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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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I mean, you say that, but it absolutely is what is implied by that sentence. It may not be what you wanted to imply, but it's legitimately the only way to interpret it.
Edited by Larkmarn on Apr 5th 2019 at 9:32:11 AM
Found a Youtube Channel with political stances you want to share? Hop on over to this page and add them.Speaking of V Ps and replacement... say Biden finds someone. Say Biden gets elected, does his thing and resigns close to the end of his term. The VP will only be acting POTUS till the next elections, am I right? They will still have to be elected if they want a full 4 year term.
hmm... I'm not sold on that plan Joe. It starts to smack of desperation, in that "I always wanted to be POTUS so let me have my time and I'll promise to go once I'm done". Also assumes that the Dems win 2024 despite having to clean up Trump's mess, assumes that the VP will have a clear role in the administration as opposed to the normal assumption of the VP well, being like Veep, assumes that the VP can win the nomination in 2024 despite the fact that Joe and the VP haven't secured 2020...
Lots of assumptions there Joe - are you sure you can make all those promises now?
The appeal of Biden is that he's considered "electable" in the traditional sense. He's a straight, white, old Christian guy with a lot of name recognition and (thanks to memes) cross-demographic appeal. He also has a lot of appeal to those middle voters who could go either way and, for whatever reasonnote would be uncomfortable voting for a POC or woman.
The problem is that this sense of electibility is... not keeping up with the times. The biggest thing with getting a Dem elected is energizing the base and getting them out to vote. The Dems have the numbers (even with gerrymandering), but without a candidate to really excite them, they may not make it out. And to a lot of people, he's just not energizing for all the reasons brought up.
I mean, he's not saying that. His team isn't saying that. People are saying that about him. That's a bit unfair.
Edited by Larkmarn on Apr 5th 2019 at 10:22:22 AM
Found a Youtube Channel with political stances you want to share? Hop on over to this page and add them.Is that better? Are you satisfied now now that I've spelled out what should've been clear from the beginning?
Fuck's sake.
Seriously, it was eminently clear that your post was pointing out the hypocrisy of Trump criticizing anyone for treating women improperly.
I don't know how they read it any other way.
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangEssentally a lawmaker in Albama is proposing a law that .."would make carrying out an abortion at any stage of the pregnancy punishable by 10 to 99 years in jail."
I don't see it getting passed for obvious reasons but that someone actually thought it was a really good idea astounds me,but I think it's because every so often someone proposes a crazy unpassable law this,I think they do it just to see how far they can take plus it makes them the focus of attention perhaps so they can get their actual proposals passed
What can I say,it's a hot button topic for a reason
I think this guy's Used Car Selling.
There's a philosophy of negotiating that you should always start at a batshit crazy place so that there's room to be negotiated down to what you actually want. I might offer to punch you in the dick for $5, and then you persuade me to punch you in the face instead. I still get to punch you really hard while you walk away feeling like you won the negotiation.
He thinks that by proposing this law, he'll get argued down to something like "Abortions punishable by only 2-5 years in jail". Which will still accomplish the end-goal of jailing people who get abortions.
Edited by TobiasDrake on Apr 5th 2019 at 9:09:20 AM
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Basically. He wants to make the conversation about the correct number of years. That way, all parties involved in debating how many years are acceptable wind up tacitly accepting the basic premise of jailing abortion-seekers.
It's the practice of using absurdity to distract from maliciousness.
Edited by TobiasDrake on Apr 5th 2019 at 9:16:01 AM
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.I’m surprised Biden is feeling that threatened since as far as I know he’s still the front runner even with the new scandals.
Maybe I was a bit overly cynical about him being able to weather the scandals, but I imagine their still plenty of party members (base and leadership) that would prefer him over anyone else.
Then the question is how to address this without letting them move the goalposts.
Edited by megaeliz on Apr 5th 2019 at 1:17:41 PM

Biden is floating the idea of just serving one term to counter concerns about dying in office and continuing Baby Boomers grip on Democrat leadership. The implication is that his VP would be picked with the understanding that they would be his de facto successor, a la Harry Truman.