Ragdoll X@lemmy.world to Leftism@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoThe Democratic party refused to understand that courting the right doesn't work, and now it's cost them the electionlemmy.worldimagemessage-square311fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down175
arrow-up1945arrow-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-22 months agomessage-square311fedilink
minus-squareEugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·2 months ago“But you had one with Biden and he appointed Harris so you chose that!!!”
minus-squareBlitzoTheOisSilent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·2 months 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-down1·2 months 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-up19·2 months 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.