Not here, but I’ve seen a lot of people chiming in who seem torn up/devastated that Biden dropped out. If they’re as convinced that we’re all screwed now as I was convinced that we were screwed with Biden staying in I can understand their feelings. I just hope that I’ve assessed the situation better than they have. I, like you, found a bit of hope today.
I’m on pretty much the same page. I felt like we were being forced into suicide-pact that involved sleepwalking into fascism, and now it feels like someone’s actually at the wheel and steering away from that possibility.
What happened yesterday is precisely what I mean - the goal here isn’t for any specific Democratic nominee (i.e. Biden) to win; the goal is to stop the fucking fascists. That’s what the situation calls for, and it feels like we’re doing that now. I understand that a lot of people feel locked into the process, but drastic contexts sometimes call for drastic measures, and this is that. It’s very similar to how Macron and his party kneecapped their own political chances to stop National Front from winning a plurality or outright majority in the Assemblée nationale. It was the right call, and it worked. And I’m fairly optimistic that this candidate pivot is going to work, too.
It’s not perfect, and it’s not a guarantee. Nothing in politics is. But I feel a good bit better about our chances than I did two days ago.
History though has not ever shown a late replacement candidate winning any big election, so I can understand the panic.
I am afraid the democrats chances dropped with Biden pulling out.
People spent the entire year defending that his brain certainly wasn’t diseased enough for him to drop out and it’s totally the right move to keep him cause at least he’s barely conscious. Give time, we gotta at least wait for the weekend to end for the new programming directives to kick in.
Not here, but I’ve seen a lot of people chiming in who seem torn up/devastated that Biden dropped out. If they’re as convinced that we’re all screwed now as I was convinced that we were screwed with Biden staying in I can understand their feelings. I just hope that I’ve assessed the situation better than they have. I, like you, found a bit of hope today.
The polls were pretty damning. I wouldn’t worry that it was the wrong move. Joe had some pretty heavy baggage that’s now off the plane.
I’m on pretty much the same page. I felt like we were being forced into suicide-pact that involved sleepwalking into fascism, and now it feels like someone’s actually at the wheel and steering away from that possibility.
What happened yesterday is precisely what I mean - the goal here isn’t for any specific Democratic nominee (i.e. Biden) to win; the goal is to stop the fucking fascists. That’s what the situation calls for, and it feels like we’re doing that now. I understand that a lot of people feel locked into the process, but drastic contexts sometimes call for drastic measures, and this is that. It’s very similar to how Macron and his party kneecapped their own political chances to stop National Front from winning a plurality or outright majority in the Assemblée nationale. It was the right call, and it worked. And I’m fairly optimistic that this candidate pivot is going to work, too.
It’s not perfect, and it’s not a guarantee. Nothing in politics is. But I feel a good bit better about our chances than I did two days ago.
I do hope very much that you are right.
History though has not ever shown a late replacement candidate winning any big election, so I can understand the panic.
I am afraid the democrats chances dropped with Biden pulling out.
People spent the entire year defending that his brain certainly wasn’t diseased enough for him to drop out and it’s totally the right move to keep him cause at least he’s barely conscious. Give time, we gotta at least wait for the weekend to end for the new programming directives to kick in.