• CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I’m so very glad to see him stop embarrassing himself. It was just so cringe and, far more importantly, he was likely to completely destroy the Democratic Party - possibly forever, given the stakes in this year’s election.

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    2 months ago

    Things just got reeeeeeaaaallllly interesting. Who will the candidate be? Harris? And who will their running mate be? So close to the election… when will this rollercoaster end?

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      2 months ago

      Harris is the only candidate that has access to the existing campaign funds. As AOC pointed out, there are only eight weeks until early voting ballots are sent out. That’s not enough time for someone else to fundraise and run a successful campaign unless the candidate is independently wealthy.

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      Don’t know yet. Still trying to read what was said. I hope they leave it open to the delegates to decide at the convention.

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        Mother fucker should’ve ran. The Democrats couldn’t held a primary and we would have had a chance. This last minute drop out just fucks us. Biden doesn’t care he will be dead soon. What a fucking mess. While the GOP have time to campaign and are ready for November the Democrats will need to even figure out who to run and what if they can’t get on the ballot in key states. Isn’t there deadlines that have passed?

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          No, no deadlines have passed. Ohio extended the deadline already. An open convention will energize the party. Biden not stepping aside was the last thing holding Democrats back from crushing Trump in November.

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    2 months ago

    Odd question, if it’s only been posted on x, who’s to say it wasn’t hacked?

    Edit: by now it’s been corroborated bunches of ways, I just wanted to stop and think. X is owned by a manbaby that isn’t beyond messing with the database for their own gain, and they did donate a bunch to the opposition.

    X is just a dumb.

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    That’s it, we’re done. I’m still voting, but we are fucked. Dems just gave the white house to Trump. Free.

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        2 months ago

        lol:

        “we’re so fucked if he runs!”

        “we’re so fucked now that he dropped out!”

        Jesus Christ.

    • John Richard@lemmy.worldOP
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      Biden was giving Trump the White House for free. Joe should have dropped out two weeks ago when it was obvious he was going to lose to Trump.

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              he didn’t have to do it?

              Really? Is democracy on the line or isn’t it? He had to do it cause he was going to lose to Trump and throw the House & Senate to MAGA. Biden doesn’t have to not push the nuclear launch buttons before he leaves office. Yay Joe, you are so selfless for not pushing the nuclear launch buttons. You could have, but major props for being so selfless for not doing it.

      • ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com
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        Yep. Harris is a traditional, middle-of-the-road milquetoast politician. She’s probably too conservative for progressives and regardless of her positions will be painted as a flaming lefty by conservative media. She will probably have similar results to Biden, who was until now on track to lose.

        I hope that she gains some superhuman self-awareness and takes some risks with actual progressive politics - she’ll get bad press from the Fox echo chamber, but right now she needs any press to get voters to pay attention.

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        Harris is a self-serving prosecutor who routinely oversentenced people to private prison just to boost her political career.

        She was the most tone deaf choice in the wake of the Floyd murder and BLM protests, her skin color notwithstanding.

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          Can she string two sentences together? I don’t think you realize how low the bar’s fallen, buddy.