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In reply to the discussion: Jon Stewart is spot on. [View all]jaxexpat
(6,878 posts)"....in a choice between Biden and tfg, any sane non-cultist will vote for Biden." That is the political calculation that Biden's administration made when they chose to have him run again in 2024 instead of his initial pledge/plan, "4 years and retire". In 2020, I don't think they ever seriously considered Trump would even run or stand a chance of winning in 2024, but when the reality of the "chances and stakes" of a second term Trump hit home every means to bring in the votes outweighed the hope of returning to an American electoral normalcy.
I think they gave the GOP more credit than it has earned. Even going so far as to allow delaying Trump' s prosecution for actionable felonies as a token of and for the purpose of detent and space to heal a troubled democracy. Miscalculations made in the hope of a reasonable reconciliation of power politics and industrial level political crime. This is "new wave" society in a poorly oxygenated atmosphere. Dumb looks normal. We didn't evolve to thrive in this environment.