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Why is the pundit class so desperate to push Biden out of the race? | Rebecca Solnit
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First of all, Trump is a dick and may he rot in hell.
That out of the way, this is yet another article yelling at us to disbelieve our own eyes and not recognise an old man struggling. People who DON'T want Trump are watching the election toppling over the edge and are helpless to effect an outcome.
It's not about the pundits wanting Biden out, it's about the pundits demanding that everything is under control when it is obvious that it isn't.
Not sure you read the article, or just the headline?
Yep, I read it. It sez, yeah, but Trump is worse.
We already know that Trump is worse. The thing is, Biden can't beat him. The election is headed in Trump's direction because the better candidate looks old and feeble.
Trump is also old and feeble, and also a rapist and a focus point for the new american fascism
No argument. It's not a whataboutism question. Trump is also old, obviously. But he is set to win and the Dems who put a candidate in place is going to lose. I'm not trying to make Trump's position better. The GOP want to put an old insane candidate in place that's on them. Why would the Dems do the same thing - and lose because of it is the mystery.
It is an argument, because they are both prob going to have died of old age by the end of next term, but people is only talking of biden, while trump also is rambling and has a diaper.
Disagree as irrelevant whether either party dies in a couple of years.
The story is whether Biden can get elected? Maga will vote Maga. Dem will vote Dem. The real battle is in the margins - the undecided and the unsure if it is even worth turning out. Complaining about Trump is like complaining about diarrhoea. Either you do something about it or just accept the shitty duds.
Biden has to either really convince the electorate that he has it together in a aggressive way. He has to demonstrate strongly that he can take the criminal blowhard down, or step aside and let someone who can step up do the job.
The stakes are incredibly important. Yet, people are still focused on Trump's lying. A skill he mastered that is unchanged and unchanging for more than 60 years.
Not sure I agree. Project 2025, convicted felon, rapist, and fascist who got rid of abortion is a bit harder of a sell than old
Fox News isn't talking about that. The few moderate Republicans left are still likely watching Fox News. Some on-the-fence voters are likely watching Fox News. They're not hearing any of this.
They ARE hearing a ton of lies about some mythical "Biden crime family" though. And about how joe is both the mastermind AND a doddering fool.
And if one part of that looks even marginally true, it's a tiny bit easier to swallow the rest of what Fox is spitting.
You forgot he's also almost as old as biden