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A message to wavering Democrats (lemmy.sdf.org)

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I know that it's popular to dismiss President Biden. I get it. He's old. This is the first election featuring the 2 oldest candidates, ever. So what? The future of the WORLD is literally dependent on this election. To boot Biden from the ticket and try to bootstrap another candidate is madness. Booting this incumbent and hoping his VP will succeed is like firing the cook and hoping the dishwasher will give you Michelin-quality food. Stick with the old man, and figure out a way to enact his popular policies while also expanding the Supreme Court, enacting term limits and limiting "Christian" Nationalists.

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[–] Carrolade 1 points 4 months ago

I've seen them spin too many things around to think they don't have control over their base's perceptions.

Also, "the party" did not want Trump gone. Only a small portion of them really came out against him, many others made their pilgrimages to Mar a Lago. Parties are not monoliths, they're not entities that have single desires and move in unified directions like some sort of organism. They're fractious, with different people wanting different things, rivalries, differing opinions, etc. We saw this dramatically with the purging of the Never Trumpers like Liz Cheney. Even now, their party is not actually unified, despite trying to portray that illusion.

Humans just aren't that good at all cooperating in numbers that large.

Trump and co have already made tons of statements about how Biden was their preferred opponent. I don't think your guess is the equal to that.

No offense, I have nothing against you personally, but you clearly don't really follow politics or political history at any kind of detailed level. I very much do, for the record. I listen to the speeches, research the people, etc, it's been a lifelong hobby. I am not just spouting random opinions based on some assumptions or things I've read online. This is why I just remembered things like where Obama was from and what the 2020 dem debates were like. You seem much more new to this.

Anyways, by all means, believe whatever you like, you are entitled to your own opinion. I will continue to shoot down conspiracy theories when I see them though. There's enough of that in MAGA, we don't need that crap fucking up the left too. The left is cool, usually. Should stay that way.