Little skeevy bald Nazi man is sad.
π»hereβs a tiny violin for little skeevy bald Nazi man.
I've been very much thinking that Biden had the best chance to win, mostly due to name recognition, and that switching candidates would be a bad idea because there isn't a lot of time left for campaigning. I didn't think Joe was necessarily the best person to be president (given the options), but I did think he had the most exposure and was most likely to collect votes.
But I didn't really consider that switching candidates might seriously upset the Republican campaigning strategy. This could work. As long as the Democrats line up behind Kamala and don't fragment, this risk might pay off.
I'm tickled pink! All 50 Democratic party chairs endorse Harris already. ActBlue got $47 million today in just 7 hours from Biden stepping out. The world looks a little brighter when Steven Miller doesn't get his way.
The democrats should've had a real primary with actual debates. That would've exposed the Biden situation way earlier and would've given the eventual candidate a democratic mandate. Biden dropping out now isn't ideal, but now is better than later, it was only going to get worse.
The ideal scenario would've been for Biden to keep his word about him being a transitional candidate that would step aside after one term.
The ideal scenario wouldβve been for Biden to keep his word about him being a transitional candidate that would step aside after one term.
He didn't really promise per se. He said in some interviews that he saw himself as a bridge candidate, but he never made a pledge. I assume he was trying to not make himself a lame duck president right out of the gate, which can make it difficult to pass policies.
And I didn't take that to mean one term. Did he say one term? I took it to mean he wanted to see younger people getting into politics and specifically the presidency after him. That he wanted to pave the way for younger candidates and didn't want to see old guys like himself in office anymore.
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/11/biden-single-term-082129
This is what he was 'privately signalling' before he was elected.
βIf Biden is elected,β a prominent adviser to the campaign said, βheβs going to be 82 years old in four years and he wonβt be running for reelection.β
Sure, he didn't pledge it, but his campaign made it clear this was the plan and it's not like any of the age concerns were new if they were talking about them before he was even elected the first time.
But then again, they successfully gaslit everyone about this thing, same as the $2000 check if Warnock and Ossof got elected that turned into a $1400 check (or was it 1200?).
This sounds like they slept on oppo research and message testing for anyone but Biden and now they realize they're at square one.
They're going to recycle the same bullshit talking points anyway. They don't need research
Now is a good time to test the candidates on mental acuity, and ability to put together coherent sentences.
Every Who down in Who-ville, the tall and the small,
Was singing! Without any presents at all!
He HADN'T stopped Christmas from coming! IT CAME!
Somehow or other, it came just the same!
And the Grinch, with his grinch-feet ice-cold in the snow,
Stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so?
'It came without ribbons! It came without tags!
It came without packages, boxes or bags!'
Guys like Miller can't understand the idea of self-sacrifice if there's no money or personal gain to be had, later. He's frustrated because he can't figure out the "angle" and it's no more complicated than for the good of the nation. And that's a completely alien idea to him.
Hush little baby don't you cry, that Steve Miller's not outside~
~~We are not that interesting.~~
~~Or cute.~~
~~And also you don't post online when your can-opener malfunctions. Your either try scratching it or replace it.~~
~~(To be clear, this is sarcasm, all of it, all animals, including some humans, are capable of feelings, but different parts of our brains specialised differently through evolution.)~~
What in the holy fucks name happened here, can't rely on this brainhole for one minute, ffs.
Journalist Andrea Chalupa said Sunday, "A Black woman is about to become president, and Stephen Miller is having a meltdown."
I had to look up what kind of a "journalist" would say something so brave and untrue. Unsurprisingly her twitter is the most cringe lib shit I've ever read. Also her journalistic endeavour seems to be a monthly podcast with less that 500 views.
Kind of like anyone just becoming a "software engineer" by claiming it, the title of journalist seems to be meaningless today.