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I think the debate was a horrifying disaster. I think the Democrats should be having a hard conversation about what they want to do, and this mindlessly stubborn "fuck you it's Biden" attitude is just as harmful as is the constant hand-wringing about how we can't possibly go forward with it being Biden.
Surely, the right move is for Biden to go up on stage and say, look, I want the best for the Democrats. I'm fine with an open convention. No one in the Democratic party is the enemy. Trump is the enemy. Let's have an open convention, and figure out what we want to do, if everyone can commit to getting the fuck behind it and winning the election once that is done. I hope it's me, but if it's not I'll support the nominee, but let's figure it the fuck out without getting in slap fights with each other while there's a crocodile approaching the children.
Just as surely as that, doing the whole ABC interview was just compounding mistake upon mistake. The first rule of getting bullied is, you don't stand up in front of the class afterwards and make a big speech about how you're not actually a big poopie head, and show everybody your head so they can see there's no poop on it, and it was totally unfair for everyone to say those mean things about you because they're not true.
The part that pisses me off, and the reason I wanted to post this, is the absolutely relentless drumbeat of shitting on Biden and panicking that about a third of the Democratic party is for some reason leaning way the fuck into now. It's just stupid. They talked you into the idea that all the American voters suddenly forgot that Trump might execute them, because of the debate. Surprisingly enough, they didn't. The New York Times sure did. They ran 8 out of 8 of their front page stories yesterday about how Biden is bad. Someone needs to show them the data before they keep milking this thing and make it come true.
Guys: Trump is gonna fuckin execute you. Wake the fuck up. If you think Biden's too old, let's have a fuckin solution, because Trump might be going to execute me too, or at least put me in prison, and I'm really fuckin sick of you pretending the polls show this objective disaster for Biden (when they don't), and creating the exact "he's gonna lose the election" situation that you claim is your greatest fear, the whole time while you're doing everything in your power to create it.
You think the people panicking about Biden's declining acuity and pushing for a swap of candidates have forgotten about Trump?
I think the people urging we ignore his declining performance in service of keeping him on the top of the ticket are doing the most harm to the democratic campaign given the threat posed by trump. Democrats can't afford a nominee that might fall asleep in the middle of cross-examination. If the one thing dems need is someone who can argue the case against Trump, the bare minimum qualification is the ability to stay on message, and Biden simply doesn't have it anymore. He can barely finish a complete thought anymore.
Did you catch the Friday interview with Biden?
Reaction? Did you think it helped or hurt?