Cookie Thread Act 4 (Act 5): The Fifth One

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#26026

Alright, chat: what’re the bets on “asserting that he’s staying” vs. “stepping away”?

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#26027

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/18/us/politics/biden-election-drop-out.html

based exclusively on this headline he is stepping away

#26028

i will read the article

#26029

If he doesn’t endorse Kamala and the party doesn’t rally behind her quickly we’re so cooked lol

#26030

Many other Democrats more distant from the White House said expectations were rising within the party that the president would soon relent, a shift from just days ago when many were in despair about changing his mind. But there was also caution about reading signs from a president with an exceedingly small circle of confidants.

its probably impossible to determine what, exactly, it is before it happens
but i really really hope it is him dropping out of the race, especially given the fact that he just. can’t beat trump, unless things change very dramatically and very fast, basically
i don’t know that Kamala Harris could either, though, so i am also kinda hoping he endorses nobody and lets the democratic primary play out :wowee: but this is unlikely. also that could result in disastrous consequences and in Some Guy being the candidate and trump winning even harder so i probably shouldn’t hope for that.

either way harris probably has a better campaign than biden simply by virtue of being 20 years younger than him. here’s to hoping she has better policies, too (unlikely from what i’ve heard but). idk if she would Still be able to beat trump but. better odds than biden, probably

#26031

yea

#26032

i wish someone would have challenged him at the primary level before all of this went down

#26033

bit late to change that, though.

#26034

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Chesed’s mug is really shitty

#26035

What’s going on with it

#26036

I wonder if he “contracted” corona-19 or he contracted corona-19.

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#26037

?

#26038

Silviu is wondering if the illness is fake and an excuse

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#26039

oh naw i doubt that

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#26040

My conspiracy here is that maybe

This is his escape

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#26041

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it doesn’t really matter as long as he doesn’t die from it

#26042

wait kamala could be first us woman president? :flushed:

#26043

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#26044

this is a good sign, at least

#26045

its about 6 in 10 but like. i think a lot more democrats would vote for her than that simply because of the threat of trump