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It would be an epic shitshow.

Edit: Biden literally has nothing to gain from it. There is zero chance that as soon as the mics go live it doesn’t turn into a degenerate shitstorm from Trump, and he’s never going to out shout down a dimentia addled 5yo.

Even if Biden manages some good zingers in there, or some “serious” talking points, the people that need to here them never will.

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Just make them swear in under threat of perjury. That shuts the clown up real fast.

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I’m not even sure he would shut up with a gun pointed to his head and a clear instruction “Shut up or die. One more word and I’ll shoot you in the face!” — he would still say something

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I think there’s a chance that if he’s able to stay energetic enough throughout it, it may stave off the “yeah trump tried a coup but have you considered biden old?” crowd. This election is very likely to come down to some tight numbers in a handful to states, things like that may very well matter.

It could just as easily absolutely backfire if he has a fuckup though, so it’s risky as hell.

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but again… the people that need to see that won’t. the conservative-aligned outlets will trim anything that makes biden look good, and that’s all they’ll see. there is pretty much nobody that isn’t decided between the two.

where biden is going to loose, it’s shit like gaza driving muslim/palistinian/anti-genocide voters away. Seriously, it could have been a godsend for his pulling if he vetoed the Israeli aid package. but nope. instead he’s going to sanction an unit and actually trust “Naw we’re not doing warcrimes” IDF to not just completely ignore.

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9 points

The Biden old crowd has moved on to Gaza. Every so often they replay the hits though.

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I’ve never cared about Biden’s age. Centrists were ageist as hell during the 2016 primaries, and I don’t go there.

Biden supports genocide and he should stop. No matter how much it would disappoint centrist Democrats.

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Apparently the NYT uses it as an old standby, mostly because of their petty butthurt.

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I love the Biden is old so we have to vote for the other old guy argument.

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I really don’t understand someone who is so addled/low-info as to honestly come to such a conclusion, but apparently a lot of them exist. So a candidate is old as hell, who GAF? Donnie is nearly as old as him anyway, and it’s not like there won’t be a VP, a cabinet, etc…

I seriously wonder how long people will cling to that as things like life extension become a reality, I really do…humans can be very, very stupid as a group, even as there is a subset of humans doing absolutely amazing and incredible things to extend our technological reach…I almost wish there was a way nearly all humans could get an IQ upgrade before some of these other breakthroughs, so all the dumbasses don’t hold us back and/or end the whole thing due to their blinkered existence.

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14 points

You never know, maybe we get to see Trump’s heart explode live on TV. That would be memorable

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4 points

I think that depends on the supreme Court

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18 points

“So, you all saw my son’s dick, right. Yeah. He takes after me. I hear you have a tiny dick.” might do it.

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“Lots of people are saying it, even the gals you paid!”

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2 points

will you SHUT UP, man?

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We’ll never change the minds of MAGAs, they’re literally driven by emotion, not facts. And I’ll never vote for Trump because I recognize who he is and what he represents.

That leaves currently undecided voters. It seems crazy that some people haven’t made up their minds on Trump, but it’s the truth. All polling and post-2016/2020 analysis agrees: these people will decide the election. So talk to them and promote Joe Biden and an alternative to Trump!

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It’s not about changing MAGAs. MAGAs are set. That is the wrong strategic outlook. It’s about changing the undecided that lean towards MAGAs. This is how he won the first time. The marketing campaign (along with the Russians) was allowed to find an algorithm to isolate those undecideds and turn them.

They aren’t obvious. They are usually the ones that don’t partake in discussions. They are the ones that don’t have a stance. And there are many of them.

https://www.netflix.com/title/80117542?preventIntent=true

“The Great Hack” is a truly eye opening experience.

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We’re in agreement. Did you mean to reply to the parent comment?

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The amount of work campaigners and media are doing to try to keep these two walking corpses to appear vaguely conscience is a real testament to the effectiveness of the modern campaign apparatus.

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Most braindead take. Biden is getting shit done.

Trump is under 91 indictments and was found to be a rapist.

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Biden is getting shit done

Facilitating a genocide and banning social media apps? You’re right, that is shit.

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I remember when I was 13.

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I’m not saying they’re politically the same, because obviously they’re not. Trump being such a danger to American democracy and the health and safety of many Americans is why I’m highlighting this absurdity.

I’m saying if you were in a room talking to either of these octogenarians, you’d probably be uncomfortable handing either of them a loaded gun let alone the nuclear codes and command authority over a military super power.

We shouldn’t have to be choosing between two people this old. Age and cognitive decline is an unavoidable fact, but the DNC and raw fear of “changing horses midstream” by democratic voters has us hoping that we’ll get an 86 year old leaving office in four years.

Because the stakes are so high and the consequences between Trump and not-Trump are so important, it’s insane to be running Biden as the alternative. There basically running at a dead heat right now, and I can’t help but think that might no be the case if we weren’t running the Crypt Keeper against Cheetolini.

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That would be the same as security cam footage from a retirement home. I imagine one of them just randomly walking away at one point.

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The bigger news to me is that Howard Stern is still alive and on the air.

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That was my very first thought

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44 points

It’s insane that it might be possible that Trump is allowed to be a candidate

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That’s democracy for you.

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Well actually the antithesis of democracy, but ig many are taught to believe otherwise

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We’re not the antithesis of a democracy, we’re just a really shitty alpha version of a democracy.

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Democracy being hijacked, right in front of our eyes.

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Is it though?

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