FlexibleToast

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FlexibleToast , to Political Memes in Please, for the love of God, VOTE!

In that case, nice anecdote you have.

FlexibleToast , to Political Memes in Please, for the love of God, VOTE!

Nice strawman you have there.

FlexibleToast , to Political Memes in Please, for the love of God, VOTE!

If a party chooses a candidate that loses, yes it is the parties fault. Its the DNC that put their thumb on the scale and not encouraging others to run against Biden and it's their voters fault for not picking someone else.

Ultimate if Biden loses you can blame the voters and keep putting up candidates the voters don't want, or the party can decide to adapt to what the majority of voters want. In a winner takes all, FPTP voting system it's really that simple.

FlexibleToast , to Political Memes in Please, for the love of God, VOTE!

If you want to win, you have to appeal to the majority of voters. That's how voting works... You can do that by energizing the base to overcome the middle or by appealing to the middle. If you pick a candidate that can't do either, don't expect to win.

FlexibleToast , to Political Memes in Please, for the love of God, VOTE!

It is up to the voters... Hence the choice of the word "party" there and not DNC. The party includes the DNC and their members (their primary voters). Silly you indeed.

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Unaffiliated voters expecting him to appeal to them specifically is on those voters, not the Dems.

Except if the Democrats want to win.

FlexibleToast , to Political Memes in Please, for the love of God, VOTE!

It’s the voters fault that whoever wins, wins.

Hey, you got that part right. It is up the voters to pick the winner. Which is why it's up to the party to pick a candidate that can earn the votes to win.

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You’re ready to hand over the USA to christofascists

I have never once said that. I have said the opposite several times.

FlexibleToast , to Political Memes in Please, for the love of God, VOTE!

Yes, it was the voters choice to say that neither of the candidates appealed to them. It's not the voters fault if a candidate loses, it's the candidates fault for not appealing to the voters. It's really not a complicated concept, but you're still getting it backward.

If a company goes out of business is it the fault of the consumer, or of the company for not offering products the consumer wants?

FlexibleToast , to Political Memes in Please, for the love of God, VOTE!

So you want them to vote for someone they don't like just because it's who the party picked? That's what privilege looks like.

FlexibleToast , to Political Memes in Please, for the love of God, VOTE!

There is nothing saying a voter has to vote or that a candidate has to run. We both voluntarily take part in this transaction and it's up to the candidate to earn the votes of the voters.

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If Trump wins he’ll continue to support genocide even harder in Gaza since he’s a Christian death cultist

Yeah, that's the crazy part. I get the voting undecided or whatever your state's equivalent is in order to send a message to Biden that he needs to change his policies (I'll be doing this as well when it's my state's turn). However, Trump and the right are very openly pro Israel and if anything support Israel even more.

FlexibleToast , to Political Memes in Please, for the love of God, VOTE!

Yeah, that's what I would expect from someone who expects voters to toe the line for the party instead of blaming the party for a bad candidate. Do as you say or be ignored right?

FlexibleToast , to Political Memes in Please, for the love of God, VOTE!

If the voters are too stupid to vote against Trump by voting for Biden, that is on them.

Nope. That's on the candidate.

Real tough choice there!

I mean, I agree with you. It's an obvious choice and I can't put my mind in the headspace of anyone that can vote for Trump at this point. Usually I can at least understand the opposition's point of view. I will definitely be voting for Biden... However, that doesn't change the fact that it is up to the party and the candidate to earn the votes, it's not up to the voters to cover for the party.

FlexibleToast , to Political Memes in Please, for the love of God, VOTE!

Here let me point out the parts you seemed to have missed:

not run because the polls showed him getting beat.

not change the primaries to heavily favor one candidate

despite all the polling suggesting they should

The polls showed they shouldn't favor the candidate they did. They chose against what was obvious instead of encouraging others to run they picked their favored candidate before it even started.

“They didn’t put forth”

You're right, the wording there isn't correct. It should be that they didn't encourage others to run.

We’re done here.

Unfortunately it appears the voters are thinking the same thing. That's why it's the party's responsibility field the best candidate.

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