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“Biden is putting himself in a position where he has alienated not just young people, but a lot of the Democratic base.”…

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[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 10 points 1 year ago (16 children)

I know it won't happen, but it'd be wild if the Republican party looked at Biden, said, "we could win this if we didn't field trump" and nominated someone else as their candidate; while the Democrats said, "people aren't going to vote for trump, but they may not vote for Biden either, which could cost us the election" and fielded someone other than Biden. The result being that neither Biden nor Trump end up on the ballot.

Again, it's highly unlikely to occur (though we are living in "Strange Times"), and we're almost guaranteed to see Biden vs Trump, but it'd be interesting to see how that'd shake things up.

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Or the two senile old men could die.

Naturally I'm sure.

I mean you keep saying the guns are to prevent you from being in a situation where your government isn't representative of what the people want.

But they're old. Right?

[–] HuntressHimbo@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

When they first had the nominations more or less locked in I posited to my partner that being as confrontational as they both are they really might give each other heart attacks on the debate stage by getting into a fight

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who said anything about guns? Lol

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not you. Plural you. Wait, I speak a little American. Y'all.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The correct usage in this case would be all y'all.

[–] Chuymatt@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago
[–] match@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago

Kinda wish America wasn't a scary surveillance state but yes, a candidate(s) could theoretically die before then.

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