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“NYT and other outlets try to *manifest* ‘Biden’s dropping out’ like it’s WMDs in Iraq”
From @MisuseCase: https://twit.social/@MisuseCase/112723886098891150
Love Biden or loathe him, it’s important to recognize the political ratfuckery going on: this whole “Biden dropping out” thing is being astroturfed. It’s a pitch that targets the left and is appealing to the left — but it is not coming from the left.
Before jumping on that bandwagon, take a moment to ask who’s steering it. Because it’s not you.
Who •is• steering that bandwagon?
I don’t know, but whoever it is, they’re holding the NYT’s leash.
It's not even a new playbook. Thanks to @sjuvonen for a much-needed dose of recent history:
https://infosec.exchange/@sjuvonen/112724986445621946
The genius of this ploy is that a hypothetical candidate is •always• better than a real one. One person gets to picture Bernie, the next person gets to picture…I don’t know, Bloomberg or whatever, and they can both think they agree.
It’s so seductive. It even has a grain of truth: yeah, lots about Biden •does• suck; yeah, Iraq really •did• have chemical weapons at one point. That’s why it’s crucial to recognize all this as an aluminum-tubes-style ploy with an agenda, per the OP.
To be crystal clear here, because a few reply guys are reeeeeally struggling with this thought:
Just because you •agree• with the idea on the surface doesn’t mean the people •behind• the idea have your interests at heart.
Yes, you thought it on your very own. Yes, you like the idea. Yes, it appeals to you. That’s the point. I’m asking you to look at •who• is making that appeal, who is plastering this message across the MSM. Because •that• is not you.
@inthehands largely agree with your thread here and have dismissed the many MSM calls in the past for Biden not to run. His debate performance really made me wonder tho. Totally agree that it’s still not clear that any actual alternative is better. And totally agree about motivations of most of those promoting idea. Though others on the left have been as well, such as @davidsirota who’s made a compelling case for a contested primary
@dgodon Whether some alternative person would have been better is a very different question from whether switching now makes any sense at all.
On that latter question, I don’t trust Sirota two inches. He’s a lousy tactical thinker, and consistently has trouble distinguishing his own strong reactions from sound strategy.
@inthehands yes, I meant an actual alternative now. The question should be what gives us the best chance of avoiding Trump, at this point in time. Biden has clearly been the best chance (as much as I wish it otherwise), but his debate performance really seemed significantly worse than the stumbling we’d seen before. He may still be the best option but it certainly raised the Q for me. I worry it’s too big of a gift to Trump. Yes, there’s a media double standard but T’s base rewards his gaffes