Ragdoll X@lemmy.world to Leftism@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-216 days agoThe Democratic party refused to understand that courting the right doesn't work, and now it's cost them the electionlemmy.worldimagemessage-square315fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down178
arrow-up1941arrow-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-216 days agomessage-square315fedilink
minus-squareEugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·15 days ago“But you had one with Biden and he appointed Harris so you chose that!!!”
minus-squareBlitzoTheOisSilent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·15 days 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-squareEugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·15 days 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.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·15 days agoMy ballot had two choices: Biden and uncommitted. I voted uncommitted. A primary with one name on the ballot is not a primary.
“But you had one with Biden and he appointed Harris so you chose that!!!”
“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!
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.
My ballot had two choices: Biden and uncommitted. I voted uncommitted.
A primary with one name on the ballot is not a primary.