Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
by nataliste on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @11:55AM
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Dean Philips attempted to primary Biden on the basis of age and low favorability. The media shut him out.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
by mtswish on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @12:46PM
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The media didn't shut him out, no one would have voted for that guy.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
by nataliste on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @02:13PM
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The media and the party had many opportunities to deal with Biden's age. They didn't. And yes, they did shut out Dean Philips, on the basis of exactly this kind of "he's an unknown, therefore unelectable." Well, they went with a known, and now they're paying for it.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
by dsubburam on Thursday November 07, 2024 @01:16AM
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Tip: It is Dean Phillips. Not Dean Philips.
I made that mistake too recently.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
by xienze on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @05:40PM
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> I think there was just a murmur[1] of Biden's problems before the catastrophic debate.
Before the debate, anyone talking about Biden’s obvious decline was dismissed as a right wing troll parroting Russian propaganda.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
by aguaviva on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @06:19PM
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No they weren't. It was discussed quite openly with no backlash at all, e.g.:
https://www.vox.com/politics/2024/2/8/24066529/biden-special...
This is why it's important for the media to hold politicians' feet to the fire - even if they agree with them. I think there was just a murmur[1] of Biden's problems before the catastrophic debate. Imagine if the media had been hammering the administration on this point 6 months prior.
[1] https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13102973/New-York-T...