I understand people are upset with the Israel/Palestine situation, and they wish Biden could do something about it. I wish that, too, but Israel is independent and Bibi is a bully and a murderer.
So by not voting for Biden, people will send a powerful message alright; the message is they want Trump elected. And then the Palestinian cause is totally dead.
With Biden there will be a future for Palestine. With Trump there is just more death and destruction.
I feel like Biden has lost the election already, and that it's mostly his fault, and that many Democrats in his cabinet are too timid to disagree with him on Gaza. I see so many people online (much older than the proverbial "young people") who are so angered by Biden's unyielding support for Israel's war they find themselves no longer able to support Biden in November. It's very depressing.
"It's not his critics that make him seem weak & feeble." Really?
So that the second by second daily barrage from the entire right-wing & far-left echo systems saying Biden is weak & feeble do not "make him seem weak & feeble" in the eyes of many low-information voters. WTF Dude? Should Biden be stronger, absolutely! Does your line help trump, absolutely! Do better!
Hey! You know what really helps trump come November? Continuing to arm the IDF as they raze Gaza while also shitting on a significant portion of your voting base (young folks, Arab folks, Muslim folks, various other non-ghouls who are rightfully opposed to the continuing aiding/abetting of a genocide). And also turning away from those voters (who, incidentally, helped get you elected in 2020) in favor of...um...Nikki Haley's voters.
If you don't think trump wouldn't be a million x worse, you are a fool. Tell people that. Nothing is going to constrain Netanyahu and the other far-right narcissists who have taken over Israel except their removal from power. Of course you would need to understand their history and psychology to know that.
It's really amazing how you people don't listen and, instead, continually (re)frame arguments like mine in incredibly disingenuous ways.
I didn't say trump wouldn't be worse or that we want him elected. That doesn't mean we don't criticize biden. It doesn't mean we shouldn't point out that he's shitting all over a significant portion of his voting base. And it for absolutely sure doesn't mean that we don't call him out as he aids/abets a fucking genocide.
Hello reframer. My only critique was about a toxic, black & white & dishonest subtitle. You like Jordan are trying to make it all about something else. Nice try though.
I promise you that me criticizing Biden in a newsletter is not what is going to hurt him. We can't pretend this isn't happening; he's slumping in polls and has a ghastly approval rating. A Substack urging him to pay attention to public perception isn't changing the minds of Americans.
Yeah, you're making it worse with your inaccurate black & white dispiriting of his voters & those on the fence by agreeing with all his critics, by putting it all on Biden. If your attack line was accurate there would be nothing to say, but it's Manichaeism BS. Hey, if that's you, you do you, but using such toxic language in that way vs. Biden is highly sus.
First, you ascribe far more power to my newsletter than it has, but I appreciate the vote of confidence.
It’s ludicrous and dangerous to say that we can’t discuss serious flaws in our candidate and just have to pretend everything is peachy. Silence won’t change minds.
There are five months until the election and Biden is severely struggling in the polls. Something — likely a lot of things — needs to change. Better to bring them up now than regret being so paranoid in late November.
Putting aside electoral politics, nobody deserves a free pass for aiding a genocide. We have to demand better of our leaders.
Everything is very much not peachy. Biden is sinking in the polls and I can't believe Democrats can't find another better candidate even this close to the election. An emergency Dem. candidate at this point might even put a positive jolt into the Democratic Party, which collectively right now seems pretty sad and grim. I wish a replacement could be put forward at the convention but now I just heard the nomination process will be virtual, so that's probably a way for Biden to circumvent any way for a replacement to occur at the convention. Or is it still possible? I think Biden has only a 25-30% chance of winning the election unless he does a major turnaround on support for Israel. That definitely should be discussed. It's no use pretending he isn't in serious trouble in this election right now.
"It’s ludicrous and dangerous to" keep saying I said anything close to "we can’t discuss serious flaws in our candidate and just have to pretend everything is peachy."
All I have said was your black & white (clickbait) and inaccurate sub-title is toxic to Biden & the defeat trump cause, & yet all you have done is build up this other strawman of falsely saying I said don't critique him.
I think it’s disingenuous to say that a title criticizing Biden for not keeping to his word on US support for genocide and suggesting that it will cost him the election is clickbait. It says exactly what’s in the article. You may not agree with it, but it’s not clickbait and it isn’t going to damage him even a microfraction as much as caving to Netanyahu is hurting him.
"I think it’s disingenuous" & ignorant to keep defending "It's not his critics that make him seem weak and feeble" when they attack him with that every day.
That fact & that you refuse to acknowledge you keep disingenuously conflating two separate things tells me you still have much to learn about logic & strategy, so goodbye & good luck.
Biden needs to come out more forcibly against what is happening in Gaza. It sure looks like genocide to me. And while I will still vote for Biden over fascist Trump I am not sending any money to his campaign until I see a change.
Yeah this. It sucks having a choice between two candidates who openly support a genocide abroad, where the "lesser of two evils" (such as it is) is the one who won't bring it home.
I understand people are upset with the Israel/Palestine situation, and they wish Biden could do something about it. I wish that, too, but Israel is independent and Bibi is a bully and a murderer.
So by not voting for Biden, people will send a powerful message alright; the message is they want Trump elected. And then the Palestinian cause is totally dead.
With Biden there will be a future for Palestine. With Trump there is just more death and destruction.
I feel like Biden has lost the election already, and that it's mostly his fault, and that many Democrats in his cabinet are too timid to disagree with him on Gaza. I see so many people online (much older than the proverbial "young people") who are so angered by Biden's unyielding support for Israel's war they find themselves no longer able to support Biden in November. It's very depressing.
"It's not his critics that make him seem weak & feeble." Really?
So that the second by second daily barrage from the entire right-wing & far-left echo systems saying Biden is weak & feeble do not "make him seem weak & feeble" in the eyes of many low-information voters. WTF Dude? Should Biden be stronger, absolutely! Does your line help trump, absolutely! Do better!
"Does your line help trump, absolutely!"
Hey! You know what really helps trump come November? Continuing to arm the IDF as they raze Gaza while also shitting on a significant portion of your voting base (young folks, Arab folks, Muslim folks, various other non-ghouls who are rightfully opposed to the continuing aiding/abetting of a genocide). And also turning away from those voters (who, incidentally, helped get you elected in 2020) in favor of...um...Nikki Haley's voters.
"Do better!"
You first!
If you don't think trump wouldn't be a million x worse, you are a fool. Tell people that. Nothing is going to constrain Netanyahu and the other far-right narcissists who have taken over Israel except their removal from power. Of course you would need to understand their history and psychology to know that.
I don't Trump being worse is the point for a lot of people. It's that they can't bring themselves to vote for a man who supports genocide.
It's really amazing how you people don't listen and, instead, continually (re)frame arguments like mine in incredibly disingenuous ways.
I didn't say trump wouldn't be worse or that we want him elected. That doesn't mean we don't criticize biden. It doesn't mean we shouldn't point out that he's shitting all over a significant portion of his voting base. And it for absolutely sure doesn't mean that we don't call him out as he aids/abets a fucking genocide.
Hello reframer. My only critique was about a toxic, black & white & dishonest subtitle. You like Jordan are trying to make it all about something else. Nice try though.
I promise you that me criticizing Biden in a newsletter is not what is going to hurt him. We can't pretend this isn't happening; he's slumping in polls and has a ghastly approval rating. A Substack urging him to pay attention to public perception isn't changing the minds of Americans.
Yeah, you're making it worse with your inaccurate black & white dispiriting of his voters & those on the fence by agreeing with all his critics, by putting it all on Biden. If your attack line was accurate there would be nothing to say, but it's Manichaeism BS. Hey, if that's you, you do you, but using such toxic language in that way vs. Biden is highly sus.
First, you ascribe far more power to my newsletter than it has, but I appreciate the vote of confidence.
It’s ludicrous and dangerous to say that we can’t discuss serious flaws in our candidate and just have to pretend everything is peachy. Silence won’t change minds.
There are five months until the election and Biden is severely struggling in the polls. Something — likely a lot of things — needs to change. Better to bring them up now than regret being so paranoid in late November.
Putting aside electoral politics, nobody deserves a free pass for aiding a genocide. We have to demand better of our leaders.
Everything is very much not peachy. Biden is sinking in the polls and I can't believe Democrats can't find another better candidate even this close to the election. An emergency Dem. candidate at this point might even put a positive jolt into the Democratic Party, which collectively right now seems pretty sad and grim. I wish a replacement could be put forward at the convention but now I just heard the nomination process will be virtual, so that's probably a way for Biden to circumvent any way for a replacement to occur at the convention. Or is it still possible? I think Biden has only a 25-30% chance of winning the election unless he does a major turnaround on support for Israel. That definitely should be discussed. It's no use pretending he isn't in serious trouble in this election right now.
"It’s ludicrous and dangerous to" keep saying I said anything close to "we can’t discuss serious flaws in our candidate and just have to pretend everything is peachy."
All I have said was your black & white (clickbait) and inaccurate sub-title is toxic to Biden & the defeat trump cause, & yet all you have done is build up this other strawman of falsely saying I said don't critique him.
I think it’s disingenuous to say that a title criticizing Biden for not keeping to his word on US support for genocide and suggesting that it will cost him the election is clickbait. It says exactly what’s in the article. You may not agree with it, but it’s not clickbait and it isn’t going to damage him even a microfraction as much as caving to Netanyahu is hurting him.
"I think it’s disingenuous" & ignorant to keep defending "It's not his critics that make him seem weak and feeble" when they attack him with that every day.
That fact & that you refuse to acknowledge you keep disingenuously conflating two separate things tells me you still have much to learn about logic & strategy, so goodbye & good luck.
Biden needs to come out more forcibly against what is happening in Gaza. It sure looks like genocide to me. And while I will still vote for Biden over fascist Trump I am not sending any money to his campaign until I see a change.
Yeah this. It sucks having a choice between two candidates who openly support a genocide abroad, where the "lesser of two evils" (such as it is) is the one who won't bring it home.