I agree with every word of this essay. Fellow Democrats: If you know someone who is still blathering on about who should be the Democratic nominee in 2024, please ask them to read this. I'll say it again: Who cares who's at the top of the ticket? The other guy wants to end American democracy. What else do you need to know? #Politics #Democrats #Democracy #VoteBlue https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/opinion/joe-biden-president.html?unlocked_article_code=1.600.y5yE.KNPsIdR9AbwA&smid=url-share
@michaelmagras It was never about what we needed to know. Democrats were always going to vote whoever was on the ticket.
It's about who can energize the swing voters in the middle.
@michaelmagras You'd think, but these folks have been living in a swamp of misinformation for four years.
To them, J6 and the 2020 BLM protests were equivalent; both borderline riots. And they've been inundated with news about democrats letting in immigrants who are squatting in their property and taking their jobs.
Now, obviously you and I know the above is a bunch of exaggerated nonsense, but when that's the story you've lived for four years, you need someone forceful and confident to deliver the message that "this is bullshit and we're making things better".
Biden was that man 4 years ago. I'm afraid he isn't any more.
@LouisIngenthron I guess I doubt whether any candidate can get through to a voter who sees no difference between January 6 and peaceful BLM protests. I'm also not sure Biden, who has clearly lost more than a step, was all that forceful in 2020. He wasn't the other guy and seemed normal, even boring. That hasn't changed.
@LouisIngenthron I should think the prospect of four more years of a guy who fomented insurrection and threatens the foundations of American democracy would be energizing enough.