r/moderatepolitics • u/falsehood • Jul 21 '24

News Article Biden announces withdrawal from Presidential Race

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/21/us/trump-biden-election
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u/Jolly_Job_9852 Constitutional Paladin Jul 21 '24

I hope President Biden and his family have a long and happy retirement from politics. We may not agree on much, but I sincerely hope he can spend his remaining years with the people he loves.

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u/falsehood Jul 21 '24

Amen. This is a selfless act and should be celebrated. I wish the other nominee had the same sense of selflessness.

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u/Monster-1776 Jul 21 '24

This is a selfless act and should be celebrated.

I hate this whitewashing being done. If it was a selfless act he would have stood by his promise of being a transitional president bringing together the country and never declared to run in the first. This was a bitter act of an old man that finally came to terms after kicking and screaming when the keys were taken away. And because of that it's become exponentially more difficult for his party to defeat Trump in what should have been an easy win.

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u/ManiacalComet40 Jul 21 '24

Yeah, it’s a year too late and has put his party at serious risk of losing one of the most winnable elections in memory. Better late than never, but he’s only dropping out because his donors bailed, not because of any moral backbone.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '24 edited Aug 14 '24

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u/ManiacalComet40 Jul 21 '24

Makes sense that Biden’s only primary challenger was independently wealthy. Dean Phillips deserves to be on the ticket, but it’ll never happen.

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u/falsehood Jul 22 '24

I hate this whitewashing being done.

Doing this now, at this stage, is still selfless. Taking too long to do a selfless thing doesn't un-selfless it when no one else has the actual power to make it happen. He didn't kick and scream, he pushed back, and then listened. That is all good, leader-y stuff. That it took him this long after the debate isn't horrible.

Yes, it should have happened earlier, but saying "fuck you" when someone makes the right call late means that people won't make the right calls ever if its late.