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[WaPo] The top Democrats calling on Biden to drop out of the 2024 election

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Os Trigonum, Jul 6, 2024.

  1. boomboom

    boomboom I GOT '99 PROBLEMS

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    There's always another option...

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  2. peleincubus

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    Basso says they ALL need to shut up and dribble
     
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  3. El_Conquistador

    El_Conquistador King of the D&D, The Legend, #1 Ranking

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    Because that’s where the crimes tend to occur… and respect for the law is low. Kind of obvious - just look at the stats.
     
  4. fchowd0311

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    So we base voting rights based on wealth gaps and which communities are poorer?

    Seems like a way to slowly downward spiral into a French style revolution. Poor people not being heard will always result in violent deaths of wealthy people in mass. You want that?
     
  5. Nook

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    Yeah - no.

    You will have a very hard time finding a lot of people that in good faith will claim that everything was wonderful during the Trump Presidency. unemployment doubled, the debt and debt ratio ballooned, the trade imbalance between China and the USA got worse, and we were headed for a recession by the end of his Presidency and his spending was out of control.

    If you want to argue that COVID is what caused his first term failures, that is debatable - but the idea that everything was wonderful is just objectively false. The country was a mess by the time he left the Whitehouse.
     
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  6. Nook

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    It is sad that this is what we get from a former President, and likely future President.

    With everything going on around the world, I am glad he found time to give a **** what actor George Clooney says and to offer us his opinion on Clooney as a movie actor.
     
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  8. Nook

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    I don't like Pelosi - there are maybe 3 politicians I dislike more than Nancy Pelosi.

    Having said that - she didn't say anything racist and she handled the interaction fine.

    The reporter did her job by politely asking questions - Pelosi did her job saying she wasn't going to discuss it in the hallway, and after being asked a fourth time she let the reporter know that was enough.
     
  9. Space Ghost

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    I was more commenting on Os Trigs remarks how politicians are afraid to speak about anything
     
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  10. Os Trigonum

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    another one on the list

     
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  11. Os Trigonum

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    obligatory

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    If the Dems kick him off the ballot, would that be an indication he isn't fit to finish his term?

    I believe that Kamala would be able to use Biden's campaign $ as she was on the ticket.
     
  14. Os Trigonum

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    I thought I read somewhere this week that this would only be the case if Biden were nominated officially at the convention, and then stepped down. supposedly if he steps aside before the convention, she/her campaign cannot access the Biden for President monies.

    I could try and figure out where I saw that and post it here
     
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  15. Commodore

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    Obama sending Clooney to try and push out Joe reeks of desperation and a lack of a plan.
     
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    El_Conquistador King of the D&D, The Legend, #1 Ranking

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    No, it's just yet another example of something getting abused and now we have to adapt. Democrats saw a community they could exploit to their advantage and they pounced. And in so doing, they committed rampant fraud by preying on people.
     
  17. fchowd0311

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    When I think of exploitation I think of ways in which corporations collude to suppress pay for laborers...

    Finding ways to allow citizens easier access to voting as exploitation is definitely unique usage of the term to say the least.

    When churches buss their elderly flock to vote, that is something I encourage. But I encourage it for people across all political spectrums.
     
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    I don't think he'd need to resign the presidency. It's an acknowledgement that he can't do it for another four years. LBJ resigned the potential for another term in 1968, not the office itself.
     
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    Tonight the media is going to go for the KILL SHOT on Joe Biden. They will try to erase him.. to overturn the democratic results of the primary. They are attempting to take down a sitting President. Isn't there a word for that? Coup?
     
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