Joe Biden, Senator from Citibank (oops, DELAWARE), to Run for President

I would argue that now (or in this case a couple weeks ago) is the perfect time to say "you've got a ways to go to earn progressives' vote" in what might amount to a futile attempt to exert pressure. Especially now, six months is a fucking eternity. Why capitulate immediately unless you absolutely have to? As someone who's "no longer on the payroll", what's the urgency?

everyone who doesn't vote for joe biden should go to jail imo

No. I said nothing like that. But your saying that she is 'not answerable' for her public statements is in my view stupid. I'm saying I think her judgment in this is poor and reflects poorly on her. You have a problem with that. I don't.

I hate it when I behave stupidly by accurately stating the gap between my commitments and a politician's six months out from an election

it’s just no way to live

Joe Biden is a piece of shit

Yeah, but he's a not as bad piece of shit so I'm going to hold my nose and pull the lever for him.

like all our presidents

How one states that is subject to a great many shades and variations. I note her way was different than how you phrased it. Consider these alternatives:

"I find there is a gap between my commitments and Biden's, Therefore I have not decided at this time to endorse Biden for president".

"I find there is a gap between my commitments and Biden's, Therefore I have decided not to endorse Biden for president".

"I find there is an unbridgeable gap between my commitments and Biden's, Therefore I have decided not to endorse Biden for president".

All these 'accurately stating the gap between her commitments and a politician's six months out from an election'. They carry different meanings. As did the tweet she wrote.

I genuinely don't understand how those alternatives are any different or any better than her actual tweet

They carry different meanings. As did the tweet she wrote.

And they would all have been equally consequential

she was implicitly endorsing the idea of not voting for Joe Biden

not remotely

except for the THOU SHALT BOW DOWN crowd

Is there any room in here for an “I don’t fucking care what Bernie’s campaign staffers think” club? I’m thinking of starting one

I don't disagree tbh

Video👇🏻@ReadeAlexandra — is this your Mom’s voice? https://t.co/ospBhlKSvb pic.twitter.com/r5WsXJ2vQb

— Rich McHugh (@RichMcHugh) April 24, 2020

(reported confirmed in a reply)

This is my mom. I miss her so much and her brave support of me. https://t.co/okU80kqWAI

— taratweets ( Alexandra Tara Reade) (@ReadeAlexandra) April 24, 2020

I'm nowhere near this story, don't have a vote, but even I feel this dramatic.

Gray and Reade should definitely just shut up

feel like pure shit and just want him back

Find someone who looks at you like Jeffrey Epstein and @JoeBiden's top economic advisor look at each other. pic.twitter.com/73GYafb1Yn

— wokie from muskogee ☭ (@thereisonlypf) April 24, 2020

don't you guys understand, accepting people who run in such circles as a necessary part of our guvmint is "adult"

I can’t believe I have to say this, but please don’t drink bleach.

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) April 24, 2020

Joe drink that bleach. It's good for you, and you only.

don't expect Medicare4All either

Joe and Aimless disagree on drinking bleach

Joe and Aimless sitting on the beach
Disagree on drinking bleach

maybe one upside of this clown being the democratic nominee is that his name recognition (and laziness and fear of putting his foot in his mouth) are cause to limit campaigning and thus campaign spending. so maybe this'll help set a precedent for less $-intensive presidential campaigns in the "future".

It would work the opposite direction. If he can't do live events (because of dementia or coronavirus or etc.) that means more spending on ads.

man Groundhog Day is in that weird dark cycle now huh

yeah, we're in the montage, only it's regular speed. very disorienting

i was just thinking of that movie earlier today. it seems likely that this ordeal will boost it up into a critical consensus top 3 movie of all time

i believe reade's story.

it appears that democrats aren't going to hold biden accountable. maybe some want to, but it seems clear that the vast majority of us don't want to hear about it. it's exhausting and frustrating, after everything else, to end up with a candidate like this.

so now what?

it’s basically this or worse for the rest of your life because rich people who are sorta vaguely liberal can’t countenance the idea of a tax on Wall Street speculation or removing the FICA cap.

The Business Insider story published today is way more disturbing, and it's made me pause. We're gonna learn more.

As an example of how sordid our politics have become, the women who went on the record today said they'd vote for Biden over Trump.

Platform? Rules? We'll take care of those...

How Democracies Live. https://t.co/wXxJqh8LYt

— corey robin (@CoreyRobin) April 27, 2020

so glad I got to participate in this shitshow

what -- life?

an electric word, it means forever

you know the one -- president everything'll be alright

Joe Biden should drop out and let the convention nominate somebody

the elevator has been breaking down lately

Heard a rumour today taht Joe Biden drinks a heck of a lot and his blunders are a result of that.
Well hope there is a candidate who is well in November anyway.

Biden doesn't drink at all, not sure how long he's been sober though. And yes, I too wish he'd just drop out, considering it seems even more true now than it did two months ago that the specific Democratic candidate isn't going to matter a hell of a lot to the outcome of this election.

I thought he never drank

Nobody remembers the Suds Summit?

O wait Biden drank a non-alcoholic "Buckler." Lame.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Louis_Gates_arrest_controversy#";Beer_Summit"

Biden had O'Doul's, I think. Still the most embarrassing moment of the Obama presidency.

xpost ah i'm sure you're right, i didn't mean to imply he was an alcoholic and quit, i just knew he didn't drink now but wasn't sure if that was a lifelong thing or not. now i'm thinking i read that his dad was an alcoholic or something, and that's what put him off the stuff?

Biden should start visibly committing crimes just to see how long people stick with him as the lesser of two evils. Rob a Wendy’s in broad daylight. Carjack somebody

— california guy now (@InternetHippo) April 27, 2020

irony or ironies but i'd still vote for him if he shot someone on 5th Avenue.

irony OF ironies

Wiki

b.^ Obama had a Bud Light, Crowley had a Blue Moon, Gates had a Sam Adams Light and Biden, who does not drink alcohol, had a Buckler, which is a low-alcohol beer.[82] Some local brewers had lobbied for a Boston-based beer to be served; Obama is generally said to prefer Budweiser.[70]

Oh ffs, none of it is sinister but the whole thing just screams LAME

When I am president all meetings will begin with mandatory shots of JAMES. MUTHAFLIPPIN. BEAM.

as a nondrinker I will say Buckler is a really bad nonalcoholic beer even by that pretty sorry standard.