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[–] Xanis@lemmy.world 428 points 2 years ago (13 children)

I'll say just one thing:

Every single one of you assholes who wouldn't shut up about him stepping down since the dude missed the toilet bowl fifty years ago after a particularly wild night out better sure as fuck step up now that Old Joe has stepped down.

A sitting god damned President of the United States has stepped aside less than half a year before reelection. Make no mistake: The man swallowed his pride and ego HARD to make this decision. Let's honor that by creating a wall of votes so god. damned. thick. Riley Reid would gasp.

[–] Sconrad122@lemmy.world 101 points 2 years ago

Am one of those "assholes". Kamala was far from my favorite candidate in 2020, but I just donated a hefty (for me) chunk of change and will be volunteering. I didn't need perfection, just a feasible path to victory in November and now we have it. I'm so pumped right now, project 2025 no longer looks like an inevitability. LFG!

[–] FlaminGoku@reddthat.com 47 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Riley Reid: Oh god you're going to make me vote

I'm voting at haaaaarrd

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Nothing's going to make her vote at this point, she's just imitating it to please you.

[–] Cool_Name@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'll be there in November!

Side note, maybe we can have Riley Reid for the candidate?

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Unironically better candidate.

[–] Cool_Name@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Younger, healthier, charismatic, great on camera, focused in stressful situations. Also, she'll be great at dealing with congress because she is so experienced with dicks and assholes.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Being a self-made person through honest work would be frankly enough compared to an oligarch and a career politician.

[–] Chekhovs_Gun@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

"I'm Riley Reid and I (moans) approve this big, fat, thick message"

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

People are now saying Trump is winning because Joe step down. Like the fuck you guys want lmao

[–] abracaDavid@lemmy.today 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It took pretty much the entire Democratic party calling for him to step down before he would.

He came out and said multiple times that he wasn't going anywhere. He was forced out.

[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 84 points 2 years ago (2 children)

He came out and said multiple times that he wasn’t going anywhere

This was always going to be one of those things where "despite saying 8 hours ago that he was committed to the election and was not going to drop out, he has now dropped out". You're never going to see someone in these situations say "eh might drop out, not sure"

[–] jhymesba@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Exactly this. I knew all along that if Biden dropped out, it would be going from "I'm in this 100%" to "I'm out for the good of the nation" without anything in between. You can't do anything but that in politics, because a wishy-washy 'we're evaluating what's best for the country' would be the death of his campaign, and he'd have no choice besides "I'm out" at that point. Might as well just rip the bandaid off and go straight to "I'm out" without any intermediary steps. Be fully invested until you make the decision you can't be anymore.

[–] nexas_XIII@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

You see it in sports all the time. "I'm dedicated to finding a good contract to stay in this city" then they sign a new contract with a new team.

[–] Hackworth@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Didn't he also get Covid last week?

[–] Contravariant@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago

Wouldn't surprise me if that's what sealed the deal for him.

I mean the deadlines are closing and having to fight to even stay in the race while president of the U.S. and recovering from an illness is not something anyone looks forward to.

Frankly I hope he can catch a break for a bit, and enjoy a pension after all this is over.

[–] kn33@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago

That's what was said, but it wouldn't surprise me if that was just cover to plan and execute this maneuver

So what.

The point is, it's time to unite behind a candidate and look like we want to win.

[–] andrewth09@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I am one of those assholes. Once the DNC formally endorses a candidate I'll donate to their campaign.

[–] utubas@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago
[–] Llewellyn@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

man swallowed his pride and ego HARD to make this decision.

Should anyone care about his pride and ego?

[–] JimSamtanko@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago

Damn fucking straight! We had to hear gEnOciDe jOe for months, then “but hE’s OooooLd!”

No excuses.

[–] sudo@programming.dev -2 points 2 years ago

wouldn’t shut up about him stepping down since the dude missed the toilet bowl fifty years ago

Thats one way to to phrase giving unconditional support for genocide and then completely blue-screening during a debate.