• Fizz@lemmy.nz
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    24 days ago

    The issue is that Trump is also a senile old person but the issue was framed as “oh well at least he is not as old and senile as Biden” but when biden dropped out the right dropped that talking point and never mentioned it again. Because it was never about that.

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      24 days ago

      Cool, Trump a bat shit insane narcissist who only cares about himself, who can barely say 3 words before losing track of what he was even trying to do. Toddlers have better object permanence than Trump.

      Now explain why that is why we should have kept someone on the same path of the same mental leakage trying to win against Trump.

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        24 days ago

        OK I will. The weeks leading up to an election is not the time to be criticizing your candidate if you want to win. You should be supporting and backing your candidate if you think they are the better choice. Your support is what convinces others and insulates your candidate against attacks from the otherside.

        Because no one on the left seemed to support Biden the Democrats and were constantly trashing him online (which the right amplified and used for their propaganda) the dems made the hard choice to switch candidates and Harris had 0 time to prepare a campaign and narrative. She did an amazing job but she didn’t have the time she needed to win.

        You can blame dems for running the wrong candidate but I don’t think the dems expected their base to be completely suicidal when so much was at stake. Its not like Biden is a danger to the country, he’s had very few controversy and has passed a ton of good legislation.

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          23 days ago

          So when are we ever supposed to criticize a candidate if they’re not trying to win a popularity contest?

          You criticize them in office, you get called being unhappy who won.

          You criticize the policies in time of midterms and people say you just throwing the election.

          You criticize them in time for reelection they say you just want the other side to win.

          When is the time we can criticize the politicians we voted for, for enabling and pushing forward policies that have actively hurt the people who voted for them?

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            23 days ago

            In office is fine. Leading up to and around the primaries is the best time.