• jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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    Looking at the polling, Biden was on track to lose worse than Harris did. So, no, he would not have beaten Trump.

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    Centrist is delusional and utterly lacking in self awareness. Learns absolutely nothing from losing every branch of government. News at 11.

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    He is ruining his legacy and needs to shut up. He fucked up many times, no need to add to the pile now.

  • .Donuts@lemmy.world
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    Just FYI, he didn’t say it unprompted but was literally asked if he thought he would:

    “It’s presumptuous to say that, but I think yes,” Biden said when asked if he believes he could have won the November election. The president based his assertion on his review of election polling. He conceded, however, that larger questions remained about his ability to complete another four year term.

    “When Trump was running again for reelection, I really thought I had the best chance of beating him,” Biden said of his decision to run in 2020. “But I also wasn’t looking to be president when I was 85 years old, 86 years old. And so I did talk about passing the baton.”

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      Him stepping aside after the debate really was the smartest thing he could have done IMO, for him personally I mean.

      That way, if Harris had won he could take credit for selflessly stepping aside and putting country first. And now that she lost he can just say “well I might have won, but you all forced me to quit” and there’s no way to prove it definitively either way.

      Personally I think Trump won the moment that assassin clipped him and he stood up doing the fist pump in front of the flag. That photo was pure 80s movie cheese and people eat that shit up.

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      I’ve never realized how smarmy Cindy (? I had no idea i knew more names than just Jan) looks in this. It’s honestly pretty accurate for siblings, but damn does it raise my younger sister ire.

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    No, it just would have made Trump’s victory even more sad and pathetic. The goose is cooked, Out of Americans who care to get off their ass and vote, there are more Jingoistic Ultranationalists than there are not. Trump’s victory was assured if the competition was Kamala or Biden.

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    Fuck off, dude. Your legacy will be known not for your accomplishments but for how your hubris has done irreparable harm to the future of this country and future generations.