YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoBiden raised nearly as much money as all the Republican candidates combined, showing the power of the somebody-other-than-Trump votewww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkBiden raised nearly as much money as all the Republican candidates combined, showing the power of the somebody-other-than-Trump votewww.businessinsider.comYoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareSlagathor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIt’s really crazy that the “somebody other than Trump” campaign approach has endured for ~4 years. I don’t have the words to describe how far the credibility of the United States has fallen in my lifetime. I remember when Dan Quayle misspelled potato, and poof, his career was over. Now you have a criminal reality TV star running for reelection.
minus-squarePhilolurker@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoYou don’t even have to go that far back. Howard Dean’s enthusiastic-but-awkward yell was such a non-issue, and it still ruined his whole campaign.
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt was even more of a non issue than you think. The clip that went around had the audience noise removed to make it seem more awkward than it was.
It’s really crazy that the “somebody other than Trump” campaign approach has endured for ~4 years.
I don’t have the words to describe how far the credibility of the United States has fallen in my lifetime.
I remember when Dan Quayle misspelled potato, and poof, his career was over. Now you have a criminal reality TV star running for reelection.
You don’t even have to go that far back. Howard Dean’s enthusiastic-but-awkward yell was such a non-issue, and it still ruined his whole campaign.
It was even more of a non issue than you think. The clip that went around had the audience noise removed to make it seem more awkward than it was.