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lemonlime

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  1. This. And assuming Harris wins and there are still books in a few decades. History will remember Biden as one of the greatest presidents in our country’s history. He guided us out of fascism. And then selflessly stood aside for the good of the nation to keep democracy alive
  2. Also worrying about how people will react to shot is how we get milquetoast candidates who lose. See Clinton, Mondale,Dukakis, Gore. And yes 80 year old Biden, who at this point is too old to effectively campaign on a daily basis
  3. This is our chance to say fuck you to the GQP nonsense. It won’t end it. But we can clearly say we’re not going to worry about their bigotry. No more concerns about how brothers who live in an alternate universe respond to moving forward. I love joe. But someone at an age well past when most people retire is not the best person for making the case. And after a really successful night with incredible energy that was obvious even from my iPad screen my patience for listening to people worry about how bigots will react is gone
  4. Fuck worrying about what the other side can stomach. They whine about EVERYTHING. And then they pretend to be offended by everything else. They’re going to burn down the country because they’re petulant toddlers. And they would do it even if we nominated the second coming of Abraham Lincoln. Fuck their feelings The way we don’t lose progress is by moving forward and not caving to they’re bigoted bullshit.
  5. I think he's saying that they're aiming their "protests" at Jews, but don't really give a fuck about the Palestinians. Which is why they're protesting at the DNC, in which prominent Jews will be speaking (Schumer, Emhoff) and ignoring the Christian fundamentalists at the RNC who want to use Israelis and Palestinians to bring about the second coming.
  6. These are the same people who successfully spun mocking the disabled, separating babies from their parents, praising Putin, and a million other things that went down the memory hole. They'll spin this too, to 40% of the country. And they only care about that 40%.
  7. It's a cult. He could say ANYTHING and it wouldn't matter. His cult members only get news from cult leader approved sources. And if they somehow find out what he said, they'll find a way to excuse it. All these statements are doing is solidifying the cult, and alienating his cult from the rest of us.
  8. Gena Rowlands, 94. https://deadline.com/2024/08/gena-rowlands-dead-actress-the-notebook-obituary-1236040898/
  9. First time I've ever been tempted to buy campaign merch.
  10. This. Trump had the evangelicals with or without Pence. Pence, however, did give them cover to pretend their support of trump was godly.
  11. No way trump ever picks a female vp. His entire schtick is a bizzaro version oh hypermasculinity. Women are only sex objects to him. And the GQP wants to put those uppity sluts in their place. Which you need the power structure to consist entirely of white men. On the off chance he does somehow replace Vance it will absolutely be with a white purportedly straight “Christian” man.
  12. Is the only place the story that Biden won't endorse Harris an unsourced tweet from a Newsmax reporter?
  13. Good thing Biden is immune from prosecution.
  14. I'm old enough to remember this.
  15. I thought he was a billionaire. Why should the taxpayers give him a handout? Can't he afford to hire his own security detail?
  16. Why not both?
  17. By the time I voted in the primary, Biden was unopposed. To the extent there were even others running against him, and it sounds like there were, that was only in the earlier states. What I'm getting from this thread is that I'm supposed to be fine with what a few voters in a few states decided six months ago.
  18. You have one party that's completely unseriousness, running a bigoted felon who thinks windmills cause cancer. While they're whipping up their base over bathrooms and drag queen story hour. Meanwhile, the only party that is ostensibly serious about governing, is running someone who is rapidly losing the capability to govern. You win by drawing a contrast to the clown car. Frankly, at this point Biden isn't providing much to contrast with. The party itself certainly isn't if they think installling an 82-year-old who appears to be in the beginning stages of dementia is a way to govern.
  19. This. Dems win when they stop acting scared, of racists, trump, whatever. Right now the dems' argument is that they're not running a convicted felon who tried to overthrow the government. Which, okay is good enough for me, and is shocking that it's not good enough for large swaths of the country. But it would be nice if there was something a little more inspiring to actually vote for. And polls in this context are next to meaningless. No one can predict who's going to turn out to vote in swing states at this point. But if half the country is going all in on a felon and a traitor with dementia, the least the other half can do is something better than non-felon, non-traitor with dementia.
  20. I don't get the only Biden can win take. The country's been fucked since trump won the first time. Likely from well before then. But you win by being charismatic and bold. Hell, trump won by being a charismatic, raging asshole. And the dems win when someone with charisma, Obama or a younger Biden, run, not when they're playing it safe and uninteresting. And the take is that an 82-year-old who if he can make it though a short press conference is a huge relief is the safe choice boggles my mind. Never mind that the safe choice rarely wins anyway. We should be able to do better than demented evil clown vs. demented nice guy. And if we can't, we deserve what we get. Dems may well lose regardless, because huge swaths of this country are fucking morons. But at least go down fighting, and not being so scared of losing they're running someone who appears to be in the early stages of dementia.
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