obviously, there’s a lot of scrutiny on him, but let’s not pretend it’s all because he’s too old. It’s just Biden being Biden, and while he’s probably too old for the job, that’s what happens when you don’t impose upper age limits…

    • Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      It’s not just “biden being biden” by a longshot. He is 81 and significantly worse.

      We are rightly worried he’s going to lose against trump.

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          4 months ago

          His voting base doesn’t care if they’re led by an unfit leader.

          Be better than them.

          • otp@sh.itjust.works
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            4 months ago

            The choices are

            • Be “better” and help Trump win, or
            • Help Trump lose

            Seems like an easy choice to me.

            • FilthyHookerSpit@lemmy.world
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              4 months ago

              Even as a vegetable, Biden’s administration wouldn’t let the country fall into a kleptocracy. And that’s enough for me.

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                4 months ago

                Letting the country fall into a kleptocracy is exactly what Biden and his democratic party handlers are doing with their insistence of “nothing would fundamentally change” by pushing through the weakest presidential candidates and placing the status quo over actual progress.

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      4 months ago

      “Um… let me be clear. My former VP pick has always sucked. He’s not old. He’s simply got a head full of busted marbles and wasn’t employable anywhere outside of the US Senate. That’s why I endorsed him to run in 2020. You people disgust me. You deserve what you get.”

  • maegul (he/they)@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    A saddening phenomenon that’s likely to happen if this continues … is people opening up about how they saw the decline way before the debate but presumed it was a “one off” or “bad night”. I think it’s already started somewhat.

    But the picture that could emerge with pretty high clarity is that “the issue” was covered by an inner group and ignored by those peripherally exposed to it … all instead of the party preparing for it, preparing new potential candidates, and taking seriously the notion from Biden in 2020 that he wouldn’t run in 2024.

    Losing to Trump a second time by sticking to a party elder is going to be a big deal (if it happens of course). It will probably look more like the Dems losing than trump winning, and it prob will look like the Dems allowing it all to happen out of hubris and stupidity, not unlike the RBG fuck up. Could seriously shake the party up?

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      4 months ago

      The all-anti-Trump voters reasoning is that a 2 yo pot smoking chimpance would do better off. So they elect it.

      I feel sorry for u americans, u’r truly fucked up anyways.

  • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Even if he goes full and permanent vegetable, he’s still not Trump. Top priority is stopping Orange Hitler from taking control again, so please for the love of human rights, vote for whoever has the the best shot at beating him - if that’s Biden, cool. If it’s Harris, cool. If it’s a literal ham sandwich, fucking fine - all three are orders of magnitude more qualified to do the job then Trump.

    • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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      4 months ago

      I think this is a dangerous attitude. He’s made some gaffs recently but overall has not been a terrible person or leader. Supporting the possibility of dropping a candidate this late in the game especially when there are no super star saviors waiting in the wings is the kind of party weakness the GOP would eat up and is a recipe for failure. You don’t have to love him at this point, but it’s too late to start over, just suck it up make a donation to his campaign and vow to become more involved in political change at earlier levels so hopefully we are not in this mess again.

      • VintageTech@sh.itjust.works
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        4 months ago

        I’m voting Joe because he is still the only qualified candidate for the job. The package he brings is a Vice President who could do the job if he were to step down due to health/age concerns to guarantee a female President as his dream come true. She then gets to pick her Vice President which should absolutely be AOC. The opposition has no convincing argument to draw this out in a court as they would need to present their arguments to AOC for rebuttal,

        It’s just so batshit crazy it can’t fail.

        • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
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          4 months ago

          Since when has the opposition needed convincing arguments to drag things out? They’ll come up with whatever bullshit they want just to keep stuff from moving forward until they get the ball again.

        • wewbull@feddit.uk
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          4 months ago

          I’m voting Joe because he is still the only qualified candidate for the job.

          There’s a couple of hundred million other qualified candidates in the US. If you’re looking for politicial experience, there’s several hundred in Washington alone.

          Dems have totally failed to bring through the next two or three generations of candidates. That the party feels that he’s their only choice is shameful.

  • Ogmios@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    Interesting that his mental state is actually getting press now. Wonder how long it will be before THOSE videos are acknowledged.