I don’t see how a crowd would have helped Biden. In fact the Dems requested this since they felt Trump feeds off of crowds.
I don’t see how a crowd would have helped Biden. In fact the Dems requested this since they felt Trump feeds off of crowds.
Despite what people on Lemmy are saying there was a primary. Votes were cast and delegates are obligated to vote accordingly at least on the first ballot. Short of Biden stepping down there is no avenue to replace him at the convention.
Hard disagree. This wasn’t unusual. Presidential debates are notorious for moderators being ineffectual and unwilling to challenge lies.
Never going to happen. We’ve lost. Major corporations have completely won. They’re going to usher in a new Dark Age, a new Gilded Age.
I just expect he’ll do whatever Papa Putin tells him to do. That or rape someone again.
Trump won’t agree to a debate with a new candidate. I doubt that there be another debate at all as is.
Yeah the problem I think with the idea they can nominate someone else at the convention are that I believe the delegates are obligated under the first ballot to vote as they were voted. So Biden’s going to win the first ballot. There’s no way not to have that happen. If there were enough other candidates that the first ballad wasn’t enough to reach the threshold then yeah they could all change their votes after. That’s just not the case because nobody ran against Joe Biden. Or nobody worth even the time it would take to spell their name properly here.
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They did? That’s weird I remember voting in them just like I do every 4 years.
Brother don’t lie to yourself, that was way more than a just a stutter. Nobody who watched that debate is under the impression that the problem was Joe Biden stuttered sometimes. I understand you’re disappointed and trying to cope somehow but it’s not healthy to just create a fantasy. It was a train wreck. It was real real bad. Just accept it and move on.
Frankly I don’t know what they’re supposed to do. It’s probably political suicide to keep him on the ticket, but it would also probably be political suicide to replace him. I don’t see any way you could replace him without just handing a victory to the other side here, at this point that would just be perfect fodder. The campaign practically runs itself.
Have they tried not showing at least one commercial during every commercial break of every sporting event on the planet?
Thanks for setting this monkey paw off there buddy
It’s very important not to practice self-deception in these kind of things
Pretty sure after tonight my congressional representative is thrilled that Biden is the one running.
Yeah, that certainly sums up the feeling that I’m having right now.
Yep, that was so much worse than I ever imagined it was going to be.
I’m not complaining about it and I don’t have to perpetuate it. It’s just a fact. It’s not a scenario we can change. If you want it to be based on substance you should read position papers. Oratory has always and will always be performative. That will never change, because that’s its nature.
Debates aren’t about substance unfortunately, debates are performance. That’s all people take away from them. Information needs to be conveyed but it’s got to be conveyed in a way that resonates.
On a completely unrelated note when is the third season of The Gilded Age coming out?