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i’ll give the post credit for using an absolutely perfect photo here.

Sen. Mark Warner works to gather Senate Democrats to ask Biden to exit racewapo.st Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) is attempting to assemble a group of Democratic senators to go to the White House on Monday and ask that Joe Biden exit the presidential race, according to two people with dir...

notably, “trying to assemble” and “has assembled” are two extremely different things and if he were able to do the latter, his ratshit ass wouldn’t be leaking the former.

Am I fucking crazy, or has this been one shitty debate performance, followed by a week plus of story after story about "panic" etc? No new evidence that he's unable to do it, just constant "people are saying"?

Biden had bad debate. Trump was peppy and lied like a rug. He has also been a gibbering idiot for years. News came out in court documents that he had regularly scheduled "massages" at Epstein's. But Biden had a bad debate. The media is engaged in some ratfucking regardless of Biden's mental state.

100% ratfucking. "people are talking about it!" I dunno, you think the 87 front page stories have anything to do with it?

I don't even care if Biden stays or goes. The asymmetric coverage irritates the piss out of me. Just Google "weird Trump quotes" and you get a decade of stuff that makes a great case for him being mentally infirm. Or simply read a transcript from one of his rallies, any rally, out loud.

I think it's *because* Trump's been Like That for ages, the media doesn't consider it novel enough to be newsworthy. Which is unfortunate, because they really should

People who never liked Biden waiting for an excuse

It’s confusing. Like ofc if Biden stays the nominee I’ll do everything I can to re-elect him. But the debate made me worry that he can’t win. Does worrying about this out loud make his chances even worse? Or does it help create the permission structure for him to step aside? And is that def better?

yes

Yes, that's how the media operate. I've seen everything from explainers on the 25th Amendment to signs of dementia. Maybe Joe was over prepared or it was a bad day.

It certainly didn't help that the makeup people went for the whitest fucking shade of pale either.

Well, I think Joe's a big Procol Harum fan, so maybe that was his call...

😂

Ah, now you're making me wish he'd gone for salty dog!

They should've time with Conquistador… m.youtube.com/watch?v=B0TQ...

6 Procol Harum - Conquistador - Procol Harum, Live 1972m.youtube.com Rock, Art-Rock, Progressive, Psych-Rock, Pop-Rock, Poetic, Epic, Jazz-Rock, From the list: 10Gems of Progressive/Experimental Rock Vol.1 ...

The lighting was off. Trump didn't look as orange as usual, either

Aargh, now you have me wondering if CNN did that on purpose to make Trump look better. *rubs temples*

I genuinely think that was one of the biggest factors in people's overreaction. Can't believe a staffer didn't have that fixed.

Yes

A lot of journalists claim to have important inside sources reinforcing the narrative, but on the other hand there's so many ways that could be bullshit, or at least highly unrepresentative. If you have the right job and want to cultivate a reporter who will be useful later, you can be that source!

I was in a parish for 12 years. Anytime anyone said, "Well, a lot of people have said/complained/spoken to me/emailed me with their concerns" and you asked who it was inevitably always the reporter and one friend. Every. Damn. Time. The insular corporate news world is no different.

Yep. What happened to the narrative about how incumbents always fumble the 1st debate. Even Obama! There's no reason to panic. His performance at the actual job has been excellent. This is just screaming for attention by people who don't deserve it.

They're trying to Howard Dean Biden

(please do not interpret this post as me equating the two in any other way I just remember it being transparent in that case also that the press decided democracy wasn't making them enough money so they unilaterally aborted a campaign)

Reminding me an awful lot of “but her emails” drumbeat.

Actually there’s more evidence as this was the Presidents NC Rally the day following the debate. Cognitive issues? Where?

President Biden and Dr. Biden Hold a Campaign Rally in Raleigh, North Carolinawww.youtube.com Last night made it clear: There is too much on the line to sit this election out. That's why Jill and I are in Raleigh talking to voters about how we plan to...

The debate was all the evidence needed. Things like that don't happen only once. If he was a Republican you'd be all over it. This is fixable, I don't get what all the denial and conspiracizing is all about. Just replace him!

You’re confused because you don’t realize how low you have made your standards in order to rationalize Biden staying in the race. Compare him today to her, the successful governor of a must win state who won her re-elect by 10 points, swept Dems into the state house youtu.be/MInADxfeZxU?...

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" | full interviewyoutu.be Watch the full version of Margaret Brennan's interview with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer that aired on Jan. 21, 2024, on "Face the Nation with Margaret Bre...

That's not going to happen. Any attempt to push Biden out is doomed to weaken the party in general (why Whitmer instead of the sitting VP, who is already on the ticket?), doomed to invite ratfuckery from the GOP about getting the replacement on the ballot.

Hard disagree. Biden has already lost his campaign is unrecoverable

A person on the internet says so, it must be true. Let’s not even ask voters. Biden Narrows Gap With Trump in Swing States Despite Debate Loss https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-07-06/biden-narrows-trump-s-election-lead-in-key-states-after-debate-poll

Hard disagree. Biden hasn’t lost nor does his campaign need recovered but to keep on keeping.

How can you win with a candidate Americans almost uniformly believe is not mentally competent to serve? We were told Biden was as sharp as ever. Then we saw with our own eyes that that is absolutely not true. Why hasn’t he done a press conference? An in-depth interview? Because he can’t.

I don’t believe your first sentence is true. He has given an interview since and campaign speeches.

They cannot push Harris out, that would be an automatic loss. Harris & some white guy can win. I agree with you tho, it really seems over.

Having the 4700 delegates to the party’s national convention select a candidate among a short list of options which would of course include Harris is not the same as pushing Harris out!

I don't think black women will feel that way, but I'm not black, so it's entirely possible I am wrong about that.

Bingo.