Holy shit, he did it.

[Jodi]

!!

[Jodi]

Apparently this forum doesn’t have the filter the the other one does, lol. But holy carp. Now what. (Who?)

[wtg]

Holy cow.

Now what. (Who?)

He endorsed Harris.

(And no, this forum doesn't have any filters.)

[wtg]

HIs letter:

https://x.com/JoeBiden/status/1815080881981190320

[wtg]

And his follow-up post where he endorses Harris:

https://x.com/joebiden/status/1815087772216303933

[wtg]

So who will be the VP pick?

[ShiroKuro]

Wooo Hooo!

Here we go, y'all!! Now let see if the party can keep it's sh*t together, get the ticket assembled and maintain unity and a single minded sense of purpose between now and Nov!

Or shit, since this is the new, unfiltered WTF.

[wtg]

Need to add...

Thank you, Joe. You did the right thing.

And we love you.

[ShiroKuro]

@wtg said in Holy shit, he did it.:

Thank you, Joe. You did the right thing.

And we love you.

This, +100!

[Mik]

You really think Harris can win?

[wtg]

I was pretty damn sure Biden was on the path to defeat, probably bigly.

And consider that many voters were going to be doing the "hold your nose" vote, with little enthusiasm for either Biden or Trump. With Biden's declining condition, so many were really having a hard time sticking with him, but still not wanting to vote for Trump, well, because Trump. Now that consideration evaporates and they'll be looking at other issues when deciding how to vote.

At least we won't have any repeats of the last debate. Or holding our collective breath to see if Biden is having a good day or a bad one.

You really think Harris can win?

I don't know if Harris can win. But at least she's a a new face and the direction of the discussion will change. It's not Biden vs Trump. Yawn.

She will be able to sound coherent and on message on the campaign trail. Contrast that with Trump and his stream of consciousness rallies. Will Dems lose people who were all for Joe? Maybe. But will we pick up the people who were on the fence because of Joe's age? I don't know that there's any way to predict that.

I think a good VP pick will make it really interesting. I'm reading that not everyone on the other side is impressed with Vance as Trump's VP pick.

Maybe we've learned something from Trump, namely how to throw things into chaos. This is the time for the big gamble and it's a whole new ballgame. How it will turn out is anyone's guess. But it's gonna be an interesting ride.

[CHAS]

Think Harris is not old enough?

Maybe Mark Kelley for VP?

[ShiroKuro]

@wtg, yes to all of that!

@Mik I have no idea, but I think she has a much better chance that Biden did.

I feel hopeful, for the first time in weeks!

[Nina]

I dunno what polls you still are reading, but Biden wasn't polling to lose bigly, but he wasn't helping any down ballot candidates.

And does this mean we no longer have to abbreviate WTF? hahaha

[wtg]

@Nina said in Holy shit, he did it.:

I dunno what polls you still are reading, but Biden wasn't polling to lose bigly, but he wasn't helping any down ballot candidates.

Polls, schmolls. I have one of these and it said "OUTLOOK NOT SO GOOD":

[ShiroKuro]

@Nina said in Holy shit, he did it.:

WTF

Whatever do you mean? (she said demurely)

Seriously, I always see it as "well-tempered forum" so sometimes when I see WTF elsewhere, I have to stop for a minute.

[ShiroKuro]

@wtg

[Nina]

A Harris Trump debate is something I might actually watch. But I think Trump will use this as an excuse to not debate any longer.

[wtg]

What about Vance? Will he try to duck out of debating whoever the Dem VP nominee is?

See, things get interesting...

[Mik]

Neither Trump nor Harris are good debaters, and her public speaking is generally cringeworthy. One again no one would win. We would all lose. In a different way than the Biden
-Trump one, but still a bad experience. I’d be happy to be proven wrong but I doubt that will happen.