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In reply to the discussion: Has anyone suggested Biden resign immediately, since they are so concerned about him? [View all]slightlv
(7,770 posts)Every single individual who is running, or wants to get on the ticket individually, is old. 70+ years old. If the people of the US had a huge issue with this, it would have shown up in the primaries. It didn't, so therefore, all these johnny-come-latelys need to kick back and keep their mouths shut and opinions to themselves at this juncture. They had a choice to have their voice heard when it could have counted for something and didn't speak up. Kinda like the old line "should anyone here have a reason why these two people shouldn't be wed, speak now or forever hold your peace."
And I absolutely do not believe polls, and think anyone who's using these as "proof" of anything should look back at how bad the polls have been off since 2015, perhaps even back to 2008. We haven't had a "normal" presidential election for quite some time ("Normal" as in two white males in their 50s, as far as most of the casual public is concerned). I think there are actual environmental elements that skew the poles for some people, I also think they get skewed by those who are more partisan than fair, and I think they're skewed at the source by the type of questions asked and how they're phrased. Then, whatever the answer, that response is then skewed once again when it makes it into media. There's statistics and damned statistics. And you can make the numbers mean anything you want them to mean. And the media does, because the owners want their tax cuts!