The discussion about persuading Biden. To offer a counterpoint to the yes-men he's surrounded himself with.
But mostly it continues to be astonishing that folks believe it will be easier to shut up the entire media and millions of voters with concerns than to ask Biden to do the right thing.
There’s nothing wrong with looking at a candidate’s fitness for office. I understand the concerns a lot of people express about Biden. I felt the same way after that miserable debate.
But the discussion’s over unless Biden changes his mind, because today he made it clear that he’s not quitting.
It does not speak well of Biden that his biggest defenders think it's harder to reason with him than it is to browbeat millions of people into silence.
Sarah Longwell reports that in her post-debate focus group of Clinton-Biden voters, three said they can't vote for Biden now. They aren't voting Trump. They just won't vote.
Extrapolate that out over the swing states and you're talking thousands of people, far more than Trump needs to win.
I reject the idea that it's easier to talk thousands of people in swing states to pretending they didn't see what they saw than it is for Biden to just say, "Yeah, I thought I had this, but life comes at you fast when you're 81."
I've been in this business a long time and find that when people go into "shut up shut up shut up" mode, it's rarely because they think silencing people will actually achieve the stated goal. It's usually because they don't have a good rebuttal and so they blame the person bringing up the points.
Anyway, if the goal is getting people to suck it up and vote Biden if he won't drop out, then "shut up" won't get you there. "Yes, it's shitty that he's so selfish he's using our fear of Trump to get what he always wanted, but still, it's about your future not his," is a better move.
You must have the same long time info on him I do
It is not abt the people, never has been, he has always put his beliefs first.
Actually how we got here.
Cannot fathom why people do not get, that Repukes did not pull this shit w any other Dem POTUS bc they have been planning take over since 1920s
