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MineralMan

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3. Yes, there are lessons to be learned from 1968.
Thu Jul 18, 2024, 01:19 PM
Jul 2024

An incumbent President withdrew from the race. The Democratic Convention was a clusterfuck. Humphrey wasn't popular enough to win. So, we got Nixon, and wasn't that just wonderful?

I was in the USAF at the time. I returned from my time in Turkey and was in the DC area when Nixon took office the next year. It was not a good time. It sucked, as a matter of fact.

Could that happen again. It absolutely could. If Biden withdraws and the convention becomes a clusterfuck again, we could very easily lose to Trump. And that would be the end of any chance we would have in the future to rid ourselves of a fascist-,leaning government.

Support Biden/Harris. That is our best choice to keep the White House. Force Biden out, and the convention is going to be a disaster. We have already had the primaries. Biden/Harris won dramatically. If we ignore that, we lose.

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