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Political narratives that aged like bread (lemmy.zip)
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[–] Icalasari@fedia.io 40 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Honestly, I had forgotten about Kamala when arguing that Biden was the best bet. My argument always lay in, "Needs to be familiar because Trump has this uncanny ability to swamp somebody without a track record", and I completely forgot Kamala fit that exactly in the same way Biden did - By being a VP

SO glad I was wrong, too - It was a lot of me groaning, "Oh god Biden is our best bet dear fuck no..."

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think I let myself be misled about the urgency of having a candidate ready and the time for campaigning. Meanwhile, other countries gear up their elections in less than a month.

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Many of us misled ourselves about the "obligation" or "strategic advantage" of there always having to be a two-term attempt. The fact that Joe chose Kamala as VP, and decided to retire after one term, speaks VOLUMES about why I trusted and trust him as president and as a fellow human, and how it pissed me off to hear people saying that both parties are the same.

Anyway... Joe Biden's legacy will now most certainly be a positive one. As I knew it would be.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah. He’s never going to be remembered as positively as Obama, Obama was a cultural phenomenon and remains one of the best orators alive, but he will likely be remembered as a man who genuinely held beliefs and cared about his country enough to grow and change with the times. Biden was the president we didn’t necessarily want but aren’t mad to have had anyways.

[–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

It was that plus the "if Biden drops out it will be a whole ordeal establishing a new candidate." It wasn't. It was quick, painless, and even the VP choosing was relatively quick and made people happy.

[–] hate2bme@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I wasn't on board with Kamala until she picked Walz as her running mate. I was honestly going to vote for Vermin Supreme until then.

[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Imagine if all the undecideds went to Vermin Supreme and he actually won... better than Trump of course, but wow