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Blue Cape

(351 posts)
Thu Jul 18, 2024, 02:59 PM Jul 2024

I will vote for the nominee

then I am out. I won't be a Republican. I won't be a prep-crypto-techno boy's water carrier either.

Donors upended the will and hard work of 14 million Democratic primary voters.

Not sure there is a rebuilding for that.

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I will vote for the nominee (Original Post) Blue Cape Jul 2024 OP
I will vote on election day... Democrat all the way as always. FarPoint Jul 2024 #1
A write-in for Biden will be the same as a vote for Trump... regnaD kciN Jul 2024 #2
And they know it. It's not accidental or unintentional. Lancero Jul 2024 #3
No...it's a vote for Biden/Harris... FarPoint Jul 2024 #4
OK, how about a vote to ensure TSF wins? yagotme Jul 2024 #6
Who is TSF? FarPoint Jul 2024 #8
The Slob Father? Lancero Jul 2024 #9
Ohhh, okay.... FarPoint Jul 2024 #11
Lancero's answer, or... yagotme Jul 2024 #12
That's the same as voting for Trump. Elessar Zappa Jul 2024 #5
Same. And I'll do it with enthusiasm. BannonsLiver Jul 2024 #7
Can we stop with the idea that is driven by donors? BlueCheeseAgain Jul 2024 #10
Talking to who? hamsterjill Jul 2024 #13
It's not left out. BlueCheeseAgain Jul 2024 #15
All good questions. hamsterjill Jul 2024 #16
All the commentary about big money pushing this... It's all very Nina Turner-esque. Lancero Jul 2024 #17
Sure, we all might as well participate. bluesbassman Jul 2024 #14

FarPoint

(14,765 posts)
1. I will vote on election day... Democrat all the way as always.
Thu Jul 18, 2024, 03:12 PM
Jul 2024

I am thinking, maybe there will be a lot of write-ins for Biden...maybe even me????

FarPoint

(14,765 posts)
11. Ohhh, okay....
Thu Jul 18, 2024, 03:23 PM
Jul 2024

I seriously doubt I will have to write in Biden/Harris as I truly believe Joe Biden will be on the ballot and he is not dropping out...

tRump/Vance will NOT win..... we will have 4 more years Biden/Harris.

Just relax, hang in there...things for Biden will go great in early September forward....

BannonsLiver

(20,595 posts)
7. Same. And I'll do it with enthusiasm.
Thu Jul 18, 2024, 03:19 PM
Jul 2024

No taking my ball and going home because I’m not getting exactly what I want.

BlueCheeseAgain

(1,983 posts)
10. Can we stop with the idea that is driven by donors?
Thu Jul 18, 2024, 03:23 PM
Jul 2024

It's not good-- not good at all-- that donors seem to have outsized influence, but none of this would be happening if polls showed Dem voters were still behind Biden. Unfortunately, they show the opposite-- most want a different nominee.

I don't think anyone can be sure of what the best chance for victory is. I certainly don't. But in talking offline with people, it's clear many of them are really, deeply worried that we're on track to lose. That's what's driving all of this.

hamsterjill

(17,577 posts)
13. Talking to who?
Thu Jul 18, 2024, 03:26 PM
Jul 2024

And just who do they think would do better than Biden? That’s the part that is always left out.

They certainly have someone in mind, don’t they?

And I totally believe this is a manipulated effort on the part of big money.

BlueCheeseAgain

(1,983 posts)
15. It's not left out.
Thu Jul 18, 2024, 03:31 PM
Jul 2024

Some say Harris. Some want it to be decided at the convention.

If it's a manipulated effort, why did they wait so long? What did Biden do in the last three weeks that suddenly made them stop their support?

hamsterjill

(17,577 posts)
16. All good questions.
Thu Jul 18, 2024, 03:42 PM
Jul 2024

I don’t think Biden has done anything that should negate him as the nominee. I think he may have pissed off some elites and this is their payback. Clooney comes to mind.

They say it’s his age yet they could have calculated his age on any given day.

Makes one go “hmmmmm” doesn’t it?

bluesbassman

(20,384 posts)
14. Sure, we all might as well participate.
Thu Jul 18, 2024, 03:30 PM
Jul 2024

The way things are shaping up the odds are this will be the last free and fair election we get. Project 2025, Trumps appointees, and a six member GOP majority on the USSC all under 60 will ensure that.

But yeah, I'll vote for whoever the oligarchs, power brokers, and celebrities want to install as the Democratic nominee.

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