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Michael's avatar

This is just...a ridiculous distortion of legitimate concerns about Biden's age and capacity to serve. For the millionth time, there's a difference between Biden the POTUS and Biden the candidate. Biden the candidate is losing the race and the campaign has no apparent strategy to turn that around. I would vote for Biden's head in a jar before Trump, but, as the Bulwark has mentioned over and over again, there aren't enough people like that for Biden to win.

It's funny that you mention France since it's an example of a parties making drastic updates to their platforms to upset the far right. They did that in a week and all the people telling us to shut up about Biden's age are screaming how it's too late to replace him.

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Richard Kane's avatar

France has a much different election process that enables them to do that.

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Michael's avatar

They do, but it doesn't mean Dems couldn't acknowledge reality, show some leadership, and make a change now. It's very possible, and it would blow up the Trump campaign.

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Daydream Believer's avatar

And if President Biden is forced out, what then? Hoping that everything will go well is NOT a plan. As one Biden voter said, “If you’re going to rock the boat, you’d better have a plan to get me to shore.”

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Michael's avatar

What is Biden’s plan now? Hope that enough voters who get their news from Tik Tok ignore an issue they’ve said over and over again they’re concerned about and pull the lever for him anyway? And hope all the polls are wrong? How is that better?

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Dave Yell's avatar

They have a parliamentary system (I believe). As does much of Europe.

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