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/RandyBeaman 6d ago

And I remember Obama doing poorly in the first debate with Romney, and all the panicking online afterwards.

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u/Tegurd Foreign 6d ago

I urge you to take a look at Obama’s performance in that and then Biden’s yesterday and evaluate if the two are comparable.
Here it is.

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u/MetalMeddler 6d ago

Democrats don’t seem to get it. Joe Biden is one of the worst candidates in American history. It just so happens that his opponent is just a good bit worse

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u/Extinction-Entity 6d ago

That's so incredibly demoralizing. I wish it weren't true.

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u/MetalMeddler 6d ago

Same for Clinton. She was just a hair worse and she lost. Trump’s fan base is more fired up than ever.

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u/LateSoEarly Georgia 6d ago

Are they though? I’m still extremely nervous about this election, but as someone from the south with a lot of rural friends, I don’t see nearly the same energy as I did in 2020, let alone 2016. It seems like Trump has only shaken off supporters over the last 8 years. The remaining faithful are stuck to him like glue, but a lot of the supporters I knew have either flipped or become apolitical.

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u/Extinction-Entity 6d ago

I misread that as “she has worse hair” and I was gonna protest lol. But you’re right.

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u/MetalMeddler 6d ago

One thing we can surely agree on is Trump has the worst hair of any US president.