They really are grasping at straws to keep Biden as the nominee. It is pathetic. Trump showed us he is old but still just a narcissist. Biden showed us that his team is a bunch of elder abusers.
He has a large majority of delegates. There is no way to force him out of the candidacy, he already won it.
The delegates don’t have to pick Biden. If it is clear doing so will result in a loss they likely wouldn’t. If Biden steps aside they won’t have have to either. The issue is the delegates were picked cause they are loyal to corporate Democrats so they are less likely to pick a candidate that would crush Trump like Bernie.
The delegates are bound to vote for Biden on the first ballot. They cannot just decide to vote for someone else. Where are you getting this?
They’re “getting this” from reality. Delegates are not legally bound to vote for whomever they’ve pledged to support from the primaries. It is strongly encouraged to do so, but whether they actually do is a matter of norms rather than an enforceable law. And a handful of delegates have voted other than their pledge numerous times in the past.
There’s nothing stopping delegates from deciding to vote for whoever they’d like. And if enough of them can be convinced to nominate someone other than Biden, that’s the actual nominee. Primaries don’t actually matter other than serving as a way to influence the national convention: who the delegates vote for at the national convention is all that matters, and they are not legally bound to their pledge.
The actual video for your own judgement:
https://x.com/atrupar/status/1805755194723950688
I’m not shocked an old man missed a prompt to speak in a low stakes phone call. Mid-sentence in a high-stakes optics-focused debate is the bigger gaffe, but equally normal for an old man.
Agreed, a gap on a phone call is not as bad as looking like a lost little boy on video. :(
I feel bad for Biden, I really do. I think he honestly believes in doing what’s best for the country. He’s just not articulating that where it counts.
It reminds me a lot of the Bob Dole campaign, or even the Hillary Clinton campaign, where supporters would go “Yeah, but they’re totally different in private! You should see it!”
I agree! I should see it! Failing to bring that across in a campaign is itself a failure.
He’s already been a really good president. It’s not like people need to read the tea leaves to know what he’s about.
Heck, we already know he’s pro-America, doesn’t take money from foreign governments, isn’t trying to become a dictator, and didn’t give away nuclear secrets.
That puts him several points above the other guy.
doesn’t take money from foreign governments,
AIPAC might have something to say about that
And now we grasp at straws. Anything to avoid facing the reality of the situation.
He might have had a bad connection for a second. It would be more compelling if it had been, I don’t know, on the debate stage with 50 million people watching.
Everyone rightfully talks about how awful Trump is, but as soon as Biden does something like support a genocide or come across like a doddering old man in a debate, all of a sudden “Trump does it too” is apparently a defense.
Before someone jumps down my throat about the election being a choice between two people, it’s not. People might also hate both and not vote. Not saying it’s wise, just saying it’s possible.
They can’t defend Biden without invoking Trump, because that’s their only defence
If I look in a septic tank, and it’s full of shit… No one cares.
But if someone takes one little shit on the boss’ desk, people want to talk about it for years.
This is why people talk about Biden’s missteps more than Trump’s. We know trump is a giant piece of shit, literally, it’s trump’s third election in a row, he’s only been out of office 4 years, everyone knows who trump is.
But the entire point of Biden, is supposed to be that he’s not trump.
So why should we excuse their similarities?
