• WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    What the whole Biden situation boils down to is this: At no point in history has a Presidential candidate ever been replaced as late in the campaign as the 2024 campaign was by the time people started seriously calling for Biden to step aside (i.e. after the debate.) The only close equivalent was in 1968, when Lyndon B. Johnson declined to run much earlier in the campaign, and it still resulted in a victory for Richard Nixon. Still, when confronted with a choice between fascism and not-fascism, many people (including many of the people in this very thread) decided to devote all their effort to throwing stones at the not-fascism side.

    When Biden did finally step aside, surprise surprise, it resulted in a victory for fascism. Congratulations.

    • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      Biden staying in the race would have been 400 EC votes to Trump, a bigger margin than Harris v Trump did.

      And even if Biden won, he has stage 4 prostate cancer that has metastasized to his bones, it would be a miracle even with top treatment if he lives to see the end of Trump’s current term.