Normally candidates are campaigning for the primary. Even fucking Ramaswami had actual policy positions.
To give him more credit than he deserves, he could be waiting for the convention so that they can decide what to run on as a party, but that doesn’t abdicate his responsibility to do his fucking job as president. Everything he’s done for the last 3 and a half years is a part of his campaign no matter what they choose to focus on, if he doesn’t fucking pick some of them people are just going to look at the worst things he’s done and make the decision for him.
I swear to god, everyone that’s playing the “LEAVE BRITTANY ALONE” game is doing him a massive disservice. If you’re planning on voting but you’re not screaming at him to make a better case for himself, good news: you’re a part of the problem (not directing this at you, just generally).
He already knows the voters want to tax the wealthy, Biden doesn’t
He already knows we want universal healthcare, Biden doesn’t.
He already knows we don’t want to fund a genocide, Biden does.
He already knows we don’t want to codify Trump’s border policies, Biden does.
…
For all those reasons and more, I sincerely doubt Biden is waiting to hear what voters want to decide the party platform in any way except meaningless platitudes for a few months before the election.
That’s the rub running unpopular candidates.
If Biden talks about his policies, it hurts him with potential voters.
If Biden hits the trail and engages with voters, he faces protestors.
His best move is to just hide and have surrogates talk about how bad trump is.
It’s still a shit strategy, but it’s the best one for Biden.
The best for the country would be running a better candidate…
“”“”“But that’s just not realistic. The best candidate naturally rises to the top; if biden is the candidate it must mean biden was the best option”“”“”
I think the fact that it isn’t obvious on this platform makes the point more pertinent: the voices in the room silencing opposition aren’t doing it in good faith, they’re just trying to protect their position. I’ll edit it to make it a little more obvious.
Normally candidates are campaigning for the primary. Even fucking Ramaswami had actual policy positions.
To give him more credit than he deserves, he could be waiting for the convention so that they can decide what to run on as a party, but that doesn’t abdicate his responsibility to do his fucking job as president. Everything he’s done for the last 3 and a half years is a part of his campaign no matter what they choose to focus on, if he doesn’t fucking pick some of them people are just going to look at the worst things he’s done and make the decision for him.
I swear to god, everyone that’s playing the “LEAVE BRITTANY ALONE” game is doing him a massive disservice. If you’re planning on voting but you’re not screaming at him to make a better case for himself, good news: you’re a part of the problem (not directing this at you, just generally).
He already knows the voters want to tax the wealthy, Biden doesn’t
He already knows we want universal healthcare, Biden doesn’t.
He already knows we don’t want to fund a genocide, Biden does.
He already knows we don’t want to codify Trump’s border policies, Biden does.
…
For all those reasons and more, I sincerely doubt Biden is waiting to hear what voters want to decide the party platform in any way except meaningless platitudes for a few months before the election.
That’s the rub running unpopular candidates.
If Biden talks about his policies, it hurts him with potential voters.
If Biden hits the trail and engages with voters, he faces protestors.
His best move is to just hide and have surrogates talk about how bad trump is.
It’s still a shit strategy, but it’s the best one for Biden.
The best for the country would be running a better candidate…
“”“”“But that’s just not realistic. The best candidate naturally rises to the top; if biden is the candidate it must mean biden was the best option”“”“”
If you’re trying to be sarcastic, no one can tell online.
If you’re being serious…
I don’t think this will be productive
Sorry, I thought the context made it clear
I think the fact that it isn’t obvious on this platform makes the point more pertinent: the voices in the room silencing opposition aren’t doing it in good faith, they’re just trying to protect their position. I’ll edit it to make it a little more obvious.