Does anyone on DU have lingering frustrations over Joe's decision?

[Duncan Grant]

93. I'll never forget the 3 weeks of continuous media coverage.

I believe now is the time to support the Harris campaign (and I enthusiastically do). My questions about recent events in the Democratic Party can wait until after the election. I’m not going to discuss it further in this thread.

I never thought I’d see a publicly orchestrated campaign to remove an incumbent nominee. Anyone who keeps an eye on “systems of power” should have serious questions about it and consider the implications. We did not witness a grass roots effort to remove Joe Biden. Let’s understand and acknowledge the energy expended to accomplish that.

The network facilitated punditry (hour after hour after hour…) against Biden was calculated. Who within the beltway was turning those screws? It takes powerful people to remove a party’s nominee. Who recruited them? The New York Times never called for trump to drop out, but they required Joe Biden to step aside. Wtf? Why did AOC warn us about an open convention? How did the unprecedented fundraising on day 1, derail the open convention and the deal making that took place during the preceding 3 weeks? And there’s so much more…

Obviously, important things can be done. Why haven’t these previously unseen forces coalesced before? Why haven’t they directed their power at the minimum wage? Gun violence? Racism? Homelessness?

I think the answer is obvious.

(Btw, I remember how equal marriage was manifested. It was Joe Biden. That event was the antithesis to what I witnessed in recent weeks.)