What else could he possibly mean by that, especially when he’s discussing in retrospect and openly acknowledging it? Seems awfully obtuse. But here, let me try spelling it out just a bit more, and beyond that I’m done trying:

Your references to 2019 are irrelevant. It was already reported by Politico that four people speaking regularly with VP Biden had privately told the mhe was unlikely to run for reelection in 2024 – this was likely to assuage concerns of liability for his age when that time came.

There was a particularly famous press conference Q&A of his, July 11, 2024.

• The report asks, “in 2020 you referred yourself as being a ‘bridge candidate for a younger, fresher generation of Democratic leaders’ and I wanted to know what changed”

• Biden’s response, in acknowledgement stated, “What changed was…[reasons]… and I want to get that finished.”

Naturally, if using the tiniest bit of logic, you can surmise two things:

• (1) If “bridge” candidate doesn’t mean that, then he could’ve and would’ve simply said, “I still intend to be a bridge candidate, after two terms, which was always the plan!” – never did he say this.

• (2) He concluded answering the question that he needed more time, implying he wanted his second term in order, “to get that finished.”

If you’re still not connecting the dots then I don’t know what to tell you and I’ll just chalk this up to either willful ignorance or rage-bait.

Nope. In 2024, Biden himself confirmed it:

“When I originally ran, you may remember, Ed, I said I was gonna be a transitional candidate, and I thought that I’d be able to move from this, just pass it on to someone else,” Biden said. “But I didn’t anticipate things getting so, so, so divided.”

Biden had referred to himself as a “bridge” during the 2020 campaign.

“Look, I view myself as a bridge, not as anything else,” Biden said at the time. “There’s an entire generation of leaders you saw stand behind me. They are the future of this country.”

I don’t know yet but I also trust Zelenskyy above all, who has solely been instrumental in Ukraine surviving this long and know any of these events get heavily exploited by the Russian genocidists.

So I will give him the benefit of the doubt.

In one respect I can see why they’d think this from a point of ignorance, but also, that disgusts me so much. Accelerationists are always so willing to volunteer others for the chlorine shock treatment without their consent. Just look at the deaths wrought by Musk’s DOGE alone that dwarfs Gaza and Ukraine, combined. Elections are so consequential.

It’s sadly such an uphill battle these days – especially in the post-CU era – that requires once-in-a-generation candidates like Obama or Bernie to overcome the fucking cliff of an uneven playing-field. That Americans didn’t see Trump for the existential threat he is, or that Harris was better in every conceivable way to me proves this

Second to the sheer billionaire wealth inequality, he and his inner circle of enablers fucked us all. Dumbass would’ve been praised eternally if he got us out of covid and committed to being a 1 term president as he stated. Then he REALLY should’ve withdrawn like in a week following that June debate. But no, he dragged it out and really fucked the party over, including Harris.

4.8%!? Hahaha… That’s fucking insane.

Even that footballer looks closer to 8-10%.

Gabbard did her part, setting the stage and stealing every state secret for ruzzia she could and then got the fuck out

Lemmy.ml tankie trying really hard to make blue maga stick. It’s embarrassing.

Third Way senile alcoholic lashes out irrationally.

Doubtful an unresponsive unwitnessed fall would survive with such minor injuries. Hip fracture is practically a guarantee at the very least.

haha my bad. I had Mitch on the mind.

It will still be “Ding Dong the Witch is Dead” except someone will use AI to flip that W to an M.

Whatever that sudden was, he got off too easy for the pain he caused for millions. He’s up there with Dick Cheney and McConnell to me.

Oh, Mitch. You dirty bitch.

No, the 12-Day-War happened months prior.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question

Imagine if Dems did this. They’d call it communism, lol. Central planning, price controls, etc.

Now you’re just stacking fallacies. Circular reasoning, and Ad Ignorantiam behind unprovable counterfactual!? Yikes.

Lie requires proof of intent; you literally cannot prove this. Kindly stop speculating. Skull tattoo isn’t proof of nazi; never will be.

Rapist, per allegations, possibly. Probably.

I fully buy his argument on the tattoo, though. Nazis don’t sling pro-leftist arguments, lol. You can’t even demonstrate one nazi belief he’s held consistently, let alone as of lately.

Be better.