• @dhork
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    6 months ago

    Did he even watch the debate? Biden played right into the right-wing narrative about him. The only way Biden wins this thing is by getting out there, talking to every reporter, holding every baby, and proving that the debate was a fluke. I don’t think he can do it.

    • @MegaUltraChicken
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      556 months ago

      I don’t think he can do it.

      And if he can, why the hell isn’t he?!?!

      • @PseudorandomNoise
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        296 months ago

        It’s not like it’s a singular action he can take. It’s going to take weeks of consistent behavior before people believe any kind of short-term issue like a cold.

        Can he do it is one question. Is there enough time is another.

        • @Beetschnapps
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          06 months ago

          Exactly, it’s not about a single thing he can do. But more importantly there’s nothing anything anyone else can do but point out his shortcomings…

          Also, it’s not about anything specific he could have done… after all he can only do the one specific thing I’ll allow… but he’s not allowed to do anything else anyone could do about anything… that wouldn’t be fair.

      • @NevermindNoMind
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        226 months ago

        Biden should have booked a tough sit down interview for the weekend after the debate to show he has the mental chops and ability to communicate the stakes of this campaign. Instead it’s been five days now since the debate and Biden hasn’t spoken publicly without a teleprompter. Hell dem governors and members of congress, including party leaders, have not spoken to Biden since the debate. Biden is doing basically nothing to calm people down. Hiding him and only rolling him out with a teleprompter in tow just plays into the republican conspiracy that Biden has had a significant decline. To the point that it’s starting to not seem like a conspiracy. If Biden wants to stay in the race, he needs to fix this, like yesterday. Is the reason he hasn’t done so yet because he can’t do it? If so, wtf is he still in the race??

    • @Eldritch
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      76 months ago

      Which narrative? They have multiple to cover every outcome.

      • @[email protected]
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        166 months ago

        When he’s lucid, he’s on drugs. When he’s not, he’s sleepy Joe. You can’t win by placating the right. Independents and democrats do have real concerns, and the DNC can ignore them at their own peril.

        • @frostysauce
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          96 months ago

          Independents and democrats do have real concerns, and the DNC can ignore them at their own our peril.

          FTFY

        • @Ensign_Crab
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          86 months ago

          You can’t win by placating the right.

          Yes, but the alternative involves moving left. Party leadership would rather lose and blame the left than embrace them.

      • @frostysauce
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        26 months ago

        Bold of you to assume the sane are the majority in this country.

        • @[email protected]
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          36 months ago

          it’s worse than that given the electoral college setup. An outright majority doesn’t really matter.