▲ 326 ▼ Wavering Black voters: Biden is flawed — and Trump is unacceptable (www.nbcnews.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 155 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* (3 children) Oh you mean all of those people on the back bench that Biden beat once already? The people that, unlike Biden, have never beaten Trump in an election? The people who aren't the incumbent president when history shows a very clear pattern of voters choosing to re-elect incumbents? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean come on, Biden didn't win the democratic nomination. It was handed to him on super-Tuesday. Bloomberg was just vomiting money to get easy media attention and then just dropped out. Elizabeth Warren was polling well then suddenly backed out, and all the super-delegates (something that shouldn't exist) had pledged their votes well before the actual convention. Then all that was left was Bernie who got smoked because there was no time to recover Sure you could argue that's savvy political maneuvering which is what you want in a president but my point is that Biden didn't successfully campaign as much as he let other people do it and then got their support. Something he can't repeat as an incumbent Before anyone says anything, I'm voting for him, I'm just trying to avoid revisionist history permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago The fix to give Biden the nomination was pretty slick. At least the DNC managed to keep their email secure this time. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sharkaccident@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* I'd like to think Dark Brandon will resign his secondary day in office. He just wanted to say I beat the fool now we good fam. Here, Harris you run this shit I got bingo. permalink fedilink source parent [–] go_go_gadget@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Oh you mean all of those people on the back bench that Biden beat once already So? Those people he beat keep sitting on the bench because candidates like Biden can't permanently address the Republican party. You can either hand off the reigns to a smaller faction of the Democrat party or lose their votes. Make a choice. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean come on, Biden didn't win the democratic nomination. It was handed to him on super-Tuesday. Bloomberg was just vomiting money to get easy media attention and then just dropped out. Elizabeth Warren was polling well then suddenly backed out, and all the super-delegates (something that shouldn't exist) had pledged their votes well before the actual convention. Then all that was left was Bernie who got smoked because there was no time to recover Sure you could argue that's savvy political maneuvering which is what you want in a president but my point is that Biden didn't successfully campaign as much as he let other people do it and then got their support. Something he can't repeat as an incumbent Before anyone says anything, I'm voting for him, I'm just trying to avoid revisionist history permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago The fix to give Biden the nomination was pretty slick. At least the DNC managed to keep their email secure this time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago The fix to give Biden the nomination was pretty slick. At least the DNC managed to keep their email secure this time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sharkaccident@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* I'd like to think Dark Brandon will resign his secondary day in office. He just wanted to say I beat the fool now we good fam. Here, Harris you run this shit I got bingo. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] go_go_gadget@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Oh you mean all of those people on the back bench that Biden beat once already So? Those people he beat keep sitting on the bench because candidates like Biden can't permanently address the Republican party. You can either hand off the reigns to a smaller faction of the Democrat party or lose their votes. Make a choice. permalink fedilink source parent