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Travis's avatar

Tim's point about soft dems getting their "news" from social media influencers is very correct and people who bash the media the hardest over Biden's lack of popularity really don't understand how much the political media diets of mainline voters--"low-attention voters" if you will--have moved off of the television set and onto social media apps. It's TikTok influencers that are killing Biden, not CNN or NYT coverage. The damage there is already done, and it was done by Biden's own hand.

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This argument about how few people actually watched The Debate (~50M isn't small) is nonsense because people are seeing clips on social media. And these clips make it look even worse.

I'm not on Facebook, but my wife is. Just yesterday, in a group about raising chickens, there was a post about "chicken math" (if you've owned chickens, you may be familiar with the phenomenon) featuring a clip of a confused and frail looking Joe Biden from The Debate. No policy, no substance, nothing to help Joe; only the notion that you should either laugh at him or feel pitty for him. This is the impression I'm concerned about.

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Luke530's avatar

Bingo. Well put. A new candidate with a media blitz on socials etc should go along way. Hire the same people Obama had for his campaigns. They reinvented the wheel with their focus on internet ads. This shouldn't even be a debate at this point Everyday that Biden stays on this race, when he loses, I'm gonna be so crestfallen. This sucks so much I just want to put my head in the sand.

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John Robert's avatar

Some days, it makes me want to put my head in the oven.

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Luke530's avatar

Dude I'm so pissed off at the recklessness that's being displayed right now. Maybe he's staying on until after the NATO hosting this week, idk, but Bidens accomplishments will be destroyed under Trump. If only he would have such to bring a bridge to the next generation. Now he'll assuredly be a bridge to chaos. At this point it's FJB. Till the lord almighty tells him! Hey guys I'm sure that makes you feel soooooo much better lol. Hubristic, foolhardy bullshit. Fuck.

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John Robert's avatar

Allies do have diplomats and intelligence services. Those agencies are no doubt well informed about Biden's propects for reelection, probably better than the majority of Americans. And they're well aware of Trump's history regarding NATO. They aren't so foolish as to overlook the need to develope Plan B, even C, D .... The bigger problem for Ukraine must be Hungary with OrbΓ‘n's connection to Putin and its economic conflicts with Poland.

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