r/politics • u/Murky-Site7468 • 6d ago

'Chill The F**k Out': John Fetterman Urges Democrats To Stick With Joe Biden | The Pennsylvania senator reminded panicked Democrats on Friday that he too had a bad debate once, yet he went on to win his Senate seat.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-debate-john-fetterman_n_667ea850e4b0415858d6a2f1
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u/Jacksonrr31 6d ago

I remember Hillary doing really well in the debates against Trump and she still lost.

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u/GoodUserNameToday 6d ago

Yup debates really don’t matter. It’s all about bananas and gas prices and those are gonna keep trending down.

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u/caligaris_cabinet Illinois 6d ago

Of all the things presidents do during their term, very little of that time is spent debating. Strange we put so much emphasis on debate performance when a president only spends a max of, what, 270 minutes in four years? A good debate performance is nice but it’s not essential.

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u/Hangem6521 6d ago

The problem is Old Joe performed so poorly that even the progressive voters are running from him

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u/caligaris_cabinet Illinois 6d ago

In a week or two the media is going to move on.

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u/DocQuanta Nebraska 6d ago

No, they aren't. Biden being a senile old man has been the main opposition narrative this whole time and Biden just proved the narrative correct. He did the one thing he couldn't afford to do. He needs to step down as a candidate.

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u/KindPlagiarist 6d ago

The media is going to move on from the worst presidential debate performance since Nixon in '60? From a candidate whose been reassuring everyone he was compos mentis for 5 years? Shit even liberals were making jokes about it before this, but after this I bet people get real serious real fast.

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u/Alpacaman__ 6d ago

We’re gonna read about this debate in history books. There’s no sense being in denial. We have to take the information we have and move forward in the best way we can.

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u/caligaris_cabinet Illinois 6d ago

That’s extreme. Bad performance, yes. Absolutely. No denial there. He had a bad day. Moving forward is all we can do.