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minus-squareMatty Roses@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·8 hours agoHaving seen it with Gore, Kerry, Obama (post win), Clinton, and now Harris, it’s not a single mistake. The Dems would always prefer to lose to the right than win to the left. Biden had COVID, so it’s just outside the norm.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 hours agoRight, because there is no proper left in this country, and Democrats are centrists who want to continue the status quo
minus-squareMatty Roses@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agoYup, and so they ratchet in what the right has done. As the status quo is not a static thing.
Having seen it with Gore, Kerry, Obama (post win), Clinton, and now Harris, it’s not a single mistake. The Dems would always prefer to lose to the right than win to the left.
Biden had COVID, so it’s just outside the norm.
Right, because there is no proper left in this country, and Democrats are centrists who want to continue the status quo
Yup, and so they ratchet in what the right has done. As the status quo is not a static thing.