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[–] ninjabard@lemmy.world 111 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Funny since the other guy is running on an updated Nazi platform.

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 48 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Seems like it should be really easy to find a democrate candidate who is both better than Biden and not a Nazi.

[–] ours@lemmy.world 30 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And not having a foot in the grave would be nice.

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Why? Get him to pick an awesome VP and then kick the bucket. Sounds awesome.

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

To be fair, this is partly how I've been looking at it. In the event that power gets delegated to the VP, you want to know the right hand man isn't an absolute crock of shit as well.

But surely even an old man suffering dementia is a better candidate than Trump.

[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They're laying around all over the place. The thing is none of them want to run right now.

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The sitting president is the leader of the party. He's not going anywhere.

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml -4 points 4 months ago

One way or another he's out of that office on Jan 20

[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 4 months ago

This should make the democrat's intentions very clear.

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But he's a whole 3 years younger!

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 34 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

To the point I personally love to make..

Trump. Biden. George W. Bill Clinton.

Were all, at one point, simultaneously high school students. All born within 4 years of one another.

1992 - 2028. With the exception of Obama, all under the rule of one very, very narrow demographic.

[–] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That generation refuses to let go. It will be amazing if they swap Biden for Hillary.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 31 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nobody wants Hillary to run. Not even Hillary.

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 8 points 4 months ago

But it's her turn!

[–] Valmond@lemmy.ml 17 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] ninjabard@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

And clearly takes better care of himself with all those hamberders and covfefe.

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Seriously, the whole too old argument is a bulldog with rubber teeth. Trump's a buffoon with or without cognitive decline.

[–] imnotfromkaliningrad@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com -5 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

On what grounds? Hating Biden for being a liberal right winger propping up genocide does not make them a supporter of someone even more right wing.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world -2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Only if they refuse to vote for him to keep the even more right wing one out of office.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Biden isn't catering to Leftist voters. That doesn't mean pointing out Biden and the DNC as right wingers is support for Trump.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I didn't say it was. I said refusing to vote for him is, albeit passively. Hate Biden all you want, but keep the objectively far worse guy out of power at all costs.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The original point was that pointing out that Biden is a right wing monster makes you a Trump Supporter, which is goofy.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes, that is goofy. I don't hate Biden as much as some, but I don't particularly like him, either. Still voting for him or whoever else the Democrats dredge up to keep fascism at bay.

[–] AnarchoBolshevik@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 4 months ago

Tut‐tut, I see that Clinton’s electoral failure in spite of winning the popular vote hasn’t moved somebody’s faith in the pseudodemocracy. Let’s briefly review the circumstances, shall we?

Starting with the national elections of 2000:

  • Democrats have received more popular votes in 4 out of the past 5 presidential elections, yet only gained office 2 times. Despite winning the popular vote only once in the past 5 elections, a Republican has taken office 3 times.
  • Democrats have received 24 million more votes for Senate than Republicans, yet have held a majority in the Senate in only 3 out of the last 9 sessions, while Republicans have had a majority in 4 out of the past 9 sessions.
  • Democrats have received over 500,000 more votes for seats in the House of Representatives, yet have held a majority in that body for only 3 out of the past 9 sessions, while Republicans have held a majority in 6 of those sessions.

(Source and more evidence here.)

Trust me, an overglorified public opinion poll isn’t going to stop neofascism should the ruling class deem its institutionalization necessary. The Fascists ascended to power in the Kingdom of Italy and the Weimar Republic in spite of their want of votes.

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml -4 points 4 months ago

He's not objectively far worse. He's arguably slightly worse.

[–] imnotfromkaliningrad@lemmy.ml -2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

im literally a russian communist you liberast piece of biological waste

[–] YeetPics@mander.xyz 0 points 3 months ago

Shhhh, we like nazi platforms here. Don't let the liberals find out the truth.