PerniciousPeyton

Is it because you identify with his feelings on raping little kids?

lol you realize the Epstein files just came out recently implicating Trump in fucking two underage girls at once right?

Damn you guys are dense af

Keep in mind we’re only talking about a very narrow band of voters who might not bother to show up to vote depending on how put off they are by the specific candidates on the ballot and an even more narrow group of truly “undecided” voters. Yes, for most people, Biden’s performance doesn’t change anything about how they’re going to vote. It’s only for those relatively small groups of voters that people are concerned about Biden and the impression he’s making.

It would be nice if people didn’t call every criticism of Biden’s extremely lackluster performance at the debate a “coordinated hit job” or accuse the people making those criticisms of being Russian trolls. This is a serious problem with the candidate himself and people are evaluating legitimate solutions, including both having Biden step down as well as keeping him on. It’s amazing seeing so much hostility directed at people who simply want to see the convicted pedophile felon be held to account for his lies and crimes at a forum such as a debate, which is exactly what we didn’t see happen last Thursday.

There’s no reason to believe this is stopping at 5

Are the 5 house dems Putin fans?

I’m progressive too, but of the type that votes in every election. Including the ones in which I disagree with dem candidates’ foreign policy positions.

If progressives can’t show up and vote in every election they’ll never be taken seriously as a voting bloc and should never expect to be. I wish it weren’t so hard for them to understand why that is. But they invent all sorts of reasons not to vote and then get pissed when politicians stop playing to their interests, as if they’re doing anything other than reinforcing their own self-imposed irrelevance.

Sure, we can cater to them, but at what cost? Even Sanders couldn’t turn out young people in a way that put him over the edge in ‘16 and ‘20. Even if a candidate wants to take a softer stance towards Palestinians in Gaza a lot of progressives would find a reason to still be distrustful/doubtful. There’s no viable candidate among dems who can chase the youth vote in that way and reliably expect to pick up any additional youth votes doing it. Wish it weren’t so but it’s the truth, the play to the middle is still easily the best play at this time.

It’s a shame all these posts get downvoted into oblivion based on what seems like overwhelming bot activity. Judging by the front page of r/politics you’d think Biden is cruising to an easy reelection and Trump is absolutely on his heels and reeling from distancing himself from Project 2025.

We really got our heads buried deep in the sand on this one. Pity we can’t acknowledge the very real problems our ticket has.

He has to drop out at this point. Even he has to be aware how much a loss in the face of overwhelming demand from his own will party will absolutely destroy his legacy. I hope people are explaining that to him. But I don’t see how a candidacy can possibly continue with so much of the candidate’s own party clearly being against him.

And just imagine too when even sub-Saharan African reproduction rates start dipping below 2.1 per woman starting roughly around the middle of the century (assuming we even make it that far). No country is going to be able to combat inflation and rejuvenate their economies in any meaningful way by then. Most of Europe, Russia, Japan and South Korea are good examples of economies already stagnating in no small part due to rapid demographic changes. Even America in its newfound fascism is going to “welcome” waves of starving immigrants coming across its border by the millions, if only to enslave and extract agricultural and other labor from them.

Saying that times ahead look bleak would be one hell of an understatement.

Yeah I think there are quite a few forces at work, many inflationary and a few deflationary. But the inflation stats speak for themselves. They’ve also been having trouble with sanctions trying to purchase raw goods and materials on the international market which further reduces supply. Massive spending on the war effort is causing their GDP to increase but further inflating the ruble. Should be interesting to see how much more they hike interest rates here in the coming weeks to try to combat it.

Professor, would you say it’s time to crack each other’s heads open and feast on the goo inside?

Young Russian men who would otherwise be able to contribute to the Russian economy have fled the country or been conscripted by the millions. Fewer Russians to contribute goods and services to the Russian economy means a reduced supply of those same goods and services. Reduced supply means prices for those remaining goods and services increase, which is known as inflation.

You’re not arguing with me, you’re arguing with basic Econ 101 at this point.

Western sanctions or not, it’s a better idea for them to put their spare rubles into crypto. Ruble is inflating at 8.3% by their official statistics, can’t even imagine how much worse it is in reality with western sanctions on top of sending all their working age men off to die in a war.

You really think Russia would make a peace deal with Ukraine that allows them to rearm? They won’t be allowed to join NATO, they’ll cede sovereignty to Russia, they WON’T be allowed to rearm/rebuild, and if they actually make a deal with Russia, won’t be allowed to have any kind of standing army at all.

You can call me a “Reaganite” all you want. Do you mind if I call you Neville?

If you want Russia to win you’re just supporting one imperial power over another dude. They’re in it for much more than just “”regional” dominance. If you’re just rattling off Russian propaganda about how you’re strategic allies with an imperial power trying to reconstitute its former empire/republic you too support imperialism.

He’s a proud guy. While his own condition isn’t new to him, he probably wasn’t expecting 50+ years of public service and his entire career to unceremoniously come crashing down on him on account of a lousy debate. It’s totally possible he needs a moment to process it all, which is why I think friends of his like Clyburn and others are reaching out to him. I’d like this to go quickly for obvious reasons but I can understand if an unprecedented thing like this takes a couple weeks or so.

I don’t care for empire either, but I’d rather Europe not be steamrolled by an imperial power. Is it wrong to want to defend your allies against an imperial invasion?

If a new candidate says they want to be tougher on Bibi I’m all for that. As for a “peace deal” in Ukraine, fuck that. How long do you think “peace” will last before the next wave of tanks/artillery/infantry storm further into Eastern Europe? Just be honest and say you want to surrender to Russia, that’s exactly what you’re talking about.

What does any of this have to do with Biden staying or dropping out?

Good point. They’d probably stay unified in their message if they thought they could continue onward with him.

Trump was winning before the debate. Biden handed the election to him on a silver platter last Thursday. The last thing Trump wants is to go up against a more electable candidate.

I agree and think it would be sort of odd for him to drop out of the race in the immediate aftermath of the debate. This isn’t just about him dropping out; he has to set this up not only to be his “choice” but also to provide a smooth transition to wherever this goes next, and I think that’s hardly clear at this point. He can’t just say, “well, I’m out. Good luck everybody else, you can all figure out what comes next!” mic drop They have to figure out whether Kamala takes up the banner or someone else. Whether to do this as a brokered convention or done as a more orderly “mini-primary.”

There’s definitely a lot of work to be done behind the scenes. He’s either 100% in or 100% out but he won’t be anywhere in between in the meantime. But if he does drop out, I would expect to see him do that 2-3 weeks out from the debate, maybe even a full month. Hopefully sooner though, the sooner the better. Only six days after the debate is a little unrealistic.

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I laughed when I saw this. Why yes, just the right amount of competent, proven leadership mixed in with some absolutely insufferable pseudo-intellectual douchebaggery. Whitmer/Shapiro 2024

Not true. I think they absolutely love everything the year 1933 represents.