It would be incredibly stupid to switch out Biden now. Who would we replace him with thar we’re so sure would beat Trump with this little time left until the election? If the plan was ever going to be to replace Biden, he would have had to step down at least 5 months ago.
Moderation was the biggest issue with the debate. Everyone knows how Trump doesn’t believe in objective reality, so not pushing back on lies is harmful and dangerous.
Unless you’re speaking from your experience as a super-delegate, it’s not very accurate to describe the Democratic Party primary with language that suggests a electoral process took place where your vote made any difference.
not all of them, but there are enough that people have tried it on twitter that seemed to have worked and it would be weird if they were real people playing along after arguing
I think I made it 15-20 min in last night. I heard one candidate stumble, sound old, but make a point. Not ideal or reassuring, but something. I heard the other candidate tell nothing but lies and speak with hostility at a 3rd grade level. No substance, just lies and attacks. It’s exactly what I expected, but I still had to go and hurt myself like that. I had to GTFO before I put my face through my monitor.
President Carter explained exactly the situation most Americans are now starting to understand decades ago, the interviewer then asked him why the American people weren’t outraged by this. He said
The moderators were less moderators and more like living sheets of lined paper with the questions printed on them. Human teleprompters with no willingness or ability to engage with the speakers, only desiring to feed them question after question. There was no point to having them there. We traded actual moderation for the semblance of decorum by cutting off a microphone.
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