r/MadeMeSmile • u/dittidot • Feb 21 '25

Good Vibes : )

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u/Mustang_Dragster Feb 21 '25

He had a crap ton of flaws, but at least he didn’t sell out to russia

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u/PolicyWonka Feb 21 '25

He’s old as fuck, definitely lost a step, and didn’t know when to throw in the towel, but I believe he’s always sought what is best for his constituents. He’s someone who truly believes in public service

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u/rrrik-thffu Feb 21 '25

I definetly wouldn't want to throw the towel too seeing what could be next.. and here we are.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '25

That's the issue is him not throwing it in and allowing younger Democrats to step up have trump free ammunition

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u/bibliophilia9 Feb 21 '25

It’s not just his decision, though. The machine decides, not one individual person, and the stupid machine tends to pick the oldest folks.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '25

Wtf u mean it's not his decision to not run again. He literally just has to say no.

The DNC had 4 years to show off new prodigies bc it was obvious Biden only won bc he wasn't Trump, and even though he handled his presidency will, you can't win after the turmoil citizens went through with COVID and the economic impact COVID had.

Biden was seen as a weak president for 3 years and the DNC pushed him to the front anyway instead of bringing in new politicians who people could actually get behind

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '25

Biden did not step down and pulled a RBG 4 years after she died.

You do refuse when the same DNC that lost to Trump the first time and only won against Trump bc he was fresh in the public mind the second time runs another terrible campaign. Biden is a man who knows how politics works and that he could never have won the reelection after the damage that COVID and global inflation did to his image. He literally could've had Harris run in his place and held primaries with other young Democrats. Instead he said he would run again and was pulled bc he was too old

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u/walshk8 Feb 21 '25

Let’s not blame Biden. Over half the country still voted for this. Nobody made them do that.

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u/splicerslicer Feb 21 '25

Trump got less than half of votes cast. Far from half of the total population of the country. Blame the electoral college system.

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u/walshk8 Feb 21 '25

That’s literally not true. Trump won both the electoral college and the popular vote https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/elections/2024

Edit: Apologies I read your comment incorrectly, he did not get half the votes, but he won the popular vote unlike his win vs Clinton

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u/splicerslicer Feb 21 '25

I'm not sure I would even say he won the popular vote considering he only got 49% of the votes cast. Most people who voted, voted "not trump".

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '25

He only ended with 33% of the votes. 2020 had a huge turnout for 2 reasons. People freshly knew how bad trump was and lockdowns

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u/clodzor Feb 21 '25

I have to believe there are younger democrats doing just that. But without fair media coverage they don't stand a chance of gaining enough support to reach the highest levels of government.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '25

It's almost as if the DNC is the Democratic platform designed to boost these people into the public view but they don't agree with any Democrat under the age of 60 bc it's run by ancients.

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u/SouthMicrowave Feb 25 '25

It's much easier talking about "younger Democrat" as a vague concept than choosing an actual person Democrat voters would still find a reason to hate their guts.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '25

I don't know, it's almost as if there were four years to promote different Democrats. And they could have had their primary instead of everyone just getting out of the way for Biden so we should actually hear their platforms