US Joe Biden News Megathread - The Other Biden Derangement Syndrome Thread (with a side order of Fauci Derangement Syndrome)

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Let's pretend for one moment that he does die before the election, just for the funsies. What happens then? Will the nomination revert to option number 2, aka Bernie Sanders? Or will his running mate automatically replace him just the way Vice-President is supposted to step in after the Big Man in the White House chokes on a piece of matzo? Does he even have a running mate yet?
 
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Absolutego said:
@Oxous, reply bug, but I'd die laughing if Breyer just decided to rage quit after the last few weeks and gives Biden a chance to appoint his replacement while they're still able to control the Senate.
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I mean, it'd make political sense. Biden is all but doomed for 2024 at this rate meaning Trump is very likely to be the next Cleveland. If Breyer leaves now, they can at least hopefully get someone else in before the midterms.
 
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Tathagata said:
Yep. If there were a real feud going on, we'd see the state government trying to fuck with Trump quietly. This is just media propaganda to try and demoralize republicans to the same extent that democrats have been demoralized as a consequence of their own actions.
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To add on if there was a real feud, Trump and his massive mouth wouldn't be quiet about it, any rally he does would have him sometimes throwing shots at DeSantis.
 
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Dan Crenshaw must be trying to lose his House seat in November... facepalm
Gehenna said:
I mean, it'd make political sense. Biden is all but doomed for 2024 at this rate meaning Trump is very likely to be the next Cleveland. If Breyer leaves now, they can at least hopefully get someone else in before the midterms.
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Now would be probably the best time. At least right now Breyer can hold out hope that Manchin and Sinema would be willing to vote for his replacement.
 
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Oxous said:
Dan Crenshaw must be trying to lose his House seat in November... facepalm
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Now would be probably the best time. At least right now Breyer can hold out hope that Manchin and Sinema would be willing to vote for his replacement.
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What Crenshaw is doing is trying, (and failing), to ride the fence and be the “centrist” that would have totally been a sure winner in Suburban Houston 10-20 years ago.
 
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Ruin said:
The U.S economy is barely hanging on by a thread. A new war would cause a full blown depression.

I know they need a distraction but this is a very very risky strategy.
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The last thing Biden's handlers need is for the Ruskies to take some American PoWs for them go above and beyond with the whole Nu-Carter look.
 
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Gehenna said:
I mean, it'd make political sense. Biden is all but doomed for 2024 at this rate meaning Trump is very likely to be the next Cleveland. If Breyer leaves now, they can at least hopefully get someone else in before the midterms.
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Absolutely. I think if I had been in a front row seat for the party's desperate struggle to keep RBG alive through Trump's term in office, I'd want to retire with dignity instead of following her example.
Oxous said:
Now would be probably the best time. At least right now Breyer can hold out hope that Manchin and Sinema would be willing to vote for his replacement.
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Less Sinema and Manchin to hold out hope for, and more Murkowski/Romney/other centrist Republican Senators. Expect lots of screaming about letting Republicans keep a prog from being the nominee if we do get into a nomination struggle.
 
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Mr. Garza makes several assumptions: that voter suppression and disinformation are nuanced topics that don’t resonate with Latinos; that Democrats aren’t fighting for policies that will make our lives better; and that Republicans are the only party that supports growth and families.
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Every time I see this sort of thinking from democrats, I consistently see a failure to understand that their beliefs are not facts. The idea that "democrats aren't fighting for policies that will make our lives better" isn't something in the voters mind that's rooted in fact, its rooted in perception and conclusions. You can't just assert to them that CRT will make their lives better and expect them to believe it, you have to make an actual argument for it. And when they do make arguments for it, it fails to stick.

Telling people "I'll build up jobs and spend taxes better to improve your lives" is the sort of immediate, simple train of thought that anyone can understand - I will have more money, therefore can afford more things to improve life. Telling people "I'll fight for diversity and equity to improve your life" is too ambiguous to stick for anyone who's not already a believer in the dogma - Nobody can adequately explain how more shades of skin will let me upgrade from a one bedroom apartment to a two bedroom apartment. Pushes for government provided free 'X' fail with anyone who understands how taxes work, and anyone who has pride and doesn't want to be on government dependent programs. These sorts of pitches only work with ideologues who've already drunk the kool-aid, and thats not the group they need to be reaching now. But appealing to them gets them twitter likes and media attention, which they either seem to massively overvalue, or mistakenly believe that exclusively appealing to their ideologues will lead to some sort of voter agenesis, spontaneously birthing more of them from the fabric of reality. I guess immigration's as close as they'll get on that front.

You can see the same thing in left wing online arguments - Everything starts from fundamentally flawed initial premises built off assumptions of consensus regarding the potential results of an action. They can't fathom different results, and keep bashing the same thing louder because to them, you're being deliberately ignorant by not sharing the same mindspace as them at all times.
 
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Ruin said:
The U.S economy is barely hanging on by a thread. A new war would cause a full blown depression.

I know they need a distraction but this is a very very risky strategy.
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Keynes, peace be upon him, says war is good for the economy. If we get involved in another conflict, big or small, I will be confident they're just adhering to their economic dogma.
 
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Salubrious said:
And they don't even question it. Why do these rich people support the Democrats who want to "tax them" so much? Rich people are all evil, but they still support the Democrats. Interesting.

Same thing with big business. Big business supports regulation to fuck over the small businesses, but they never see that.
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Thank you. I awalys go on leftie sites that claim the Republican Party are "the party of the rich" and the democrats "the party of taxing the rich". Yet they never questioned why so many hollywood people and big businesses surpport democrats?
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It's not true. It's the latest round of them desperately trying to gin up a battle between the two most well-known and liked Republicans. It's not working.
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I was going to say this feels very out of character for both Trump and Destantis. That's why I questioned it. Not surprise.
 
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Gehenna said:
I mean, it'd make political sense. Biden is all but doomed for 2024 at this rate meaning Trump is very likely to be the next Cleveland. If Breyer leaves now, they can at least hopefully get someone else in before the midterms.
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I think that if Breyer were to retire, that seat isn't getting filled before midterms. It might not even get filled until 2024. The stakes are too high, and this time we need to put a real principled patriot on the bench.

Me guys, let me be a justice. I couldn't be worse than Sotomayor.
 
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