Also, they're making your food. Show a little gratitude.

People don't really comprehend what being wealthy is like. We imagine the high-rollers table in Vegas, or sailing a yacht in some Caribbean paradise.

Usually it just means being able to fix your car when it needs repairs. It means taking a vacation and splurging on dinner out without going into a lot of debt. It means hiring landscapers and house cleaners to do the upkeep that two-income families don't have time to do. It means having kids without going completely bankrupt.

It's actually kind of sad that these things are not possible anymore if you aren't rich.

So he took $3 million less to make sure Bronny got drafted. I'm going to be shocked if the kid can actually ball out.

Look, I don't like Biden, either, but unless you have a name of a candidate we're all supposed to rally behind an elect via acclamation at the convention, what's the point in attacking the presumptive nominee?

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.

What a horrible day to be literate.

Can't issue a gag order. It's an official act.

I would vote for anyone opposite Trump.

I don't believe that a plurality of voters would vote for anyone opposite Trump. I'm not narcissistic enough to think everyone thinks like me. I recognize that most voters don't follow politics, don't engage with the news, and don't really care much about learning who the candidates are.

The most important factor for all elections everywhere is name recognition. People want to feel like they know what they're doing, even if they have made zero effort to engage in the process.

It is far too late for anyone other than Biden to introduce themselves to America.

Trump doesn't need to convince people to vote for him. His acolytes will show up to vote. Trump just needs to convince everyone who won't vote for him that it's pointless to go to the polls. One neat little gift the DNC could give to Trump would be to say to all Democrats that their primaries don't matter and there's no reason to vote. Annointing a new candidate now, after people have cast their votes, would be a giant fuck you to every voter who has been screaming for better candidates over the last 6 years. Nothing will kill enthusiasm for voting quicker than passing the buck to someone new.

And let's say they do pick someone else. They haven't been vetted or tested. They haven't campaigned in any states. They haven't built the infrastructure or donor network or legal team. What if the new candidate has a scandal? Does the party hand the baton to yet another candidate? Should we leave the ballots blank? Do like a MLB trade, where we all vote for "A candidate to be named at a later date."

Like it or not, we are stuck with Biden for this one. February 1st, we can all start talking about if he should step down, who should be Harris' VP, whether the Dems have someone that can win in 2028, etc.

I'm curious, though, who is your candidate? You get to hand pick the name on the ballot across from Trump, who is it? Whitmer or Newsom? Buttigieg or Shapiro? If they are so great, why aren't you calling to replace Harris on the ticket? I mean, that's the stronger play, right? If you wanted Harris, you could just argue that a vote for Biden is a vote for Harris, because he's really old and can resign as soon as he is sworn in. That's the best of both strategies.

But it's not Harris. So why not replace her on the ballot with your dream candidate? It solves the primary problem, since people were casting votes for Biden, and he's still on the ballot. Plus, then the new person can introduce themselves to America, and Harris can retire to write her book.

Extremely sad. But that's still the standard, which is why I'm still voting for Biden. Maybe after the election, and Trump and his cronies are actually behind bars, we can worry about 2026 and electing some actual progressive leaders. But the puppet masters behind Trump, the Project 2025 dipshits, they're not going to go away quietly. Fascists never do.

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.

Dup duh duh, dup duh duh, Let the boys be boys!