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Jack Valentino

(3,796 posts)
28. I agree that Joe Biden was unfairly railroaded out of the 1988 race...
Thu May 29, 2025, 10:52 PM
May 2025

However, you are misremembering the details--- the politician he had quote was a British Labor party member,
whom he had been quoting regularly and properly attributing the quote---
and the whole brouha was about the time when he again made the quote,
but in this one instance forgot to give attribution....


And yeah--- President Biden was probably too old for 2024,
but no party has successfully elected a new candidate
after failing to renominate their living incumbent president,
in about 100 years.... so it is quite natural that he would run again,
and that loyal party members like you and I would support his campaign!


Now all the 20-20 hindsight vision about whether he should have withdrawn,
and certain journalists and others trying to profit from that supposition is meaningless BULLSHIT---

It is water under the bridge, and misdirection, and irrelevant under the current circumstances...
and irresponsible wasted journalistic effort, considering what faces us now!


Instead of trying to create a scandal over whether the former leader "should have or shouldn't have",
they should be relentlessly exposing the current emperor, who is trying to become our immortal king
while setting fire to Rome at the same time...

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I'll not waste my time either dweller May 2025 #1
Very good! H2O Man May 2025 #3
Dang, H2O Man, you have done it again Easterncedar May 2025 #2
Thank you! H2O Man May 2025 #4
Another good piece. I do miss Brooklynite's input and think we eat our own too often. Silent Type May 2025 #5
Right. H2O Man May 2025 #6
Thx as always, H2O Man Hekate May 2025 #7
Thank you. H2O Man May 2025 #8
Thank you. Totally agree. A good man and he deserves lasting gratitude for the incredible work he did cleaning up EverHopeful May 2025 #9
Thanks! H2O Man May 2025 #15
I've always liked Joe Biden. He is a good man, and his presidential administration was among the best Martin Eden May 2025 #10
Exactly! H2O Man May 2025 #17
Very much appreciate that history, and the analogy! Martin Eden May 2025 #19
Great post! We need to keep SalviaBlue May 2025 #11
Thank you! H2O Man May 2025 #20
Agree. I just hate the way it went down. Patton French May 2025 #12
Thanks! H2O Man May 2025 #21
Good essay, and good points. yardwork May 2025 #13
Thank you. H2O Man May 2025 #22
Have you heard Joe Biden read the poem by Seamus Heaney? yardwork May 2025 #23
Yes! H2O Man May 2025 #27
Biden reminds us that there is good in humans. yardwork May 2025 #31
I have never spent a single moment Saoirse9 May 2025 #14
I remember when H2O Man May 2025 #24
K&R spanone May 2025 #16
Thank you. H2O Man May 2025 #25
K and R senseandsensibility May 2025 #18
Thanks! H2O Man May 2025 #26
I agree that Joe Biden was unfairly railroaded out of the 1988 race... Jack Valentino May 2025 #28
You are right! H2O Man May 2025 #29
Heh! That's funny... thanks Jack Valentino May 2025 #30
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