Ragdoll X@lemmy.world to Leftism@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-221 hours agoThe Democratic party refused to understand that courting the right doesn't work, and now it's cost them the electionlemmy.worldimagemessage-square269fedilinkarrow-up1822arrow-down169
arrow-up1753arrow-down1imageThe Democratic party refused to understand that courting the right doesn't work, and now it's cost them the electionlemmy.worldRagdoll X@lemmy.world to Leftism@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-221 hours agomessage-square269fedilink
minus-squareBlitzoTheOisSilent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·14 hours ago“I didn’t hear anyone calling for other candidates.” That was a response I got from a guy when I brought up the botched primary all thanks to Biden’s hubris. Like, no shit Sherlock, we couldn’t call for anyone else, there was no time!
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 hours agoMy ballot had two choices: Biden and uncommitted. I voted uncommitted. A primary with one name on the ballot is not a primary.
minus-squareEugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·13 hours agoBiden left his run so late they just appointed someone else and “that’ll do!” And then called us naive idealists for wanting… Checks notes democracy when the democracy is at stake.
“I didn’t hear anyone calling for other candidates.”
That was a response I got from a guy when I brought up the botched primary all thanks to Biden’s hubris.
Like, no shit Sherlock, we couldn’t call for anyone else, there was no time!
My ballot had two choices: Biden and uncommitted. I voted uncommitted.
A primary with one name on the ballot is not a primary.
Biden left his run so late they just appointed someone else and “that’ll do!”
And then called us naive idealists for wanting… Checks notes democracy when the democracy is at stake.