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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Just remember that during the 2016 election, the "If not Bernie, then Trump" bros turned out to be Russian interference.

I wouldn't be surprised if it's just Russia trying to split the Dem base.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ever wonder why it's rich media companies who are screeching from the rooftops that Biden is old and needs to step down, while AOC, Bernie, and all the actual progressives are standing behind him?

This is a revolt of the ownership class against Biden's proposed tax hikes. Nothing more. And Leftists are falling for it hook line and sinker.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Two issues with Biden:

  1. A lot of people on the left disagree with his policy on supporting Isreal on Gaza.
  2. He's acts like a senile old man when he's communicating. Yes maybe he's still clear headed. But the low information voter who doesn't really pay attention to politics will see his saying "I trust my VP Trump" and automatically just vote for the person who doesn't seem like they belong in a nursing home.
[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Reading these comments here, it's obvious either 1. This thread is filled with shills or 2. Democrats have learned NOTHING from Hillary and are ready to score an own goal at the 89th minute.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (7 children)

GIVE IT A FUCKING REST

The whole fucking front page is already filled up with this stuff

WE ARE AWARE OF THE BIDEN STEPPING DOWN THING

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I'm voting for the administration that will keep democracy alive in our country.

And it's 🔵🔵🔵

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I'm going to vote Democrat.

Straight ticket.

Just like every freaking year because i'm too scared to vote Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communist Party.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Ugh. I agree that Kamala sucks, but I think it’d be a mistake to try to go with anyone else at this point. She has a pulse, a functional brain, lots of political experience, a long life ahead of her, and yeah, she’s made some terrible decisions and gaffs in her career, just like Joe Biden.

I don’t like that she was a cop, but Joe Biden chaired the Senate Judiciary committee for like 100 years, and got us Clarence Thomas, so…nobody has the moral high ground here.

We just need to win, and frankly I think if we try to go with someone new and untested, we’ll lose. We’ve been in a “lesser of two evils” situation for some time now.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (25 children)

There's weeks left to go 'til the convention, plenty of time to run an actual primary if the DNC wanted to.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ideally, yeah, but think about the logistics of pulling something like that off. And would it be a full primary redo? Like fresh ballots sent out to all dems? Or do you mean a mini primary just with the existing delegates? Because we already voted in the Democratic primary election…

I’m just really trying to be pragmatic about this, I can’t imagine a scenario where we pull this off and come out stronger. I would love to be wrong.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Saying a month is "plenty" of time to plan and run any kind of election on a national level is so ridiculously out-of-touch I read it back like five times thinking maybe it was sarcastic. Off the top of my head there's booking polling places, securing & training staff, voting machines, ballots that need to make their way through the entire supply chain starting all the way back at pre-production. Mail in ballots alone usually go out like a month ahead of time to compensate for issues with the mail.

At this point in time, there's a higher probability of Superman flying around the world backwards to rewind time and correct the gunman's aim to actually hit Trump at that rally than there is of the Democrats being able to successfully pull off a second primary in a month. And that's not even to touch the "coming out stronger" piece of it, which again, no chance in hell that happens with the kind of chaos a second primary would cause.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

People live in their fantasies, where national primary elections are just a cut and paste affair that takes two days to set up.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

doyee

Literally no one wanted Kamala in the primaries. Everyone knows she got picked as a token diversity VP and not because she was actually popular or anything.

She has a higher chance of losing than Biden. If we're gonna axe the incubent, then you better open up some serious candidates, otherwise this will be a repeat of 2016 and no one will vote.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

lol, token diversity VP! Racism and/or misogyny is so funny! let me guess, do you pretend to care about palestine too?? i bet you do! lol, what a comedian

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Does anyone like Kamala lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Maybe if she did something, we could have something to like about her

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (7 children)

The courts are bad now people think, wait till more seats are replaced.

People don’t understand what a big deal this is. Corrupting the trusted-by-tradition institutions like the courts is one way fascists can get the whole country in a chokehold.

Gunned down a bunch of BLM protestors? Eh, they were asking for it. Probation.

Climate change demonstration? 10 years

We’re already about 60% of the way there. It’s already happening that people are committing really major crimes and it’s okay if they’re on the right team.

VOTE

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

This is why you never listen to panicking morons by themselves. If you remove the whole ticket they won't even have ballot access.

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