Comments on: Biden does…

By: Abraxas

Abraxas — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 16:44:24 +0000

In politics, as in entertainment, you need a “hook” of some kind. Colorless, uncharismatic, and competent doesn’t get you very far. The party base doesn’t like competent, colorless administrators. They want ideological warriors (or candidates who portray themselves that way). That’s why Warren and Buttigieg did better than Hickenlooper or Bullock in the primaries. The donors and party bigwigs don’t want outsiders or reformers. They want politicians they can count on to deliver the things they want, not unreliable wild cards. That’s why Yang or Bloomberg weren’t going to get the nomination.

The one thing I concluded from the first Democratic debate in 2023 was that Joe Biden was finished. He was terrible. A lot of other people must have thought so too. But he was the candidate most likely to win. He was familiar to voters and didn’t appear threatening to the uninformed. He was also somebody the donors and bigwigs trusted to deliver the goods, and they were able to convince the other candidates to drop out.

By: Cicero

Cicero — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 19:14:43 +0000

Biden and Democrats generally are treating our middle class the same way as Stalin treated the Kulaks. The middle class has been the backbone of the USA, but are being squelched beyond recovery by the billionaire elites, all Democrats, and Democratic policies such as bloating the money supply and giving us persistent inflation.. We have lost the country we live in. The young, <40, have no clue about the constitution; some 40+% favor socialism, and socialism we have since Woodrow, and every subsequent prez since, so will be more so. I am not sorry to be of advanced age, as check-out time approaches, because I love the old USA, not this leftist farce run for and by the Biden crime family.

By: huxley

huxley — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 19:11:22 +0000

They have to figure out a way around that, and I don’t think it’s all that easy.
–neo

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, … it’s SuperMichelle!

I do see articles nibbling on that possibility and it would be the ideal solution.

If MO runs for Prez, our only conservative hope is that she reveals her true nature by devouring a guinea pig whole on live television.

–“V”, “Diana Eats a Guinea Pig” (1983)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhkRYVpxNrQ

Yeah, yeah, I know MO says she doesn’t want to run, but did you ever do something you didn’t want to do, but you did do When The Price Was Right?

By: miguel cervantes

miguel cervantes — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 19:01:01 +0000

as with fetterman, they show deep contempt for their audience, now if they have the mail vote in key districts it doesn’t really matter,

By: neo

neo — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 18:52:48 +0000

Jerry:

I disagree. I don’t think the grumbling will be half-hearted. Of course, some Democrats would be relieved to see her go, but for others she has too many intersectional pluses: female and black. Pushing her aside will be a trigger for rage for quite a few Democrats, I believe, either female or black or both (and that’s a sizable proportion of the Democrat constituency).

But most importantly, she is already VP. She shouldn’t have to be in a presidential debate against other candidates for the presidency. She should be the obvious choice, and if she’s booted out, I think a lot of people on the left will be quite angry.

They have to figure out a way around that, and I don’t think it’s all that easy.

By: JFM

JFM — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 17:26:39 +0000

I know that there were “Yellow dog Democrats”, Democrats who would vote for a yellow dog before a Republican. Now there seems to be “Slime mold Democrats”.

It still seems impossible to me that people cannot see the damage that is being done to the country. And those who espouse socialism! Are those people so blind not to realize that the people who will be in power will twist the government to their benefit?

I am and will always be an Independent in my politics. My metric is which candidate will reduce my freedom the most, and meddle with my life the most. That’s who I vote against.

By: Barry Meislin

Barry Meislin — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 17:00:45 +0000

Nailed it, J.L.

By: Just Lily

Just Lily — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 16:31:07 +0000

I don’t know anyone who says they voted for Biden who won’t vote for him again. They LIKE him and think it is mean of the evil Republicans to call him out for being old.

As long as he keeps mostly upright and signs the legislation of which they approve they will vote for him. They don’t care that Kamala is a moron either. She is a loyal soldier in the fight against Republicans and that is enough.

They will never vote for any Fascist Republican no matter who it is. And while the media has been particularly successful in tarring Trump and those associated with him, they will tar absolutely anyone who runs as a Republican with the same brush.

Many of these people were vaguely alarmed by the Democrats sidelining of Bernie! and Tulsi and the rest of the field but, at the end of the day, will still vote for whomever the party chooses because voting Republican would be a vote for evil.

By: Barry Meislin

Barry Meislin — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 13:59:07 +0000

I think she declared that she’s had it…and is no longer a Democratic.
(At least I think so…)

By: Jerry

Jerry — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 13:46:30 +0000

Neo, et al,
I think you are overestimating how big an obstacle Kamala is to a Newsome nomination (in the event that Biden “decides” to not run).
She was such a loser in 2020 that she dropped out practically in the same speech she announced her candidacy. She’s gotten no better. Plus there is already at least one viable, if odious to many, opponent declared. The party also finds that other candidate odious but fears he could easily defeat Harris. So Newsome is “invited to run and Kamala is off the stage by the second debate.
Yes, there will be some half-hearted grumbling about another white men only primary but that will fade quickly with a few public and private consolation prizes.
I should add a question: is Tulsi Gabbard still a Democrat? She seems to be rather alone among big league politicians in not farting in church, so to speak.