▲ 1609 ▼ Joe Biden ends re-election campaign (www.bbc.com) submitted 2 years ago by MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk to c/news@lemmy.world 904 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 65 points 2 years ago (2 children) If 34 felonies, rape, insurrection, etc. Didn't sway people Im not sure age is the thing that'll turn them around. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, but just think of all the clips we can show of Faux News talking heads saying someone in their 80s is too old for President, and do the ol' switcharoo permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago It isn't going to sway the MAGAs, but it could be effective on independents and maybe even some of the people that voted for Nikki Haley in the GOP primaries. There was a poll that said most people wanted someone other than Biden running. That was the headline, but in the same poll most people also said they didn't want Trump running either. Well the Democrats did what people wanted... will the GOP do the same? Of course they won't. This flips the script in ways we haven't even thought of yet. permalink fedilink source parent [–] JimSamtanko@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago Yup. It had nothing to do with his age. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, but just think of all the clips we can show of Faux News talking heads saying someone in their 80s is too old for President, and do the ol' switcharoo permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago It isn't going to sway the MAGAs, but it could be effective on independents and maybe even some of the people that voted for Nikki Haley in the GOP primaries. There was a poll that said most people wanted someone other than Biden running. That was the headline, but in the same poll most people also said they didn't want Trump running either. Well the Democrats did what people wanted... will the GOP do the same? Of course they won't. This flips the script in ways we haven't even thought of yet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago It isn't going to sway the MAGAs, but it could be effective on independents and maybe even some of the people that voted for Nikki Haley in the GOP primaries. There was a poll that said most people wanted someone other than Biden running. That was the headline, but in the same poll most people also said they didn't want Trump running either. Well the Democrats did what people wanted... will the GOP do the same? Of course they won't. This flips the script in ways we haven't even thought of yet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JimSamtanko@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago Yup. It had nothing to do with his age. permalink fedilink source parent