Thank you GabeSter
He’s putting the right ambitions as a priority, and at his current age, I don’t blame him.
Jon Stewart showed video of this beach scene after showing Trump’s claims that Biden is going to come back and take over. “He’s not coming back, Donald! Get over it!”
Donald could have done this same thing if he’d stayed the fuck out of politics. Biggest self-own ever.
https://www.tvguide.com/news/donald-trump-presidential-campaign-timeline/
Also, I love that the first answer I got to the question 'How many times has Trump run for President?" came from TV Guide,
American Cincinnatus!
Attaboy Joe
He would have stuck it out stubbornly had he not been pressured. No cookies for Biden.
So you’re saying that a politician listened to members of his party and the voters, sidelining his own ambitions. And you have a problem with that?
It’s not just a matter of if, but also when.
Biden waited until damn near the last possible minute, and probably wouldn’t have stepped down if it wasn’t for the Trump shooting.
I dunno - the timing was right after the RNC and Vance being locked in. Vance didn’t broaden the ticket appeal because they thought Trump had the election in the bag. The timing might not have been strategic but it worked out pretty damn well!
Waiting until the last second absolutely fucked the GOP though. They were only prepared to run against Biden and now they don’t have the time needed to spin up an effective campaign against Harris.
I don’t know if the timing was strategic or just a tough decision, both seem possible. But the end result is that we’re now in a better position to stop Trump in November.
I have no doubt that he was presented the near certain possibility of being humiliated (some more) and handing over the remains of American democracy to a group of literal Nazis, just to safeguard his own ego.
I would have voted for his administration no matter what (I was relatively pleased with it), but I have no fantasies about who Joe is and why he really stepped down. Once Obama started campaigning for him stepping down, it was all over.
He quit to save his own ego and his “legacy”.
The thing is the nomination was his and there was nothing anyone could do about it. He could have stayed in the race. An argument can be made that it looks worse to step down halfway through the campaign instead of fighting till the end. An egocentric guy like Trump would never have stepped down. He would try to turn the base against the RNC and set the party on fire before giving up. That’s the contrast being shown here.
You type this and get up voted. I say the same thing more succinctly and get hammered.
I would have voted for him, but my vote double doesn’t count. I’m in a hard Blue state, Washington. You could support genocide and Washington would still vote Dem. Oh… Wait.
Sounds like gaslighting to me. He was very reluctant.
Everybody in his shoes would be at least reluctant. Specially in Biden’s case who is known to overthink big decisions. What matters is that he made the right decision in the end.
Trump? Wtf.
Perfect in this case obviously was if Biden dropped out at the exact right moment, good being he dropped out in time for a recovery which he did
What’s the gaslight? What purpose would it serve to manipulate the populace into believing the narrative that he had good “feefees”?
You’re just spewing your favourite little reddit word. You’d get a gold star if you use it right! Too bad you’re too much of a froggie to do that. Sad. Womp.
