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Why does it matter if he's up for the job or not? Trump is absolutely unfit, and also petty, malicious, vindictive, an enemy of democracy, an ally to our enemies, a compulsive liar, a 34x convicted felon, a rapist, a scammer, a pedophile, a seditionist, a traitor, and so many other things that shouldn't be allowed anywhere near positions of power.
So you want a weak candidate to run against him?
No. But since one is, and we are powerless to change that, it doesn't matter. Trump is absolutely, by, and far, the worst candidate, and worst president, in the lifetime of anyone alive today. He's a pathetic, disgusting, excuse for a human being, and isn't qualified to run anything, let alone the most powerful country in the world. I don't care if his opposition is a chimpanzee, or a literal pile of garbage. Either option would be preferable to him.
But we aren't powerless. Talk to your local Democrats. Heck, email the white house. Making us feel powerless is part of manufactured consent.
Not once in my entire long lifetime has writing to my senators ever done a single thing other than generate an auto response. :(
I mean, in the last few months I carpet bombed an executive team with a well-written email and got a response within two days. If I can get the attention of some money-grubbin, tax dodging, narcissistic, wannabe dictator types to give a shit, I am sure we can collectively manage something.
That's cool, man. I do write my senators. I was writing them pretty much every other week from 2020-2022. I wrote them extensively when trump needed to be impeached. But I haven't received anything back other than an auto-response. I shouldn't be negative about it, nor discourage other people from writing to their representatives. Please do write them, and continue writing them. I'm just personally a little jaded after the last 8 years of political fuckery.
I won't ever ask you to not be jaded. In fact, I heavily recommend being wholly pissed. Only just that...the basics should continue. We should write those letters and vote. We should also be doing much more.
So in a way I'm right there with you.
Thanks for the reminder. I appreciate it.
Of course they auto-respond. Do you think a senator has the time to write back to everybody who writes to them? That doesn't mean that they aren't paying attention.
This is a popularity contest, as it's always been. There's more people that want to vote for Trump than there is for Biden. Hinging an entire election on the never-Trumps is fucking risky.
That's a sad statement to make about a few hundred million voters.
But....it also perfectly aligns with their history.
Last time they de-throned a fascist who threatened global peace and stability it required the ill-judged intervention of a 3rd party...who ironically thought crippling the US Pacific Fleet would do the opposite.
we're supposed to be electing people to govern well so the country prospers. instead we've been electing lesser-evils for so long that the country is garbage now
I understand. What I'm saying is that in this situation neither of them are up for the job, but the alternative is openly hostile to everything this country stands for. The decision given our options is clear to me.
There isn't just one alternative. The dems could put up a new nominee. They have 4 months. It's plenty of time. Biden doesn't even have to step aside.
Yes. Hopefully they do. But I don't think they will. Maybe I'm wrong! Prove me wrong, DNC!
Here are some of the names I've heard floated so far: Harris, Buttigieg, Whitmer, Newsome. Are you telling me that Biden is a better choice than any of these? Especially when polling shows some of them beating Trump by 2-3%. (While Biden is currently losing by 1%.)
Unfortunately we can't make those people run, or force the DNC to put them on the ballot.
Because Trump is such an existential threat.
If a serial killer was for sure coming to your house to kill your family, would you open the door for Barney Fife just because you think "well I won't open the door for the serial killer"?
Or would you maybe ask the police HQ to send a more competent opposition to the serial killer rather than just welcoming Barney Fife with open arms, because "after all, he's not the serial killer that's on his way."
There's 5 months before the serial killer shows up. That's more than double how long the entire election cycle for other countries takes.
Plenty of time for HQ to send actual backup, instead of who was already in the neighborhood and offers very little protection against the killer.
I agree with you in that regard. But they're probably not going to send anyone except Barney. We can't control the DNC. Short of revolt, all we can do is write the DNC and our senators, and protest. In the end they're the ones making the choice.