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gab13by13

(24,588 posts)
Wed Jul 3, 2024, 07:46 AM Jul 2024

I'm Ridin' With Biden

Just felt the need to counter all of the Joe needs to step down threads.

No one in the history of our nation has gotten more votes for president than Joe Biden.
Also, at this stage of the game it's common sense for me, I can't see the logistics for a different candidate.

So far I have only seen one "actual" reason for Joe to step down, a bad debate performance, WTF, that's not enough for me.

I'm Ridin' With Biden.

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I'm Ridin' With Biden (Original Post) gab13by13 Jul 2024 OP
I am too................ Lovie777 Jul 2024 #1
Biden/Harris all the way - now lets work to get him the Congress he needs to fix things up. ... marble falls Jul 2024 #2
Nice post, well said. gab13by13 Jul 2024 #3
The media has been relentless. StarryNite Jul 2024 #17
On board with you... the Peacetrain is pulling out of the station for Biden/Harris Peacetrain Jul 2024 #4
I'm onboard. Magoo48 Jul 2024 #11
Me, too. nt leftyladyfrommo Jul 2024 #5
What people are doing is saying "IF Biden steps down..." but it is unhelpful. He is NOT stepping down over a debate. Deek1935 Jul 2024 #6
Thank you! As we all should be. GoCubsGo Jul 2024 #7
Just imagine gab13by13 Jul 2024 #10
Yeah, and that is just a small sample of the minor stuff. GoCubsGo Jul 2024 #26
SAME mindfulNJ Jul 2024 #8
You'n'me both! 50 Shades Of Blue Jul 2024 #9
I'm on board! llmart Jul 2024 #12
Fuck the purity police, the diction mavens, the cookie bakers, the go high when NoMoreRepugs Jul 2024 #13
All the way with Joe and Kamala. Timeflyer Jul 2024 #14
Whip and ride, bay-bee Seinan Sensei Jul 2024 #15
me too also AllaN01Bear Jul 2024 #16
Biden/Harris all the way! StarryNite Jul 2024 #18
CNN propaganda can go to hell, I'm with President Biden. Emile Jul 2024 #19
Short and to the point! PatSeg Jul 2024 #20
I'm taking a wait and see approach johnnyplankton Jul 2024 #21
Your "concern" is noted LW1977 Jul 2024 #29
. . . Emile Jul 2024 #37
In 1968 DownriverDem Jul 2024 #22
The situation in 1964 wasn't exactly analogous to 2024, imo. ShazzieB Jul 2024 #32
I'm with Biden, too. ShazzieB Jul 2024 #23
I'm with Biden and Harris Bettie Jul 2024 #24
The McGovern campaign dumped Thomas Eagleton as VP in 1972 for Sargent Shriver hadEnuf Jul 2024 #35
And the fact is, Republicans would NEVER Bettie Jul 2024 #38
I agree. hadEnuf Jul 2024 #40
As am I. LoisB Jul 2024 #25
Count me in Giddyup! ananda Jul 2024 #27
Ridin with Biden bluescribbler Jul 2024 #28
Me too! Pedal to the metal!!! CaptainTruth Jul 2024 #30
Me too!! AllyCat Jul 2024 #31
Just playing devil's advocate here... sop Jul 2024 #33
Watch his interview this Friday and get back to us. gab13by13 Jul 2024 #34
Ridin' with Biden meow2u3 Jul 2024 #36
Agreed. Tertullian Jul 2024 #39
K&R Blue Owl Jul 2024 #41

Lovie777

(14,583 posts)
1. I am too................
Wed Jul 3, 2024, 07:57 AM
Jul 2024

Corporate media obsession with Pres Biden too old but ignores shithole who in fact declining mentally and physically.

And the corporate media's polling is totally off.

marble falls

(61,755 posts)
2. Biden/Harris all the way - now lets work to get him the Congress he needs to fix things up. ...
Wed Jul 3, 2024, 07:58 AM
Jul 2024

... I think the media almost played us into a disaster. We voters decide who our President is, not the hair on fire media.

StarryNite

(10,657 posts)
17. The media has been relentless.
Wed Jul 3, 2024, 09:19 AM
Jul 2024

One of my local 10:00 pm news programs last night went on and on about Biden and those calling for him to step aside. It lasted about 5 minutes out of their 30 minute newscast. They are definitely trying to manipulate the election in favor of tRump. It's disgusting.

 

Deek1935

(1,055 posts)
6. What people are doing is saying "IF Biden steps down..." but it is unhelpful. He is NOT stepping down over a debate.
Wed Jul 3, 2024, 08:07 AM
Jul 2024

GoCubsGo

(32,875 posts)
7. Thank you! As we all should be.
Wed Jul 3, 2024, 08:07 AM
Jul 2024

It boggles my mind that Joe's being asked to step down over a bad debate performance, while his opponent is getting a pass for things INFINITELY WORSE THAN THAT.

gab13by13

(24,588 posts)
10. Just imagine
Wed Jul 3, 2024, 08:23 AM
Jul 2024

If Joe Biden had;

Told people to drink bleach, some did.
Wanted to detonate a nuclear device into a hurricane.
Asked a doctor if it was possible to shine an ultraviolet light into peoples' bodies.
Had told the battery-powered boat/shark story.
Told the country not to worry about the Coronavirus, it will go away on its own.
Take horse paste to cure Covid.

Tell me again which candidate has mental issues?

GoCubsGo

(32,875 posts)
26. Yeah, and that is just a small sample of the minor stuff.
Wed Jul 3, 2024, 10:07 AM
Jul 2024

It doesn't even bring in the sexual assault and other criminal activities/charges/convictions. Including probable espionage against the United States.

mindfulNJ

(2,414 posts)
8. SAME
Wed Jul 3, 2024, 08:14 AM
Jul 2024

I am actually appalled by the lack of support here for a man who has done an absolutely stellar job as President. We need unity or we'll perish.

Ridin' with Biden.

NoMoreRepugs

(10,431 posts)
13. Fuck the purity police, the diction mavens, the cookie bakers, the go high when
Wed Jul 3, 2024, 08:52 AM
Jul 2024

they go low advocates - this is the LAST chance many of us will have to fight for our Democracy - Hell yes I’m in.

Seinan Sensei

(661 posts)
15. Whip and ride, bay-bee
Wed Jul 3, 2024, 09:05 AM
Jul 2024

Last edited Wed Jul 3, 2024, 04:24 PM - Edit history (1)

I'm on board.
Count me in.
Ready to "ride a hole in the wind"

johnnyplankton

(444 posts)
21. I'm taking a wait and see approach
Wed Jul 3, 2024, 09:33 AM
Jul 2024

Anyone who hasn't noticed a profound slowdown in Joe in the last year is not being honest with themselves. He is the best president of my lifetime, but I hope he steps aside IF his decline is real. Either way, I'll vote for whoever is at the top of the Democratic ticket.

ShazzieB

(18,404 posts)
32. The situation in 1964 wasn't exactly analogous to 2024, imo.
Wed Jul 3, 2024, 10:21 AM
Jul 2024

In 1968, LBJ decided not to run for reelection. He knew that if he stayed in, he was probably going to lose because of the escalation of the Vietnam War.

Bobby Kennedy was well on his way to winning the nomination that summer, but he was tragically assasssinated right after winning the California primary.

At the Convention, Johnson's VP, Humphrey, was picked to head the ticket. The Party was already split into 2 factions over the Vietnam War, and nominating Humphrey made things even worse. He was tainted in the eyes of antiwar Dems due to having been part of the Johnson administration, and Dems who strongly opposed the war were not enthused about voting for him. That's why we lost.

If Bobby Kennedy had lived, he would probably been nominated, and he would have had much broader support than Humphrey did. There's a good chance he would have won.

ShazzieB

(18,404 posts)
23. I'm with Biden, too.
Wed Jul 3, 2024, 09:40 AM
Jul 2024

But I hope all this talk of him taking himself out of the race dies down soon. It's unnerving.

hadEnuf

(2,612 posts)
35. The McGovern campaign dumped Thomas Eagleton as VP in 1972 for Sargent Shriver
Wed Jul 3, 2024, 10:36 AM
Jul 2024

because Eagleton had once been hospitalized for treatment of depression in the 1960's.

Doing that had a significant negative impact on McGovern's campaign too. Nixon won.


There is a precedent showing that dumping a candidate is indeed detrimental.

Bettie

(16,849 posts)
38. And the fact is, Republicans would NEVER
Wed Jul 3, 2024, 11:14 AM
Jul 2024

dump a candidate, they'd coalesce behind him as they did that orange man after every freaking criminal thing he did, they stood behind him in lockstep.

We need to do the same about the actually GOOD man we have as our President.

I wasn't all in on Biden in 2020, he wasn't even my 5th choice, but since then, he's been better than I could ever have imagined.

hadEnuf

(2,612 posts)
40. I agree.
Wed Jul 3, 2024, 12:58 PM
Jul 2024

Trump has a litany of outrageous statements, threats and has publicly spouted sentences of complete gibberish, and the GOP nor the media have barley batted an eyelash over it. Most of it while he was POTUS.

This obsession with Biden's screw up during that faux debate is beyond absurd.

sop

(11,078 posts)
33. Just playing devil's advocate here...
Wed Jul 3, 2024, 10:21 AM
Jul 2024

The most worrisome thing about all this "Biden isn't mentally fit" hysteria will be the intense scrutiny his every public appearance, speech and interview will receive for the next five months. The slightest gaffe or verbal misstep will send the step-down crowd into a frenzy. Who can withstand that?

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