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Hey, don't cut yourself short.
Biden's first presidential primary was 1988, it took 32 years before he was able to win one.
Just never give up and have faith society will keep getting shittier till your flaws are no longer deal breakers
The one he had to back out of because of plagiarism and lies.
They downvote you because of truth? Five minute google for anyone in doubt here are some takes: https://time.com/5636715/biden-1988-presidential-campaign/
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joe-biden-plagiarism/
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/03/us/politics/biden-1988-presidential-campaign.html
https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/may/07/ad-watch-fact-checking-video-about-bidens-academic/
Like I feel like I am taking crazy pills when I see such downvote ratio on something so verifiably factual and honest.
ETA I’m being downvoted now and getting complaints about sources despite there being 4 articles and advising a simple google, like just jump to snopes if you refuse to read and just go see the checkmark
Maaan that article i just couldnt read all the way through, its sooo bad. And it in no way confirmed or agreed with anything up to the point i read.
trump has plagiarized a speech, though technically it was a family member of his, and it was also obamas speech.
I think basically every prominent politician has plagiarized shit at one point.
The amount of effort they put into shielding Biden from criticism puts them on par with the MAGA crowd.
In some posts I've quoted Biden, but attributed trump and nothing but up votes. I quote Biden and attribute Biden and nothing but down votes
They were very vocal when Melania plagiarized Michelle Obama, but crickets and down votes when it's pointed out Biden plagiarized JFK
This is the part where you're supposed to post the links to these posts that definitely exist.
It's weird...I didn't see any skimming their post history... must be a mod conspiracy