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[–] [email protected] 428 points 5 months ago (13 children)

I'll say just one thing:

Every single one of you assholes who wouldn't shut up about him stepping down since the dude missed the toilet bowl fifty years ago after a particularly wild night out better sure as fuck step up now that Old Joe has stepped down.

A sitting god damned President of the United States has stepped aside less than half a year before reelection. Make no mistake: The man swallowed his pride and ego HARD to make this decision. Let's honor that by creating a wall of votes so god. damned. thick. Riley Reid would gasp.

[–] [email protected] 101 points 5 months ago

Am one of those "assholes". Kamala was far from my favorite candidate in 2020, but I just donated a hefty (for me) chunk of change and will be volunteering. I didn't need perfection, just a feasible path to victory in November and now we have it. I'm so pumped right now, project 2025 no longer looks like an inevitability. LFG!

[–] [email protected] 48 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Riley Reid: Oh god you're going to make me vote

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

I'm voting at haaaaarrd

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Nothing's going to make her vote at this point, she's just imitating it to please you.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'll be there in November!

Side note, maybe we can have Riley Reid for the candidate?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Unironically better candidate.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Younger, healthier, charismatic, great on camera, focused in stressful situations. Also, she'll be great at dealing with congress because she is so experienced with dicks and assholes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Being a self-made person through honest work would be frankly enough compared to an oligarch and a career politician.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

"I'm Riley Reid and I (moans) approve this big, fat, thick message"

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

People are now saying Trump is winning because Joe step down. Like the fuck you guys want lmao

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (3 children)

It took pretty much the entire Democratic party calling for him to step down before he would.

He came out and said multiple times that he wasn't going anywhere. He was forced out.

[–] [email protected] 84 points 5 months ago (2 children)

He came out and said multiple times that he wasn’t going anywhere

This was always going to be one of those things where "despite saying 8 hours ago that he was committed to the election and was not going to drop out, he has now dropped out". You're never going to see someone in these situations say "eh might drop out, not sure"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Exactly this. I knew all along that if Biden dropped out, it would be going from "I'm in this 100%" to "I'm out for the good of the nation" without anything in between. You can't do anything but that in politics, because a wishy-washy 'we're evaluating what's best for the country' would be the death of his campaign, and he'd have no choice besides "I'm out" at that point. Might as well just rip the bandaid off and go straight to "I'm out" without any intermediary steps. Be fully invested until you make the decision you can't be anymore.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

You see it in sports all the time. "I'm dedicated to finding a good contract to stay in this city" then they sign a new contract with a new team.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Didn't he also get Covid last week?

[–] [email protected] 35 points 5 months ago

Wouldn't surprise me if that's what sealed the deal for him.

I mean the deadlines are closing and having to fight to even stay in the race while president of the U.S. and recovering from an illness is not something anyone looks forward to.

Frankly I hope he can catch a break for a bit, and enjoy a pension after all this is over.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago

That's what was said, but it wouldn't surprise me if that was just cover to plan and execute this maneuver

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago

So what.

The point is, it's time to unite behind a candidate and look like we want to win.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I am one of those assholes. Once the DNC formally endorses a candidate I'll donate to their campaign.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

man swallowed his pride and ego HARD to make this decision.

Should anyone care about his pride and ego?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago

Damn fucking straight! We had to hear gEnOciDe jOe for months, then “but hE’s OooooLd!”

No excuses.

[–] sudo -2 points 5 months ago

wouldn’t shut up about him stepping down since the dude missed the toilet bowl fifty years ago

Thats one way to to phrase giving unconditional support for genocide and then completely blue-screening during a debate.