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43. Impossible to know

Wed May 14, 2025, 01:13 PM

May 2025

It's easy to say now that in January 2023, Biden should have said he wasn't seeking re-election. Democrats had just had one of the best midterm results for a incumbent president in ages (much better than Trump and Obama anyway...one has to go back to Bush's 2002 midterm for a similar result, and Clinton also got manhandled in 1994 so it shows that '02 was an aberration likely caused by the good feelings he got after 9/11), so it wasn't unreasonable for Biden to think he was set up nicely for a re-election.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] brush May 2025 OP

Woulda, coulda, shoulda. Why keep beating this dead horse? Ocelot II May 2025 #1

Yes. It is not as if there isn't enough in front of our faces happening now & about to happen. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2025 #4

I said flame away, and you did. brush May 2025 #7

Not a flame, which would be a strong and possibly insulting disagreement. Ocelot II May 2025 #26

Not to mention contributes to a diversion that's pretty convenient for TSF and his enablers and beneficiaries Alice B. May 2025 #37

no other horse? stillcool May 2025 #15

Need an emoji for beating a dead horse Hekate May 2025 #20

It is called Timewas May 2025 #21

True enough. brush May 2025 #29

absolutely NJCher May 2025 #53

Tell that to Jake Tapper et al. Mosby May 2025 #54

Seems to be the meme of the day around here today. nt woodsprite May 2025 #55

Agree Timewas May 2025 #2

I agree with you. And I love Joe and everything he's done for the country. bearsfootball516 May 2025 #3

I'll go another way, what IF this was stolen but by the "winner" regardless of opponent? That looks better than 0%? Brainfodder May 2025 #5

Trump also claimed 2020 was fixed EdmondDantes_ May 2025 #10

Agree ... obnoxiousdrunk May 2025 #6

Na, what really won the OrangeGenius the seat Tesha May 2025 #8

Also the Right has developed a very effective propaganda Vogon_Glory May 2025 #33

No flame from me. CrispyQ May 2025 #9

Me oo. An earlier handoff would've done it. brush May 2025 #11

I don't know that anyone could have beaten Keepthesoulalive May 2025 #12

I don't know. A different white male would've taken some white male votes from the criminal... brush May 2025 #31

He went into the different communities Keepthesoulalive May 2025 #44

Huh? There was no different white, male candidate. brush May 2025 #59

It takes a special talent to lie Keepthesoulalive May 2025 #63

Boxers, other sports figures, actors, politicians, and many others, never know when to hang it up. Silent Type May 2025 #13

Hindsight Homoudont May 2025 #14

It's impossible to say what would have happened. yardwork May 2025 #16

"There would've been no Palestininian Americans voting for trump to prove a point," Intractable May 2025 #17

Biden's policies would not have been the 2024 candidates policies... brush May 2025 #23

A Democratic candidate would be expected to be able to justify the policies of the current Democratic president. Intractable May 2025 #47

Candidates many times differ from previous candidates of their party. brush May 2025 #57

Agree 100%. He should have kept his word that he would be a 1 term POTUS. beaglelover May 2025 #18

Not flaming here. hamsterjill May 2025 #19

AOC is now coming on strong. Can she win the next nod and pull US together? Bonx May 2025 #22

She's getting there. Probably needs to gain a Ssenate seat first though. brush May 2025 #25

I guess we never learn, do we? Wingus Dingus May 2025 #28

No she can't RJ-MacReady May 2025 #39

No Keepthesoulalive May 2025 #45

Oh bother. The U.S.A. is an ugly place and always has been. hunter May 2025 #24

No flames from me. You're absolutly right. Autumn May 2025 #27

That decision was Joe's decision. Omnipresent May 2025 #30

If he had stepped down after one term, he wouldn't have been in the primarny. brush May 2025 #35

He didn't want to step down. Omnipresent May 2025 #42

we know that. That was not the premiss of the OP. brush May 2025 #60

I think that's what Biden meant when he took the blame for Trump's win. sop May 2025 #32

What difference does it make now? viva la May 2025 #34

flame away? meh. orleans May 2025 #36

Thanks OP for having the guts to say this on DU! I know a lot of Dems who agree. I love Biden and Wanderlust988 May 2025 #38

He should have stayed in, he would have won with the power of incumbency Blues Heron May 2025 #40

I agree with you, Brush, and........ Escape May 2025 #41

Impossible to know ITAL May 2025 #43

Joe had a very successful 4 years Cosmocat May 2025 #46

No flaming here BannonsLiver May 2025 #48

It's over, and there's nothing we can do about it, so why are you bothering? hatrack May 2025 #49

... Montauk6 May 2025 #50

I agree. Now let's drop this topic. AverageOldGuy May 2025 #51

It wouldn't have mattered kundalinisnake May 2025 #52

What did Democrats learn? SARose May 2025 #56

The DNC and the campaigns Bettie May 2025 #62

You are correct. But . . . phxjurist May 2025 #58

So, should our "go to" from now on be Bettie May 2025 #61