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[–] Vari@lemm.ee 10 points 20 hours ago

Is Biden compromised or something? He doesn’t seem to realize that his name is fucking poison to dems and reps alike. Why is he so intent on fucking us over more? You destroyed us. Fuck off.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Oh Fuck Off you doddering old fool that gave us Trump.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 hours ago

Ah Americans blaming everyone but themselves who voted him in. Yes you might not have but as a whole the American people did or choose to sit out.

[–] ragingdachshund@lemm.ee 11 points 1 day ago

No. Thanks for your service blah blah blah, but his generation of limp dick, self serving moldy dinner rolls are what got us here in the first place. Take Chuck and Hakeem with you

You people really need to go and build a third party, one that actually is everything the republicans accuse the democrats of being.

[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 92 points 1 day ago

No. Please enjoy your retirement.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 85 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

The Bidens need to stay the fuck out. For good. You killed your own political dynasty, dipshit. Stay down.

Edit: Jesus fuck, what a complete tool:

Former President Joe Biden has told some Democratic leaders he’ll raise funds, campaign and do anything else necessary for Democrats to recover lost ground

Really? You’ll do anything to recover the ground YOU lost? Except keep your promise to not campaign for another term? Or listen to constituents instead of consultants? Or do anything meaningful to preemptively stop fascism? Or bow out of the presidential campaign when it becomes painfully obvious that you have neither the temperament or mental acuity for the situation at hand? Or relinquish control of a presidential campaign that isn’t yours anymore? Or-

You get the idea.

Stay down, Biden. Your “help” looks a whole fucking lot like leading lambs to the slaughter. Nobody wants you or your help.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes I heard he was Satan, and that's the sole reason people voted for rampant fascism by a kleptocrat. All his fault.

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[–] MisterOwl@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Fuck off, Joe. You've done enough damage. Go away.

[–] WorkersCorps@sopuli.xyz 42 points 1 day ago

Biden had his chance and squandered it by failing to build any trust with the voting public. We need a completely new generation of leadership and that includes house and senate leadership.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No. If you want to be useful, convince some other dinosaur Dems to retire.

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[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 17 points 1 day ago

This is all your fault. Go to the nursing home and stay there.

[–] EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago

He's likely not even aware that he was president.

[–] Dragod@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

The only way he could help is if he invented a time machine and went back in time to convince himself to announce he isn't going to pursue a second term in 2022. Or immediately stop supplying Israel with bombs after it became clear they weren't going to stop. Or better yet, go back to 2020 and don't screw Bernie out of winning the nomination. Selfish prick.

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 day ago
[–] frozenpopsicle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Holy shit! He's still alive?

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

Feinstein kept going years after her death.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The best thing he could do is be just as visible as an ex-president as he was while he was president...

Meaning the most I want to hear from that asshat is a few mumbled sentences between exiting a building and entering a vehicle, but I'd prefer to just never hear from him again.

Neoliberals have poisoned the party to the point that we'd all be better off if we never heard a squeak from them again

[–] CMLVI@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He can put sunglasses on for memes and shit. His sole purpose should just be pointing at current egg prices with no words spoken.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah, no. Your career ended during the debate.

[–] YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH@infosec.pub 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I’d argue his career ended when he decided that genocide was wonderful

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 3 points 20 hours ago

His Super predators speech in 1994. I don't much before that.

[–] EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

There is no genocide

The entire DNC

[–] Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Couldn't win against Trump. Nothing more needs to be said. It's pathetic.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 19 points 1 day ago

Kindly fuck off

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It physically hurts me to think about the number of times here, on this platform, people tried to gaslight us on this.

First it never happened.

Then, when we showed them the interview where he said it, we were told it was just "misconstruing" what Biden said.

Then, it wasn't a campaign promise.

Then, when in 2024 when Biden confirmed it was a campaign promise, it didn't matter, because "beating Trump" was too important; but if "beating Trump" was so important, then why were they insisting on sticking with Biden?

I just. Sometimes I can't even.

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[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

At last someone has answered the call for new, young leaders with fresh ideas.

[–] Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago

More neoliberalism isn't gonna fix jack shit. It'll barely float Canada for the next 4 years ffs.

[–] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

ITT thread - lots of folks downvoting the folks rightly condemning Biden, but strangely no one showing up to debate them. 🤔

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just to be pedantic on the internet, it's ITT: In This Thread. ITT thread is like saying ATM machine.

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Yeah, of course. The way forward is relying on failed gerontocrats.

[–] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The headline is disingenuously framed. He isn't saying he's gearing up for a presidential bid. He's saying he'll throw his weight in to build up support for the party. Idk that that'll do any good, but it isn't a bad thing for him to do necessarily.

He's an established guy who a lot of moderates and libs have historically liked. Plus, I guarantee he knows a lot of big money donors who he might be able to convince to put their money toward a more progressive candidate - that could be useful if he was willing to support a more progressive direction & agenda. Now will he do that or just insist on more of the same bullshit that ran the party into the ground...? Seems like he might not exactly have his finger on the dying pulse of american democracy, so to speak

[–] kobra@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day ago

Yeah I'm mostly in agreement with everyone that Biden ain’t it, but damn it’s nice to see a past president willing to help.

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[–] venotic@kbin.melroy.org 10 points 1 day ago

It's not the funding that's the problem, it's the credibility and trust that the Dems have cratered that needs repairing.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Yeah, we're good, you might actually hurt us if you help.

[–] thisphuckinguy@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Nope. Stay home

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