Trump and Biden make each others candidacies possible

Thursday, July 11, 2024

Wildly unpopular with much of the American public and blatantly unsuited to the office of the presidency to which both men hope to be reelected, Donald Trump and Joe Biden both seem ripe to be replaced by younger, more competent candidates who evoke less popular revulsion. But while Biden in particular may yet be shuffled aside to make room for somebody else, they currently exist in a state of political symbiosis. Biden and Trump may hate each other, but each owes a strong measure of his political viability to the failings of his opponent.

Posted by sitzkrieg at 02:21 PM | 4 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry |

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Of course, the real problem here isn't just the candidates, but parties and a political system that deliver such flawed options to a nation of 330 million people. If the best they can come up with are people who are viable political contenders only because they balance each other's awfulness, a better means of winnowing political hopefuls is in order, as is wider access to the ballot for potential contenders. Until then, we're stuck with options that few want. May the less terrible choice, if such one is, win.

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Idiotic. Fat Donnie Felon exists on his own.

#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-07-11 02:35 PM | Reply

Reminds me of something Trevor Noah (?) said back in 2016 before the election. That Trump and Hillary were the only ones who could possibly lose to the other.

#2 | Posted by censored at 2024-07-11 10:14 PM | Reply

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Trump and Biden make each others candidacies possible
Neither would be viable contenders for office in the absence of such a disliked opponent.

This sad state of affairs "has been made possible" since 2016... and "brought to you by" the Republican and Democratic parties.

Of course, the "brilliant minds" in "smoke-filled rooms" didn't have the greatest record but, at least for the most part, managed to keep the "extremists" and "unelectable" outside the gate.

A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies - Oscar Wilde
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#3 | Posted by CutiePie at 2024-07-12 05:31 AM | Reply

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#2 | Posted by censored at 2024-07-11 10:14 PM
Reminds me of something Trevor Noah (?) said back in 2016 before the election. That Trump and Hillary were the only ones who could possibly lose to the other.

IIRC, at the end of primaries in 2016 the only other option was Bernie Sanders, who would be [beaten] even worse. At least, Trump and Hillary! had a parity of awfulness.

We may be ending up with "Weekend at Bernie's II" anyway, with Kamala in the wings being a "lead balloon" for many voters... but at this point she probably cannot be replaced on the ticket, without even bigger calamity.
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#4 | Posted by CutiePie at 2024-07-12 06:03 AM | Reply