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Biden is too old but you want to pick Bernie? I love the guy and donated to his campaigns, but he is not the Biden replacement.
Old yes but still on his game, which is all that matters
Yes, but also no. The whole point of switching from Biden is to disarm the "too old attack."
Yeah traitors want to argue the rest of us don't want nazis
I mean, ultimately, I'm voting for whoever the democrats put on the ticket for that very reason. However, I would really like to see someone who has a chance of winning be on that ticket instead of just watching the train wreck happen in front of us.
i dont want someone that old either. unfortunately, he is most likely to beat trump. can't see harris winning cause she is a woman and a minority and this country is still very racist/sexist. i also predict biden would step down shortly after 2nd term. worst case of biden winning is he dies in office of old age
Worst case of Biden is him losing like the polls indicate. Harris is not a suitable replacement either like you said. But there are plenty of others.
Like? Everyone wants to say there are others but can never name one
You're literally in a thread that started with a picture of names of others...
The two biggest ones are already named here. Newsom and Gretchen.
Yes, by others, in response to OP while the people who say "there are other choices" don't name anyone.
You keep saying that, but this post is a list of others. Clearly you're just not paying attention.
Your not understanding. When you directly ask some one in response to "there are other choices" they do not have an answer, because that are here to decide us. The people saying "Newsom or whitmer" are responding to OP original post and never once said there are other choices. And this the third time I am explaining it to you. Stop being confused by bots.
Lol, you kept fighting that strawman "other people" and it's all pointless now. Biden dropped.
You, "literally", don't understand that this is the disunity that gop and outside powers want and rellying on to put Trump back in power.
The disunity that can be solved by Biden dropping? The GOP loves running against Biden. He's an easy target.
So is Trump but that has not changed anything
Bernie is only 4 years older than trump. Tbh, they all should have retired years ago, but crying about age while supporting a senile geriatric is just as baseless as the rest of their grievances.
You're not wrong. But Trump is far more coherent than Biden. It's all lies, but they were coherent lies at the debate.
Trump has never been coherent, not once in his life.
Remember this?
— Donald Trump, March 16, 2016, after being asked who he consults with about foreign policy
Or this?
Yet Biden was so bad that Trump was far more coherent than Biden was. That's how bad of a candidate Biden is.
I haven't actually watched the debate because that would mean having to watch trump who literally makes me angry with his ignorant, smug, arrogance, but I've been assuming that a lot of the criticism about Biden is propaganda, hyperbole, or a misunderstanding about his speech impediment. Granted, a speech impediment is a horrible quality for a world leader, for one because it can lead to situations like this, but it doesn't mean his mental competency is any less than if he didn't have one. Did you watch the debate? If so, what did you think, and also because apparently it matters more than anything else in the world now to most people, what is your political party? What I mean is that trumpers could be handed the best leader in the history of the universe, one who speaks as Shakespeare writes, and solves problems like Einstein, and still lob the same accusations that they're lobbing at Biden now.
Edited: typos
Fair point about not watching the debate because Trump pisses you off. I did watch the debate live. It's not hyperbole, Biden was that bad. It felt like watching Biden lose the race in real time. He couldn't form complete thoughts. I know he is normally a gaf machine, but this was different. It wasn't struggling to find the right word, it was struggling to find a thought. It honestly reminded me of when my Grandma was struggling with brain cancer and how she struggled to speak. It was excruciating to watch because I've liked what he had done as president. Him staying in would have ruined his legacy and potentially undone everything he has fought for if Trump beat him.
Oof. Well thanks for the context. That's unfortunate. I'm not a huge fan of Biden, but he's been respectable, boring, and actually benefitted the American people during his presidency, all of which are qualities I appreciate in a president. That's another thing I hate about trump. He's so desperate for attention that he does ridiculous shit on a daily basis, multiple times per day, just to stay in the headlines. I don't want a celebrity hound for a president, I want a competent leader that quietly does their job.
I think you and I have very similar feelings about Biden. I donated to Bernie's campaign and wasn't happy when Biden won the primaries last go around. But overall, he did much better than I expected. His biggest blunders I think have been only supporting Ukraine enough to stay on their heels and not actually beat back the invasion and supporting Israel after they've shown they're either committing genocide or they're so incompetent they shouldn't be fighting a war. Also, he ignored the border for too long, but I think any democrat would have made that mistake as well.
He's still sharp, and there's literally no one I trust more to do the job tbh.
You're kidding yourself if you think he's still sharp.