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This Is All Biden’s Fault
The New York Times ^ | Nov. 9, 2024, 7:00 a.m. ET | Josh Barro

Posted on 11/09/2024 11:17:43 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Kamala Harris lost the election this week, but I mostly don’t blame her. At least, I don’t blame her because of anything she did recently. Since she became the unofficial nominee in July, she played a difficult hand about as well as she could have, running a disciplined campaign that sought to reassure Americans about the economic issues that trouble them most, in a political environment that was very rough for Democrats and for incumbent parties around the world.

But where did that bad hand come from? It was dealt to her by two people: President Biden, who produced a governing record she could not effectively defend or run away from; and herself, with all the toxic position-taking she did in 2019, generating endless attack ad fodder for Donald Trump. And Mr. Biden even bears blame for Ms. Harris’s pre-2020 baggage, since he put her on the ticket in full awareness that she was carrying it.

In his own campaign rhetoric, Mr. Biden focused on the idea that democracy itself was on the ballot this year. But if democracy was on the ballot, his actions should have matched his rhetoric at every turn to ensure Democrats would win the election. Instead, he prioritized his own ego and profile.

His electoral instincts weren’t always so misguided. During the 2020 primary campaign, Mr. Biden seemed to understand that the left-wing fever dreams that drove that Democratic cycle were electorally hazardous. So, unlike Ms. Harris, he never pledged to ban fracking or abolish private health insurance. He never even filled out the A.C.L.U. questionnaire that prompted Ms. Harris to support federally funded gender-transition surgery for prisoners and detained immigrants.

After winning the nomination, Mr. Biden made his first big mistake that would set Democrats on a path with no route to win the...

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TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: biden; fingerpointing; harris; joshbarro; kamala; newyorkslimes; realitysettingin; tds
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I love the smell of Democrats eating each other alive in the morning.
1 posted on 11/09/2024 11:17:43 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Ok, I’ll buy this with two addenda: she was self-professedly intrinsic to the disastrous Biden policies ,plus she does not have an engaging personality at all


2 posted on 11/09/2024 11:20:40 AM PST by j.havenfarm (23 years on Free Republic, 12/10/23! More than 8,000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

0bama’s fault.


3 posted on 11/09/2024 11:20:40 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Still have no clue why they lost.


4 posted on 11/09/2024 11:20:42 AM PST by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Look in the mirror, Josh. That’s what America rejected.


5 posted on 11/09/2024 11:20:52 AM PST by SpaceBar
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

She could have insisted on a primary but she didn’t.


6 posted on 11/09/2024 11:21:04 AM PST by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

But where did that bad hand come from? It was dealt to her by two people: President Biden, who produced a governing record she could not effectively defend or run away from; and herself, with all the toxic position-taking she did in 2019, generating endless attack ad fodder for Donald Trump. And Mr. Biden even bears blame for Ms. Harris’s pre-2020 baggage, since he put her on the ticket in full awareness that she was carrying it.


two people: president biden and mr biden


7 posted on 11/09/2024 11:22:00 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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Obamas fault


8 posted on 11/09/2024 11:22:19 AM PST by Craftmore
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No accountability ever.

This is encouraging.

Means they are perpetually vulnerable.


9 posted on 11/09/2024 11:22:26 AM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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If the media did their job, Biden would have gotten exposed earlier so they would be forced to hold an actual primary. And someone else would have emerged.

But that person may not be a puppet (RFK Jr). Can't have that.

10 posted on 11/09/2024 11:22:38 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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It’s Biden’s fault because he put her on the 2020 ticket?

She could have declined.


11 posted on 11/09/2024 11:23:04 AM PST by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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There’s too much recriminatin’ going on out there.


12 posted on 11/09/2024 11:23:08 AM PST by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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So it’s Biden’s fault that Harris lost … because he named her as his running mate in 2020? WTF? Why not blame Kamala’s parents — for spawning that babbling idiot in the first place?


13 posted on 11/09/2024 11:23:30 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Well, maybe I'm a little rough around the edges; inside a little hollow.” -- Tom Petty, “Rebels”)
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Ask the Little People out there in DeplorableVille how they feel about $5/gal gas, $2500/mo for a 2 bd apartment, $7/dozen eggs, etc etc etc

Guess tower people in NYC don’t confront such realities daily


14 posted on 11/09/2024 11:24:08 AM PST by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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They’re going to need new tires for the RAT bus. First they ran over Biden and it looks like Sotomayor is next. The Night of the Long Knives. Friggin’ Aunt Teefah fascists.


15 posted on 11/09/2024 11:24:59 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Have the ballot counters in Maricopa County and Las Vegas sobered up yet?)
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What BS blaming Biden. The Dem leadership all knew he was mentally incapable and they still propped him up to be the nominee. So it wasn’t on Biden, it was on his handlers, including his wife. They should all be jailed for senior abuse.


16 posted on 11/09/2024 11:26:26 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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"...Kamala Harris lost the election this week, but I mostly don’t blame her. At least, I don’t blame her because of anything she did recently. Since she became the unofficial nominee in July, she played a difficult hand about as well as she could have, running a disciplined campaign that sought to reassure Americans about the economic issues that trouble them most, in a political environment that was very rough for Democrats and for incumbent parties around the world..."

This person is too stupid to have a job. But given it is the Fish-Wrap of Record, The Decomposing Gray Lady Corpse, maybe not.

17 posted on 11/09/2024 11:27:05 AM PST by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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"...If the media did their job, Biden would have gotten exposed earlier...

BINGO!

18 posted on 11/09/2024 11:28:10 AM PST by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Notice how all the lefties are avoiding affixing blame on Obama. They know full well the Biden Administration and the Harris campaign were controlled and run by Obama loyalists.


19 posted on 11/09/2024 11:29:06 AM PST by dowcaet
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maybe it’s just me but I give Trump most of the credit but the dims would never do so


20 posted on 11/09/2024 11:29:59 AM PST by xp38
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