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Biden reportedly regrets ending re-election campaign and says he’d have defeated Trump
(www.theguardian.com)
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on no fucking planet is this the case. Also, him hanging on as long as he did, didn't help things. It's not like the Harris campaign did themselves any favors, but was clear not one person the the management caste of the DNC really gave a fuck about winning.
He should have announced he wasn’t running in 2023 to give dems a chance to run a legit primary.
They don't care about winning, because it changes nothing for them. If they win, they keep taking kickbacks and bribes. If they lose, they keep taking kickbacks and bribes.
If they win, they wring their hands about how they can't do what they want, so it's not even worth trying. If they lose, they wring their hands about things they can't stop, so it's not even worth trying.
It's win-win for them. It's lose-lose for us.
Money in politics is always the case, and being in the opposition where you can make deals and promises for when you are back in power is big money.
It's like how the hour of Roe v. Wade being overturned, people got texts wanting money to put it back into place with the next president.
The president can't just declare abortion legal or illegal, my $5 isn't going to help a candidate get elected when millions are spent on a press tour in one day. There's a clear reason why they do it.
Oh, they wanted to win but only on their terms.
They seem to fundamentally believe the electorate are all dumb as fuck and everything would be so much better if they just did as they were told.
They certainly seem to believe that the electorate love voting for the second stinkiest turd.