Do you suppose Biden's stepping down was the plan all along?
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TastySuckToy
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Our local professors around here explained that Biden was sharp as a tack, replacing him was political suicide, and he was gonna win easily.
But once the elite democrat puppet masters threw Biden out and installed Harris (you know, democracy!
), the good little leftie lemmings immediately fell in line. 
But once the elite democrat puppet masters threw Biden out and installed Harris (you know, democracy!
), the good little leftie lemmings immediately fell in line. 
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What the fuck is a "cabol?" I mean, she's a witch so did you mean "coven?"Get 'Their Candidate' in place without any opposition? It's not like Harris would have built up a cabol all on her own. Like Biden said to Obama, "she isn't as strong as me."
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You're a fucking idiot.Our local professors around here explained that Biden was sharp as a tack, replacing him was political suicide, and he was gonna win easily.
But once the elite democrat puppet masters threw Biden out and installed Harris (you know, democracy!
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Once it became clear that the MSM was obsessed with Biden’s age, the President himself decided to pass the torch to Harris to take the issue off the table. It worked like a charm and the Democratic Party quickly unified behind her.
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Why would the President bend the knee to MSM, doesn't Biden work for and represent the people?
Mr. SuckToy, you are one of the least competent trolls on Lit.
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The MSM treated any gaffe by President Biden as proof of senility, while ignoring the obvious mental incapacity of Donald Trump. The press has been trying as hard as they can to get Donald Trump elected.
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So then that means you agree the press can be hostile to one candidate and be promoting the other? In other words, completely biased and unfair, failing their duty to be impartial and objective, perhaps even rightfully slapped with the label 'fake news'?
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Bias is not the same as fake.
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Biden's ouster was a bloodless coup perpetrated against him by his own party, the masters at the DNC, and the Hollyweird elite. Once they all turned on him it was pretty evident that he stood little chance of re-election. Rather than suffer the humiliation of continued public attacks about his health and sanity he bowed out.
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So you're saying that he lost support from his party and decided to drop out rather than suffer a horrible loss?
How is that a coup again? Do they call it a coup when people don't vote for someone these days?
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The MSM has been totally in the tank for Donald Trump and working to get him elected.
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He’s great for Ratings!
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Obama and a few other party leaders wanted his addled ass gone so they kicked him to the curb.
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One theory: Biden was their tentative candidate that was on probation because of his age. His performance in the first debate would determine whether they would replace him. For the 2020 election, the first debate was September 29. For 2024, the first debate was moved to June 27 so that there would be more time to get a replacement candidate's campaign up and running before the election.
Was there already a consensus to get rid of him before the debate? I don't know. However, within minutes of the conclusion of the debate, there seemed to be almost unanimous consensus that it was bad. I was surprised at how unified the media's and pundit's opinions were about Biden's performance. He performed about as well as I expected, and I expected to see more defense of his performance afterwards.
I'm not emotionally tied to this theory, so feel free to disagree.
Was there already a consensus to get rid of him before the debate? I don't know. However, within minutes of the conclusion of the debate, there seemed to be almost unanimous consensus that it was bad. I was surprised at how unified the media's and pundit's opinions were about Biden's performance. He performed about as well as I expected, and I expected to see more defense of his performance afterwards.
I'm not emotionally tied to this theory, so feel free to disagree.
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It was Pelosi's plan all along. Biden should have had her arrested for conspiracy.Get 'Their Candidate' in place without any opposition? It's not like Harris would have built up a cabol all on her own. Like Biden said to Obama, "she isn't as strong as me."
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I haven’t heard a single Democrat complaining about Harris replacing Biden. The only people upset about the switch are Republicans.
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Retarded Joe barely made it through the last election.
I think he had a stroke.
I think he had a stroke.
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That's because you aren't listening to your own sources:
Oct 25, 2024 -Politics & Policy
Behind the Curtain: Dems fear they're blowing it
A growing number of top Democrats tell us privately they feel Vice President Harris will lose — even though polls show a coin-toss finish 11 days from now.
Why it matters: Democrats admit they tend to be hand-wringing, bed-wetting, doomsdayers. But what's striking is how our private conversations with Democrats inside and outside her campaign reveal broad concern that little she does, says — or tries — seems to move the needle.
This is after Democrats spent $1 billion — nearly twice as much as Republicans — over the past three months to polish her image and soil former President Trump's. Trump and allied committees raised about half Harris' total, $92 million, from Oct. 1 to 16, the N.Y. Times reports this morning (gift link).
What we're hearing: In a troubling sign for the campaign, top Democrats are already starting to point fingers at who'd be more responsible for a Harris loss — President Biden for dragging his feet, or Harris herself. "Going down?" a top Democratic official texted.
- Democrats fear she has made too many different cases against Trump, and still hasn't fully revealed herself to voters, who crave to know more.
- "She is who she is," one longtime Democratic strategist said. "Let's hope it's enough."
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4927569-dems-worry-harris-men-voters/
Solid theory.
I would only add: There were definitely those in the administration (and elsewhere) who wanted Joe to step aside (Joe was supposed to be a transition candidate, and he had some baggage from Gaza, etc) so I suspect they (certain administration and campaign staff) overloaded Joe’s schedule with events to exhaust him before the debate and almost guarantee the poor performance that would lead to calls for him to step aside.
Now Joe could have foiled any efforts to replace him simply by being vigorous and competent in the face of an overwhelming schedule, his age, and the format of the debate that allowed DonOld to lie ad nauseam, but Joe stumbled under the strain and had a terrible debate.
The rest is history.
I personally didn’t like the way things went down, but I don’t have the luxury of mashing sour grapes while an election still needs to be won and democracy still needs to be saved.
What really happened behind the scenes with Joe Biden being replaced will be debated forever by those who have the privilege and the luxury to do so. Me??? I’m focused on moving forward and electing Kamala.
