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In reply to the discussion: What Jon Stewart said tonight - video that's painful to watch - and what Jo from Jerz said in response (brava) [View all]Xolodno
(7,378 posts)21. I get what he is saying, however....
...its way too late to replace Biden. Campaigns at the national stage start almost two years prior. You just can't substitute someone this late in the game. Should Biden lose to Trump, DU will be a hot bed of "we should have replaced him". No, either way, we will still have lost.
But I'll say it again, keeping this crap in the media front is pointless. Move on and get ready to fight another day. You can't win battles you have already lost.
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What Jon Stewart said tonight - video that's painful to watch - and what Jo from Jerz said in response (brava) [View all]
highplainsdem
Jul 2024
OP
Although I emphatically disagree with his sentiment, he is incredibly entertaining and clever
ColinC
Jul 2024
#4
The world and reality aren't the same. I think he's like many people from that period.
Silent Type
Jul 2024
#5
Speaking of G.W. Bush, there were whole books of his Bushisms and bizarre speaking stylings.
betsuni
Jul 2024
#10
Don't know why anyone thinks this is new. He's been a firm Both Sides believer for a long time.
betsuni
Jul 2024
#11
It started during the Obama administration, by the time he ended the show I noticed
betsuni
Jul 2024
#18
"Authoritarianism and Donald Trump aren't the only threats our democracy faces."
betsuni
Jul 2024
#15
Most progressive policies, most diverse administration ever -- *poof* disappears because same as 2016,
betsuni
Jul 2024
#19
If Trump's been off the chart for years but Biden isn't anywhere near that on any level, what's
betsuni
Jul 2024
#26
No Democrat is going to magically "inspire" voters, though. That's a 2016 populist myth about flawed candidates
betsuni
Jul 2024
#46
Uh-huh, Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal - that 'Democratic' bastion of 'liberal thought.'
emulatorloo
Jul 2024
#43
Yes, not funny because absurd obviously false equivalencies. A weird fantasy world.
betsuni
Jul 2024
#30
You've never said the wrong name by mistake and failed to catch the mistake at the time?
highplainsdem
Jul 2024
#49