12mo ago

There’s only one relevant question

robertreich.substack.com

12mo ago

It’s vitally important that Democrats now ask one question and one question only: Does Biden have the best chance of beating Trump, or is there someone else readily available who has a better chance?

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12mo ago

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"Why the fuck are we getting astroturfed with this same style of article over and over on Lemmy?"
Was that the question?
- Mood, how are like 90% of articles pushing this narrative instead of pointing out Trumps latest new heights of dementia ranting.
  We meed to push and down vote this Biden shit and post and share latest info on what new crazy shit trump is brain rotting about now and what implications it has.
  
  Why. Not. Both.
  People can hold two thoughts in their mind at once. Trump and the implication of his second term is a fucking scourge and an existential threat…
  ANDDDDD
  Biden is an old man who needs to be sent out to pasture because he can’t keep up anymore.
  Jesus Christ why is Lemmy having such a difficult it time with this?!
  
  Sharing news about trump helps trump. He feeds off it and so do the press. Discussing Biden is better than discussing trump. What this article point out is that its questionable that Biden is suitable to be president. Its clear Trump isn't. Who else has a shot? Nobody. That's sad state of affairs.
- While there is significant anti-Biden sentiment that was here before things became royally borked, Dem Congresscritters have came out and said Biden should step down from the candidacy. It's unprecedented, and represents a collapse of faith in the party elite of Biden's ability to win the election. I would have preferred not to change candidates like this, but it's rapidly becoming our best option. You're seeing a lot of articles like this because there are a lot of people chewing their fingernails down to the bone over it.
- Because https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/06/biden-trump-race-rebecca-solnit?
- "Anything that I don't like must be astroturf."
  
  Have you seen the volume of this shit? It's the quantity of the same rehashed narrative that is pissing me off.
Vote for him or Trump/fascism wins— and that’s the end of American democracy.
There is no “question”
- There is no “question”
  There is a question. Namely, whether we can replace Biden at the convention and whether it is a good idea to do so.
  To the second, at this point, having lost the confidence of his own party, I believe the answer is an unambiguous yes. To the first?
  Well. One way or another, I suspect we're going to find out.
  If Biden somehow rides this out by a miracle (or a devil's deal) obviously, Blue no matter who. Fascism is never an alternative to a shite candidate. But we have to face facts - Biden is no longer advantageous to the ticket.
- The democratic party pushed a narrative that Bernie was unelectable and instead pushed a candidate that refused to even campaign in important states. When the truth was Bernie polled better against Trump than Clinton.
  Trump won.
  The democratic party chose Biden not because he could beat Trump (votes were always going to be anti-Trump), but instead picked Biden because he could beat Bernie.
  Biden's Justice department dragged it's feet to prosecute Trump in the hope that they could wait until election season and use his trials to stir up media coverage. We now live in a country that will continue to ride along the cliffside as every election will be democrats or else and they won't clean house because they view it as politically advantageous. And this has all happened because the most mild version of socialist policy was being discussed at the national level.
  But don't "question" it.
  
  I was a Bernie guy. I attended several rallies, and I even met the guy. Even he would tell you to get the fuck over it. I have my (massive) grievances about that. I don’t need to be lectured about that.
  This isn’t about that.
  This is about stopping Trump at any cost, and if you can’t see that, I’m not sure what to tell you. Because this isn’t about soothing 8-9 year-old woes, this is about defeating fascism before it defeats American democracy. If you’re going to quibble over past grievances and undermine a far more important fight in the present, then I have more important work to do than waste time whining about shit that happened in 2016.
  Later
I’m glad to see people coming out to support Joe Biden. He is not perfect but he’s the best choice.
The question at hand is why are the only choices a convicted felon, rapist, and grifter con-man or the walking dead guy from Poltergeist?
- I support Joe Biden however the reason you only have two choices is because of first-past-the-post making it difficult for more than 2 parties to compete. The us needs ranked choice.

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