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Stephen Breyer's Ice Cream's avatar

"So the states just went through the motions and spent taxpayer money for a joke?"

Yep, pretty much!

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defineandredefine's avatar

And, despite that joke, a significant proportion of us very much did NOT want Joe, because genocide support was a bridge too far for us.

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Jim Wert's avatar

I hold that against Joe also. Bernie didn't run this time. Joe won. The alternative is Holocaust Trump. You down with that? There can be no legitimate winning alternative to Joe in the time left. No money, no ground game, no campaign apparatus, it's over if you replace Joe.

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ReadingRambo's avatar

You know he has a vice president, right?

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defineandredefine's avatar

Look I'll vote for a moldy turnip before I vote for trump. If said turnip is biden, fine. So no, I'm not down with another 4 years of trump. And, frankly, that line of criticism is so fucking boring - we realize the threat of trump! That's why we want biden to be better or get the fuck out of the way!

Regardless, the fact is that the DNC basically squashed any chance of a serious primary challenge to ol Joe, and with it any chance of establishing a ground game, a campaign apparatus and a money supply.

Also, god love him, but Bernie is too old as well. Also I think his sitting out this time was a strategic choice - he didn't want to go up against an incumbent, which makes sense.

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