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LostOne4Ever

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22. I don't entertain such hypotheticals

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Wed Aug 14, 2024, 10:59 AM

Aug 14

It is a waste of time

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Does anyone on DU have lingering frustrations over Joe's decision? [View all] Septua Aug 14 OP

Nope. None. Zero. Joe is a hero! Funtatlaguy Aug 14 #1

I have placed Politico on my 'pay-no-mind' list EYESORE 9001 Aug 14 #2

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 14 #3

Yes, but i understand his decision getagrip_already Aug 14 #4

Same newdeal2 Aug 14 #12

Definitely Agreed on That Last Point! The_Counsel Aug 14 #85

Not sure the youth vote would moonscape Aug 14 #49

He probably wasn't going to win the election. BannonsLiver Aug 14 #74

Joe might well have lost the election. Harris has a much much better chance of winning. onenote Aug 14 #77

NO, but. . . . BigDemVoter Aug 14 #5

I am not fond of the way it all rolled out. nt Gore1FL Aug 14 #6

Same DeepWinter Aug 14 #25

Same here MustLoveBeagles Aug 14 #30

I agree. Ocelot II Aug 14 #51

Me, either Deminpenn Aug 14 #56

I'll never forget the 3 weeks of continuous media coverage. Duncan Grant Aug 14 #93

Just to address one point, and just my humble opinion. Susan Calvin Aug 14 #105

Great post XanaDUer2 Aug 15 #119

It's just Politico doing their Dems in dissarray stories servermsh Aug 14 #7

I'm still half convinced he engineered the way things fell out megapuzzler Aug 14 #8

Interestingly enough, my wife, who can't even vote in the USA, agrees completely DFW Aug 14 #88

Like You, I Get the Feeling Biden Had Been Playing Chess All Along. The_Counsel Aug 14 #90

Not sure if he engineered it - although I wouldn't be surprised TBF Aug 14 #92

If true Zeitghost Aug 14 #113

Oh, Politico Mysterian Aug 14 #9

NO. ProudMNDemocrat Aug 14 #10

ALLof this. ShazzieB Aug 14 #59

Not me, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 14 #11

Me too Doc Sportello Aug 14 #33

+100. nt MarineCombatEngineer Aug 14 #34

Yeah, was totally against this "experiment"...But oh well! Shades of 1968! LeftInTX Aug 14 #54

The whole thing was a setup. A good setup. So Biden could bow out gracefully and Harris could Srkdqltr Aug 14 #13

I would consider such deception to be worse sarisataka Aug 14 #28

No not at all. It looked authentic as it was supposed to. He is not obligated to tell everyone everything. Srkdqltr Aug 14 #38

I wasn't speaking of the execution of such a plan sarisataka Aug 14 #48

Sorry you feel that way. But this is reality not a reality show. And Harris was chosen as vp she was voted on Srkdqltr Aug 14 #52

I don't feel disenfranchised. Susan Calvin Aug 14 #107

I think that this was the strategy all along padfun Aug 14 #39

It was the debate that started everything into motion. MichMan Aug 14 #86

I would be 100% okay if he decided to stay in. Tommy Carcetti Aug 14 #14

Not in the slightest. Xavier Breath Aug 14 #15

I'm disappointed President Biden isn't younger as I wish I was younger. You can;t fight mother nature ImNotGod Aug 14 #16

It still pisses me off that people didn't support him.... lastlib Aug 14 #17

How does a story like this get written? "Sources" in the White House say.... Bucky Aug 14 #18

I see someone as already left us...clickbait... Demsrule86 Aug 14 #19

I dare you to find ANYONE ELSE who could have made the country move ahead with such polarization. Conjuay Aug 14 #20

I agree except that the head of the new ticket would not have been my first choice. LoisB Aug 14 #70

Fuck no. Voltaire2 Aug 14 #21

I don't entertain such hypotheticals LostOne4Ever Aug 14 #22

100%. They did Joe dirty. Self Esteem Aug 14 #23

Yes. Desert grandma Aug 14 #73

You're wrong about Pelosi Zoomie1986 Aug 16 #125

Did you read your own text? Self Esteem Aug 16 #129

I'm more upset how it was handled by TPTB Mad_Machine76 Aug 14 #24

I am still angry about how he was treated wryter2000 Aug 14 #26

I'm Sicilian. We keep our family business to our selves and do not talk about our business to Ninga Aug 14 #87

I'm sure the convention will go crazy when he appears wryter2000 Aug 14 #96

With Joe's decision, no. With the way it happened, yes. HelpImSurrounded Aug 14 #27

I don't buy what Politico is trying to sell. Joe would not hold bad feelings against those advisors. sinkingfeeling Aug 14 #29

I think it worked out. How we got here was unacceptable. ms liberty Aug 14 #31

No. He made the right choice. I was peeved that the criticism of him was so public. Vinca Aug 14 #32

Yes. marble falls Aug 14 #35

I don't have a lingering frustration but I do have a lingering sadness peggysue2 Aug 14 #36

President Biden is a highly effective executive but he's a terrible politician. Yavin4 Aug 14 #37

Bologna, i think we will find it went just the way it was engineered. Srkdqltr Aug 14 #40

All data that we're seeing support my position Yavin4 Aug 14 #42

Yes that is why the did it. If, infact it was done that way. Whatever. Srkdqltr Aug 14 #46

This is just an awful take. Self Esteem Aug 14 #45

Joe Biden will forever be an American legend and hero! Greybnk48 Aug 14 #41

Absolutely Zero, Zip, None, Nada, No Concerns or regrets. I'm flying over the moon with joy msfiddlestix Aug 14 #43

No. Joe did the right thing. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 14 #44

Nope Lulu KC Aug 14 #47

Not at all. if..fish..had..wings Aug 14 #50

That's the bottom line. Septua Aug 16 #123

Comment to Politico, bullshit. JohnSJ Aug 14 #53

I don't know if this article is correct and Biden harbors animosity but IF it's true, Wanderlust988 Aug 14 #55

Yes Raven123 Aug 14 #57

It's done. Think. Again. Aug 14 #58

No, but I was annoyed at the ageism that helped drive it Clash City Rocker Aug 14 #60

I hate to even comment on Politico clickbait woulda, coulda, shoulda's, but ... usonian Aug 14 #61

Supported Joe 100% until his decision to step down Blue Owl Aug 14 #62

I hated to see Joe go... RexHard Aug 14 #63

Post removed Post removed Aug 14 #64

ridiculous article Cirsium Aug 14 #65

That moment in the debate where he lost track of his thoughts must have been the deciding point for him. CTyankee Aug 14 #66

I couldn't believe it XanaDUer2 Aug 14 #81

Well, we didn't know that Harris would be such a smash hit (or at least I didn't know). What a nice surprise! CTyankee Aug 15 #117

I think he is relieved and is a hero. 33taw Aug 14 #67

Yes, I do. I am really peeved. I will vote for the Democratic ticket but certainly not as enthusiastically as I would LoisB Aug 14 #68

Did Joe say this Keepthesoulalive Aug 14 #69

Fuck the gossip-mongers at Politico. I didn't like the way the situation was handled, Ocelot II Aug 14 #71

Hell NO! beaglelover Aug 14 #72

This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver Aug 14 #75

No. obnoxiousdrunk Aug 14 #76

It's a "No" from Me, Dawg.... ;-) The_Counsel Aug 14 #78

No Kaleva Aug 14 #79

I love Joe, and he was treated poorly... Happy Hoosier Aug 14 #80

If the problem with Pelosi is, as stated in the article, I'm with Pelosi. onenote Aug 14 #82

No wendyb-NC Aug 14 #83

Why raise this now? iemanja Aug 14 #84

No claudette Aug 14 #89

The only thing that bugs me is that it seemed necessary RidinWithHarris Aug 14 #91

I don't like 14 million dem primary voters being disenfranchised GoreWon2000 Aug 14 #94

More with the mainstream media than us mvd Aug 14 #95

I'm frustrated by the fact that it looked like big money contributors call the shots in the Democratic party as much as lees1975 Aug 14 #97

NO Skittles Aug 14 #98

I think Joe deserved 4 more years but kansasobama Aug 14 #99

I think DU should stop believing anything Politico says. It is a trashy tabloid. emulatorloo Aug 14 #100

Nope proud patriot Aug 14 #101

Joe is smelling like a rose. Take the win and retire. You earned it. n/t brewens Aug 14 #102

I feel nothing but relief. Sky Jewels Aug 14 #103

No I feel compassion for him with his tough decision Tree Lady Aug 14 #104

No, although I wish the pressure had been more behind the scenes democrattotheend Aug 14 #106

No. For the sake of unity, I'll leave it at that. nt ecstatic Aug 14 #108

Joe Biden is a good man and an excellent President. BlueTsunami2018 Aug 14 #109

I supported Biden right to the end calguy Aug 14 #110

No. Not even a little. Glamrock Aug 14 #111

No. Further having come to learn how far behind he was, and likely to not win, LizBeth Aug 14 #112

i am sad the teevee gnewz made it necessary. they'd whine forever + a day + aid trump winning. pansypoo53219 Aug 15 #114

He absolutely made the right decision. We very likely would have lost. Celerity Aug 15 #115

Absolutely not Takket Aug 15 #116

Nope. dalton99a Aug 15 #118

I was tremendously relieved that he could do his actual job without being forced to go around the betsuni Aug 15 #120

Joe was an "emergency" president in 2020 kentuck Aug 15 #121

Not at all. mucholderthandirt Aug 15 #122

Oh, please. Some sources are ALWAYS grasping for democratic discord. FlyingPiggy Aug 16 #124

It is what it is. RandySF Aug 16 #126

It's an indeterminate state at the moment: Harris wins, it was the right decision; RockRaven Aug 16 #127

Yes because Joe has admitted he was frustrated about being pushed out of the race by Nancy Pelosi and others. CentralMass Aug 16 #128