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Biden uses feisty State of the Union to contrast with Trump, sell voters on a second term (apnews.com)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

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That was one of the more interesting SOTU addresses I've seen. Personally, I think he said most of the things that needed to be said, and he said them reasonably well. I'm sure he's going to get some flack for attacking Trump directly (though not by name), but I was frankly glad to see it. Doing otherwise makes it seem like it's just your typical election/political disagreements, but we're past that now.

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[-] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 8 months ago

Perhaps you're right, that his messaging won't change anyone's minds, but the reality is Trump is and will be much worse than Biden. America is fucking around and is probably gonna find out.

[+] Suavevillain@lemmy.world -45 points 8 months ago

Most likely, the time for Biden to course correct is running out. It doesn't help people are fine with the bad aspects of his Presidency because he isn't the other guy. If you want Biden to win then help him be more humanitarian.

[-] specseaweed@lemmy.world 31 points 8 months ago

You can be critical of a politician and still support that politician. Why that's suddenly a super difficult thing to understand is beyond me.

[-] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

If you're not agreeing with absolutely everything and refusing to blindly support their chosen politician, you're not a part of their "team". And that makes you an enemy. There's no room for nuance.

[-] specseaweed@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

you're on the internet too much

[-] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I probably should've put an /s, since you took what I said as my actual worldview. I was agreeing with you

[-] specseaweed@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Ah.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 10 points 8 months ago

I get the frustration, but the time to express that has unfortunately passed, and it was to mount an effective Biden replacement campaign the moment Biden was first reelected. Could that hurt Biden and help Trump? Yes, absolutely, but that would have been necessary if this hypothetical were to have played out.

Assuming you were ok with that pain, then you could've effectively replaced Biden with a different senior Democrat - unfortunately part 3 - that would likely reflect mainstream big-D policies.

Or, alternatively to all of that, you couldve fundraiser for hundreds of millions, perhaps billions of dollars over the last 4 years for a 3rd party. Again, not a blue sky scenario but unfortunate reality.

But neither of those things happened so now it really is Biden v Trump and there are no other reasonable options.

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