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‘As Long As I Gave It My All’...
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I'm so tired of people trying to get famous by dunking on Biden.
Is he old? Yes. Out of touch? Yes. Does he misspeak? Frequently. Is he publicly supporting Israel while Netanyahu engages in human rights atrocities and crimes against humanity? Also yes. Is Biden a centrist oligarch who represents a status quo continuation of the devout capitalist policies that are rapidly destroying the world? Sure.
But he's still better than Trump. And he's the best chance we have at defeating Trump. America can survive a second Biden presidency. We will have a lot of work to do, but it will be worth doing. The USA will not survive another Trump presidency. It will be the end of the experiment, and the beginning of a whole new nightmare.
So Biden must win.
To that end, I have a modest proposal for the armchair pundits on Xitter, all the comics and authors and panelists hoping to make it to the next cable news roundtable as a contributor. When Biden does the next stupid thing, makes the next gaffe, fucks up again (Jesus fuck, did he say he's a minority woman?), whatever, whenever you come up with that perfect burn, the clever observation that is going to go viral and get eyes on your name, feel free to share it. Biden is not King, regardless of what the SCOTUS* would have us believe, so he is not immune to criticism. But when you post it, include the addendum "But I'm still voting for him, because Trump would be worse." Make it part of your signature, or shorten it to BISVFH to conserve characters.
Doing this will help all the rest of us reading your comments, so we don't feel the need to explain to you why you should still vote for Biden. It will also help us more quickly identify the foreign agents and online trolls who exist to stir up discord and assist Trump.
Biden sucks. He really does. But I'm still voting for him, because Trump would be worse.
Have you seen the polls lately? You're riding a dead horse.
Biden is polling 10-15% below of where he was 4 years ago, back when he barely defeated Trump.
How do you propose Biden will make up that ground? Do you think he has a strategy to pull off the biggest electoral comeback in our lifetime?
You can make a futile attempt at policing anti-Biden comments, but it's not going to stem the bleeding. Normal Americans can see the dementia written all over Biden's confused face. They can hear it everytime he struggles through another incomplete, mumbled sentence.
I hate Kamala too, but I hope the DNC pushes her forward- at least she has a shot at stopping Trump.
Kamala is polling worse than Biden. Is she really your best option?
Tell me your plan. How is she going to turn it around between now and November? What can Kamala do that Biden can't? How is she going to avoid the appearance that the Democrats don't care what their primary voters think?
Kamala is already in the race. What could she do at the top of the ticket that she can't do now?
And if it's not Harris, then who? Give me a name, and then answer all of those questions for that person.
Well it seems a bit unfair since no one answered my questions, but I'll bite.
Kamala Harris has lower poll numbers because she has not been campaigning for herself. Being at the bottom of the ticket is not the same.
Once she is nominee, she will have hundreds of millions of dollars to sell herself to the American people. She will be front and center in campaign rallies, press briefings, high profile interviews, and (hopefully) the debate stage against Trump.
What can Kamala do that Biden can't? She can speak without showing obvious signs of dementia.
It's been 8 years of Trump vs. Biden, most voters know where they stand in that race. But Harris vs. Trump means voters can reevaluate their position and get a fresh view. Democrats are being destroyed in the polls, they desperately need a refresh.
I think most people don't care about their primary votes- remember it was mostly Biden vs. Uncommitted. People understand it was not a real primary when theres only 1 viable option on the ballot. I think the overwhelming majority of the party will gladly adopt Harris now that Biden has shown how bad his dementia is progressing.
Kamala is not charismatic, her politics suck, but at least her brain works well enough so that she would have a shot at beating Trump.