24th July 2024, 3:34 PM
(This post was last modified: 24th July 2024, 3:37 PM by Dark Jaguar.)
Thing is, there was no way to withdraw at that point, because Trump ruined any other path towards it. Namely, the ability to do so by building a self defense force first, then leaving. Trump never bothered, but we were on a time table. Hey, look I'm defending Biden.
Covid didn't cause the inflation. Biden didn't either as you say, but neither did Covid. Greed caused it. So many corporate leaders were upset at what they felt was "owed" them that they jacked up prices. The recent soft landing from the inflation that Biden helped to stabilize (wow that's two for two defenses here) proves it was the oligarchs responsible.
Biden hasn't been "great" by my reckoning, but he's exceeded my expectations. They were low to start with, but still, I hope you accept the compliment.
Still, Biden's been slipping and frankly I think him deciding of his own accord to step down is the final admission of that. We now have someone who shares his centrist policies (she may be a little further left I think, but then again she is responsible for some rather bad "tough on crime" policies like Biden was so that can't be ignored), but has more youthful energy and that's apparent in every speech she's given.
The republicans aren't targeting her on policy, they're inventing things to pretend to be mad about right now. Harris not being "voted for" seems to be their big argument, that she somehow "stole" this. As much as I wish we had had a more robust primary, especially now, we didn't get one, and more importantly, anyone that voted for him in this primary ALSO voted for Harris, and when you vote for a VP it's with the full understanding that VP is going to replace the P if something happens. Resignation is one of those things. This is entirely natural a progression.
Covid didn't cause the inflation. Biden didn't either as you say, but neither did Covid. Greed caused it. So many corporate leaders were upset at what they felt was "owed" them that they jacked up prices. The recent soft landing from the inflation that Biden helped to stabilize (wow that's two for two defenses here) proves it was the oligarchs responsible.
Biden hasn't been "great" by my reckoning, but he's exceeded my expectations. They were low to start with, but still, I hope you accept the compliment.
Still, Biden's been slipping and frankly I think him deciding of his own accord to step down is the final admission of that. We now have someone who shares his centrist policies (she may be a little further left I think, but then again she is responsible for some rather bad "tough on crime" policies like Biden was so that can't be ignored), but has more youthful energy and that's apparent in every speech she's given.
The republicans aren't targeting her on policy, they're inventing things to pretend to be mad about right now. Harris not being "voted for" seems to be their big argument, that she somehow "stole" this. As much as I wish we had had a more robust primary, especially now, we didn't get one, and more importantly, anyone that voted for him in this primary ALSO voted for Harris, and when you vote for a VP it's with the full understanding that VP is going to replace the P if something happens. Resignation is one of those things. This is entirely natural a progression.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)