Ehhh. Most Democratic voters I know liked Bernie. The elites didn’t of course. It was always about Bernie’s general election viability, and him not being active in the party.
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Ehhh. Most Democratic voters I know liked Bernie. The elites didn’t of course. It was always about Bernie’s general election viability, and him not being active in the party.
Maybe, but that’s not what I’m saying. The point is Biden can’t fund a whole small-donor only campaign the way Bernie could. He doesn’t have the juice to run with approval ratings, Union/Progresive group endorsements and $25 donations alone. That might have been possible, but it would have required governing and communicating entirely differently.
edit: And of course Bernie was only able to campaign that way because he had the endurance to make up the dollars. If you can’t get as much Paid, you need more owned and earned media by going on all the podcasts, YouTube shows, etc etc.
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dunno ... one side we have a felon (doing crimes=lowkey based)... and on the other we have a cop (ew, ACAB)... I'm getting confused
eh I don't think lil Hunter caught a sexual assault case yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if he did that too
I think it's really odd how in left circles, calling out Hunter for the menace to society he is is condemned. Guy is a legit threat, the fact that he tries sooo hard to fuck his dead brother's wife is already insane, and that's the least of his crimes
If his father wasn't who he was and didn't launch a psyop with aliens being confirmed by the white house from a "whistleblower" when he got into legal issues the last time, he would've long died in prison
This is because the right loves to treat Joe as guilty by association and use Hunter's crimes as a springboard for conspiracies. If I had a dollar for every time I've heard the phrase "Biden crime family," I'd be rich enough to run for President. Often, it's hard to separate the good faith from the bad.
This, this exactly. This is amazing, and really encapsulates the moment, both ironically and sincerely.
Joe will genuinely be missed.
I get that the whole point is abused by the right pretty massively, that said, if it was just Joe Biden having a shitty son, alright, my family tree has also beared rotten fruit
But Hunter was protected for decades by his father. I get that you love your flesh and blood, but a responsible person would've realized long ago that your child will never change aslong as they never face the consequences for their actions
Again, Hunter's a menace and his father shouldn't subjugate the society that he has to shepherd with him
He wouldn’t have to be missed if the spineless Democrats weren’t so weak.
Are you that devoid of empathy? Hunter Biden is an addict. He lost is mother and sister in a car accident and his brother to brain cancer. Now he had to watch people discard his elderly father like the man was nothing but a piece of trash. Jesus, have some decency.
ohhhh so as long as I've experienced loss I'm free to smoke crack and do nutty things to cope. Sorry Mom (rip) guess I have the go ahead to be a complete failure now!
Hold on here, brother, this is Godly conduct. For in the Book of Deuteronomy 25:5, the Scripture states:
Can I get an amen to Hunter Biden performing the duty of a husband's brother?
The fact they're a Chipp main makes this SO much better.
this rly is like a microcosm of the embarrassment that is bourgeois amerikan political discourse, hunter biden is being criticized not for using the president's power as leverage in negotiating business deals but for struggling with substance use; and president biden who is directly responsible for incarcerating tens of millions of mostly black victims of a crack epidemic (that we 'officially' know was coordinated by the CIA to both disrupt black and indigenous organizing and to fund its insurgent activities to establish and or prop up far-right dictatorships in centroamérica), is attacked for somehow not being sufficiently punitive toward the many ppl who still struggle w crack addiction today.
also hunter biden's corruption is rly par for the course in electoral politics, and it certainly isnt anything genocide joe hasnt done himself over decades of taking hundreds of millions in corporate donations aka bribes, so its rly wild to be talking abt him 'distancing himself' from his son's corruption
also hunter biden's corruption is rly par for the course in electoral politics, and it certainly isnt anything genocide joe hasnt done himself over decades of taking hundreds of millions in corporate donations aka bribes, so its rly wild to be talking abt him 'distancing himself' from his son's corruption
The “Just askin’?” oh my god
No worries brother now both of these people are just "some guys". We're on TEAM HARRIS now get with the times.
"You mean we can't slander our opponent for being old anymore? We have to invent new ways to slander someone? Preposterous!"
American politics.. where spectacle and debate takes precedence.
The Democrats just threw their own successful incumbent in the trash because he was old. It’s a historically stupid decision, but at least this will be an exciting three months!!!!!
Oh, we can. We can now harder than ever before.
Every time you get stuck in Walmart behind some piece of shit old person who leaves their cart in the aisle and doesn't know how to use a credit card remember... do I want this to be the next president of America?
Oh gosh this is fun I see why the Republicans did it.
I don't understand how after everything you've said you're suddenly so defeatist. Shouldn't we be gathering around Kamala and her running mate? You say Project 2025 is a threat to democracy, so where is the fight you had for Biden? Why are you not supporting the candidate he just endorsed? Bernie supporters supported Hillary 10:1 in 2016 and even more for Biden in 2020. Why are you not doing the same? You should have the same vigor and energy you had for Biden even though he's no longer on the ticket. She's going to continue his policies either way. And to be clear, I don't mean support as in vote. I know you will vote for her. I just don't understand your behavior when she was his literal running mate. Not to mention, read the room. People seem overly optimistic about Kamala in November. Her AIPAC comments are disgusting and I don't know if I'll vote for her but I'm far more optimistic than she can beat Trump than I was with Biden, and it appears most Democrats are too.
It's just incredibly weird seeing you act as though this is somehow your first election, being unhappy with a choice that you had no say in, when that's quite literally how most Americans feel every election. Whenever someone criticized Biden you would respond in a condescending manner towards them because in your head you can't be wrong. Now you're on the other side of that. Stop moaning. Get back to telling people to vote for Kamala the same way you were for Biden.
He made like 50 consecutive pro Biden posts and then got the rug pulled out from beneath him. I'd probably feel the same. Let the poor guy mourn / compare Biden losing to rape I guess. He'll come around BECAUSE IT'S TIME FOR KAMELA GET FUCKING PUMPED FOR HARRIS!! DICKS OUT FOR KH WE GOT A SUB 60 AGE CANDIDATE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN LIKE A DECADE LETS GOOOO
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Clearly you didn’t read any of my posts the last 5 pages. Yes, we must gather around Kamala Harris. I believe her chances of defeating Trump are marginal. As I said above, the Replace Biden movement threw away incumbency for “excitement” that I do not see evidence will equal any more more votes than Biden would have gotten.
I am not going to respond to these rediculous strawman arguments. I made it clear in at least five posts I am voting for the Democratic nominee. I am griping because history suggests the Replace Biden foolishness just threw the election.
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