• nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    If only people had forseen this possibly and argued we should have vibrant competitive primaries instead of having the strong contenders not run in the name of unity. Oh well, instead we let Trump dominate the news cycles like he always does and kicked the can down the road until the can started falling apart.

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      2 months ago

      Even on here 2 months ago, hinting towards biden not being a good option would get you destroyed and downvoted to oblivion by the “BoTh SiDeS” brigade. It’s amazing how quickly they shriveled up and blew away.

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        2 months ago

        They pretty quickly pivoted to their new MSNBC talking points.

        • “But why is no one talking about Trump?”
        • “No one else would have the incumbent advantage.”
        • “4 months is simply not enough time to get a new nominee ready.”
        • “You should have told us before the primaries that you didn’t want Biden.”
        • “Suck it progressives. This, like everything else that is my fault, is all your fault.”

        I may have embellished one of those.

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            2 months ago

            Legitimate criticism of a governing body that refuses to move left while demanding their left flank fall in line is not something I will ever stop doing. It’s not supporting Trump to criticize Biden. To suggest so is absolutely absurd.

            If he’s such a weak candidate that people criticizing him online will lose him the election, then here’s an idea: he should step aside.

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          2 months ago

          Lol they didn’t like you pointing it out. They rammed Biden past the normal process for making sure we have a good candidate and now want to say it’s too late to change.

          That’s behavior im used to seeing from the Republicans on climate change. And I’m really disappointed to see it in the Democrats now.