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Re: "Now that Biden has dropped out, Democrats have the..."
Both sides are willing to overlook the very kind of horribleness that they insist makes the other party unelectable. Subverting democracy, corruption, outright treason. Never mind if we do it, we are on your side. It's them you need to worry about!
Oct 04 · 2 months ago
"both sides are equally bad" is the most tired political take you can have. it's cheap, lazy and inaccurate. it also absolves the user of needing to dive deep into the details of any given issue. why bother, they both suck!
'Bad' is a poor choice of a quality to measure. I don't think they are 'equally' bad, and one side is particularly bad (currently) for international conflicts and the economy. They are both corrupt and evil if you wish, as in taking advantage of and lying to unsuspecting fools who think they can 'save democracy' or have 'free speech'.
Now that Biden has dropped out, Democrats have the opportunity to nominate a candidate who can beat Trump. The trouble is, they won’t. Kamala Harris is basically the second least electable Democrat after Biden. She dropped out of the 2020 primary for a reason. She was a horrible attorney general and she comes across to voters as exactly the slimy opportunist that she is. If Trump is the existential threat to democracy which many claim he is, then Democrats should act like it and nominate...