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      Tbh, the administrative state kind of runs itself. The president sets a direction, but if the president just went poof and nobody replaced him, the offices under him have enough independence and competent (not to be conflated with moral or ethical) people in them that they’d just keep ticking right along.

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    Haha everything is fine haha! He’s totally competent to stay in office for the rest of his term haha. Hey, look over there! [Disappear in a puff of smoke]

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    How do we even know if everything’s normal? Tbh I think Kamala will do worse than a sundowning Biden. I think she’s going to get wrecked

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      We’ll see. Donny lost his magic touch judging by his lack of posting power, and Kamala is both Not Trump and not a shambling corpse. Biden deciding to not run is also a signal to the donor class that she’s willing to play ball

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        Kamala looks different. Instead of being a geriatric white man with ancient views she she is a young (for Washington) non-white woman with abhorrent views. In a society as superficial as the American that change in aesthetics could be enough to feel like a meaningful change and convince enough people to vote.

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      Tbh I think Kamala will do worse than a sundowning Biden.

      Whys that? Seems normies are more excited for a girl boss story than voting in a dinosaur

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          Normal people didn’t like Biden or Trump, and now they’re just relieved they have someone new. She’ll probably win on that alone.

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        She might do ok, but she has a history of not actually being very good at campaigning. She’s just kind of an awkward person with a tin ear for politics. She’s clearly more comfortable arguing a case than doing a stump speech

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        Normies do not like women dude esp a black one. Like, for all the idpol crap Dems say about Hillary not being elected because she’s a girl, it’s fucking true. This country runs on image, and idpol, politics is a glorified influencer competition. Let’s be real.

        Normies don’t know the difference between NAFTA or NATO, they don’t know about Hillary’s war crimes motherfucker. Your average voter for a presidential candidate doesn’t know much aside from each candidates profile pic

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      The idea of the deep state having the ability to make perfect body double replacements but only if they’re also exactly as feeble and senile as the original is REALLY funny

      farnsworth cia

      “Finally, I present to you, Biden 2.0! We’ll have a competent head of state again and no one will be the wiser, we can just say he had a small brain tumor removed or something and that’s why he’s lucid now! Can you hear us Mr. President?”

      biden-the-thing

      “Yeah mack! I remember before they used to let Polish fellas into the pool hall! I’m the guy that changed that! That’s what this is all about… anyway”

      cia

      “Fuck. Let’s just get Kamala.”

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    Campaigning for President is different from doing the job of President. The reason for Biden’s success is his team plus him, not just him.

    I don’t think Biden has what it takes to campaign. But he has what it takes to be President.

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        I think what they mean is that campaigning is a lot more about the candidate’s personality and determination, which Biden lacks. Whereas “presidenting” can just be about signing some paper and making public speeches, while the rest of the cabinet does all the hard work.

        In a way this is disregarding all the volunteering, marketing, financing, that happens during the campaign, but they’re not wrong in that in people’s minds, not looking fit for the job has a lot more negative impact when you’re trying to get the job, than when you’re already appointed.

        Also it takes a lot of energy to run a campaign, you have to face all the criticism and you’re the one debating and trying to convince people. When you’re president you can just send a random scapegoat (Macron has done it numerous times when personally addressing issues would have hurt his public image, so he sent a minister instead)

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          Provoking war with Russia and causing a political bloc of Russia-Iran-China to form was a bigger blunder though. Cannibalizing your allies while galvanizing and uniting your enemies is not a pro gamer move long term at all, it’s short sighted in the extreme.

          Seizing Russian reserves also was a major blunder that alienated Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Gulf States, South Korea, India and others that would have previously been pro-west.