-36
Joe Biden faces 10th House Democrat asking him not to run
(www.newsweek.com)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2024
-36 points (29.1% liked)
politics
19097 readers
1719 users here now
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
Has anyone noticed that the “gEnOciDe jOe” bots have mysteriously gone silent on the topic of genocide, and are now suddenly so concerned with his age and ability to conduct a speech?
It’s amazing! almost as if overnight- they all got a directive upgrade and now have found an easier wedge to use to divide voters.
If it’s not obvious by now what they’re up to- you’re either blind, or you’re one of them.
Bots who did not like Joe Biden still do not like Joe Biden, but now differently. That's obvious. However, people who did like Joe Biden are starting to ask questions after that debate. That is new.
And that’s the purpose, isn’t it? A bot worth their own weight will be at least slightly convincing enough to persuade at least a few people.
And they’re getting a good push from the media frenzy attacking him like he’s a sick shark.
But whatever keeps the power on, right? American democracy can implode as long as news media makes a fortune off of an old guy in a debate against a convicted rapist/felon that didn’t even answer one question honestly. I mean…
It’s a no brainer that the rapist did SO MUCH BETTER!
It's also possible that people saw the debate and started asking questions on their own. Not everything is the media, the candidate is a problem.
FWIW, I do not want Donald Trump to be president and I would just prefer a D candidate who is still mentally with it.
We’re at the point where we take ANYTHING over Trump.
People are going to get hurt. I’ll take ineffective over a convicted rapist/felon any fucking day.
If people don’t like this, maybe they should may attention and do more than whine every four years.
I think the point is that we shouldn't have to vote for an ineffective leader to avoid a fascist convict. Out of 300 million people, we should be able to find at least one who can move the country in a positive direction.
And, for the record, I'm not a bot...just a millennial who's sick and tired of this bullshit.
look man, I get it. But sadly the point is- we do have to.
What we “shouldn’t have to do” is irrelevant. Becasue that’s a daydream.
And the reason why is as I said, there’s a ton of people that only become politically active every four years. And all they do is whine and yell at everyone who’s trying to keep the ship afloat that they should “put more holes in it if they want to keep things going.”
Because not voting is exactly how things change. Note how history is rife with people staying home during events that changed history.
It's an ideal. Which is exactly what we should be striving for. We shouldn't have to settle for an octogenarian, ineffective leader just because. The man is losing in every poll and, chances are, he'll end up costing us the election – worse; the country.
I understand why Democrats consistently settle for less than they're worth, but fuck man...time is short. We need to stop fucking settling. If not for us, for our kids and their kids. Because if we just keep settling for "good enough," we won't have anymore "daydreams"; we'll be living in a complete and total nightmare.
It’s too late for ideals. Can you not see that? We have far too many people that slack-ass for four years at a time and then demand change?
It doesn’t work that way.
They want the benefits without having to do anything but whine for it- then they want to know how we got here. The system sucks. But whining about it and staring home during elections isn’t how it gets fixed.
But they know that.
So they’re demanding now that shit changes without the need to actually do the work. Essentially, democracy is being held hostage by people that won’t lift a finger to fix it.
Ideals would be nice if everyone payed attention and did their fair share so that we wouldn’t have to chose between the crypt keeper and a rapist-felon.
But that’s where we are now. So it’s either shit, or get of the pot so it can be fed to you.
I’d rather shit.
I don't know, man. The way I see it, you (and those who are still blindly supporting the ghoul) are bigger whiners than anyone.
You see the cognitive decline, but you don't want a messy primary. So you close your eyes and tell everyone to keep voting for him. Worse; you attack those who want change - who want to "actually do the work."
And to say people aren't "doing their fair share" is preposterous. The DNC didn't primary Biden. How are we supposed to do something about him, when a tiny group of people selected our candidate for us. Your answer is to just "grin and bear it?"
Do you have any idea of what that does? It creates an electorate that is alienated and doesn't vote. Congrats...you've whined us right into a fascist state! Hope it was worth not upsetting the apple cart.
Seriously, what would the founders say about this approach? Brave men and women who risked their lives, watching the most spoiled group of whiners and social media junkies destroy the government they fought for through inaction. I'm sorry, but that's not who we are. We must take action, we must call for Biden (and Trump) to quit, and we must find two competent adults to run this race. And if we can't? Well, that tells us this little experiment is over.
Fucking hilarious.
No man. I’m not attacking people who want change. Im attacking people who whine about wanting change but does nothing about it- then threatened to withhold their vote unless their demands are met. I think the founders would be fucking embarrassed to know that Americans turned out this way. And the men and women you so callously used as an argument would be fucking disgusted that you are willing to let a rapist/felon win.
Everyone should want change. And everyone should do what it takes to get things changed.
Not sit on their asses and let a tyrant take over just because they didn’t get their way. Which is who I’m attacking.
You call me a bot constantly and during our most recent conversation I was still upset with Biden about the genocide you support.
Before you reply, remember that you also made a big deal about not reading anything I post, just like you made a big deal about ignoring me and blocking me, both of which turned out to be lies.
I’m sorry, what?
Apology accepted.
Fucking hilarious dude. I don’t acknowledge you as worthy of any respect whatsoever. But a troll must troll, so… have at it.
We've already established that I am not Netanyahu, yes.
k
If you think there's an entity out there devoting significant resources to running a bot army on a website with 10,000 active users you're insane.
wait… you think I’m using the word “bot” to mean actual bots and not mindless human beings…
Sweet summer child.
I think that because there's an alarming number of people who believe that. Maybe you should consider your word choice if you don't want to come across as some nut.
Regardless, it's pretty funny how arrogant you can be about your surface-level opinion.
We have not gone silent, he's still the butcher of Palestine. And we've been talking about his mental issues before he got elected. But if you haven't noticed, and you haven't, none of these threads have been about Gaza or Palestine.
Yeah… you’ve gone silent. You trolls used to do nothing but talk shit about Palestine and cry to everyone about it. Now, it’s the he’s old and should step down.
Not one of you suggest that Trump should step down because he’s old. Or even mentions that he lied on every answer he gave.
Nope.
Just…. BiDeN oLd!
Instead of fighting people pointing out his deficiencies you should be fighting your party to get him out of there. The DNC refusing to do it will give us trump again. Democrats refusing to believe he's the problem will give us trump again.
Instead of whining only during elections, you should have been doing the work the past four years to help put up a better candidate.
And withholding your vote as a threat isn’t how change is made. Pick up a history book- see for yourself.
Then do better.
It's not my party to be picking a better candidate. I don't vote for fascists or capitalists, but I suppose that's redundant.
Ahh… so you think you’re supposed to sit around and let others make the world a better place for you?
Pathetic.
Despite what you may believe your party is only making things better for the wealthy.
Maybe I should do nothing at all about it and see how things turn out, right? Seems to be your suggestion… how’s that working out for ya so far?
Because from where I stand, it seems you’re getting Trump.
You are getting trump by not demanding better of your politicians
I’m sure you don’t mind if I dismiss everything you say as the ramblings of presumed ignorance.
You're seeming a lot more bot-like than the other one, my dude..
I could not care less, your propagandized opinion means very little
Oh if mirrors could talk.
I'm definitely not in "genocide Joe" crew, I'm all for giving aid to Israel. Not concerned with Joe's age either, but I am concerned that he's got dementia and he's running the US supposedly. If he's not running it, we're being played and if he is running it, it explains a lot of his policies.
SHIT! Took a look at your comment history…
You’re a full blown Israel supporting MAGA conservative! I had no idea any of you were around here! Well played. It’s funny though, how your bullshit is indistinguishable from the far left’s bullshit.
But then it gets less funny when you realize why.
r/enlightenedcentrism worthy comment
Good lord I should have done that earlier 😂