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I get it, Biden is old and that's a problem, but why doesn't anyone seem to have a problem with the fact that Trump is almost the same age, has 34 felonies, raped at least 2 women, went to Epstein's Island 11 times, sexualized his own daughter, stole classified documents, aligned himself with Xi and Putin, and can't remember common names?

Is all of that really better than being 2½ years older than he is right now?

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[–] OutsizedWalrus 25 points 4 months ago (3 children)

The only people I see calling for Biden to drop out are the media news companies.

It’s basically a fake controversy. They benefit massively from stirring the pot so people tune in to “see what’s going to happen”.

Reality is if Biden were going to drop out, he’d already have done it.

[–] Ghostalmedia 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Depends on what social circles and social media circles you roll in. I know of a LOT of people who wish he wasn’t the nominee.

[–] alekwithak 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It takes years to plan a presidential run and the incumbent has a huge advantage. It's infeasible to change the candidate now and would 100% split an already very polarized party. It's a fake media controversy and the media companies are the ones causing people to feel that way by editing footage to make Biden look bad, attacking Biden's stutter or slip up instead of Trump's lies and gaslighting. The media is controlled by the rich and complicit in treason, but the rich never get their dues and the right is never held accountable.

[–] whoreticulture 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

They should run a very popular vice president, and announce him immediately. Biden is obviously not going to step down, but someone competent needs to be on the campaign.

[–] Rakonat 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This, Biden isn't going to drop out and most of the people calling for him to resign benefit either directly from him no longer being on the ballot, or indirectly benefit in the chaos and doubt of opportunist in the democratic party jumping on what they perceive as an opportunity to enhance their standing and power within the party and political establishment as a whole.

If one singular data point (a bad debate performance) is enough to make you or anyone else think a person should immediately step aside, you're exactly the kind of person these attacks and campaigns are directed at: someone easy to sway and scatter. I don't particularly like Biden or most of what he's done in the last 2 years specifically, but I also know that splitting off from him or encouraging a third candidate that will split the vote is just going to hand GOP the reigns for the next 4 years and given how they've spent the last 8 stomping on rights and democracy, it'll probably be another 20 years before they lose power short of another revolution or civil war. So weighing those two scenarios, yeah I'm just going to vote Biden, sleepy or dark brandon, doesn't matter since he can always resign after the election and let Kamala take up POTUS.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

How would replacing Biden split the vote?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Never thought about it like that