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You know... if he really cared about beating trump in november, he should step down and then campaign for his successor.
He's said the only reason he's running is trump...
But also he said "50 other Dems" could beat trump.
So it seems like less that he's running to stop trump from winning, and more knowing trump is his easiest opponent.
If all he cares about was stopping trump, yeah, he wouldn't have ran in the 2020. Let alone 2024 when he's polling even worse.
Like Clinton before him, he's willing to risk trump because he thinks trump is one of the few candidates that would make someone vote D to prevent.
I hear that.
And what's hilarious is... most democrats are eating that shit up.
I wouldn't say that.
Voting is easy and convenient for me. I'm voting D like I do every election. Just not happy I don't have a say in who that is for the next four years
The problem is people that don't always vote because they have to fight suppression.
"Vote me or things will be worse, I'll keep everything as bad as it is!"
Doesn't really get them out to the polls....
And that's not opinion, we know it often doesn't work. It's just also the only way conservative Dems can still win. So that's what we're going to keep seeing
Sadly, thanks to Republicans, it isn't for a lot of people. By design, because those people are more likely to vote for Democrats.
we haven't had a say in that since I've been voting... probably. Certainly since I've been paying attention to the primaries. ('16 is what really got me hyper focussed on them.)
They've been saying that for as long as I've been voting, too. (actually both sides have been using lesser of two evils... which this is just an extension of.)
And, who, pray tell, is this mythical successor that would do better?
Give me a name, please. It's so easy to say "young Democrat that everyone likes" should run instead of Biden. But what actual person is that?
I see your name far too often zaph, and the reason it's too often rather than nice to see is you lower the discouse of every thread you touch.
Would love to hear your answer to this as well. We all know you don't have one because you're clearly just virtue signaling.
There's a type that needs shit spelled out for them isn't there?
You didn't answer their question.
Oh dear, did you gather from context that i was going to?
Always happy to leave an impression!