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[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

They're wavering because you need to show strength, stability, and confidence in a way you haven't been able to show them for a month.

If this is genuinely caused by an unlucky series of illnesses and you'll be fine as soon as you bounce back, great. They'll line back up behind you. If not... then it's time to bow out.

A month? How about… ever? He has barely lifted a finger to meaningfully slow or discourage the rise of fascism in this country because tHAt wOuLD bE DiviSiVE.

He’s so far up his own ass about his vaunted ability to compromise that he forgot that you don’t fucking compromise with fascists. That, to me, has been the single biggest failure of his presidency. And the kicker is that he doesn’t even understand any of that, and thinks he did an ok job. Sure, there was a lot of economic recovery and stuff, but forgive me for not being at all confident how long any of that will stand up to the abuses and idiocy of a potential second Trump admin. Biden does not understand that the rules have changed. He is bringing a deck of cards to a gunfight.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

They’re wavering because you need to show strength, stability, and confidence in a way you haven’t been able to show them for a month.

I mean, he's been pretty steadfast on one issue.