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Grakus's avatar

Ryan ignored the real story of why Biden can't win this election: his support of Israeli genocide. Have we all forgotten so quickly? How can a man who endorses genocide in my name get my vote? Impossible. The silent majority is saying no way Biden--not because of brain failure. Moral failure, Ryan. If you want to look at polls, look at something that matters: people not voting for Biden because he's using taxpayer money to fund the murder of innocent people and children in their homeland.

France just showed what it takes for democracy to win out over fascism. In a breathtaking gamble, Macron said let the people choose. And they did. But ominously for America, centrists like Dmitri and his man Biden have to leave the stage in order for democracy to prevail. There's no more cutting it down the middle if what happened in France is any indication. We either go all out for democratic values and the goal of surviving or we descend into fascist hell. You can't beat an avowed fascist with a fascist in fact. People aren't going for it anymore. The only galvanizing candidate for democratic values is Bernie Sanders. Yeah, he's old but he's not brain dead. Young people love him. Old people love him. He stands for democracy unpolluted by capitalist centrism and genocide. Biden's black senator buddy sold Sanders out last time, but the stakes are much higher this time and Biden is toast. Sanders is the man. Who cares about Biden's brain when he's supporting genocide? Nobody I know.

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Nate Feinberg's avatar

Ryan has definitely not been ignoring the genocide story. And yes the moral failure SHOULD matter most of all. But let's be real, the brain failure is a bigger political liability with the general electorate, sad as that is.

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Grakus's avatar

Maybe, but images like this make it hard to ignore the reality of what the U.S., under its commander-in-chief, is supporting:

https://www.commondreams.org/?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIvPumgYubhwMVnUt_AB0KJQm0EAAYASAAEgJ7IPD_BwE

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SAM's avatar

Its not that your wrong about the Gaza genocide being a very important factor, but as Nate points out, its simply not the only factor and I'm not sure I've seen data that would indicate its the biggest factor. I'm not speaking personally for myself, but I have to point out that Biden has been wildly unpopular for most of his term thus far. Ending the child tax credit, ending the COVID vaccine subsidy, killing the real infrastructure bill, stripping the railworkers' ability to strike, etc. Biden is one in a 45-year line of Democratic presidents that does not prioritize what his voting base wants. The genocide is one example of him being un-representative of the voters that put him in power, the other things I have listed also count.

Gaza might be the straw that broke the camel's back, but that camel has been ready to collapse since early 2022.

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