• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    5 天前

    Sad to hear Biden is in pain, I wish him well.

    But this just proves It was moronic by Biden to want to run for a second term. Almost as moronic as people voting for Trump.
    Biden broke his promise to not run again, and by doing so he ruined the democratic process in the Democratic party, forcing Harris to become the candidate without a proper campaign.
    And the democratic values in the Democratic party were already questioned by many.
    If the Democratic party would pull themselves together and actually live up to their name, that would be wonderful.

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      5 天前

      History will show that Biden’s decision to run again, along with RBG’s decision to not retire while she could be replaced with someone with a similar ideology, were the two key inflection points that enabled this second Trump administration to happen. You could even argue that RBG’s situation was worse, because the implications of that choice will last far longer.

      The old guard needs to get out of thr way and let the younger generation ru the country.

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        100% agree, and absolutely a travesty that David Hogg was thrown out as Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee for trying to push exactly that agenda.
        Democrats aren’t learning, politicians are supposed to be ideological leaders, but in the democratic party they are more holding back.

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            IDK if you are joking or not, but there are clearly often younger candidates, but the ones that get the funding from the DNC are ALWAYS the old candidates. Which was what David Hogg wanted to change.

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                Exactly, they don’t want to improve things, they want to hold on to what power they have, even if it means being the opposition to Republicans really having the power.

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        Also the younger generation needs to step up and run for office. The disillusionment with politics runs deep, but just staying out of it isn’t an option.

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      4 天前

      Biden pretending to want to run a second term was the plan all along to usher Harris (the donor favorite since like 2019) to be the candidate.

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        4 天前

        You may be right, and it’s horrible if you are, but I don’t think so, if Biden had endorsed her she would probably have won, and the Democrats would have been in a way better position.

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      4 天前

      I’m not sure where this idea that Biden “promised” not to run again came from.

      He never once said that. The only thing that comes from is his staffers had a private understanding that he wouldn’t run. He never once promised the public that he wouldn’t.

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        If his staffers have given that impression, and Biden doesn’t correct it, it’s the same thing.