President Biden: The NEW one and only politics thread

Just since teevee. Once upon a time --- four times, in fact --- we elected a president in a wheelchair.

Manning had Von Miller. Dems have no one.

And Biden spent a full week in Aaron Rodgers' rejuvenation cave . . . for THAT.

I'm guessing "on the fence" basically means on the fence about getting off the couch and voting or staying home.

 

Republicans bicker and fight, but they rally behind their nominees when it's time for the general election.

Democrats don't. There will be Democrats who sit out this election for "moral reasons" because Biden doesn't 100% align with their values or because they're concerned he's too old.

Democrats will cut off their nose to spite their face and then whine about how unfair life is. Republicans will beat themselves to a bloody pulp, slam their own head into a sink, and emerge blood streaked and crazed from the bathroom like Jim Carrey in Liar, Liar and blame the Democrats.

 

It's the old peak Howard Stern effect - half his listeners loved him and listened because they couldn't wait to hear what he said next, and half his listeners despised him but couldn't stop listening because they wanted to hear what he said next.

Trump feeds into the absolute worst characteristics of modern culture and the media. He's terminally online. He's a former president, so everything he says and does is deemed newsworthy. And the media - specifically cable news - loves the ratings they get from anything Trump related.

Dubya and Obama don't have that kind of sizzle.

Trump laps up the attention. His propaganda channels lavish praise, and the others help him feed his aggrieved, woe is me shtick.

And this country just can't help itself. It's addicted.

 

Even then, FDR and his team did as much as they could to hide his wheelchair. Propped him up at podiums, waited until press left to have him get up, etc.

As for the fence sitters, this isn't an election where the two candidates are relatively close in beliefs and are just uninspiring, so you're not motivated. They are massively far apart in beliefs. Could not be more opposite.

Honestly, I think a lot of "undecideds" are lying. I think they've decided and they are pretending otherwise, either to hide their beliefs or to get some attention from reporters looking to talk to undecided voters.

 

Have Romney switch parties and get Biden to pass the baton.

I'd go for that in a second. Then ask America who the strong candidate is now.

 

Romney is 77 and was against Roe v Wade.

 

Great, sign him up. He's in fine health, and the anti-abortion stance is doomed in the long run.

I'm only half-serious, sure, but I'd like to see Romney bare his teeth and go after Trump in that scenario.

 

He’s done a heel turn and is a Trumper now, believe it or not.

 

There is zero chance Biden is not the Democratic nominee for president, barring a debilitating medical issue. He will not step down nor will he suddenly decide not to run again. It. Just. Doesn’t. Happen.

 

I didn't watch, and I'm not going back through 20 pages here to confirm what I already knew. A quick glance took care of that.

Biden bumbled and looked like the Crypt Keeper but actually made good points that no one will notice.
Trump was a rambling liar selling bullshit to the mouth breathers.
Partisan media outlets already had their stories in the can but just needed a couple of quotes and pics to cover their point.
Nobody watching changed their minds, and the minds that need to be won weren't watching. It's June.
Neither of these people need to be running for president for a number of reasons.

Did I leave anything out?

 

Ragu, it just isn't true voters see things through your admirably consistent if mistaken political-economic worldview. People are NOT feeling they're falling further and further behind. If they did, TSA wouldn't be setting all-time passenger screening records. Every restaurant in my town, from the fanciest to the clam stands, wouldn't have been slammed last night. People resent high prices. Always have, always will. But they adjust, and so do the prices. As for the free stuff, try taking any of the government's benefits away from people, even benefits they don't use, like WIC. That's always unpopular. Every single democratic government in the world is unpopular right now (ask Macron! ask the Tories!!) and that surely can't be due to American economic policy, the governments are too diverse. I continue to believe that no one has really processed or recovered from the trauma of the pandemic, and that the impact of at a minimum a severely disrupted year of life (others suffered much more, like the loss of loved ones), is powerfully affecting political judgments, but that's just a theory I know.