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

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No, I actually think Biden would beat Trump if we actually had the election with him. If we look at the polling before the race to replace Santos' seat, the dems outperformed their polling average by 8 points, and I expect something similar in the national. As I said, polls are not that great these days.

Additionally, I hope Biden does drop out, I think Harris would be a stronger candidate and improve our chances. However, I will fight this silly idea that some backroom, democratic party behind-the-scenes conspiracy group can magically save us. It cannot. The only ones that can save us is us, the voters who have to get out the vote with grassroots effort. No matter who the dem candidate is. Biden can help by resigning, but that is outside of the control of everyone but Biden. I actually think he will, though, he's a good man.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I actually think Biden would beat Trump if we actually had the election with him.

I guess we'll see.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'd put $20 on him dropping out in the next week, actually.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So, what, does that have nothing to do with the Party slowly coming out against his candidacy? Democratic donors freaking out? The endless parade of opinion pieces? Elected representatives asking for him to step aside? The Party is putting the pressure on!

If he drops out I think that shows Party power.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

You have a fondness for exaggeration and absolutes it seems. It has to be party control, or nothing to do. Consider a spectrum, shades of grey. As I said, they have influence, sway, they can lobby. Pressure. This is not control, command, force. The difference involves free will.

You understand a spectrum, yes? How, much like gender, something can be beyond a simple binary? We can have an in-between thing?