Did he do it for the memes?

  • ShepherdPie@midwest.social
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    4 months ago

    I’m sure plenty of people would step up if he actually stepped down. What you’re seeing now is people doing damage control to keep from undermining his campaign. It doesn’t mean that they’re actually telling us their true beliefs. Newsom says he fully supports Biden, and if he stepped down, Newsom would fully support whomever took his place.

    I think Harris is just as bad of a candidate as Biden or Clinton. Michelle Obama is an option but I don’t see why we have to treat this like a TV reboot where we keep rehashing the same names and faces that we saw previously. I’d personally love Bernie or AOC, but I know the party leadership hates leftist candidates and will actively work against them, so we’re probably screwed either way just like we were in 2016.

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      4 months ago

      The fact you couldn’t name a single person who would step up proves that switching is equally, if not more risky to do that lol

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        4 months ago

        How would any of us know who’s going to step up when none of the potential candidates want to come out and undermine Biden’s campaign by saying they want to replace him? Even if they don’t believe in Biden, they’re going to back the current party pick because they too need the party support should they wind up running. This should be obvious.

        We can do it now or wait until November and roll the dice, but current polling isn’t looking good for Biden. If the party doesn’t do anything and he does lose, there better be a fucking retribution because this will be the second time they’ve handed a victory over to Trump by forcing terrible candidates upon us.

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          4 months ago

          They are saying your prediction is bad because you couldn’t even follow your own logic to an actual real persons name.

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            4 months ago

            I listed two people who I would like to see secure the nomination. As I said in my previous comment, any potential replacement is going to keep their mouth shut until Biden steps down otherwise they’re undermining his campaign (should he not step down) and pissing the party leadership off. Do you think it’s logical for a high ranking Dem to shout on the news that they’re going to step in this late in the game while the presumptive nominee is still in the race?

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              4 months ago

              Do you think it’s the time to be indecisive? You don’t even have one solid suggestion everyone else approves of.

              You proved my point by saying “you don’t know”, “you’re not sure”, “there are a few possible ones”. That’s what this problem is all about, democrats not being organized enough for this yet