bit worried about the situation in america. not looking good. maybe the democrats should have tried to win the election. - ThreadSky

marrowing.bsky.social • 27 days ago

bit worried about the situation in america. not looking good. maybe the democrats should have tried to win the election.

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marrowing.bsky.social•27 days ago

I do think it's funny that the dems thought bernie was an existential threat to them, rather than being their only option to salvage what remained of liberalism. looks pretty dumb now doesn't it

secretlynora.bsky.social•27 days ago

Only looks dumb if you avoid the fact that establishment dems win big either way and they'll keep making big money while the rest of us our in camps or worse.

credittodubois.com•27 days ago

“Bernie *was* the compromise option” is as true now as it was 10 years ago.

kcar.me•27 days ago

Yup. Also what genius thought throwing a black woman over the glass cliff and giving her 107 days to campaign was a good idea? 🙄

marrowing.bsky.social•27 days ago

they really should have had a proper primary process. I still don't know if that would have worked, but probably a better chance of success!!!!!

kcar.me•27 days ago

Yup. But all too late.
And now the US is lost.

takel.gryph.one•27 days ago

i don't think there was enough time for one given the way US elections are built

honestly, just naming the VP as the replacement was probably the best option given the circumstances, and that's a pretty damning indictment of everything leading up to the decision being made

marrowing.bsky.social•27 days ago

there was absolutely time for one, it just would've required biden to accept he was a one term president rather than hanging on until the last minute

takel.gryph.one•27 days ago

that i can agree with you on

credittodubois.com•27 days ago

There was plenty of time if they didn’t spend the better part of four years gaslighting everyone that Biden was fit for office for another four hours, let alone four years.

Handing the nom to Harris evokes “it’s her turn” of 2016 and we know how well that went.

takel.gryph.one•27 days ago

for the record, Biden taking as long as he did to say "no I'm not actually going to run for re-election" is 100% within the category of "the circumstances"

he took so long that every option was shit, letting the currently sitting VP take his place was just the least shit of those still possible

ann-umedadmeester.bsky.social•27 days ago

keeping the weekend at Bernie’s [sic] thing going was probably not going to happen but should have picked someone who did a ok in the last actual primary at least

kcar.me•27 days ago

Given the absolute misogyny there it was mad to not choose a middle aged white bloke IMHO

kcar.me•27 days ago

And they should have been lining up the successor over the previous four years. 🙄🤦‍♀️

kcar.me•27 days ago

It is not like an federal election was a surprise in the US

vanilladice.bsky.social•27 days ago

I think Kamala had a chance, but her campaign was over when she said she wouldn’t have done anything differently

chrisoregan.bsky.social•26 days ago

if only someone could have mentioned that to them at the time

jasonandrade.bsky.social•27 days ago

Winning the election feels like it might have been expensive?

Clearly the cheaper option is going to deliver better value to the Democrats shareholders*

*Constituents

convivial-defiance.bsky.social•27 days ago

Easy said with 20/20 hindsight.

marrowing.bsky.social•27 days ago

what's the american expression, monday morning quarterback? ahh well you would say that now. try to win the election. well we couldn't have thought of it at the time.

realbillpullman.bsky.social•27 days ago

*running a guy so known for losing he was busted stealing a neil kinnock speech the same year I was born* time to save the free world baby

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