• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldOP
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    5 months ago

    No thats just wrong.

    You are engaging in a form of lying when you say we need to have a decision already made to criticize Biden. You should stop lying. We haven’t actually had a convention yet. He’ isn’t the nominee and doesn’t have to be. We don’t have to make that decision until the convention.

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      5 months ago

      I have responded to so many of these “who tho” requests, but they all end up in silence without even a reply. At this point I’m thinking it’s some kind of script that sea lions were told to follow.

      • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldOP
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        5 months ago

        Oh 100%. They are completely full of shit. There is no answer you could give them that would satisfy them and they were never asking the question in good faith to begin with. Its also not really an important question. Its something we can answer at the convention.

        Literally almost all Democrats poll 10-20 points higher than Biden. So the answer is “any of them”. Literally any Democrat could would be enough of an improvement to stop Trump in his tracks.

        And there are some solid picks out there. I really think Kamala would be fine; she would invigorate the african-american vote, and guarantee us black-woman voters (which might be a big fucking problem if she isn’t the nominee). Newsom is like, greased-up-deaf-guy slick, but he’s got a machine behind him. I would want someone progressive like Witmer, but I just don’t care at this point. Any one. I think the most strategic choice would be Andy Beshear (2x Democratic southern governor like Bill Clinton; steal Kentucky from the Republicans) would be a very smart strategic choice.

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          5 months ago

          Kamala would sway any centrists towards Trump hands down. There is no brand recognition here besides maybe AOC and she’d fit a VP pick better. I fear a new candidate will only fracture us and ensure a Trump victory. There’s so much at stake for such uncertainty. I can say I will vote for whoever is opposing Trump and Project 2025. I just hope more than half the country is seeing all this shit and thinking “Nah, I dont want a king.”

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            You dont need name/ brand recognition at this level. Its the presidency and there will only be two options. Its the wrong rule-stick for this level of race. If this were a house race or even a senate seat, sure. But not for whomever will carry the Democratic nomination.

            I fear a new candidate will only fracture us

            This is a weird talking point that has suddenly become very consistent.

            Bro. We’re already fully fractured and its Biden thats done the fracturing. Don’t fear the unknown: fear the known failure the commentators here have been telling you that you are pot-committed to. Thats a far far far bigger concern than not going to the convention with a candidate in hand.

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              Yeah I can’t really agree with just about anything you said. We weren’t fractured until people decided the debate meant the world and his actual work in office right now doesn’t mean shit.

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                You are living in a delusional fantasy. Biden’s polling was CATASTROPHIC before the debate. Why?

                Because Biden split the party in how he has handled Gaza.

                Its unbelievable the amount of delusion people around here try and persist with.

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        5 months ago

        If thats an important condition for you to have before you move on from a lost cause, you should come up with an answer to that question on your own and suggest it.

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          I just took a look at your post history. It’s literally only anti-Biden. I hope you’re getting paid…

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            Yeah I want a Democrat to win the election and Biden has a less than 1 in 20 shot of doing that.

            The only path to stopping Trump is replacing Biden. Continuing to promote Biden as a candidate is you basically asking for project 2025 to become a reality. And as you can see, there are a lot of idiots to push back on who think a guy polling in the low thirties can make it happen.

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          5 months ago

          You’re the one saying Biden should be replaced. Why on earth would it be mortalic’s responsibility to suggest the alternative?

          • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldOP
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            5 months ago

            Do you know what sea lioning is?

            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning

            Its a fundamental form of trolling that OP is engaging in, and that apparently, you think I should engage with.

            Think about it as a metaphor. I come to you with the information that your house is on fire. OP is basically making a rhetorical argument that if I can’t provide them with a house they’ll find suitable, we shouldnt leave the burning house we’re currently in.

            The information about the state of the house (candidate in our case) is independent from there being another house that isn’t on fire.

            You should never, ever engage with people like them. They are not having this discussion in good faith. If its important to them they should suggest a candidate. There are plenty to suggest. But that is a fundamentally separate discussion.