Pass the torch to another old person.
Let’s get preemptively mad!
In an environment where old men cling to every drop of power and control they can get, I’m super proud of Biden for putting his ego aside and doing what’s best for the country he loves
Hey now we can get someone even less progressive than Biden, who will be just as bad on genocide as Biden (so will do nothing to make things better for all those single-issue voters who also somehow thought Trump would be better on genocide) and will soft pedal us to the right instead of the rocket propelled sprint to fascism that Trump would bring.
Feels like a bit of a lateral move to me.
Joe is an extremist when it comes to Israel, even for a right-wing democrat. He literally went around Obama to make promises to Netanyahu during their term. If we get someone without dementia and who is less enthusiastic about killing palestinian children that’s still a net benefit.
Harris is best to mitigate legal challenges.
Harris is best to mitigate legal challenges.
And essentially a cop.
She was a prosecutor, not a cop. But in this context it doesn’t really matter, there isn’t going to be a progressive option.
She was a prosecutor, not a cop.
I said essentially. :)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/kamala-cop-record/596758/
there isn’t going to be a progressive option.
I know, and we’ll be even further from one than we would have been under Biden.