Well, the poster I was replying to (who wasn’t you) was pointing out the mini-primary as an opportunity to avoid Biden and Harris and pick someone with no chance in the general election, but who passed their Progressive purity tests. I was pointing out that the “mini-primary” is just a rebrand of the same convention roll call among delegates that the party already uses, to make it sound more inclusive. And most of those delegates were picked by the Biden campaign.
You’re missing my point entirely. The party is not going to move further left all of a sudden. Moderates get what they want because there are more of them in the party, and also the the mythical “Swing Voter” who prophecies say will swing the election will be a moderate, once we find one.
And this “mini-primary” is not really what you think it is, the delegates to the convention are already set and pledged to Biden (for now). Those delegates will be voting on the nominee, who will either be Biden or his hand-picked successor. Those delegates will not vote for Mayor Pete or AOC, no matter how badly progressives want it.
Biden’s candidacy is not in jeopardy because of his moderate policies, it’s because time has caught up with him. If he backs out, his replacement will not be any less moderate. Get over it. There will be no progressive White Knight to sweep the country out of the Jaws of Capitalism.
Obligatory XKCD:
Well, this person thinks it’s important, and it is.
Psst: a “mini-primary” is just an election among DNC delegates. You know, the thing they have to do anyway. And 99% of those delegates were named by Biden’s campaign, and will do what he directs them to do.
It might generate a televised debate, but all that will do is show off the back bench of the party for 2032 (or 2028 if Harris loses). If Biden backs out, Harris will be the nominee, and no amount of Progressive whining will change that.
Moderate Democrats are like vegetables, nobody really looks forward to them but they give you energy to fight Fascism. Eat your peas!
You know that it’s gotten bad when the GOP has adopted Dark Helmet’s platform.
Evil will always triumph, because Good is dumb.
That’s exactly what I would expect him to say, until he drops out, at which point I would expect him to say that it was his plan all along.
Definitely not Kamala fucking Harris, the most hated VP in decades.
Say what, now? All this tells me is you’re too young to remember Dick Cheney, or the other guy who failed the spelling bee. (In fairness, though, Quayle wasn’t so much hated as he was ignored, like your little brother.)
We don’t have to prepare for it, it’s already happening, at least on Lemmy.
Because they probably watched the same disaster of a debate that I did.
I guess the Tour De France likes their Swiss money
Boebert is the one calling her a DEI hire, meanwhile Jean-Pierre has a Masters degree from Columbia and years of relevant experience.
These people are committing the Cardinal Sin of interacting with Donald Trump, though: telling him what to do. There’s a tiny chance that even if he is elected, he might fully ignore this list out of spite.
If you want Trump to do something, you need to convince him that it was his idea all along.
Do you say she’s not very good because you think she’s unqualified?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karine_Jean-Pierre
It seems to me she has a well-developed resumé, she has held several key posts in Democratic campaigns before landing the Press Secretary gig. She appears to be objectively qualified for her job. Much more so than
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Boebert
Who owned a bunch of restaurants before running for office. Her main qualification semes to be that she talked some shit to an ex-member of the Cult of the Dead Cow. But the only vetting process she went through was an election.
Our President understands the grave threat this movement poses, and will do everything in his power to fight for democracy , right after his nap.
Maybe they’ll put that on his tombstone after President-for-life Trump has him executed as an “Official Act”
Sexist enough that a woman who no one likes won the popular vote in 2016. …
Maybe the Lord Almighty needs to step in and exercise His ultimate veto…
Then you’re probably better off linking those sources directly
Ok. My bad on that. I lose track of all the unrealistic people here.
But regardless, the “mini-primary” is just branding for what the convention does anyway. Delegates have always picked the nominee. Some congressman floated that as an excuse to have a public debate, which will be held solely to show us all how awesome Harris is, and perhaps to help her pick her running mate. But the delegates will always have the last word, and they have already been chosen.